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'Sense8' Finale: Gorgeous, Sexy, Completely Nonsensical — Which Is To Say: Perfect

The finale to the Wachowskis' decidedly queer (in every sense of the word) Netflix series was a beautiful mess of a thing that gave fans everything they loved about it, one last time.
Clusterfest: Tina Desae, Brian J. Smith, Tuppence Middleton, Doona Bae, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Max Riemelt, Jamie Clayton, Purab Kohli and Toby Onwumere in <em>Sense8.</em>

"FOR OUR FANS"

That's the phrase that appears on the screen at the close of Sense8's series finale. And, man: truer words.

Because of course, the globe-hopping series, known for its lavish production quality, its travel budget, its proudly earnest and crunchy sci-fi conceit, its crack fight choreography and, yes, okay, let's get it out of the way up front, its polyamorous psychic orgies, was canceled by Netflix after two seasons. Following a

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