Harper's Island - Conclusion

The season has ended. The entire series has ended. It was rather ill-fated.

I still remember when the series just started, I had such high hopes (and wrote so here). But it was soon moved from Thursday nights to Saturday nights due to low ratings, and a bit later it was announced that CBS will not be picking up a second season. Which is alright by me, because to me the series was supposed to be a one-season wonder anyway. Everyone was supposed to be killed off, so any continuation after that would only ruin things.

Except it wasn't a wonder at all. The ending revealed a very surprising killer, granted, but just shock value is not gonna get you all the way there. The plot became too transparent, too thin, too uninteresting, too unrealistic. The twists are not fast-paced enough, and the bland acting doesn't help.

But I stood by it anyway, stuck with it until the end. And I totally called one of the survivors right at the beginning. I'm glad it's over, because it was really starting to feel obligatory rather than exciting. Nice to have some closure at the end.