Portlandia has always struck me as a memorably insane show with whimsically pointed hyperbole that is mostly endearing in small doses or retrospect. But there is something about the season 4 finale I really am drawn too, (something in addition to KD Lang, I mean). I can’t quite put my finger on it. Maybe you can help me figure it out?
‘Portlandia’ Season 4 finale: An entertaining trip to ‘New Beavertown,’ and a dash of ‘Grimm’
As is its custom, “Portlandia” finished out its season Thursday night with an episode that brought several characters together in one continuing story. And as with previous season-ender shebangs, the Season 4 finale, “Getting Away,” felt like an affectionate temporary farewell to Portland.
3) Beavers: Though I could have lived without the obvious double-entendre at the end, when the feminist weekend women form a “beaver dam” to stop the flooding river, the other beaver references were only fitting, considering Oregon is the Beaver State (and proud of it!) As we learned from the droning New Beavertown Walking Tour guide (Graham Wagner, who’s also one of the show’s writers), the community used to be flooded with beavers, until the growing population pushed the beavers out into the woods. Without the beavers’ dam-building, we hear, the whole place would be under water.
And the memory of this one…
