Fair warning, this is a rant.
The final episodes or the final season; two phrases I HATE!
It’s like getting halfway through a book and finding out that the author never
finished it. You’re stuck there in the fog not knowing if the cliffs edge is
right in front of you or way off in the distance, and what’s worse is that even
if you did know you are physically incapable of taking the next step to see
what is up ahead. You end up investing
so much time into the story, the characters, the realm in which the adventure
takes place only to be cut off forever.
Now this rant comes because I just found out that one of my
favorite shows is being canceled. 2014 will hold the final episodes of Warehouse
13. Now I have all winter to dwell on this. But I guess it is better that I
found out before hand.
Unlike with The Dresden Files or with GCB; I found out those
hadn't been renewed for a second season when I went looking for them when the
second season was supposed to start! One season! With both of those shows I was
totally invested in the characters (yes I know I can go read the Dresden Files
books) and suddenly, NOTHING. They both
left off with cliff hangers making it so that you wanted to come back. That is
just cruel. Firefly is another one. It
didn't even make it a full season before the actors were told that it wasn't
going to be renewed, but at least they got a movie.
Another cancellation shocker for me was Eureka. Does anyone
remember that show? I loved, loved, loved it. And bam out of the blue canceled.
Sure it was given 5 seasons, but seriously it could have kept going. It was an
inventive science show that even had my children interested in science. They
had so much material to pull from, but no that wasn't enough for someone and
they had to drop the axe…too bad they didn't miss and hit their foot.
So how about you, are there any shows you fell in love with that were canceled, or that you fear their cancellation? Any that you are watching now that you would recommend?
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