8.09 reaction.

[ash48]

I hated that beyond words.

I am literally sobbing as I type because this actually feels like the end.

What happened to my beautiful, bromancy, interesting, scary, intriguing show? My show that had "something up its sleeve", my show that only ever had brothers at odds with each other FOR A REAL REASON! My show that had brothers who loved each other. My show that knew it's history. My show that WAS NEVER a soap opera. My show.... *sobs*

My heart is breaking so much and it fucking hurts.

I trust that I missed something. To be honest I don't even have the energy to rant. I am so disappointed and hurt. The season cliffhanger is Amelia walking back into Sam's life... just. No words.

I have never witnessed so much distrust, disloyalty, dis-LOVE between the brothers....EVER. Even when they were fighting at the end of S4 there was at least passion. This was just...nothing. All those things without any reason. They were hardly even on the screen together. I think I even detected real hate between them. And if that's supposed to make me tune in to see how they resolve it?...well...yeah. Not so much.

The show has changed. I suppose it had to. So many of you already saw it. I glimpsed it and clawed myself back. But this is what the show has become and that saddens me so, so much.

I know I shouldn't post. I know you want positive stuff. But in one episode it cemented everything I feared this season would turn into. A boring soap opera.

(I will say that it was beautifully filmed. And if it was a soap opera then I am sure it was beautifully written).

Comments

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

Rumor has it that 8.10 was actually supposed to be the cliffhanger, and the network got in the way of the airing order.

I still think this ep was rife with a lot of the major problems the season has had, but it makes a bit more sense if you think of it as the lead-up to the hiatus ep and not the hiatus ep, though I have no idea what the source of that rumor is or if it is reliable.

[percysowner.livejournal.com]

That's unfortunate, because I'm not sure I care anymore. I'm sure I'll get over it, but still.

[maenad.livejournal.com]

... Huh. Actually, if true, that helps a lot. That's not to say that the episode is without problems - it has many - but my opinion of Dabb and Loflin is quite low, so I adjust my expectations for any episode in which either is involved accordingly.

What startled me was how dull the episode was for what it was. Loflin is probably going to turn in mediocre scripts. But to give him this job ...


And that isn't to say that the season has no problems, either. Wow, does it ever. But this was what was bothering me today, so thank you. :)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

I think that helps a lot. If this was the ep before the mid-season hiatus then I might not have gone in with such high expectations.

Man...what a messy season.

[harrigan.livejournal.com]

This is a big relief -- thanks for sharing. More than anything else, I found myself frustrated? upset? regretting? that *this* was the emotional note they wanted to leave us hanging on for 6 weeks? Knowing that that's not the case does help....