Thursday, May 4, 2006

Hung out with Robert, Bryan, Chris, Di, & Mark last night. Mollie couldn't make it because her period has morphed into an exclamation point. Had lots of laughter and fun. Went Aut bar briefly, then stopped by Robert Mitchel's place to give him some CDs. Bought some groceries. Talked to Jennifer on the phone. Michael and her are probably done, which is sad because he's a great guy, but it's probably for the best because she doesn't feel for him the way that he feels for her. Chris kissed her the other night and things were felt, but she knows that things there are really not great either (big & little problems abound). So we had lots of talking and the love was felt. ;-0)

I slept for a few hours but woke up thirsty and unable to get back to sleep. I drank some cranberry juice and got my hands on last night's ALIAS episode. OH MY GODDESS! This show... I really enjoyed it when it first aired, and then it just kept getting better. Season 2 was the bomb, mostly due to the fantastic integration of Lena Olin as Irina Derevko. Seasons 3 & 4 were a mixed bag for me, with enough good to great episodes to keep me hooked, but with enough mediocrity to feel the show was slipping, plus I discovered 1 huge continuity flaw which has forever tainted the show for me, because the "really smart" characters on the show talk about this flaw in continuity in depth for many episodes, when they should all know right off that it doesn't make any sense. And the final nail in the ALIAS coffin was the Season 5 premiere which sucked - but I still gave it another chance with the following episode, but for me the magic was gone and I stopped watching. Later I heard that the show had been cancelled, and I decided I would watch the 7 episodes that I had missed (while the show was on hiatus for Jennifer Garner's maternity leave) and found that not only had the series bounced back and shown improvment, but that by the time I got to that 7th episode the series was back in 5 star territory. For starters, the series really started to feel like Season 1 again, with the introduction of some new blood, but even beyond that, some old plot lines, tons of past show continuity, and familiar faces began to appear. But I still wasn't sure if the show could end well, because the network cut the season down from 22 episodes (the number of episodes in every previous season) down to 17. I read that the writers had a plan to end the show, but I've read that shit before from mythology & continuity heavy shows before and been burned (Remember when X-Files was good? And as much as I love Joss, and I do GET the ending of Angel - it's still not satisfying to me). But...and this is amazing to me - 4 episodes have aired since then, and they have all been amazing! Pulling together all the strands of story that I never really expected them to pay off on!! And much of this has been shocking, and well acted, and fun, and just...wow. I'm stunned. And it's just so refreshing to have the impression that the writers and actors are pulling out all the stops for the final stream of episodes. The show is fantastic again; it's Season 2 good again - and I think it's time for the show to end, and I'm so dying to see what happens next. Hopefully the end will not disappoint.

I have to go; Mark wants to tell me something.

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