EPISODE
SEASON
Pose - Season 3
In the New York of the late 80s and early 90s, this is a story of ball culture and the gay and trans community, the raging AIDS crisis and capitalism.
January 3, 1988 in Naples, Italy
2 June 1963, Eatonville, Florida, USA
23 February 1970, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
April 7, 1993 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
15 September 1969, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
April 30, 2021
Pose seems to be sprinting through story to fit everything in in its final season. It's a little all over the place but entertaining enough in the soapy way Pose always is.
April 27, 2021
A deeply emotional, hugely entertaining, and thoroughly satisfying seven-episode third and final season.
April 27, 2021
[T]he showrunners have proved that if you portray these people with all the complexity of their lives you can create a story that appeals to both those within and outside the communities you're portraying.
May 03, 2021
Pose Season 3 is the final chapter in the story of the House of Evangelista, and while the season as a whole is not perfect, the show pulls off an absolutely perfect ending.
May 03, 2021
Enough about their harsh realities feels genuine enough for such grandiose fantasies to come off as a necessary indulgence. Enough of what we know about life for transgender men and women transforms whatever the victories they score into fuel.
April 30, 2021
Though there is tragedy in Pose's third and final season, this narrative of possibility flourishes with glorious and dazzling humanity.
May 03, 2021
Though there is tragedy in Pose's third and final season, this narrative of possibility flourishes with glorious and dazzling humanity.
May 02, 2021
Pose goes out on a wave of deserved celebration and an insistence that its characters not just survive, but thrive, continuing the art-as-advocacy messaging that has defined the show from the beginning.
May 03, 2021
It's a tour de force for Porter, who took home the Emmy for lead actor for his portrayal of Pray Tell once already. From emotional family moments to hospital drama scenes, he gets to do it all.
May 03, 2021
We've cried with them and mourned for them, but the third and final season of Pose gives us reasons to smile for them.
May 03, 2021
The time-jump really works in the show's favor, advancing these characters to new stages of their lives in a way that conveys hope while still acknowledging that the same problems they've dealt with in previous seasons persist.
May 03, 2021
Those who found the melodrama a bit over the top in earlier seasons will find no respite in the finale. "Pose" is what it is: A flashy, high-budget, first-of-its-kind, Ryan Murphy-produced soap opera about trans women of color.
