Medium series finale

[quiet_tiger]

Does anyone else watch Medium? I haven't always watched it regularly, but I really enjoy Joe and Allison's dynamic, and the girls.

I have just a comment on the finale (spoilers)...


Did it depress the hell out of anyone else?

I mean, holy shit, let's just a) kill off Joe b) tease you that he's okay c) have Allison realize she was only fooling herself subconsciously d) have Allison spend the rest of her life alone and e) finally kill her off alone.

Why spend so much time on the fake court case? If you *have* to kill off Joe, which you *don't*, why not show him in good times, or saying goodbye to his daughters, maybe some of the happy times in those 41 years?

What kind of finale kills off the show's two main characters? Not every episode of the show over the years has been uplifting and positive, but I always wanted to watch the show again, unlike now. I know the characters' futures, and can't erase the bleak parts.

Totally unnecessary. The show didn't need a happy-feely-warmsquishygross ending, but geez, it would have been nice to have an ending that felt like it mattered, that there was something else for the characters to do afterwards other than be dead.

If it were a movie I'd want my money back.

Comments

[askellington.livejournal.com]

It WAS depressing!!! I agree! That was an...unusual choice.

[askellington.livejournal.com]

oh crap--it's me, roxy! forgot to log out at this LJ! Heh.

[quiet--tiger.livejournal.com]

Heh, I *was* a bit confused as to who this new person was and why they commented to a comment I left in your journal earlier in the week. :) Double lives can be tough!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I don't know how spies do it!!!!

[quiet--tiger.livejournal.com]

Like, I get the whole death thing with Allison being a medium, but still. Doesn't mean everyone has to die!

[wahlee.livejournal.com]

i HATED that ending!!! HATED IT!!! what's wrong with having a happy ending?
and the real life JOE didn't even die, yet. it kinda hurt me after watching that show
all the time it's been on. and i hate the future with it's mini-phones!!!

[quiet--tiger.livejournal.com]

Endings like that in any movie or show make me wonder why the hell I even bothered watching the whole thing. The main character dying in a valiant effort or something is one thing, but to kill people off for absolutely no reason except to manipulate people's emotions sucks!

There was no reason not to write a different story, one that could be sad or thinky or whatever but still not have the two main characters dead, just to "connect" again on the other side. If you don't kill them, they don't need to be connected yet on the other side!!

I wasn't sure if that was a phone or some sort of recorder, that maybe she was listening to an old message. It's just extra depressing that she was alone.