This will be rather review of whole season 4 than just review of final ep8 .
I see that about 90% of ratings among reviewers here is 1. New record ?
And the reason is clearly something bad happened near to very end - will not go in it. Will just say that some reviewers here used even their brain, so better skip those with rating 1 and read those with more than it - much more informative and intelligent.
I don't want to say that liked whole thing, and actually I did not like much whole season 4 . Seems rushed in many aspects. For instance theme song - it's pathetic. Was not good in season 3 too (was Jason Dohring who sung it ?), but this is below ... And even already too short and repeating text is cut down. Funny thing is that it appeared first time in ep2 - like they rejected it at first. Hey !
I did not like very start of s8 - especially that 300 $ per day or hour thing - like Veronica became some greedy one during those 13 years. Then came some sex, gore, S-word mockery scenes - is spirit of new time, new TV company . That's something what most of old fans certainly don't like. Should leave it as was, even if Veronica and her friends are not teenagers anymore.
So, ep8 of s4 was just another one filled with twists, which were sometimes forced, and I think that it was over top in most cases, and repetitive. Running out if ideas already, in short season ? Then those Mexican hitmen - it really added nothing to story. But was in 'new spirit' - more gore, shock etc. Then they just disappear - but loose ends were all time, even with positive characters. I write it just because 2 blood lovers had pretty much screen time.
All in all my rating for e8 of s8 and for whole s8 is 5. Acting was usually better part, story, dialogs opposite. First 3 seasons were much better, indeed. And as things go, I think that season 5 may happen in this decade. Just no Hulu - hey !