Texas Forever
It's so, so hard to stick the landing and create a truly satisfying series finale, but I watched the FNL finale tonight, and I think they succeeded marvellously. I laughed, I cried, I cheered. Bravo, show. Bravo. I'm going to miss you, Dillon.
( Finale picspam )
( Finale picspam )
I was crying off and on through the last two eps (OMG, when Vince hugged Coach in 512! Meep!), and it took me, like, three hours to watch them both because I kept pausing and rewinding because I wanted to soak it in. And I didn't want it to be over. Oh, show. Totally in my top five TV shows of all time. So brilliant and underappreciated by the world at large. It's so hard to even get people to give it a try! I lent the DVDs to a friend at work, and he and his gf loved it, and I was so glad they just gave it a chance. A lot of people won't.
It's funny that there's a super team now, since I said (in Nov 09): "What I hope is that in S5, the schools and teams will be amalgamated somehow once more and we can root for the Panthers again." So while I think five years is the perfect amount for a TV show, and I'm so pleased with this ending, part of me is sad that we won't get to see the super team. You know there would be great drama in marrying the two teams together. But yeah, I'm glad it's the Panthers again. Dude, the "J Street" just killed me. I burst into tears. I think part of it is also my affection for Scott Porter. There's a link in the comments to Katims interview where he says they filmed a "Texas forever" ending with Riggins and Street because Scott really wanted to do it, even knowing it wouldn't end up in the show. How awesome is he? And he was such a doll when we met him at the Smallville panel at CC a few years back. I love that he was, you know, at the SV panel! (Just as a fan.)
Anyway. Sorry, I am blathering. I have FEELINGS this morning.
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