When describing the 2 hour finale to the series Prison Break, one word comes to mind: unnecessary.
One question keeps ringing in my ears: How is it possible that a series that started out so strong, interesting and thrilling ends up weak, boring and plain old blah?
They could have tightened up Season 4 and incorporated all of this in the last season.
Sara looked terrible and Gretchen was getting a little chunky.
The only interesting character in The Final Break was Big Daddy, who heretofore shall be called Daddy-Dyke, but they didn't even tell us why she was in prison. What's more, Daddy-Dyke was married, so how can she be Daddy-Dyke? I was waiting for the line where she claimed she murdered her husband for cheating on her. Then she could have added: That would have only gotten me 12 years, but when I ripped his heart out and chopped it up and sauteed it with some garlic and vegetables, they said that showed no remorse and so I'm in here for life. Then Sara, always calm and always wise would say: Why didn't you just get a divorce?
Daddy-Dyke was so good, if they ever do a women-in-prison type TV series she should be the main foil. This isn't a bad idea here. How about a Texas women's prison, and some cute young thing is falsely convicted and accused of some heinous crime. Instead of focusing on the escape, focus on the dysfunction and abuse in the prison. All the women (guards and prisoners) could be PMS-ing all at the same time, and they could get really mean. They could bring in this woman half crazy who claims up and down she didn't kill her child and keeps insisting: A dingo ate my baby. Having scenes with the women showering would be sure to get the male viewership, and women would watch because of its intense plot and off-beat characters.
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