Overview
- HBO’s The Comeback, which returned for a planned third and final season, aired its series finale on Sunday, May 10 with a story centered on artificial intelligence in TV writing.
- The episode places Valerie Cherish at the center of an AI-made sitcom and shows the professional backlash that follows without resolving the debate over machine-written shows.
- Co-creator Michael Patrick King said the finale’s shift from black-and-white to color was designed to mark Valerie’s restored agency and to reframe how viewers see her.
- Cast members described filming the goodbye as deeply emotional, with Lisa Kudrow stepping away to regain composure and Dan Bucatinsky noting their last time together as Billy and Valerie.
- Variety’s review pointed to tension between the show’s warning about AI and its affectionate goodbye, and noted the storyline takes license given recent WGA and SAG-AFTRA protections on AI use.