My favorite all time action show -- Banshee -- voluntarily took itself off the air because the creators believed the story arc had run its course.
It was an unusual action.
But if you are, or were, a fan of Blacklist and you watched this episode, and you have even an ounce of common sense, you are painfully aware that taking a show off the air is a better choice than banging it into a mountain and alienating millions of viewers who used to love it.
I honestly don't know where to start? The horrific "they stole my baby and want to vivisect it" arc which never should have been greenlighted in the first place? It is as close to torture porn as I ever seen, and involving an infant to boot.
Or the brutally savage arc where Red (who used to be a likable character) kills his loyal employee and leaves her to rot in a field because she acted against his wishes? Only to survive the event and be nursed back to health in a lonely cabin like that character in the old Stephen King novel?
Or the hard-core spirit of pure MEANNESS that now permeates every episode:
* Liz tells her husband NOT to trace the signal, he agrees, she thanks him, but he ignores her anyway..?
* after spurning the attentions of her co-worker for years, Agent Navabi is now mad at him for finding a girlfriend...?
I could go on but you see the point. I wanted to actually turn off the episode halfway but this is like watching an old friend get in a horrible car accident -- you just can't look away.
Used to be a great show. Now it is just rubbernecking at the scene of a horrible tragedy.
It was an unusual action.
But if you are, or were, a fan of Blacklist and you watched this episode, and you have even an ounce of common sense, you are painfully aware that taking a show off the air is a better choice than banging it into a mountain and alienating millions of viewers who used to love it.
I honestly don't know where to start? The horrific "they stole my baby and want to vivisect it" arc which never should have been greenlighted in the first place? It is as close to torture porn as I ever seen, and involving an infant to boot.
Or the brutally savage arc where Red (who used to be a likable character) kills his loyal employee and leaves her to rot in a field because she acted against his wishes? Only to survive the event and be nursed back to health in a lonely cabin like that character in the old Stephen King novel?
Or the hard-core spirit of pure MEANNESS that now permeates every episode:
* Liz tells her husband NOT to trace the signal, he agrees, she thanks him, but he ignores her anyway..?
* after spurning the attentions of her co-worker for years, Agent Navabi is now mad at him for finding a girlfriend...?
I could go on but you see the point. I wanted to actually turn off the episode halfway but this is like watching an old friend get in a horrible car accident -- you just can't look away.
Used to be a great show. Now it is just rubbernecking at the scene of a horrible tragedy.