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Another post on the finale

posted 12 years ago by emmareden
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Everybody has spoken their opinions on it and I only watched it yesterday so I guess it's my turn!

I have loved medium from the start but had to stop watching it because, honestly it was making me think too much and freaking out. Anyway, so I started at season 6 as I've seen the other seasons multiple times.

I thought season 6 was very strong! I really enjoyed getting back into it.

I'd heard that the series finale was a big letdown so I was very curious to see it. Unfortunately I knew joe was going to die so that wasn't a surprise. As I was watching it, Allison trying to track joe down in Mexico I was thinking this has gone a little too far, as if he's missing for seen years but really alive, so. I was actually glad when she woke up to be honest. That scene with joe trying to tell her it would be okay and her in tears I found very emotional and powerful. The flying forwards forty one years didn't bother me either, it put a good end to it, all loose ends tied up. I loved that scene between joe and Allison.

I really thought it was beautiful and it had me bawling my eyes out for a good few minutes. I was also overwhelmed hat a show I loved so much had come to an end, in what I still think is a pretty perfect way. I hate that joe died, I loved him so much, such a likeable character and yeah I guess it's not perfect cause I would have preferred him to live on, but I still think it was done very, very well.

I would have liked to see scanlon and devalos though and even heard more about the girls, so no it wasn't perfect but I don't know any finale that is, or any finale that makes everyone happy. I'm definitely satisfied with it though and now plan to start from season 1 and watch It all through again.

Long live medium!

[–] GangBangStyle 12 years ago

yes ive been watching season 1-7 for past few months.... just watched final episode, glad they had there last epi and wasnt just cancelled without finishing it... gonna miss this show

[–] justKryptonite 12 years ago

I hated it so much that I don't want to watch any reruns or in my case the DVDs that I bought. It felt like the creator was peeved that his show was over so he decided to burn down the thing he had built up pretty perfectly for all those years, which was a wonderful love story between this married couple who were not without their problems but always fought to work it out. This just smacked of a guy pissed at a network and taking it out on his fans!!

[–] circulartrend 11 years ago

I agree, I think the ending was really poor. I get what they were trying to do, it was supposed to be like "wow, through it all - Joe and Allison ended up forever together, the end." But it seemed more like a slap in the face. You are just supposed to go "oh crap, hes been dead, she made it all up, all of it was not real." I hate that, I hate knowing that watching old episodes. I agree with justKryptonite about this, the writer or creator decided to burn down the thing he built. They overly worked on wrapping things up so there was never any question about anything, or a need for a reunion/tv movie or anything.

I felt like through the whole show Allison was always saying there was a reason for everything, if she was patient, she would know why eventually. I feel like a better way to have ended it would have been "they live happily ever after." Allison continues to help people, her gift eventually fades as she gets older, so she can finally retire with Joe and they can live their lives without worry of something happening, dreams, etc.

Either that or death showing up and telling Allison, "you helped greatly, sacrificed selflessly for others, you deserve to have a normal life now, the torch will be passed onto your daughter," or something like that. Over all I felt like the ending was hurried and not planned very well. It seemed like they needed an out and they took an easy route. I feel like Allison was not rewarded for all that she did and to force long time fans to swallow the whole "hes been dead for a while, its a dream" was a cliché and terrible way to end it.

As others have said, you honestly miss the family. You miss Allison and Joe's characters. It was well written throughout its run (at least until the end).