Season finales
Date created: 5/20/09 Section: ENTERTAINMENT
Season Finale: Heroes
I stuck with this show through Season Two, which is more than a lot of people can say. The plot got dealt a hefty blow then, but they've been recovering since. The season finale brought a great degree of character back into the show. A mother, who's always cruel and calculating, loves her son too much to let him go - and she makes a decision she knows is foolish in a desperate attempt to hold on. It's a great cliffhanger for the next season, because unlike the other previews, they don't out and out say what's going to happen. They do some foreshadowing, and they let the audience guess. They're bringing back what made the first season so great - that element of uncertainty - and I can't wait to see how it turns out.
-Andrew Lidwell
30 Rock Finale
30 Rock is one of the best comedies on television. The finale is a follow up to an arc introduced a couple of episodes back and completely wraps it up. With Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey and Traci Morgan, you have a recipe for success. Add in all the celebrity guest stars singing a special song at the end and you have one hell of a finale. They didn't really introduce any plot threads for next season, but then again with this type of show they don't really have to. If you are unfamiliar with 30 Rock then you have to check it out.
--Joe Fogel
One of my shows to watch this past television season has been J.J. Abrams' new science-fiction T.V. series Fringe. For those of you who haven't heard of Abrams, he's made his name in television with the hit spy show Alias and mystery-filled island show Lost.
On the big screen, Abrams has the new age monster movie "Cloverfield" and "Star Trek" under his belt. Fringe is sort of like Lost in that it is filled with mysteries that sort themselves out as the show goes along. The season finale culminated in lots of questions being answered about the teleporting criminal and why he's trying to get to the other universe as well as what's up with William Bell and where he's been all season. Like a good show, it left viewers with many more unanswered questions, such as why's Peter's name on a grave, what's with the war going on in the other universe and to what extent did drug testing affect Olivia. If you haven't caught this show, you got all summer so watch it and be prepared for the next season of Fringe.
I stuck with this show through Season Two, which is more than a lot of people can say. The plot got dealt a hefty blow then, but they've been recovering since. The season finale brought a great degree of character back into the show. A mother, who's always cruel and calculating, loves her son too much to let him go - and she makes a decision she knows is foolish in a desperate attempt to hold on. It's a great cliffhanger for the next season, because unlike the other previews, they don't out and out say what's going to happen. They do some foreshadowing, and they let the audience guess. They're bringing back what made the first season so great - that element of uncertainty - and I can't wait to see how it turns out.
-Andrew Lidwell
30 Rock Finale
30 Rock is one of the best comedies on television. The finale is a follow up to an arc introduced a couple of episodes back and completely wraps it up. With Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey and Traci Morgan, you have a recipe for success. Add in all the celebrity guest stars singing a special song at the end and you have one hell of a finale. They didn't really introduce any plot threads for next season, but then again with this type of show they don't really have to. If you are unfamiliar with 30 Rock then you have to check it out.
--Joe Fogel
One of my shows to watch this past television season has been J.J. Abrams' new science-fiction T.V. series Fringe. For those of you who haven't heard of Abrams, he's made his name in television with the hit spy show Alias and mystery-filled island show Lost.
On the big screen, Abrams has the new age monster movie "Cloverfield" and "Star Trek" under his belt. Fringe is sort of like Lost in that it is filled with mysteries that sort themselves out as the show goes along. The season finale culminated in lots of questions being answered about the teleporting criminal and why he's trying to get to the other universe as well as what's up with William Bell and where he's been all season. Like a good show, it left viewers with many more unanswered questions, such as why's Peter's name on a grave, what's with the war going on in the other universe and to what extent did drug testing affect Olivia. If you haven't caught this show, you got all summer so watch it and be prepared for the next season of Fringe.
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