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Gah.
Gah.
I just…don’t even know what to say. I’m still trying to process this, but I want to get my feelings down now while they’re still fresh.
First of all, I have to remind myself that I haven’t seen any of the rest of season 3 so everything I say is tainted. That said, I feel like I can still have a true fan reaction, because I still love these characters.
And that reaction is: these were great episodes, but I need closure, dammit!
I know that this is how all the seasons have ended—with cliffhangers: who’s at the door? Why didn’t Keith meet her at the airport? But this was different.
If this was a regular season finale, it would have been great. And there’s a lot of poetry in the “full circle” Veronica’s made: Jake Kane, Clarence Wiedman, losing her reputation, Logan kicking peoples’ butt and being on Veronica’s bad side, Wallace sticking with her, Keith (probably) losing the sheriff’s badge, Lilly's face looking down from the wall (which, wasn't that incredible? My sister and I nearly lost it when we saw that). I appreciate that.
But this season didn’t end with one question. It ended with about a million things I still want to know: Will Keith win? Why is Jake Kane really back and what the heck is up with those members of “The Castle”? Will they come after
This isn’t like the end of Firefly. Yes, it was canceled abruptly, but even if we didn’t have the Big Damn Movie, "Objects in Space" was still a heck of a way to go—the perfect ending, if it had to end at all.
This? Not so much.
And that, my friends, is life.
I’ll probably have more thoughts on this later, but for now…
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First of all: CW sucks. And Rob Thomas sucks for being a jerk to his fans.
Secondly, though...I missed the closure, too, but I seem to find more of it than others did. For example, with Logan and Veronica--I'm not a 'shipper, but it's obvious to me that they'll end up together, eventually. In fact, when Logan apologized to Piz/beat up that other guy, I sort of just rolled my eyes and resigned myself to the fact that "LoVe" is just always going to trump all in RT's world.
Keith lost evidence, and turned a college campus against him; on top of that, the Mars family is set up to be Outcasts--so he's going to lose.
Dick is a loser who tried to date rape is girlfriend (and who knows who else), so he'll be stupid and get over Beaver's death--which is, to my mind, far more than he deserves :\
Why wouldn't Veronica go on the internship?
And the last scene (of VM! *ever*! *sobs*) was meant to assure us that, no matter what, Keith and Veronica are Okay.
Oh, and as for Logan...he's like a cockroach. He'll survive anything ;p
But anyway, those are my excuses for Closure. And maybe it'll be better once you watch the rest of s3?
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Second...the more I think about it, the more I've been able to find most of the same closure you have. And the more I find it more poetic than I thought I did. I still think this would have been a great season finale and that a series finale should give me...more, but recently I've fallen in love with the last scene...the rain...her alone...that song (which, even though I know it's cheesy, I've always loved).
I did not know that about Dick--seriously? I mean, I know he's an asshole and all that, but that kind of surprises me. I've always really liked him as a character--he's one of those people I would absolutely loathe in real life (and since I know several people who are very similar, though with nothing like his excuse, I know this for a fact) but I think are just great characters. Kendall belonged to this group. So did Madison Sinclair. Seriously, these are exactly the kind of people I despise in real life, but on TV shows, I squee every time they show up.
It's the drama, I guess.
Anyways, the CW is showing Season 3 again, and I'm only like three episodes in, but I'm very, very disappointed with this season. It doesn't feel like the same show at all. I guess it's just because the whole "high school noir" thing (a la Brick, my new favorite movie) is just a million times better than "college noir" (see? no ring to it at all).
Oh, well. At least I had two wonderful seasons. I've got to find a new show to watch.
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Dick, Dick, Dick. It's...if his sole purpose was to buzz around being stupidly amusing, then I wouldn't mind--I have a laugh along with everyone else, after all. But I don't have any sympathy for him. Not after trying to date rape Madison (and then taking advantage of Veronica when she got the drink instead), or being a jerk to any and everyone, or absolutely *terrorizing* his younger brother. Now, sure, if he was going to be all broken!Dick for the rest of his life, that wouldn't be right, and I'd want him to get through it...even if I suspect that on the other side he'll act like the same old Dick, no change (which is how he acted for the majority of s3 *anyway*). That said, I think this moment of conscience is doing him a little good--and it's nothing compared to what Cassidy or Veronica (to drastically shorten the list) have gone through because of him.
S3 had its moments, but no, it really wasn't the same. The first arc is really dark, and sometimes it worked *really* well, and the second arc is a bit more appropriate for the show. I guess I should warn you, though, that before the CW cancelled it, RT dropped the big mystery arcs in an ill-chosen form of appeasement? So that's a change, too :\
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Yeah, I knew about the lack of season-long arcs, and it makes me sad...that was one of the best things about the show. How could anything be as emotionally satisfying as finding out who killed Lilly or blew up the bus or when Aaron got what was coming to him?
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Like I said, I haven't seen that many of the episodes, and the ones I have are the ones he handled it pretty well in, so my view is definitely skewed. I guess that way I'm free to give him the benefit of the doubt, even if he doesn't deserve it (I tend to do that).