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nbc_mediumMonday, June 1st 10/9c - "Bring Me The Head Of Oswaldo Castillo" On the season series finale on NBC, Allison dreams of a future where an unfamiliar man is comforting her after the loss of her entire family. (TV-14 V)
...Now on your feet soldier..." --- Kyle Reese
...And this is how NBC would've left us: With A "series finale" and a "To be Continued" if CBS hadn't picked up the series they've produced. I would've been momentarily trumatized for life like I was with Journeyman, with nothing but speculation and "save our show" campgains to monitor on blogs or wordpress sites. Their evil truly knows no bounds (Proceeds to sharpen her knife).
[Clears Throat]: Anyways, this was an excellent episode. I honestly could find nothing to complain about except the fact that there was too little Marie, Bridgette, and Ariel, ...Joe... ...and would it be extremely morbid to say that I at least wanted to see how Joe and the girls died, to further connect with the desperation that motivated Allison to save her family from an untimely demise, before finding out Castillo likes chop people up and put them in tiny boxes, plus blow them up in their cars Lethal Weapon style?(Okay, so Victoria Lynn Riggs was run off the road, but still, death by car still counts.) Yeah, too morbid? Okay, I'll just keep that to myself then :P.
Funnily enough if it weren't for the abysmal The Haunting of Molly Heartly movie, I probably wouldn't have known that angioma's could be or were [considered] benign tumors, because aside from where the Tumor was affecting poor Allison (the brain stem), that's the only thing I could think of that could've been already present inside her head to cause such a terrible complication. That aside, I can say that this episode really stirred some fear of things to come as it progressed in the storyline. The set up was so well thought out, that I feared that this dream of her could actually happen.
After getting over the urge to bop Allison for snapping at Marie, then Joe, I giggled at the rapport between her and Lee, plus her donation of baby clothes to Scanlon (and by extension, Lynn). Lynn doesn't have to worry about shopping for her new baby anytime soon if she ends up adoring all the clothing.
For some odd reason, I thought the poor man Castillo was torturing was the man that Allison was somehow "fated" to meet in the future, so I sighed and thought "well, don't have to worry about him."
Obviously, I wasn't paying attention to the faces, because as soon as Manuel mentioned that the Federal Agent's wife had been killed, I frowned and then facepalmed. Arg, the future had not changed and there was still a chance that the Dubois family would die (where's John Connor when you need him?). Sufficed to say, I did not like the friendliness that Agent dude was showing towards Allison. Even before the end of the episode, I thought he was laying it on thick (Natasha Bedingfield playing in the background didn't help either). That aside, for once, I found myself really enjoying the fight between Joe and Allison. Lately, I thouht they've been a bit off kilter compared to the previous season fights, but this was one was really good, particularly the "I want you to get your ass out of the bed and act you give a damn" part (ROFL). Joe's too logical for his own good sometimes, I love him for it :D.
The future dreams of a powerless Allison looking for justice (in the semi-legal way) for her slaughtered family were like a seperate episode altogether with the way they were shot. It was extremely entertaining, but the only thing that confused me was Allison wearing the wig; Are we supposed to be assume that she's still taking radiation treatments for the remainder of her tumor (hence the wig), or is the hair unable to grow back after getting part your head cracked open? Anyhow, I was rather surprised by the turns of events which revealed that the "oh so helpful" federal agent, was a Double Agent, working with Oswaldo Castillo and allowed his wife to be killed. Him = Jerkward. I took much pleasure in Future!Allison ending all their lives with her revolver, aided by a gas leak. That'll teach them to ruin her idyllic life and think they can get away with it :D.
The kicker, however, was the Allison's proclaimation of love to her husband and the final minutes of the episode, where the doctor tells Joe that Allison suffered a stroke and had fallen into a Comatose state. Coupled with that damn season montage (*wipes tears away*), and Bedingfield's song (whatever its called), which finally had some impact now that it was used in correct manner, and Joe's look of absolute dismay and stunned silence, it was official: My Brain was really numb. I'll be up all night/morning wondering how Allison's gonna get out of this mess in Season Six.
Poor Joe.
Poor kids.
Overall, a Excellent Episode and a great Finale.
'Till the Fall and greener pastures.
EDIT: I just found out the Natasha Bedingfield song is called "Soulmate" Mystery solved.
...Now on your feet soldier..." --- Kyle Reese
...And this is how NBC would've left us: With A "series finale" and a "To be Continued" if CBS hadn't picked up the series they've produced. I would've been momentarily trumatized for life like I was with Journeyman, with nothing but speculation and "save our show" campgains to monitor on blogs or wordpress sites. Their evil truly knows no bounds (Proceeds to sharpen her knife).
[Clears Throat]: Anyways, this was an excellent episode. I honestly could find nothing to complain about except the fact that there was too little Marie, Bridgette, and Ariel, ...Joe... ...and would it be extremely morbid to say that I at least wanted to see how Joe and the girls died, to further connect with the desperation that motivated Allison to save her family from an untimely demise, before finding out Castillo likes chop people up and put them in tiny boxes, plus blow them up in their cars Lethal Weapon style?
Funnily enough if it weren't for the abysmal The Haunting of Molly Heartly movie, I probably wouldn't have known that angioma's could be or were [considered] benign tumors, because aside from where the Tumor was affecting poor Allison (the brain stem), that's the only thing I could think of that could've been already present inside her head to cause such a terrible complication. That aside, I can say that this episode really stirred some fear of things to come as it progressed in the storyline. The set up was so well thought out, that I feared that this dream of her could actually happen.
After getting over the urge to bop Allison for snapping at Marie, then Joe, I giggled at the rapport between her and Lee, plus her donation of baby clothes to Scanlon (and by extension, Lynn). Lynn doesn't have to worry about shopping for her new baby anytime soon if she ends up adoring all the clothing.
For some odd reason, I thought the poor man Castillo was torturing was the man that Allison was somehow "fated" to meet in the future, so I sighed and thought "well, don't have to worry about him."
Obviously, I wasn't paying attention to the faces, because as soon as Manuel mentioned that the Federal Agent's wife had been killed, I frowned and then facepalmed. Arg, the future had not changed and there was still a chance that the Dubois family would die (where's John Connor when you need him?). Sufficed to say, I did not like the friendliness that Agent dude was showing towards Allison. Even before the end of the episode, I thought he was laying it on thick (Natasha Bedingfield playing in the background didn't help either). That aside, for once, I found myself really enjoying the fight between Joe and Allison. Lately, I thouht they've been a bit off kilter compared to the previous season fights, but this was one was really good, particularly the "I want you to get your ass out of the bed and act you give a damn" part (ROFL). Joe's too logical for his own good sometimes, I love him for it :D.
The future dreams of a powerless Allison looking for justice (in the semi-legal way) for her slaughtered family were like a seperate episode altogether with the way they were shot. It was extremely entertaining, but the only thing that confused me was Allison wearing the wig; Are we supposed to be assume that she's still taking radiation treatments for the remainder of her tumor (hence the wig), or is the hair unable to grow back after getting part your head cracked open? Anyhow, I was rather surprised by the turns of events which revealed that the "oh so helpful" federal agent, was a Double Agent, working with Oswaldo Castillo and allowed his wife to be killed. Him = Jerkward. I took much pleasure in Future!Allison ending all their lives with her revolver, aided by a gas leak. That'll teach them to ruin her idyllic life and think they can get away with it :D.
The kicker, however, was the Allison's proclaimation of love to her husband and the final minutes of the episode, where the doctor tells Joe that Allison suffered a stroke and had fallen into a Comatose state. Coupled with that damn season montage (*wipes tears away*), and Bedingfield's song (whatever its called), which finally had some impact now that it was used in correct manner, and Joe's look of absolute dismay and stunned silence, it was official: My Brain was really numb. I'll be up all night/morning wondering how Allison's gonna get out of this mess in Season Six.
Poor Joe.
Poor kids.
Overall, a Excellent Episode and a great Finale.
'Till the Fall and greener pastures.
EDIT: I just found out the Natasha Bedingfield song is called "Soulmate" Mystery solved.
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Date: 2009-06-03 11:14 pm (UTC)Arg, I'm all numb again.