According to Lena Dunham, she considers this episode to be, "the more traditional [series] finale", while Latching (2017) is a "short-film epilogue".
Lena Dunham stated that one reason she loved this episode is that it drove home a key point of the series: that the group of titular women were never closely connected and ultimately were better off not being around each other. Dunham noted that one of the scenes in "Farewell Tour" was only the 12th time that all 4 lead actresses had shared the same scene. She added that she remembered this mainly because she personally does not like the number 12.