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1.5 months have passed since the announcement of the series “The Boy’s Word”. During this time, it managed to become the most popular in Russia, overtaking a number of large projects.

Today, December 21, the online cinema Wink released the final eighth episode of the series. Several events have happened recently. Demo versions of the seventh and eighth episodes were leaked online, and against this background, rumors arose that because of this, they decided to reshoot the final act.

At first, the authors denied it, but the actors also supported this theory. However, later the creators of the series still confirmed that they were not filming the 8th episode, but decided to completely remake it.

We have already finished watching the series, watched the leaked versions and are in a hurry to share our impressions. The main article will be without spoilers so as not to spoil the experience, but we will add a block in which we will discuss the ending (it is hidden, do not open it if you have not seen the ending yet).

How did the project turn out? Let’s figure it out.

Boys’ squabbles and what they lead to

If for some reason you don’t yet know what this series is, read our first opinion. All the details are there.

The last episode lasted 58 minutes. It, like the entire show, is based on Robert Garayev’s book “The Boy’s Word. Criminal Tatarstan 1970-2010s” and talks about youth groups of the late 1980s.

This does not mean that the movie follows the book exactly. But it adheres to many points in the original source.

I’ve seen a lot of controversy about the series itself. Many people are convinced that he romanticizes gangsterism and condones such behavior, but this is absolutely not the case.

This is a case where you shouldn’t judge by its cover. Indeed, the project attracts attention with its not-so-great characters and shows their “coolness” from the very first episodes. But the essence lies in the very disclosure of the idea. The series aims at something completely different, namely demonstrating the consequences of such behavior.

People can also be understood. After all, from the very first episodes it is obvious what young people can be inspired by (although there is a rating of 18+, but who stops): robberies, “squeezing” purses, small items and so on. There have been various discussions on this topic more than once, and there was even news that teenagers allegedly tried to repeat the actions of the series. The latter, however, has not yet been officially confirmed.

However, this is a demonstration of real life. And it is not as rosy as some would like.

“The Boy’s Word” is a story of a man coming of age. Inevitably painful and aggravated by geopolitical shifts in the history of the country. This project talks about real people and their destinies, and in one of the episodes it even clearly writes what happened to some of the heroes. And, believe me, there is nothing inspiring here.

However, I have quibbles with the execution or development of some of the characters. The same Aigul does not get the most pleasant development of her story, but it’s as if you don’t want to worry about her, because she was given little screen time. And where she took part, we mostly heard silence.

There are also overactings, typical of young actors. But this has almost no effect on the overall perception of the project. You see that here they tried to really bring to life that bygone era, the time of perestroika and the difficult life of the ordinary population.

And for such moments I would like to express special respect.

Why is it worth watching episode 8 again if you saw the leaked one?

Earlier, demo versions of the last two episodes of “A Boy’s Word” appeared online. They had their rough patches, and the final episode even featured blue and green screens.

These episodes were not processed. They were prepared for demonstration to the production staff, and they showed only the initial ideas that were glued together into the finished episode.

And if the merged 7th episode differs from the release one in small details, then in the 8th episode the second half turned out to be completely different. The points in history are placed approximately the same, but the goals for achieving them differ. These stories are told in a completely different way, and the final version turned out to be more dramatic and vibrant, as the authors promised us.

How did “The Boy’s Word” end?

Important: Spoilers hidden here. Don’t open them if you haven’t seen the latest episode yet. We warned.

I tell you about the story of the main characters.

Andrey, aka “Coat,” goes to the market to buy flowers for a meeting with his mother. He sells his last hat to buy a modest bouquet. However, at the market he is accidentally met by the owner of a video recorder, whom the guys robbed earlier. Result: Andrei is caught by the police and put in prison.

Marat joins the Komsomol, and the organizers help him deal with the offender Aigul. The police take him to the men’s room, and Marat beats him half to death. Result: Marat is broken and doesn’t know what to do next

Finally, Vova “Adidas”’s father does not want to see him anymore, having learned that he killed a man. He nevertheless decides to run away with his beloved to Abkhazia, she buys them tickets, because directions to Vova have already been sent out.

But the guy still decides to stop by to congratulate his father on his anniversary, despite Natasha’s requests not to do this. The employees call the police, they almost catch Adidas, but he escapes from the building, catching one of the policemen and taking his gun.

Immediately around the corner, he throws away his weapon, but other employees already consider him armed. Result: Vova does not have time to reach the car in which he was going to leave the country, he is shot by a police officer, and he dies in Natasha’s arms.

Will there be a second season of the series “The Boy’s Word”

It’s difficult to say anything here. The story itself is considered logically complete and does not require continuation.

Nevertheless, the series has gained enormous popularity among Russian audiences. And most often such phenomena end in continuation.

At the moment, there are no official statements about the extension of the project for season 2. However, on the project’s Instagram page (owned by Meta, whose activities are recognized as extremist in Russia and banned) it is said that “it’s too early to talk about the second season.”

There are lives that are not designed for stardom. People who At one point they got into the sidecar of fame but they quickly saw that it was not for them. and that everything would go much better for them without being recognized on the street. Among child actors there are plenty of examples, a good handful of careers cut short in the search for a better life or simply to get out of the always bloody Hollywood machine. This is the case of Benji Gregory, the boy from ‘Alf’, whom you have probably never seen again. And there is a reason for this: His life has not exactly been a bed of roses.

Alf finally got it

Benji Gregory was born on April 26, 1978 (to understand us: he is already 45 years old) in Los Angeles, California. His grandmother was a representative, a large part of her family was dedicated to acting and she was born with good genes: The road to the family business was practically paved. He did a good handful of commercials (for example, for McNuggets) and soon had his first opportunity in ‘Punky Brewster’.

In fact, the two episodes in which he appeared, ‘Fenster Hall’, were really an attempt at a pilot for a series which would take place in an orphanage and would have occasional appearances by Punky (Soleil Moon-Frye). The series did not continue and Gregory continued playing occasional roles in ‘Amazing Tales’ or ‘The Twilight Zone’ before moving on the casting of a series that would become a true cult in the United States: ‘Alf’.

‘Alf’ lasted four seasons and just over 100 episodes, and along the way had two animated spin-offs, a Marvel comic that ran more than 50 issues, video games, a talk show and even a terrible movie that closed the saga. However, behind the cameras the atmosphere was not friendly at all: Alf’s doll was constantly breaking, The actors were tired of a piece of plush getting the best gags and Max Wright (Willie in the series) was on the verge of quitting on more than one occasion. The perfect film set for an eight-year-old boy.

Less bad it’s over

Brian Tanner, the boy of the family, conquered everyone. His half-mischievous, half-innocent smile was captivating, and his friendship with the alien Melmac was hilarious. But the cast didn’t even get along well, and no one has good memories of that stage. In fact, after the last shot of the last episode, Wright grabbed his things and left without even saying goodbye. That was the level. The end of filming party was an entelechy.

That It was described as “a large dysfunctional family” in which Benji Gregory had fallen. And he got his share of it, of course: in addition to putting up with fights (Wright once physically attacked Alf’s doll), he was forced to look stupid in interviews. saying that Alf was a real alien and no one moved him. It is not surprising that, despite the fact that he was pursuing a parallel career, at the age of twelve he was already fed up with fame.

Gregory had a small role in the movie ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ and in series like ‘Murphy Brown’ or providing voices in animated series like ‘Back to the Future’ or ‘Pound Puppies’. In the end, it burned so much in such a short time that with his vocal role in the cartoon film ‘The Colored Forest’ he decided that Hollywood was good enough and put an end to his career. At 15, he had already had enough fame to last twenty lifetimes. “When ‘Alf’ was canceled it was a relief. I didn’t want to do more series, but I don’t regret anything,” she commented some time later.

alf army

In 2003, ten years after giving up audiovisual work and four years after getting married and enrolling in the San Francisco Academy of Art, Benji Gregory joined the military as an airbrusher, a branch dedicated to analyzing meteorological and oceanographic data. By then I already had insomniaso the night shifts I had to do flew by.

But when they transferred him to the kitchen, ended up clinically depressed and with aggravated insomnia What he did to him began to fail in his duty. Ultimately, in 2005, he was honorably discharged from the Army for medical reasons, which included bipolar disorder. And since then, Little else has been known about the former child actorbeyond the fact that he had to deal with drugs of all kinds from which he ended up detoxifying several years later.

We know thanks to his unglamorous Instagram, where he barely has 1000 followers, that sign autographs for free (although he asks that they not send him photos or he will throw them directly in the trash), he would not mind reprising his role as Brian Tanner in a reboot of ‘Alf’ and, although his mental health has improved, He still spends days and days without being able to fall asleep. Will you ever return to acting? At the moment, she claims that she is doing some work, but there is no more information out there. Who knows, maybe there is a Melmac series waiting for you…