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Another week, a few more endings... Last week saw the finish of this season of medical drama House and the recently cancelled FlashForward. But how successfully did they wrap things up?
FlashForward’s first and only season came to an end last week. And although the recent news of its cancellation didn’t come as a shock to me, it’s still a shame to see such an interesting idea go to waste. Despite my initial dislike of the first half of the season – suffering from sub-par acting and a fairly predictable plot – the latter half has been surprisingly all right. Some of the actors had started to stand out, notably Christine Woods (as Janis) and Dominic Monaghan (as Simon) and there was a really cool cliff-hanger to the finale (in my opinion, anyway). When I look back over the season, I think the show managed to retain my interest as to how FlashForward’s characters would come to be in the situations that they’d foreseen.
But unfortunately, the remainder of the cast have struggled to be convincing - especially the lead actor, Joseph Fiennes. The series ended up giving too many science-based answers (note to the writers: things like Tachyon Constants and Quantum Entanglement Devices are just plain confusing). And even though the storylines did come together in the finale, it felt rushed and there just weren’t enough twists along the way. I’ve honestly found it hard to be fully engaged with it and I know I would have had to make a real effort to bring myself to watch its second season. Thankfully, there isn’t going to be one.
SPOILERS AHEAD!
Seasons four and five saw big changes for each of the characters, and Season six was no exception. We opened with House in a psychiatric hospital, attempting to become a better person and get off the Vicodin. The last time the show tried to shake things up, by introducing the 'Survivor' mass job interview in Season four, they were still anchored by their misanthropic protagonist. Changing House himself would change the entire show.
Fortunately, House could never be cured that easily. While he has been trying to balance his karma this season, we were still not denied any of his genius 'House-isms' or his scathing remarks. We were also treated to some experimental episodes - both Wilson and Cuddy got an episode devoted to each of them, and Hugh Laurie made his directorial debut.
House has established an alternating pattern of season finales - one season ending on a personal, small-scale cliffhanger, the next season going for broke on a violent disaster. Last season was a personal drama for House, so Season six naturally ended with a crane collapsing and injuring hundreds of people. But the show played to its strengths in the final moments, focusing on its characters and ending on revelation that the fans have been wanting all along. Let's hope it doesn't spoil the magic for next season.
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