Colin From Accounts Brings Its Messy Romance to a Considered Close

Colin From Accounts has ended with its third and final season, bringing Gordon and Ashley’s awkward, bruising romance to a close. A Guardian Culture review describes the finale as satisfying, while noting that the assessment reflects one critic’s view rather than an independently measured consensus.

The series, starring Patrick Brammall as Gordon and Harriet Dyer as Ashley, began when the pair accidentally injured a runaway dog and met while waiting to hear whether it would survive. That encounter established the show’s distinctive balance of discomfort, absurdity and emotional warmth.

The final season opens three years after Gordon’s marriage proposal was rejected. The couple have spent years apart and are now in separate relationships, but the review argues that the qualities that made them incompatible remain closely tied to the reasons they work.

Colin From Accounts has always found its appeal in that contradiction. Gordon and Ashley are not presented as consistently good or likeable, yet they understand each other’s humour and emotional rhythms. The result is a distinctly Australian romantic comedy that treats intimacy as both comic and inconvenient.

The finale returns to the veterinary clinic linked to the series’ opening incident, creating a circular conclusion without abandoning the show’s unruly tone. Cameos, a police chase and adult humour sit alongside more poignant reflections on whether happiness should be left to chance or recognised through instinct.

The Guardian review suggests the series knows when to stop, allowing its central relationship to reach a fitting endpoint without overstaying its welcome. Its final image, shaped by the recurring mess of love, life and pet ownership, leaves Gordon and Ashley where the show has always found them: imperfect, funny and unexpectedly at home together.