Three Finales = TV Void

It's been a hell of a week for TV drama. The last ever episodes of all three shows i've been watching this "fall season" aired over the course of the last seven days.

First LOST, then 24, then Flash Forward. I think 24 actually aired first but I only got to it yesterday.

24 also did the best job at putting together a conclusive finale, but they had a probable movie to set up. This is why the only likely ending was Jack Bauer going underground ready to resurface when the time arrives. It's certainly the only reason Logan's suicide was only an attempted suicide. On that, it's a shame that there's no real consistency of character between his three stints. 1 and 3 were somewhat similar, but 2 could have been someone else entirely. If they do opt to utilise a brain damaged Logan in the movie, it'll be interesting to see if he reverts to the more bearded peaceful Logan we last saw pretending to die after being stabbed by his ex.

I've said my piece on LOST, and so have many others.

Flashforward had the misfortune to be canned having already filmed a season, but not series finale. The unexplained element of FF is similar in nature to LOST's, but FF has a better excuse for their inconclusive finale. FF hasn't been the best acted or scripted show, but i'd swap the last two seasons of Heroes for more of this any day. Of course, Heroes was also canned without a conclusion a few weeks ago, months after the finale which left plenty of room for a new season focussed on the world discovering the big secret as if somehow all that government and military stuff from the previous season wasn't clearly happening in full view of the public. Please, if i'm wrong about that, someone explain it to me. I'm not watching season 3 again, ever.

There's a lot of space for new shows later in the year. I remember starting to watch LOST around the time I decided that I watched too much TV and planned not to take on any new shows. Although I took on LOST, that was all. To read this you'd think I watch a lot of shows, but to date i've never seen a moment of The Sopranos, The Wire, Prison Break, The West Wing and quite a few other bigger names

So, here it is. A definite opportunity to not replace these finished shows with new shows. A chance to claw back some time. I have no knowledge of any new TV on the horizon. Will I stick to this? Maybe. Time will tell.

There are people that will tell you that all TV is crap at best and mind control at worst. Provided you're relatively enlightened, the mind control is very easy to spot and ignore/point out/laugh at. Some of it is definitely crap, but as far as what I as a human find entertaining goes, i'll take these long-form dramas every time over any reality TV, soap or the majority of new sitcoms from the UK or the US over the past few years.