Two Caucasian males, a Caucasian female and an Asian male walk into a bowling alley.
The owner sees them walking up and says:
" You're FBI right? Who's Cho?"
Two Caucasian males, a Caucasian female and an Asian male walk into a bowling alley.
The owner sees them walking up and says:
" You're FBI right? Who's Cho?"
I'm not a religious fellow, but damn me if this is not divine justice:
http://badassdigest.com/2014/10/07/gotham-is-the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-batman-since-joel-schumach....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48H34ukFe8g
Heh, I've been trying to phrase my impressions of the season finale without coming out as bitter or rude. What a quest that turned out to be! :D
So, I decided that the only way I could comment on it whilst keeping a polite profile would be to distance myself from it. Approach it with complete disregard to my expectations.
1) First of all the episode in itself was quite mediocre for a season finale. It's solid proof of how much of its momentum the show has lost by apparently killing off its main selling point.
Lack of romantic chemistry between the two main leads aside (one of the few TV couples that just don't work for me), even the build up to that moment was trite and lacking.
Jane's con became apparent to me (I did have some hope when I heard the name Schultz and H IS M), on the beach scene, were Jane let Lisbon "solve" it. It was so obvious that it was sad on personal level, bordering insulting.
2) I have never seen a show "hate itself" so much. Starting from episode 9 until the end, it's been less of a "new direction" and more of pointing out how every single thing from the past was silly and irrelevant.
RJ being passed off as joke, (even in the trial con) and on the last episode they even targetted Jane's manipulative side (by having him renounce it for Lisbon).
At every turning point post-8, the essential aspects of this show (RJ, Jane distancing others) have been targetted and ridiculed. And by extend the viewers that supported them.
Sure, I'm on board with the character moving on. But moving on does not mean forgetting. One must aknowledge his past and all the actions that led him to this point. The show's approach is "eh, forget about those, here's something new".
This is not about the show moving to a place where I do not approve. I'm behind any storytelling decision that makes sense from the characters' perspective. The cast was great for what it went out to do initially. The troubled / distanced protagonist, the by-the-book cop, the badass cop with the golden heart, the comic relief / good cop partner and the eye candy / smart chick. It worked. Then they tried to take the characters somewhere that they weren't meant to go, or maybe they weren't ready for.
They could easily recasted the whole show (yes that includes Jane) and none would be the wiser. It might have even made that last kiss less icky too.
Then again, maybe I am the problem. Maybe I failed to understand the characters of this show and I am way off in my assumptions.
I'll keep visiting this site, and will probably watch season 7 as well. But this doesn't feel the same show to me anymore.
P.S. On a fun note, I think we can now bump the list on the following link to 7 (hey just like the RJ suspect list!). Do not be alarmed, the link is safe. Cracked is very well known site, and has some refreshingly funny articles:
http://www.cracked.com/article/242_6-tv-shows-that-completely-lost-their-shit/
Have a good day :D
It's pretty sad watching posters flame on each other here (but hey it's the Internet).
After scouring through theories I missed the past few days, I came to a small realization:
I believe that if the show had tied up the RJ storyline coherently / tactfully, this site would be dead for the most part. Even if the actual choice disappointed the majority of tenders. Sure, it'd have a grace period of excited or not people, but it wouldn't carry on for this long. Some of us might've stopped watching the show altogether.
It's our inability to move on (not a bad thing imo, but still), that keeps this place going.
There are countless theories post episode 8 in here (some of them pretty intriguing) that would never come to be if that episode wasn't so.. bland (for lack of a non offensive word).
Just food for thought before we go at each other's throat in here.
Let's all agree on Scarlett Johansson being Red John.
Scarlet = Red
Johansson = Scandinavian derivative of Johan = John
I doubt anyone would object to THAT reveal :D
"After 6 seasons"
"It's all been building up"
"To this"
How about...
no.
I'll go on a limb and say that the upcoming "RJ trial" Jane will be facing will have neither to with RJ or running out of time in providing the econded list names to the FBI.
It'll simply be the unoriginal and predictable Michael Ridley's (the mastermind behind the human traficking shown at the end of the last episode), way of extortion against Patrick and the FBI to make them back off.
Those twins mentioned that the FBI has no idea who they are messing with, and that usually means a well connected high profile individual. One who can bribe / set up a legal procedure.
The trial will be the looming threat Patrick faces through out the episode, only to outwit him near the episodes conclusion, dodging the pigeon (which is stronger than a bullet).
Just another one in the long string of RJ baits for viewers since episode 9 that will lead to nothing / something unimaginative / disappointment.