A series about a tragedy that ends as a comedy: Sings & Arrows

"Slings & Arrows" Season 2 ends with a wry twist: though the entire season has been about staging a tragedy (Macbeth), well two actually (R&J), the series itself ends as a classic comedy, with all of the couples pairing off and stepping away into the night, leaving one older, effeminate man (Oliver) alone at the end (cf Antonio, Jacques, Malvolio). Perhaps too many strands to tie up to make it a great closing episode, but still a very good season - ending with a production of Macbeth in which Jeffrey wrings a great performance out of Henry (Macbeth) but keeping his off balance the whole night, changing his cues, his entrances, and his stage directions - the idea that his uncertainty makes him a better actor, less stagy. We'd seen this before in the episode where the understudy played the part so it's not as much of an insight as it might have been. Nice touches are seeing hunk boyfriend Sloan back in the bar and speaking the voice of reason - Jeffrey and Ellen are destined for each other. Also nice to see the old guy who'd played ghost of Hamlet, whom Jeffrey fired, now back and almost the voice of reason in the company - he's big enough to know he was wrong and to know talent when he sees it. Ellen's auditing never amounted to anything. As predicted, the idiotic marketing strategy worked, bringing a "youthquake" to the theater - and saving Richard's job. His relation with the bullying board chairman is rather funny and could be developed in season 3. We'll see.