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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
Let me put it this way, yes it was bait and switch, but somehow I ended up at a Kingdom Hall last Sunday morning.
That is to say, as it stands alone, as an ending to the story of the characters we've come to know, it was quite good. As the conclusion of what the show appeared to be with all these machinations and schemes and plots and counterplots and tidbits and freezeframes etc. ad infinitum, it's disappointing that all of that was for naught.
I don't think I'm alone, as there seems to be a strong inclination out there to grade the finale twice, once as a standalone, and again as a conclusion.
Like I said, 'mattered' isn't the standard, those unexplained mysteries were the seedlings of what promised ['showed' promise, not 'we the creators' promise] to be intriguing storytelling. And it's hard to separate how much of what drew us in as a massive rapt audience was those mysteries and how much was the story of a handful of people in need of spiritual growth.
I know for myself, I cared relatively little about the love stories and the triangles and the temper tantums and the personality quirks in comparison to the mysteries surrounding them, and regarded them as an indulgence for a good bit of the ride.
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Agree 100%. Nobody kept tuning in from week to week because of the love stories and the backstorys. I mean, those were well done, but it was the mysterys and puzzles that kept everyone coming back for more.
Frankly i stopped watching on a regular basis after the 3rd season when i realize there was no way they were ever going to be able to wrap up the gargantuan puzzles effectively. Maybe they never intended to all along??