zibnchy

When Ben was waking up I noticed his face wounds were healed so I had the idea maybe they were going with the "you got hit in the head and have been in a coma and this is all a bad dream" trope. When he asked "Where am I?" I expected the nurse to answer "Seattle General, of course." Which would have been completely stupid BUT not as stupid as the actual ending. So those teenagers took over the town, captured all the adults and put them in cryo, killed all the abbies, cleaned up and rebuilt the town and they did it all OFFSCREEN between the last scene with Pam and Kate and the following scene with Ben waking up. This is the stupidest and worst possible ending. Not Dexter levels of bad but close. This entire series was a complete waste of time. I'm ashamed of myself for watching.

I've seen the final. WTF? I want those 10 hours of my life back. 12 hours. I want 12 hours. I want interest.

"Well, I didn't see that coming" said no person who has ever seen TV ever. "I'll get Eva, she's had lots of experience with this in alternate reality." Made me guffaw. "Oh, hell no," said Dog. "No way are you killing me off, not when I'm finally getting some character development. Today I woofed and I stayed and I did a damn fine job. Kill off Julia. She's pointless."

I don't understand what happened to the Nurse Pam character. In the first couple of episodes she was so menacing. Delightfully menacing. What happened to her to turn her all soft and sentimental (over that old photo)? In that scene with Theresa I was afraid for a second that she was going to giggle. Did I miss an episode where they thawed out Pam 2.0?

I don't understand how they managed to make the show boring. Well, I do know how they managed it (Ben and Amy for starters) but I don't know why. The premise is not boring. There must still be a few talented writers in hollywood. I'm only watching because I hope next week everyone dies. Everyone. No more show. No possibility of a second season. Just let us all forget.

Still I think the fact that he didn't shoot at it or destroy it shows great character growth. And it will probably be magically charged up next time we see it.

I wondered about that and haven't had the energy to go back and look at that scene again. But if he did, in fact, do this, wire the camera to recharge, that stands as one of the most sane things a character has ever done on this show. Forget for a second whether one could actually recharge a camera this way, Big Jim actually took something that needed electricity and put it in the vicinity of electricity. He didn't shoot it or put it back in the drawer and pull it out later mysteriously fully charged. He didn't throw it into the chasm so somebody in zenith could recharge it and then retrieve it from the lake fully charged and mysteriously dry. He didn't have the town build a giant windmill to harness the energy of something for some reason. He didn't ask Joe to tape it to the dome for magic. And he didn't invoke the power of the egg. Egg help me, I almost *liked* Big Jim this episode. I am worried about the dog, though.

So the scientist and a bunch of soldiers came thru the red door/root cellar portal that enters the dome via the lake? They followed Dad Barbie, I guess?and they brought with them a fully equipped lab and testing supplies? And they would have had to do it, like, yesterday. And no one noticed? And while we're here, what exactly is this test the scientist guy ran on what I assume was Big Jim' s blood to determine if he'd been affected by the egg. Is it a test to determine if the blood contains purple and pink sparkles? Where is the egg? Didn't Jim drop it down the chasm in the cave? The one that was linked to the playground in zenith (or whatever the name of that town was). It was last season so I'm not remembering things. Oh wait! Dad Barbie brought it back for Drownsie didn't he? I'm overthinking this to get my mind off the final scene of Marg H. and Junior. Oh ew. I miss the dog. Hope he's ok.

Last night as I was trying to go to sleep I was thinking about UTD and the season's new star. What motivated this actor to accept the part on UTD? Money? Did CBS back a Brink's truck up to the actor's house? Is it exposure? UTD isn't a very good show. You'd think there would have been better offers on the table. Was it the chance to work with fellow actors like Dean Norris? I'm referring, of course, to Dog. Why did Dog agree to appear on UTD? Don't get me wrong. I'm very glad, because I love Dog. Such a nuanced performance.

Note to casting staff: if you cast a couple of kids and put them in a life threatening situation and your audience Doesn't Care if they live, you've failed. Miserably. I may be in the minority here, but I just don't like Matt Dillon. There's something unpleasant to me about his brow. And his acting style. So I'm not secretly hoping he also dies. Kate's husband seems nice. Make him sheriff. Thuganomics, thanks for identifying Ian Tracey for me. I was going crazy playing Who's That Guy? How 'bout we make him the sheriff.

I can't believe I'm about to say this but I actually miss crazypants Sherry Stringfield and her "paintings" and that weird portal where one enters the root cellar and comes up in the lake. That was inspired genius compared to the steaming pile of "lifeforce" they're offering this year. Heck, I even miss Rebecca and her crazy science. More dog please! Also, can I just reiterate that I really, really hate the Junior redemption. It was only 3 weeks ago(!) that he kidnapped Angie and held her hostage in the fallout shelter. Now he's boo-hooing to Big Jim about being locked up in the fallout shelter as a kid. Am I supposed to feel sorry for him? Really? I want to punch his face. Hard.

I will always love Dean Norris, but that dog is now the best actor on this show. And also, possibly the only one who knows what the hell is going on.

So I just re-watched Season 1 Episode 1 for the heck of it, and two things stood out which I had forgotten in the years since I first watched. First of all,they use the same music, the theme song from Valley of the Dolls throughout the pilot. Second, Jackie's final words in the episode after she returns home to her husband and children are "It bears repeating, make me good God, but not yet." Jackie is good and dead, I think.

I spent the entire episode under the impression that it was Andy Dick, of News Radio, playing Vigilante Jones. And I thought that he (Andy) was doing a pretty good job. I actually kinda liked VJ. Now my world has been shaken by the news that it was , in fact, Chris Elliot. Now I just don't know what to believe anymore. Jackie was all chatty, happy, girlfriend to Zoey because she was high as a kite.

I was briefly confused by the handful o' pills popping at the end. I thought maybe it was some kind of strange dream sequence. Really now the only satisfactory ending (for me) for this show will be to end with Jackie's death. She's got nowhere else to go (down). It probably won't end that way, but I hope it does. And I would absolutely watch a new show called Nurse Zoey.

I decided to watch episode 4 because I was bored and I thought to myself "these characters can't possibly get more unlikable, can they?" Well, apparently they sure can! At this point I only like Franny, the tiger hunter, and for some strange reason Chuck. I don't know why I like Chuck, but I do. Oh, and the impossibly cute little girl whose brother got run over a few episodes back. But really I keep watching for riveting dialog like this line from the mumble mouth nerdy guy, dramatically uttered after the power came back on. "The power's back on," he said. Then the teacher died and I was relieved and happy for her because I didn't quite officially hate her yet and now she doesn't have to be on this terrible show anymore.

I just came here to rant about how much I hate the Wiley character. Isn't she sorta the lead? Shouldn't she be at least a tiny bit likeable? I also came here to ask why so many of the actors are clearly older than 22 but the forum title covered that. But seriously? Gord? That guy looks about 40. My mind went to a very bad place when mumble guy threw Wiley's bag into the mine field and she freaked out. "Oh no, I'll bet the baby is in there," I said. Only money. I want season 2, if there is a season 2, to revolve around Gord's badass little lion hunting sister. I promise to learn her name.