TV: In Memorium - Shows 08-09 - FOX
Taking a lock back at this past season of TV, I deceided to start with the shows that I watched that have been cancelled.
PRISON BREAK (FOX): Of all the shows I watch that got cancelled this was the longest running, I have yet to watch the Series Finale, but after a long mid-season hiatus and a move from the prime slot Monday nights to being a lead-in to Dollhouse on Fridays, rating plummeted. As did the quality.
When the show started four years ago, it all hinged on a gimmick which would make a great mini-series or movie, but was protracted out for this long. For the most part it worked well, great twists and cliffhangers each week. But once they broke out of prison a second time in the third season, suspension of disbelief became a little harder. The fourth season has begun to feel like an after thought with the writes trying to tie up any loose ends they have presented to us in the big Company conspiracy.
Hopefully members of the cast like Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell will get picked up for other shows, as it is them that have made the show all the more enjoyable. And come on who doesn't love to hate Bagwell, one hand and all.
TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES (FOX): After a strong second season, that would give cause for this show to be nominated as the best sci-fi on TV, it was announced today that it wouldn't be returning.
Lena Headey gave us a look past the harden surface of the Sarah Connor previously portrayed by Linda Hamilton, we were give a psycholoical scarred and troubled woman at times. Driven to protect her son in the hope of saving the whole of mankind. Thomas Dekker's John Connor started out not far from what we saw with Edward Furlong, but over the course of it's 2 seasons he matured and began to look like the leader he was expected to be.
The bigger shocks of the second season was the great acting turns given to us by Brian Austin Green and Shirley Manson. Green had some great moments as Derek Reese (brother of John's father, Kyle), including an "I'm not John Connor" line that will be forever remembered in fandom. Shirley Manson, famous for being the lead singer of rock group Garbage, gave a surprisingly great and chilling turn as the seemingly emotion-less Catherine Weaver/T-1000.
NEXT: ABC - guilty of ending too many good shows - Pushing Daises, Eli Stone, Life on Mars & The Unusuals
PRISON BREAK (FOX): Of all the shows I watch that got cancelled this was the longest running, I have yet to watch the Series Finale, but after a long mid-season hiatus and a move from the prime slot Monday nights to being a lead-in to Dollhouse on Fridays, rating plummeted. As did the quality.
When the show started four years ago, it all hinged on a gimmick which would make a great mini-series or movie, but was protracted out for this long. For the most part it worked well, great twists and cliffhangers each week. But once they broke out of prison a second time in the third season, suspension of disbelief became a little harder. The fourth season has begun to feel like an after thought with the writes trying to tie up any loose ends they have presented to us in the big Company conspiracy.
Hopefully members of the cast like Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell will get picked up for other shows, as it is them that have made the show all the more enjoyable. And come on who doesn't love to hate Bagwell, one hand and all.
TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES (FOX): After a strong second season, that would give cause for this show to be nominated as the best sci-fi on TV, it was announced today that it wouldn't be returning.
Lena Headey gave us a look past the harden surface of the Sarah Connor previously portrayed by Linda Hamilton, we were give a psycholoical scarred and troubled woman at times. Driven to protect her son in the hope of saving the whole of mankind. Thomas Dekker's John Connor started out not far from what we saw with Edward Furlong, but over the course of it's 2 seasons he matured and began to look like the leader he was expected to be.
The bigger shocks of the second season was the great acting turns given to us by Brian Austin Green and Shirley Manson. Green had some great moments as Derek Reese (brother of John's father, Kyle), including an "I'm not John Connor" line that will be forever remembered in fandom. Shirley Manson, famous for being the lead singer of rock group Garbage, gave a surprisingly great and chilling turn as the seemingly emotion-less Catherine Weaver/T-1000.
NEXT: ABC - guilty of ending too many good shows - Pushing Daises, Eli Stone, Life on Mars & The Unusuals
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