what you can learn about life via season finales
So, here it is- end of May (how the hell did that happen), which means the end of the school year and as such the end of the prime time television season. So what did we learn? Well, I learned that instead of being an escape from my own melodrama, tv just provides me with more. With the possible withholding of Heroes, all of the shows that I watched this past week were exceptionally depressing. I watch TV on the internet. It’s become kind of a habit of mine. So I watched Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Ugly Betty, and Heroes this week for their wrap ups. Perhaps given the last couple of weeks- coming off of the broadcast at work and starting to gear up for summer, finishing my first year of grad school, beginning to really feel like an adult (though as Jean pointed out, what adult says that?), finding out about Em, and the overwhelming of being back at the drawing board again with relationships after a couple of false starts. One that I tried to pick up from the shop a couple of times- perhaps I was particularly sensitive to over-arching themes. Here’s what I took away:
Ugly Betty: If you want something, go after it. It probably still won’t work, but at least you tried really hard. Betty finally told Henry that she wanted to be with him, he broke up with Charlie (who it turns out is not as nice as the Charlie on Heroes, played by the same actress), but then Charlie pulled the “I’m pregnant” card (which I’m a little overly sensitive about right now) and he flew away with her anyway. Meanwhile, Hilda’s fiancee who finally started being a really good guy was shot and killed during a robbery. Ah, happy endings.
Desperate Housewives: You never know how what you say can effect someone. Yeah, after Carlos broke up with her, Edie went and killed herself. The rest of the episode was the usual trite contrived plots that always happen. Bre’s pretending to be pregnant so she can bring her 16 year old grandchild home and pretend it’s hers (again, touching some nerves), Mike and Susan are finally together after 3 years (gag… cynic, me? ok, I was happy), Lynette has cancer, and Gaby just married a man who is using her to cash in on the Latino vote for governor. again, the happy endings.
Grey’s Anatomy: Even when everything seems nearly perfect, the rug can completely be torn from underneath you. The episode was called “didn’t we almost have it all” and other than having a horrible song stuck in my head all week it mostly made me want to stab myself. Everyone whose lives were pretty good had them all fall apart. Mostly because they didn’t say things they should have. But Burke’s little speech to Christina at the end was pretty enlightening. Something like “If I love YOU, not what you can be, not who I hope you’ll someday become. But if I loved you, then I would let you go.” Sad. I think I should learn from that and find someone that’s good for me right now and not maybe in two years.
Heroes: Never doubt that a small committed group of people can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has. Yep, all in all a pretty uplifting episode. even though it was totally LAME. It was kind of cool that the guy that Peter used to take care of is kind of like Professor X (wheelchair, named Charles, infiltrating dreams even though he’s dead… yeah) but other than that, disappointing.
That’s all the insight I have for now. It would seem that I’ve been unproductive at work today. Quite the contrary, I’ve been VERY productive, and needed to be frivolous for a moment. I have a lot of energy. probably because I ran three miles this morning. Also, I need to keep my brain busy. If I don’t, I may self-destruct. Then there would be no Boston.
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