The final episode of jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy was released last Wednesday to tie the Kanye West story together, and as expected, things got really tough to watch. 

As a fan, it was difficult to see Ye’s antics happen in real-time. It was even more difficult to not only watch his public downfalls again but also to see the things that the public did not have access to. At times, it felt like I shouldn’t have even been watching as West rambled about the public’s perception of him and his vision that others couldn’t seem to understand. To make matters worse, the day after the episode’s release, Kanye was in the news, yet again, for his disturbing music video for his new track “Eazy” where he is seen burying a decapitated Pete Davidson. Considering his past public blow-ups and his current problems, Part III of jeen-yuhs put a lot into perspective. 

One of the major turning points in the documentary was the death of his mother. Donda West was so involved in Kanye’s career from rapping along with him in their home to becoming his manager to starting a charity foundation in his name. Her death has clearly impacted him in ways that we won’t be able to understand especially because it appears as though he never really grieved the death of his mother. Kanye continued touring and making appearances. He never took a break and that is where we start to lose the pink polo Ye that we all once loved. 

There’s no point in running through the extensive history of Kanye in the media because we all have seen enough. There’s also no point in discussing Kanye’s mental health because we are all aware of his bipolar disorder and the many ways in which BPD presents in people. Kanye’s mother told him “the giant can never see himself in the mirror.” Kanye is the giant who can’t see himself for how he truly is. He can’t see the hurt he’s causing others. He can’t see the danger in his words and actions. He’s too far gone, and it feels like no one has any idea of how to bring back the “old Kanye” without Donda West here. You can see how others speak to him from Coodie to Rick Rubin to his own father. Everyone is walking on eggshells trying to prevent the next downward spiral.

Part III of jeen-yuhs showed a man who is hurting and grasping onto anything that makes sense to keep him going despite them being controversial, ill-informed, or downright dangerous. It seems like his latest obsessions include his messy divorce from Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson dating his former wife. Hopefully, the creation of his Donda album is helping him to kickstart the grieving process he never started, and if not, then all we can do is hope Kanye is surrounded by people who can help bring him back to earth. 

Watch jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy on Netflix.