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| Message Posted On Tuesday, May 19th 2009 At 8:22 am |
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| Message Posted On Tuesday, May 19th 2009 At 5:44 pm |
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I wouldn't say it sucks, but it certainly wasn't a "big ending" if that is what you mean, and I suppose it was.
I think part of the problem is that they were supposedly going to end the show with this season, then everyone, including Fishburne, signed back on to keep going (and hey, it's still the top-rated scripted show on TV -- so quitting with the ratings that high is hardly stupid for CBS or any of the business people), so, whatever they might have been planning as a big blow-off went out the window. So they wound up grabbing (possibly not this ep, but one of the recent eps) a story out of the "not quite good enough" pile and cleaned it up a bit.
Personally, the remainder of this season, after One to Go is a weak hodgepodge of fairly entertaining stories. There were a couple decent eps, but it was more like an effort to make everyone happy with screen time so they'd sign on for more. I hope that they'll use the break to refine their concept of how the show is going to work with Petersen gone. Fishburne is a good actor, as good, I'd say, as Petersen, but the character is less naturally the centerpiece of the show, so they'll have to develop it somewhat to identify how the whole crew works together and redevelop the cameraderie that it lost when it lost three regulars.
One thing that I haven't seen is any sort of tension in the show regarding the "lost friends"... it's one thing when you lose one person you'd known for years, but when you lose half of them, that's a big impact on the team.. and so far, they're two short on crew. Riley's nominally taken one of those spots, but they really haven't defined her character at all. She's pretty much a cipher and a pretty face, nothing more. They've done nothing with her background to this point, I don't think.
P.S., I'm going to post the above as an analysis on the end-of-season show, FWIW. |
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| Message Posted On Wednesday, May 20th 2009 At 8:43 am |
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