Post by hannikan on May 15, 2011 19:50:53 GMT
Someone on another board said it best I think...
"I feel devastated. And you know what ? I love it. I love that despite that few little annoying things, I’m still so caught in all this that the last scene made my heart and my stomach sink to my knees. Well, that’s how I felt, physically. That means they’ve all done a very good job the last four years, building a show with so many qualities, building characters that we love. And I intend to go on loving them, for as long as they exist.
Seriously, wasn’t that episode brilliant ? Beginning after the party and going ten days backward, telling the story in flashbacks, exploring everybody’s memory ? Good stuff in the filming too. Not enough of Crabtree, Brackenreid and Higgins, right, but a superb Ruby.
I don’t think this ending is out of character for William. He’s a man of the law, because he deeply believes that the law brings justice. And it does, usually, when it’s used wisely. But not always. He did what he thought was right, and then he faced the consequences. Totally him.
I too wished he had the time to do both, let Ava go and then run to the church. The timing was bad, but anyway he wouldn’t have spoken to Julia, even after reading the letter. Knowing that he was probably about to lose his job, his position, his honor and maybe his freedom, how could he go to her and say “don’t marry him, I still love you”. We would have loved it, surely, but then what ? In the letter, she spoke of peace of mind. He had an opportunity to talk to her this time. He chose not to, for good reasons, but at least it was his choice, not something he had to undergo in silence."
"I feel devastated. And you know what ? I love it. I love that despite that few little annoying things, I’m still so caught in all this that the last scene made my heart and my stomach sink to my knees. Well, that’s how I felt, physically. That means they’ve all done a very good job the last four years, building a show with so many qualities, building characters that we love. And I intend to go on loving them, for as long as they exist.
Seriously, wasn’t that episode brilliant ? Beginning after the party and going ten days backward, telling the story in flashbacks, exploring everybody’s memory ? Good stuff in the filming too. Not enough of Crabtree, Brackenreid and Higgins, right, but a superb Ruby.
I don’t think this ending is out of character for William. He’s a man of the law, because he deeply believes that the law brings justice. And it does, usually, when it’s used wisely. But not always. He did what he thought was right, and then he faced the consequences. Totally him.
I too wished he had the time to do both, let Ava go and then run to the church. The timing was bad, but anyway he wouldn’t have spoken to Julia, even after reading the letter. Knowing that he was probably about to lose his job, his position, his honor and maybe his freedom, how could he go to her and say “don’t marry him, I still love you”. We would have loved it, surely, but then what ? In the letter, she spoke of peace of mind. He had an opportunity to talk to her this time. He chose not to, for good reasons, but at least it was his choice, not something he had to undergo in silence."
