RIP John Locke & Other Major Network Casualities
By Beth in Uncategorized, Entertainment, NBC, ABC, Lost, Hollywood, pop culture, Amaldo.Com on May 10 2007
For some strange reason, I’ve had death on the brain since about 10:48 last night. Oh wait, I know why. Because ABC and their crew of “Lost” writers were stupid enough to kill off the best character on the show! And they did it in the typical “Heroes” tradition of trying to manipulate us emotionally into feeling sympathy for the bad guy. Well guess what ABC and NBC, none of us care what makes an evil man, evil. We just enjoy watching him get taken down by the good guy. So when you kill of the “good” guy as was the case last night when the evil hostile Ben shot our resident protagonist ballsy hero John Locke in the chest and he fell into the pit with all the other dead Darma skeletons.
Did John Locke, who is for the most part, the most heroic and redeeming character on that show deserve to suffer that fate?? I only hope that Jacob (aka Ben’s alter ego aka the mysterious force that lives in a dark cabin and keeps Mason jars of blood on his window ledge) comes back and breathes life into Locke and heals him. We already know that the island has the capability of healing someone (based on Locke’s ability to walk after being paralyzed), but can it bring that same person back to life?
The big season ender on “Lost” will be the climax showdown of Hostiles/The Others Vs. The Good Guys and I want some shred of promise that holds me till next season that Locke will come back.
As an aside, all this morbid talk had me thinking of all the network shows that died in the past few months so I’ve created a list I’m calling TV Show Graveyard. Feel free to add to this list in the comments section if you feel I’ve left out a show.
- Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip (A surprisingly good show, I was sad to see go.)
- Andy Barker P.I. (Reminded me of “Sledgehammer” from the 80s so it had the potential of the offbeat quirky appeal that people might have grown to appreciate.)
- The Winner ( I guess serie’s star Rob Corddry will have to continue renting his apt.)
- October Road (Never saw it, never wanted to.)
- Six Degrees (Watched it once, felt very ugly, but not as shallow as the peoples’ lives depicted on the show. Never watched it again.)
- Black Donnellys (Another show trying to ride the wave of success from “The Departed.” I was secretly happy it bombed since it replaced Studion 60).
And now if you will. A moment of silence for John Locke.
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