You settle in expecting a docuseries about Taylor Swift — music, cameras, maybe a familiar behind-the-curtain confessional. But the first few minutes of The End of an Era immediately pull you into something far heavier. The European leg of the Eras Tour was marred by tragedy: the Southport stabbing that claimed the lives of three young girls at a Swift-themed dance class, and a foiled terror plot in Vienna that forced three shows to be cancelled. It’s a jarring, sobering way to open a project fans thought would be all sparkle and storytelling.

From there, the series moves seamlessly between the epic and the intimate. In London, we see Swift meeting the families affected by Southport. She breaks down in tears, consoled by her mother, Andrea Swift, before locking away her emotions to

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