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Harper's Island
Well, three planes and 15 hours later, I am home. Did you miss me? (More on my trip later).
But now for the really important stuff: Harper's Island finale
Most of us had been saying Henry was the most likely suspect for a while, so when he pulled out the knife and killed Trish I can't say I was completely surprised, though I thought his behavior in the first half of the finale was a little Snidely Whiplash for my taste. I mean, killing over a dozen people just because his adoptive parents lied to him? REALLY? As Sully said, grow a set, dude. But the twist with him being obsessively fixated on Abby turned it around for me, because (a) I liked Abby and Henry as a couple from the very beginning, and I'm happy to be vindicated, insofar as stalkery incestuous one-sided obsessive love is vindication and (b)I'm deeply amused, given the number of SPN fans watching the show for Jim Beaver and Katie Cassidy, that they went the incestuous passion route.
Plus, I have to say, Henry did the creepy psychotic thing really, really well. OMG, watching him try to justify himself, first to Trish, then to Sully, and then to Abby? WOW. He out-psychoed Callum Keith Rennie, and that's really difficult to do.
I was a little worried that they were going to have Jimmy, rather than Abby, end up killing Henry, and it would have sucked if her only agency there was getting the bobby pin to him so he could break out--but I'm really glad it was her who did it in the end. And I really liked the videotape at the end; it was nice to get to see all the dead characters one last time, and holy FUCK that shot of a grinning Henry was creepy.
I was also glad that both Sully and Danny got heroic deaths; I was particularly impressed with how well Danny handled himself in the fight with Wakefield, considering how much we've been complaining about people's failure to fight back against him.
I ended up feeling really bad for Trish, though. Bad enough that she got murdered by the man she loved while wearing her wedding dress--but then it turns out the whole wedding was just a sham to get Abby to the island? I wish she could come back from the dead and kill Henry a few more times for good riddance. (Hee. Maybe as a zombie bride--she could eat his brains. I think I might like that as an alternate ending).
What do other people think about Henry and Wakefield's motivations? Did we get enough, or were they relying too much on the "they're just psycho" explanation? I keep going back and forth on this.
But now for the really important stuff: Harper's Island finale
Most of us had been saying Henry was the most likely suspect for a while, so when he pulled out the knife and killed Trish I can't say I was completely surprised, though I thought his behavior in the first half of the finale was a little Snidely Whiplash for my taste. I mean, killing over a dozen people just because his adoptive parents lied to him? REALLY? As Sully said, grow a set, dude. But the twist with him being obsessively fixated on Abby turned it around for me, because (a) I liked Abby and Henry as a couple from the very beginning, and I'm happy to be vindicated, insofar as stalkery incestuous one-sided obsessive love is vindication and (b)I'm deeply amused, given the number of SPN fans watching the show for Jim Beaver and Katie Cassidy, that they went the incestuous passion route.
Plus, I have to say, Henry did the creepy psychotic thing really, really well. OMG, watching him try to justify himself, first to Trish, then to Sully, and then to Abby? WOW. He out-psychoed Callum Keith Rennie, and that's really difficult to do.
I was a little worried that they were going to have Jimmy, rather than Abby, end up killing Henry, and it would have sucked if her only agency there was getting the bobby pin to him so he could break out--but I'm really glad it was her who did it in the end. And I really liked the videotape at the end; it was nice to get to see all the dead characters one last time, and holy FUCK that shot of a grinning Henry was creepy.
I was also glad that both Sully and Danny got heroic deaths; I was particularly impressed with how well Danny handled himself in the fight with Wakefield, considering how much we've been complaining about people's failure to fight back against him.
I ended up feeling really bad for Trish, though. Bad enough that she got murdered by the man she loved while wearing her wedding dress--but then it turns out the whole wedding was just a sham to get Abby to the island? I wish she could come back from the dead and kill Henry a few more times for good riddance. (Hee. Maybe as a zombie bride--she could eat his brains. I think I might like that as an alternate ending).
What do other people think about Henry and Wakefield's motivations? Did we get enough, or were they relying too much on the "they're just psycho" explanation? I keep going back and forth on this.