We finally got around to finishing FlashForward tonight. Pretty decent season finale overall, but definitely unsatisfying as a close to the series.

At this point I’m ambivalent to the show, but overall I think canceling it was the right idea. The first half of the season was slow moving and all over the place: we didn’t really know what was going on, and it was frustrating to watch these characters struggle to figure out anything. After the winter break the show really came together, and it was enjoyable to watch. I cared about the characters. But somewhere at the end – maybe in the last four episodes – it just went back to how it was in the beginning. And by the end I really just didn’t care anymore.

For me, getting to the point where I don’t care about a show is a big deal. In all honesty, I watched every episode of Heroes – yes, even the last two seasons – if only to see how the show came together. So to then be able to walk away from a show like this with only lukewarm feelings is fairly sad.

The other thing is that the characters got exceedingly stupid towards the end. No, Mark, don’t have that drink of alcohol even though you know it’s a terrible idea! No, Olivia, don’t kiss that guy even though you know that you’re cheating on your husband! At the end I think we compared it to Pan’s Labyrinth where all of those characters do really dumb things as well. Yes, let’s mess with the Pale Man even though everyone said never to do that. Do people in media just not listen to directions anymore?

I think the biggest loss for me is the cast. The show really did have a lot of good people on it, my personal favorite being John Cho. Maybe it’s the slight nostaglia for Lost kicking in, but Dominic Monaghan and Sonya Walger were pretty good too. Joseph Fiennes was fine – he played the part decently well. Oh, but big thumbs up on getting some BSG alums in there! (James Callis doing a rather strange American accent, and Callum Keith Rennie being evil as usual)

Anyway, there’ll be one less thing for me to watch in the fall, and I guess that’s kinda sad. Here’s hoping the cast moves on to bigger and better thins.

Yeah, so.. that ending to LOST was about as epic as it gets. Seriously excellent episode, and it brought the show together at least enough that we can all feel at peace.

I won’t write more in case of spoilers, but I’ve decided to grow out my chest hair so that it acts as both a shield and a flotation device.

Anyway. I might start watching Fringe this summer. It’s only been two seasons; surely I can catch up! I did with BSG…

…LOST will finally be over. I’m sad about it ending, but on the other hand, we’ll finally know what happens. And what a relief that’ll be.

(By the way, I’ve been super busy and haven’t really had time to post. But I promise I’ll get my act together and get back to it.)

Just a quick little post: I saw that a whole bunch of TV shows got the axe today. Heroes, Flashforward and Happy Town all got cancelled.  (Yes, the original Law & Order got cancelled too, but I don’t watch that.)

I admit that I slogged through all of Heroes – somewhere into the third season it was time to stop watching, but I felt that I had put enough time into it that I should at least see how it ends. The show is cancelled, but from what I’ve been reading, they’re going to try to give it an ending with a two- or four-hour miniseries finale. Fair enough.

Flashforward was a bit of a surprise, though its ratings have been plummeting. It’s become a little ridiculous, though, in its inability to give any answers but also string the viewer along. Honestly I don’t really care about any of the characters on it, and I suspect I’m not alone in that.

As to Happy Town, well… I watched the most recent episode, and I realized that this cancellation was the right idea. The show is just way ridiculous; even the music is hilarious in its shift between dramatic and whimsical. The characters are lame and uninteresting, and it’s mostly just pseudo-mystical that’s not going anywhere. Still, I feel bad for Amy Acker, as this is the second show she’s been on that’s been cancelled. Sad.

All the right shows got picked up: Community, 30 Rock, Castle (SVU?) V as well, but that show is frustrating to watch. And there should be a new set of shows that could be interesting: I’ve got my eye on JJ Abrams’ new show Undercovers, and maybe The Event and The Cape. We’ll see.