Everwood's Series Finale

I watched the 2-hour series finale of Everwood tonight on The WB.  Thought it was very solid.  I like Everwood, even though I should be ashamed to repeatedly admit it.  It's well-written, character-driven, emotionally honest-feeling stuff.  The finale tied up pretty much all possible loose ends, and did so in a relatively graceful, natural way.  It did the series finale better, I thought, than The West Wing did.  The New York Times has a piece about the episode.  "Everwood," it says, "is for the low-key, the patient, the passive, the recessive, the melancholic, the nostalgic, the homebodies."  Okay, I can see that.  And maybe those aren't the viewers The CW is looking for, and that's why they cancelled it.  I mean, "television for the melancholic" isn't exactly a terrific slogan.  Although, honestly, if there was a channel with the tagline, "television for the melancholic," I bet I'd watch a fair bit of their programming.  Not that I'm not happy.  But sadness is so much more interesting an emotion to watch people struggle with -- on TV, in movies, perhaps even in real life, not that I'm saying it's good to be sad, really, I'm not, I'm just saying melancholy has a depth sometimes that's compelling to pay attention to.  I don't really know what I'm saying.

Speaking of melancholy on TV, I was watching the Mets game tonight with my roommate, and there was a commercial for Aqua Velva shaving balm, with the slogan, "Drop the Balm" on razor burn.  My roommate commented that perhaps it's unnecessary to make reference to nuclear war in commercials for bathroom products.  Yeah, maybe.  Funny.

Comments

[Sarah]

Thanks for the NYTimes link - I would have missed it. Great show.

[Sarah]

Thanks for the NYTimes link - I would have missed it. Great show.

[Sarah]

Thanks for the NYTimes link - I would have missed it. Great show.

[Sarah]

Thanks for the NYTimes link - I would have missed it. Great show.

[Treat Williams]

I thought I had four fans. Turns out I only had one. Just great.

[stephen]

I echo your comment about melancholy being much more interesting to watch people struggle with. I was a West Wing junkie. I loved it. My favorite episodes were those that were more melancholy..."Two Cathedrals" when Mrs. Landingham was buried, "7AWF5349" where the Bartletts celebrate a private mass while Zoey is missing, &c. These episodes, I believe, exhibited a depth that was, as you said, "compelling to pay attention to."

"I like Everwood, even though I should be ashamed to repeatedly admit [split infinitive] it. It's well-written, character-driven, emotionally honest-feeling [really bad word choice]stuff. The finale tied up pretty much all possible loose ends, [comma splice] and did so in a relatively graceful, natural way. It did the series finale better, I thought, than The West Wing did. The New York Times has a piece about the episode. "Everwood," it says, "is for the low-key, the patient, the passive, the recessive, the melancholic, the nostalgic, the homebodies." Okay, I can see that. And maybe those aren't the viewers The CW is looking for, and that's why they cancelled it. I mean, "television for the melancholic" isn't exactly a terrific slogan. Although, honestly, if there was [should read "if there were"] a channel with the tagline, "television for the melancholic," I bet I'd watch a fair bit of their programming. Not that I'm not happy. But sadness is so much more interesting an emotion to watch people struggle with [end clause with preposition] -- on TV, in movies, perhaps even in real life, not that I'm saying it's good to be sad, really, I'm not, I'm just saying melancholy has a depth sometimes that's compelling to pay attention to." [that last sentence was a run-on and ends with a preposition]

Hi Jeremy,
I've been following your blogs ever since you were outed by the New York Times. While I applaud your decision to be a writer in lieu of following the herd and look forward to reading your novel, I wish you would post in proper English grammar.
Sincerely,
fellow '05 law grad / writer

[mmk]

Oh, don't take yourself so seriously....

[Ally]

I'm glad to know there are a few other Everwood fans, although obviously not enough to keep the show on the air.

And the '05 law grad needs to get a life and/or just not read your blog.

[Stacey]

What was the name of that episode??