Warning: Spoilers ahead. If you have not watched all episodes of Love Story, please do not proceed.
The finale of “Love Story” depicted the fatal 1999 plane crash of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette.
In Thursday night’s emotional episode, the pair, played by Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon, head to Martha’s Vineyard with their fashion publicist sister Lauren Bessette, played by Sidney Lemmon.
Kennedy Jr., who was piloting the plane, could be seen behind the wheel starting to panic.
In the final moments at the scene, Carolyn tried to calm her husband down by repeating, “It’s okay. Just breathe.”
The plane’s subsequent crash into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all three passengers, was not clearly depicted.
The trio died midway through the episode, and the rest of the finale chronicled the family’s grief.
The series ended with Carolyn and Lauren’s mother, Ann Freeman, played by Constance Zimmer, reading a eulogy, and the late Calvin Klein executive was shown cuddling with his partner on the beach.
Social media users shared their heartbreaks through X.
One fan wrote: “I’ve been so obsessed with the characters these last few weeks that I forgot it was based on a true story and how it ended.” “Right now I’m a crying mess.”
Another simply tweeted: “Damn, that hurts.”
Produced by Ryan Murphy, “Love Story” premiered in February and chronicled Kennedy Jr. and Bessette’s relationship from their meeting in 1992 to their marriage four years later.
Despite fans’ enthusiasm for the series, the real-life Kennedys and former pilot Daryl Hannah have criticized the series.
Jack Schlossberg denounced the project as a “grotesque display of someone else’s life” in early March, eight months after accusing Murphy, 60, of profiting from turning the tragedy into a “public spectacle.”
As for Hannah, played by Dree Hemingway, she recently eviscerated the “distortions that exploit tragedy” in a shocking essay.
Pidgeon defended the show last month, telling People that the backlash was simply a reminder of “the weight of this responsibility and the desire to bring justice to these people.”
The 29-year-old actress admitted that “people are protecting the story[of the deceased couple].”
