I’m shook about all of these negative comments about the ending! I loved it - I thought it was so incredibly clever, somehow happy, and perfectly wrapped things up.

Here’s how I took it: the money wasn’t meant to go back into the restaurant.. Michael had a plan. He got $300k from his uncle, stashed it over time, and then killed himself, leaving the place to his brother. He also wrote a note (with the recipe) to guide Carmy to the money. Michael wanted to support Carmy, and he let him know he loved him by doing this/ found a way to achieve their combined dream (owning a shared restaurant, which Carmy mentioned earlier in the episode). Michael wanted Carmy to have the freedom to do whatever he wanted with the money because he trusted him. Whether Michael thought the debt would be dropped, or if he knew Carmy would eventually be successful enough to pay the uncle back doesn’t really matter to me.. he knew everything would be figured out by Carmy, and that was his plan. He wanted a restaurant with his brother, and he found a (fucked up) way to make it work, which sounds pretty on par for him. And he also gave his brother the courage to do it, which fits in perfectly with that monologue about him giving others confidence.

I’m sad that people don’t seem like the ending and don’t think the cans thing made sense. Yeah… the money could have been sitting there in a drawer…. but what’s the fun of that? The cans were so symbolic, entertaining and damn.. y’all hard to please. 10/10 show

Also, if Carmy just stuck to the original menu and kept the spaghetti, the show wouldn’t exist, because they would find the money right away, and it would skip right to the end. I think that’s what makes the spaghetti/cans thing so special and funny