Yes, the plot has mostly been resolved.

But BCS has never been about plot, it has been about character development and ideas of identity as a floating concept or as self fulfilling prophecy; are we doomed to repeat the same mistakes? Can we really change?

Ep 9 IMO really brought these ideas into focus, even kind of connecting the separate characters with this thematic quality that is subtle but well executed. We see each character put the final touches on their "identity tomb", so to speak, before they make it their permanent residence for the foreseeable future and reckon with the inevitable consequences of driving along the bad choice road for so long. Gus realizes he has no time or energy for earthly pleasures such as love and companionship -- his true love is revenge. Mike realizes he can try to maintain a code of ethics and bring balance to his amoral world, but he is not separate from it and will never get out. Jimmy sees his last thread to a moral compass and a hopeful future walk out the door, leaving him alone with his worst impulses to self destruct. Kim finally realizes if she doesn't get off the bad choice road now, it will be the end of her, and blows up her life as it currently stands to escape from it (in a contrast to the other characters).

The next logical step is to see how Jimmy and Kim's futures stack up against each other and using it to comment on these ideas of identity and consequence. One person stayed on the bad choice road and the other got off. Who is happier? Are either fulfilled? Regretful? Are they someone new or have they always been the same person underneath it all? These aren't plot driven questions but are something deeper and more nebulous. If BCS can pull it off it will be one of the most brilliantly executed commentaries on the human condition, at least in my opinion. It has already gave us the "point A to point B" prequel thing, but now I hope it evolves into a richer meditation on identity overall. Are point A and point B even considered separate distinct destinations? Are they just the same expression of a shared system? Does a little bit of point A still live inside point B? Can point B revert to point A? Would that be evolution or devolution?

These are heady topics and I hope the writers look at it the same way. I am sure they will. They had the patience/restraint to plant a seed for a "sequel" in the pilot, knowing full well it would be a weapon to wield throughout the series when you consider the major flaw of most prequels is the inevitability of everything that will happen until the end. It seems like they weren't even sure how they would use the Gene timeline to connect to its major themes and help land the plane, but they were confident they would figure it out before the end.

We are now at the end I couldn't be more excited and grateful they stuck through with it. Something that is lost a bit with the current TV landscape is how novel it was for BB to show a character change -- up until then TV characters were assumed to be a snapshot of an identity. Then they went and deconstructed the whole thing, creating a show about this very change. Now, 15 years later, we talk more about how BB made TV more "cinematic", but in actuality, it had more to do about its assumptions of characters being dynamic vs. static. I feel like these last 4 episodes of BCS will continue this conversation and take it a step further. Yes, we already know TV characters can change, that is old news. But now they can dig deep into these questions of change and what it all means in the end. The analogy I think of is Goodfellas vs. The Irishman. BB is more Goodfellas, showing how life changes people, but BCS will probably lean more into The Irishman -- what do these changes really mean and how do we grapple with them? How do we put them into context when time continues to wash the past away?

A long winded way of saying, the writers are god tier and they build themselves a hell of a runway to land their story in this final stretch. They fulfilled their promise as a prequel and now get to hone in on the deeper themes of the show that set it apart from its predecessor, and mostly all other shows in general.