All that ends

[ellestra]

My thoughts on various season finales.

Person of Interest
AI! AI! AI! And It Is Free! This is why I kept watching. I'm not a big fan of the "two guys save the week" shows but this one has secondary characters that I care about - Carter and Fusco - and recurring ones that are awesome like Zoe and now also Shaw (I mentioned before that Sarah Shahi being badass is one of my favourites things ever). But it's the Artificial Intelligence and it's relations with it's creators that kept me really interested. And I have a thing for villains who consider themselves heroes due to morality shift. Root doesn't care for humans as they are faulty and therefore expendable but an AI is a person to her and she empathises with it. She would do anything and everything that would help the Machine because for her that was the most important person in the world. I don't approve but I get it. It's love. And I also get why Machine called her back. It's always nice to have someone who will put you above everything else. All the other ones it contacts are to save the world and other people. Root is out there to protect it.

Once Upon A Time
I don't think anyone thought Neal was dead but I'm happy Aurora and Mulan were back (although with Jamie Chong getting new series will she be replaced?) and that they rescued Philip (I wish we saw that). It's weird when my favourite parent/child interaction on the show so far was between Hook and Bealfire. The way Hook wanted to hurt him but couldn't because he was also Milla's son and the last link to her made me more sad the any of Greg ravings about his father (not really dead, I suspect). However, the constant evil/good revenge/help carousel is becoming tiring. I'm not sure how much more I can take. And all the hate on science - not cool. But I got hooked by the cliffhanger because despite everything I want to know why Peter Pan has been looking for Henry for centuries. And I want to see how all that weird family works together.

Revenge
They need to stop with baby = death of one of the parents. Especially for teenager pregnancy. That's creepy way of forcing no choice. Especially, with not-aborted the secret child. I'm also feeling bad about Aidan because of every guy Emily's been connected to he's the only one who called her Amanda. Maybe, Jack now but after fake!Amanda it feels wrong. Condrad got to be fully evil but I liked the penultimate episode better then last one.

Elementary
I think we all suspected Irene wasn't dead. I pretty was certain of that. So that was no surprise. I was also suspecting she was Moriarty and I grew more and more certain of that as the episode progressed so by the time Sherlock needed saving all I was waiting for exactly what happened. I, of course, had the advantage over Holmes and Watson. Natalie Dormer is pretty well known English actress (the funny thing is I didn't recognise her last week, somehow, no matter how many times I see it, she just doesn't look like herself with blonde hair to me) and, although it wouldn't be suspicious for her to play American on any other show, on this one this was instant red flag. And I know about Elementary creator's penchant for gender swap so this was obvious. In the end the only surprise was that they actually managed to put Moriarty in prison. Although, I'm pretty sure she will be out very soon. I loved that Moriarty was as much in love with Sherlock as he was with Irene. I loved it as much as I loved Joan solving the whole thing and saving Sherlock in the end. There is a special place in my heartmind for such pairings. It's the one also taken by Mrs Coulter and Lord Asriel. The best part is that Moriarty's goals and plans have nothing to do with Sherlock. And suddenly I'm a fan instead just watching.

Scandal
Everything was reset back to where we started (it was even lampshaded in the episode). It was almost ridiculous (especially the romance - I don't mind Olivia/Fitz because they are both flawed and it gets multiplied when they are together - but that going back and forth always makes me dislike relationship). So much scheming and crazy plots to everyone end up where they started (or ended last year - including Billy Chambers). The only part of that I was happy about was David Rosen because I felt really bad for him (he was good guy in all of this and got kicked the hardest) but I liked that he took a level in badass due all that happened. So I was happy about last minute because that's a change of status quo and I liked the reveal. Now we know why noone came for Huck - someone had to protect the boss's daughter.

Nikita
The whole thing with Nikita going to kill the president -> president killing herself -> not the real president? I'm not sure if it was cool or ridiculous. I think both. The action was great. The intrigue - way over done. But after all that I'm glad we are getting the final confrontation between Amanda and Nikita next season. However, the best for me where glimpses of the team future lives. Especially, Alex as UN ambassador. Saving people openly. And I loved the Division base destruction.

Doctor Who
So this is the end of River Song story. I know that River had much more adventures with the Doctor then we'll ever see I hoped we'll see her again before Professor Song dies in the Library. I'm going to miss Melody and Alex Kingston. This part made me sad. It felt like it wasn't about her being an echo that should fade. After all that's what he did to her. She was saved but she could no longer got on adventures with him. Anti-AI bias makes me sad. And Doctor/River forever because I melted when they kissed. And when she said "Spoilers" and "Sweetie".

I didn't get why The Great Intelligence hated the Doctor so much to do all of this. Why would it get peace at last. What parts of their history are we missing that made it hate him so much? Why it wants revenge on every second of Doctor's life? And wouldn't Clara's wipe made it forget the Doctor? As much as I love Richard E. Grant The Great Intelligence didn't do much for me.

The only cool thing about that - This all may mean that Silence where the good guys - they wanted to kill the Doctor before he is erased and Universe is doomed?

Moffat also used one of his templates I dislike most a woman whole existence is about the Doctor and she sacrifices herself for him. No matter how much I love River and all the iterations of Clara I still hate the implications.

There is a lot I loved about this episode. I loved our Victorian friends and how we got more of Vastra and Jenny's love. I loved Doctor using Dalek as an expletive. I loved the soufflés and Clara saying "Run, you clever boy. And remember me." again for the first time. I loved the way they used the old footage and all the old Doctors (she told him to choose the right TARDIS :D - that sheds new light on TARDIS/Clara relations). I loved the cliffhanger with John Hurt as The Doctor. This is where (when?) the 50-anniversary starts (23.11.13 - save the date) and I can't wait.

Does it mean it will be happening inside Doctor himself?

I didn't care about anything else to write about it. Except for The Good Wife which I haven't seen yet .

Comments

[novin-ha.livejournal.com]

The Good Wife is my favourite finale so far. But then again, TGW is my favourite show, period. I'm curious what you'll think :)

I *really* enjoyed NIKITA \o/ Wife says Nikita is like a Whedon show without all the annoying Whedon ticks, and I think there's a point there. It's not as self-satisfied and the pandering is less obvious. I am so impressed that they managed to make me ship Nikita/Michael because usually those obvious ships don't work for me, but Nikita/Michael is cute.

I hope they manage to resolve the Owen storyline too.

When it comes to Scandal I hate Olivia/Fitz, and it negatively impacts my enjoyment of the show because it tries to convince me the ship is cool, when I see Fitz as a brutal, unlikable person. He is a puppet on strings but instead of actually refusing to be one, he pretends he is not and throws hissy fits. His manner towards women is endlessly abusive. Shonda has this thing for guys who say "I AM THE MAN!!" at some point and for women who melt when that happens, but that is the ultimate turn-off for me. And here Fitz keeps saying "I AM THE PRESIDENT" as if it means something.

And puh-lease, that bit where people apologise to him for stealing the election "from him"? Taking his opportunity to win "fairly"? I think they are forgetting that without Defiance he *wouldn't* be president at all. And I know Olivia is flawed as well, but Fitz's flaws hit my buttons in a different way. So ugh :(

But the reveal was cool, I had no idea ;)))

If the show cut Quinn and Huck and then had Fitz deposed as president, I would love it so much more.

I loved the Grey's finale. The Mindy Project's was not as exciting as I hoped. And The Americans had their moments.

[ellestra.livejournal.com]

I'm moving backwards through my DVR and because of Boston that's a lot of watching but I got to The Good Wife finally this morning. I found the ballot case slightly ridiculous but it shows the relationship of lawyers and truth and how fast right and wrong can switch so it was fun. I liked Jackie telling Peter off, Eli and horror movies but most of all I liked Alicia running away from one choice by jumping into another one instead. I'm only sad about Carey and Kalinda. This is what mixing friendship and business does to you.

Finales are my least favourite thing on Grey's. I'm tired of all the disasters and even the characters commented on all the horrible things Meredith already survived. I just finished Redshirts and everything they say about Kerensky there apply to her perfectly (from lazy writing to PTSD).

I also finally finished The Americans. Claudia/Elizabeth interactions are my favourite part although I wish they'd used their manipulation skills to work together instead of against each other. And Nina's is my favourite character arc (and I like Arkadij - Cziort s nimi moment was great). But the whole Martha storyline made me wondered about their wigs that never move out of place - especially after the whole CIA spy thing last week. However, the penultimate episode was more interesting and with more twists. But the finale had me rooting for the Russians more then ever again so that's a win for the series. I loved the tape from Nadieżda's mother and the Paige is getting suspicious ending.

Yes, Nikita is so close to all I wanted from action show with women I can't hardly believe it actually happened on TV (women with goals not about men working together and against each other on stuff not love interest related, etc.). I think it's easier to ship this version of Nikita and Michael because he's not using/controlling her. Despite tendency to be overdrsmatic at sacrifycing everything to safe each other, they are, for the most part, partners. And I like that in couples.

I have pity for Fitz more then I despise him. He is surrounded by so many people whose want to control him and all he knows how to deal with it is to lash out. Olivia at least has people she can trust and who listen to her and do what she wants. Everyone knows better what Fitz should do and who he should be. Including Olivia. I see how awful he is but I see how awful they are to him and I understand why he is like that. There is a kind of cruelty that comes from powerlessness. It's childish and vindictive and makes him a worse person but I still feel sorry for him. Maybe because it's usually women who are portrayed like that and I like seeing the most powerful man in the world in the role. Olivia and Fitz are dysfunctional but it's very clear she wants this so I think they deserve each other. I don't think they have a future together but I don't actively dislike it.