How not to do a season finale

[sigma7]

I have to admit, there was such rampant stupidity in that episode I was wondering if the creative forces behind Grey's Anatomy were working overtime. And not even in the "physics don't work like that" way but the "inexplicably inconsistent characterization from what we saw 30 minutes ago" way or the "no, seriously, none of you thought of that?" way.

Sadly, Lost is a show that works best when it's audacious both in questions and answers, not coy ("Oooh, what's in the crate? Make sure nobody refers to what it really is until the dramatic reveal"). But the idea that despite traveling back in time the Losties only manage to create the circumstances under which they were trapped? Done to death. Terminally uninteresting. Worse than a nuclear device that tumbles down a million-mile deep shaft without a hiccup and is still somehow primed to detonate when a kitten leans on it.

I was holding out for another game-changer, or at least an interesting reveal, a hook to keep interest up 'til next year. I don't know about you all, but I don't think I can sit through another episode of that, much less a season.

Edit: Does this mean the last season of Lost is going to be the last season of Buffy with the First Evil? If so, oh, God, count me so out. Bad enough the Lockebox reveal conjured memories of the BSG finalé (___ has been dead all this time) and the bomb the first season cliffhanger of Sledge Hammer!

Comments

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

I've been reading Scott's recaps, initially very wary of getting sucked in because (a) it looked exceedingly insane and (b) coming from FOX, if it wasn't reality or insipid it'd probably get Fireflied right out of the schedule (and that's the main reason I never tried Dollhouse). But Scott's reviews have been more positive and it's coming back next season, so this might be a summer project....

[kansel01.livejournal.com]

I admit when I first saw "finale" and "Grey's Anatomy" above the cut (I'm apparently attracted to italics) I thought you were talking about the House finale. Seriously - seeing dead people was done - this season - on Grey's (Izzy's hallucination turned out to be caused by brain cancer).

Dollhouse is OK. Not great but not really bad either. It's got BSG's Helo, and in the last two episodes we've found out Firefly's Wash is the bad guy! (not a huge spoiler) Though the episode with Patton Oswalt as a client was a big let down- he hired a doll to pretend his dead wife was still alive so he could surprise her with a house - every year.

And speaking of Firefly, ABC's Castle isn't terrible either. It's good to see Mal back on the screen after Drive got Fireflied. God I watch too much TV.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Well, if it's done on Grey's, I'm not sure it counts as being done. (I was more concerned that House's conceit in the finale had been done in the same series three seasons ago, albeit to a much larger degree.) I wouldn't mind if Amber was added to the main cast, actually, and was a recurring presence a la Virtual Six/Baltar; Anne Dudek's too awesome to let slip away, if it didn't mean House losing his license....

And I enjoy Castle -- it gets by on Fillion's capacity for rakishness, but I'm somewhat enthralled by Stana Katic's head. (And that she's like an off-brand Mariska Hargitay helps, I'm sure.) Anything that gets Fillion more work I'm all for.

[samson-of-5.livejournal.com]

Frankly I would just as soon see Amber go byebye asap. I think I can see what Wilson saw in her, but she rubs me the wrong way on so many levels. What would have made more sense, and probably made for more humor, was if he was hallucinating Kutner. But the commute from the White House might have been problematic.

[samson-of-5.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on Patton Oswalt, fortunately though that was just a plot device for that episode and not its main theme. I can see him wanted to recreate it once just for old time's sake, but to do it every year? The guy needs therapy, not a doll. I'm digging Tahmoh Peniket more and more, and with him now actively looking for Alpha is only a promise of more good times. And if anyone's not sold on Alan Tudyk's breadth of character....where have you been hiding?

[aardy.livejournal.com]

It's a new show on Fox, with a name that starts with "F"?

Don't show developers ever learn?