The more I think over the finale, the less I'm enthused, and I feel it has a lot to do with the way the season progressed. S1 was more procedural, S2 was more arc-based, and therefore several episodes were spent moving things into place for a big finale. But then, when the big finale comes, I feel the writers went overboard with trying to wow us. They succeeded with me, btw, until I started thinking about it.
I had hoped Stan wouldn't hand over the Echo program, but I was also hoping he'll redeem himself by coming up with a plan to save things. Sort of the way Gaad turned things around. Not becoming a double agent in itself isn't enough for me. He might have been able to save Nina if he was willing to sacrifice himself, but he didn't even try.
The entire 'tell Paige now' and then Philip threatening Arkady came completely out of left field, and I prefer pretending it did not happen.
Jared and Kate - maybe. I can understand some of it, but not all of it.
I really liked the Larrick arc. Except for the fact that he was about to turn over P&E - the more I think about it, the more I agree it doesn't make sense. He wanted to kill Emmet and Leanne, so what changed?
Same goes for Elizabeth's insistence on not telling the kids. I really don't see what changed. She knows Paige, she knows how she feels right now (ie, "I'm not a liar"). How will telling her her whole life was a lie, and to what extent her parents went to make her believe it, help in any way? Even if she doesn't tell the FBI immediately, she'll be running off to Kelli or Pastor Tim.
Things like Philip's depression were completely ignored. Was it building up towards something and I missed it, or is it just going to stay around till the next season?
Compared to the S1 finale, which actually tied up everything nicely, I feel that here they tried to both wrap everything up, and open a whole new can of worms that we wouldn't see coming,and it was just too much.
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Trying to wrap everything up
Date: 2014-05-25 12:55 pm (UTC)I had hoped Stan wouldn't hand over the Echo program, but I was also hoping he'll redeem himself by coming up with a plan to save things. Sort of the way Gaad turned things around. Not becoming a double agent in itself isn't enough for me. He might have been able to save Nina if he was willing to sacrifice himself, but he didn't even try.
The entire 'tell Paige now' and then Philip threatening Arkady came completely out of left field, and I prefer pretending it did not happen.
Jared and Kate - maybe. I can understand some of it, but not all of it.
I really liked the Larrick arc. Except for the fact that he was about to turn over P&E - the more I think about it, the more I agree it doesn't make sense. He wanted to kill Emmet and Leanne, so what changed?
Same goes for Elizabeth's insistence on not telling the kids. I really don't see what changed. She knows Paige, she knows how she feels right now (ie, "I'm not a liar"). How will telling her her whole life was a lie, and to what extent her parents went to make her believe it, help in any way? Even if she doesn't tell the FBI immediately, she'll be running off to Kelli or Pastor Tim.
Things like Philip's depression were completely ignored. Was it building up towards something and I missed it, or is it just going to stay around till the next season?
Compared to the S1 finale, which actually tied up everything nicely, I feel that here they tried to both wrap everything up, and open a whole new can of worms that we wouldn't see coming,and it was just too much.