That was... different?
I've had a strangely busy week-and-a-bit. Strange in the sense that I haven't really been doing all that much, but the way schedules have worked out, my free time has been very constricted. Thus, I am now two weeks behind on House and Heroes. I did manage catch the Life on Mars series finale, however, despite being on the road at the time.
I watched the finale when it aired, but figured I should let things ferment a bit, because I was far to WTF?! at the time to be coherent.
I'm not entirely surprised it went this way, since there seemed to be a lot of hints that there could be an exterior force at work in Sam's experiences, setting up some solid escape routes for everything not to be all in Sam's head.
I can't claim to have guessed that it would work out this particular way, though. Until the last quarter of the episode, I had no idea if there would be actual time travel involved, or if it was in Sam's head but was some kind of experiment, or what.
I also wasn't sure what form the ending would take, and since I wasn't paying close attention to the time, there were several moments when I thought, "Okay, that's it, this is where they end it." One was the actual ending, of course, but before that came the moment Sam decides he's happy and want's to stay. Before that was the moment Sam picks up the telephone and it cut to a commercial and I thought they had just ended the show with no resolution whatsoever which would have been clever, but really annoying. The first time, though, was during the scene where Sam is reading Gulliver's Travels to an elderly Annie in a nursing home and I was dead certain that they were about to end on the reveal that it was all in Annie's head.* This would not have explained the rovers, but it would have explained a lot and would have been surprising and pretty cool.**
I was very cheered to see Annie make detective. I dearly love the portrayal of Annie in this version, and I particularly like that her promotion was very much of her own doing, from marching alone into Gene's office to declare her aspirations, to proving herself on the job.
It also took me forever to get the President Obama/"she" thing. I spent the whole end of the episode thinking this was taking place now-ish, and only some time later realized they were telling us it was in the future, even though it really should have been pretty obvious even without that clue. *headdesk*
*Like some kind of fantasy where the nice man who comes and reads to her was sent back in time to be with her.
**There's the chronological problem of Annie only being in her early/mid 60s in 2008, which is hardly nursing home age. It could have been explained by moving that scene into the future (which is hardly a stretch considering how the show actually ended).
Now I'm off again for a few more days of work-related travel...
I watched the finale when it aired, but figured I should let things ferment a bit, because I was far to WTF?! at the time to be coherent.
I'm not entirely surprised it went this way, since there seemed to be a lot of hints that there could be an exterior force at work in Sam's experiences, setting up some solid escape routes for everything not to be all in Sam's head.
I can't claim to have guessed that it would work out this particular way, though. Until the last quarter of the episode, I had no idea if there would be actual time travel involved, or if it was in Sam's head but was some kind of experiment, or what.
I also wasn't sure what form the ending would take, and since I wasn't paying close attention to the time, there were several moments when I thought, "Okay, that's it, this is where they end it." One was the actual ending, of course, but before that came the moment Sam decides he's happy and want's to stay. Before that was the moment Sam picks up the telephone and it cut to a commercial and I thought they had just ended the show with no resolution whatsoever which would have been clever, but really annoying. The first time, though, was during the scene where Sam is reading Gulliver's Travels to an elderly Annie in a nursing home and I was dead certain that they were about to end on the reveal that it was all in Annie's head.* This would not have explained the rovers, but it would have explained a lot and would have been surprising and pretty cool.**
I was very cheered to see Annie make detective. I dearly love the portrayal of Annie in this version, and I particularly like that her promotion was very much of her own doing, from marching alone into Gene's office to declare her aspirations, to proving herself on the job.
It also took me forever to get the President Obama/"she" thing. I spent the whole end of the episode thinking this was taking place now-ish, and only some time later realized they were telling us it was in the future, even though it really should have been pretty obvious even without that clue. *headdesk*
*Like some kind of fantasy where the nice man who comes and reads to her was sent back in time to be with her.
**There's the chronological problem of Annie only being in her early/mid 60s in 2008, which is hardly nursing home age. It could have been explained by moving that scene into the future (which is hardly a stretch considering how the show actually ended).
Now I'm off again for a few more days of work-related travel...