Next week is the premiere of Lost's final season. Everyone is going apeshit because they get to find out why Walt has superpowers, or how they nabbed Locke and Sawyer's dad. Or what Macutcheon Scotch has to do with the Black Rock. But guess what, I have a feeling that most people are gonna be disappointed with the finale? Why? because people are always disappointed with finales. They never fit what you have pictured as the perfect ending. Here are just a few examples of shows where writers gave their loyal fans a big "Fuck You:
St Elsewhere- This hospital ran for 6 years on NBC and had a small but loyal following who loved the dark comedy and folled troubled characters like Dr. Westphal, Dr. Mark Craig and the Doctor/Drug Addicted Dr. White. And for their trouble the series ended by letting it's viewers know that the entire series had been dreamt up by a retarded kid with a snow globe. Suckers.
The Sopranos- If a show's ending could disappoint to the point of causing a physical pain, then this is the equivalent of David Chase taking his loyal viewers out drinking, offering to drive them home, and the shooting them in the back of the head and setting them on fire in the car. Best way to get the worst ending award, don't give them one.
So stay positive, but don't be surprised when the smoke monster becomes vincent who morphs into Walt who then looks at the camera winks and says "I guess were all a little 'Lost'" .
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I just read a recent article in the New York Times about it, and they have promised it won't be a lame ending, so we'll see. But at the same time they haven't written or filmed the last six episodes.
ReplyDeleteI think it is one of the best shows ever made. I actually ended up watching all of them over the summer and found it incredibly addictive.