Happiest Season Ending: Even Mackenzie Davis Thinks Harper “Sucks“

A year after the release of Clea DuVall’s Happiest Season on Hulu, the Harper/Abby/Riley debate rages on! [Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Happiest Season.] The movie stars Mackenzie Davis and Kristen Stewart as Harper and Abby, a couple gearing up for the holidays with plans to spend them with Harper’s family. The thing is, Harper hasn’t come out to her family yet so she asks Abby to pretend that they’re just roommates until she’s ready. That right there is a big and troubling ask to make, but on top of that, the pressures of being back home get to Harper and she makes a number of other not-so-great decisions that put Abby in an increasingly uncomfortable position. In the end, Harper steps up and comes out to her family to save her relationship. She offers Abby an impassioned apology and Abby forgives her. Personally? I think Davis’ performance makes the scene and heavily contributes to the ending working well enough. But, there’s also no forgetting that Harper did some bad, bad things and then the fact that Aubrey Plaza’s character became a social media sensation didn’t help Harper’s case much. Harper dated Riley secretly back in high school and while in town for the holidays, Riley and Abby have an encounter that shows off a whole lot of chemistry and understanding between the two of them. That sparked the great Happiest Season debate — should Abby have ended up with Riley or Harper? And Riley seems to be the runaway favorite. With Station Eleven’s 10-episode run on HBO Max currently underway, Davis joined us for an episode of Collider Ladies Night and asking about where she stands on the matter was an absolute must during the conversation. Find out what Davis said in this Ladies Night After Hours clip! Listen to the 45-minute conversation uncut here: #HappiestSeason #KristenStewart #MackenzieDavis BREAKING NEWS, REVIEWS & MORE: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL