I'm glad they tied up all the loose ends but would have rather it had gone on for another few series.
4 Reviews
How is this cancelled?
sandra_gibson22 August 2018
Amazing season finale.
levatte-107-65119327 September 2018
How a finale should be done!
brimfin6 October 2018
Someday, maybe all TV show producers will realize what people want from a finale. They want closure of storylines, characters to mature, paths to be set for the future. They want one last rewarding experience with the show they've devoted a small piece of their lifetime to. There's still a lot of people that don't understand this. But the people who made this show clearly did.
When I saw the previews the week before about a plane crashing into the hospital, I was in doubt. How could this show have such a dramatic event and still find time to complete its storylines - some of which had gone on for weeks? But they did it, and still had time to give more than lip service to wrapping up the seasonal story arcs. They even still had time for one last tender story about reunited lovers, plus another life and death drama beyond the plane crash.
The most wonderful thing about the episode is that some characters say things you never thought they'd say, while other say things you'd almost been praying for them to say all season. The last full scene features an inspiring speech and a final line guaranteed to melt your heart. Music is used skillfully as well, including featuring the song "Superman (It's Not Easy)" as the beautiful background music for the final scenes. When all is said and done, there's nary a cliffhanger in sight - just a satisfying conclusion.
Over 50 years ago, THE FUGITIVE set the gold standard for how to do a great finale. This episode also earns the gold medal for a magnificent finale - a precious reward to all the fans who stuck with this marvelous series all the way to the end.
When I saw the previews the week before about a plane crashing into the hospital, I was in doubt. How could this show have such a dramatic event and still find time to complete its storylines - some of which had gone on for weeks? But they did it, and still had time to give more than lip service to wrapping up the seasonal story arcs. They even still had time for one last tender story about reunited lovers, plus another life and death drama beyond the plane crash.
The most wonderful thing about the episode is that some characters say things you never thought they'd say, while other say things you'd almost been praying for them to say all season. The last full scene features an inspiring speech and a final line guaranteed to melt your heart. Music is used skillfully as well, including featuring the song "Superman (It's Not Easy)" as the beautiful background music for the final scenes. When all is said and done, there's nary a cliffhanger in sight - just a satisfying conclusion.
Over 50 years ago, THE FUGITIVE set the gold standard for how to do a great finale. This episode also earns the gold medal for a magnificent finale - a precious reward to all the fans who stuck with this marvelous series all the way to the end.
A series that once held so much promise....jumps the shark
mytrillium19 July 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Where to begin? A hallucination, a spiked drink, a plane crash, an overdose, a courtroom full of hospital staff members -- all tied up in one episode. It's almost as if the writers were in a hurry to throw in all their remaining ideas (however lame) in order to wrap things up for the season before heading to the beach.
I was thrilled when the show finally re-appeared for a third season; the writing seemed thoughtful, with even character development and a limited number of medical/surgical cases per episode. Then came the plane crash and fire on the top floor (sorry folks, but an aircraft accident and a hospital inferno have already been featured on Grey's Anatomy). Amid all the chaos and suffering comes an ending worthy of the cheesiest Hollywood productions, with two couples canoodling on the driveway while smoke billows from the building, and as an added bonus, a meant-to-be heart-wrenching speech about family by the leading physician backed by a chorus of staff members (whose minding the store?) including one who took the time to straighten her lovely wavy locks (which magically returned to their normal state in the last scene).
If any recent series has jumped the shark, sadly, it is this one.
I was thrilled when the show finally re-appeared for a third season; the writing seemed thoughtful, with even character development and a limited number of medical/surgical cases per episode. Then came the plane crash and fire on the top floor (sorry folks, but an aircraft accident and a hospital inferno have already been featured on Grey's Anatomy). Amid all the chaos and suffering comes an ending worthy of the cheesiest Hollywood productions, with two couples canoodling on the driveway while smoke billows from the building, and as an added bonus, a meant-to-be heart-wrenching speech about family by the leading physician backed by a chorus of staff members (whose minding the store?) including one who took the time to straighten her lovely wavy locks (which magically returned to their normal state in the last scene).
If any recent series has jumped the shark, sadly, it is this one.
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