This review contains spoilers for Netflix’s feature-length Sense8 series finale, “Amor Vincit Omnia.”
“Pain binds us together better than anything else,” Jonas tells Will early in Sense8’s two and a half hour finale. While true in some regard, it feels like one of the last remaining figures from a failed sensate cluster only makes it halfway to the full truth Sense8 is pushing. As secrets unfold in the finale, we learn the deeper reasons of various betrayals within Jonas’ cluster, which just further illustrates the difference between them and Will’s group of telepathically connected individuals.
Their eight-way relationship has been built on empathy and love since the start, and thus those ideals became the prerogative the show has always put forward. Whether it be Nomi struggling for her family’s acceptance, Kala struggling with the expectations of her culture, or any of the other individual sensates’ woes, their shared pain has always led them to a wider, more encompassing acceptance of each others’ love. One of the many truisms of this show is that it’s love that makes pain worth enduring. After all, it was love from this show’s fans that resurrected Sense8 from the dead so it could conclude.
Source: IGN.com Sense8 Finale Review: A Messy But Moving Farewell