R.I.P. 'Studio 60'
Last night the lights went out on Studio 60, my most anticipated show of the season (as well as my biggest let-down of the season). Since I've already covered the show's disappointing performance, and don't want to upset Studio 60's diehard fans in their time of mourning, I'll just say that the final episode was very satisfying. Aaron Sorkin tied up all the loose ends, and wrote in plenty of happy endings for the show's characters.
(Spoilers ahead.)
Contrary to my prediction, Jordan came out of the episode a-okay, complete with adoption papers for Danny to sign. Their new daughter, Rebecca Tripp, is pretty dang cute. Unlike every wrinkled, owlish, actually newborn infant I have ever seen. While Jordan was still in danger, Danny and Harriet got to spend some quality time together dissecting the whole Matt/Harriet thing.
After hearing that Matt has been getting high since fighting with her a few months back, Harriet decides that he's the man she wants to be with. Because...I don't know why. At any rate, she and Matt have a lovely "I'm the person you tell about these things" scene at the end of the episode, in which they confess their as-yet-undying love for each other and make out like crazy. Incidentally, both this scene and the above "Danny and Jordan looove each other" scene are schmaltzy sweet enough to remind me that Aaron Sorkin is also the man behind The American President (probably my favorite romantic movie ever).
Meanwhile, Simon and Jack continue to spend quality time together, and Steven Weber pulls out all the stops. Seriously, the dude's awesome. Give him his own show now, please. Jack finishes the story of how Matt and Danny left the show all those many years ago, and really seems to regret the way things were handled. In the end, he quite seriously demands that Simon not apologize, which is enough to get Simon to agree to apologize, of course. But they're interrupted by...
Tom's brother, on the phone from a helicopter containing his rescue team and the two other missing soldiers! So...that ransom thing really went nowhere, huh? Jubilation all around, anyway, and cigars too, as Danny arrives to celebrate his fatherhood. So happy endings for all (except for me, because Cal is barely in this episode), and we're out. It's been fun, Sorkin. I may not have loved this show as much as I wanted to, but I'm sure you learned some valuable lessons about ego projects and will move on to bigger and better things.
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I loved the cast and characters and I'm sad to see the show end. The preachiness at times during the year was a tad annoying but the acting and the personalties were enjoyable to watch. I'll miss 'em all. I would have liked more Cal at the end but I can't complain cause I love happy endings. The I Love Yous at the end were perfect.
The show itself may not have turned out to be as good as it could have been, it's still better than many shows out there. I found it quite enjoyable. Definitely getting my hands on the dvd set!
Also, the chemistry between the cast members were awesome. Not many shows can achieve that! And yes, there weren't enough appearances by Cal in the final few episodes. I'm going to miss this show =(
One of the best shows on TV. Shame on NBC for not sticking with it another season, to relieve us of all that reality trash. Pull the plug on Trump instead.
the Trump has already been "fired".
I did enjoy this episode but I have to say it deepened my dislike of the last few episodes. We sort of circled the airport for the better part of a month only to have all the plot lines wrapped up in a hurried 10 minutes.
It would have been nice to have spent some more time on the characters in these last few episodes rather than dwelling on a bunch of plot lines that don't mean anything in the scheme of things.
*sarcasm alert*
Woohoo, Tom's brother's ok...so glad we spent three episodes getting to know Las-Vegas-Soldier-Guy. Woohoo Jordan's ok...so glad we spent three episodes getting to know sarcastic-young-doctor-guy. Oh, and most of all It's just so great that those two guys each got way more screen time than Cal, Jeanie, Lucy, Darius, Suzanne, Dylan, Sam, or Alex in the final episodes.
Really, the only saving grace of this last arc was the conversation between Simon and Jack. At least there we got to spend some quality time with characters we actually cared about.
I have never been so affected by a show and its characters in such a short-time, the show had me within the first 10 minutes of the very 1st ep. I watched (and re-watched) every episode and everytime all of my human emotions were evoked.
I'm heart-broken and disappointed the brillance of this creation and ensemble did not draw more viewers and fans in. I think a better lead in would have be beneficial. Not to say Hero's is not a phenom show, I think its target audience just didn't get it.
I'm thankful the finale gave me my dream endings, tying storylines but I would have sold my soul (and still would)to have this show be coming back, instead of a show I'll never get over losing. I feel pretty lucky for having been a part of the magic that was Studio 60, it was a lovely ride and time well spent.
I wish I could thank everyone involved in this show for making it so great. It may not have been a success to others (NBC be D@MN@D!!) But to us the fans - it was a TOTAL SUCCESS!! Thanks for the tears and laughs :)
I have always been a big fan of Studio 60's two male stars. While I thought they did an excellent job, sometimes the storyline was fragmented. I will miss the show because it was worth saving if given just a little bit of fine tuning. Nice try, NBC
Studio 60 was one of my favorite shows this year and I am sad that it is not coming back. There may have been some dead spots in some episodes but the show was still good. I didn't know that last nights episode was the last one until I saw all the happy endings. I was happy that everything turned out fine but I knew that it was all over and I was sad. Great show, so sad it's gone. RIP Studio 60
I am so sad that Studio 60 is off the air. Sorkin is an amazing writer and he's had great success with The Wes Wing (as did hottie Bradley Whitford). It's a shame that it didn't catch on. I'm sure that if it had been cheaper to produce and had more time, it would have been as successful as The West Wing. Now what am I going to do on Thursday nights at 10 p.m.? And what in the hell is actually left that's worth watching on NBC?