Adamantium
04-16-2009, 08:16 AM
This was my first time seeing many of the season eight episodes. And I have to say, I laughed. Yet, it just didn't feel like "Wings." It was enjoyable, and I'll rewatch these episodes again and again (along with the rest of the series), but like I say, it just didn't feel like "Wings".
Something I found out by watching this season, Antonio had a girlfriend!! And an attractive one at that. I assumed when the episode ended, even though she decided to stay with him, a lot of times in sitcoms, by the next episode they tend to forget about the relationship. It's like only to give that episode a happy ending, with no plans of continuing it in further episodes. While we didn't see Elise again, Antonio mentioned her in the Christmas episode and then in a later one, where she dumped him. I was upset too. They played it off as a joke, that she dumped him, but I was really rooting for it to last. He didn't say why she dumped him, and I wanted all the details, lol.
I was also rooting for Roy and Mary Pat Lee. I had seen that one before, so I knew how it ended, but when you watch a show that has eight seasons, it's kind of sad when the characters go a long time without finding love.
Although I'm usually against producers casting actors to play character that were originally only mentioned but never seen. I have to admit, that Rose Marie did a good job as Roy's mom. But I was very dissapointed in seeing all three Georges. What was her third George dressed up like it was the 70s? I thought he died only a year prior to season two (Fay's first Christmas without George). I guess that's one of those continuity things the writers didn't keep up with.
After watching the first six season over and over again (and also season seven, but a lot less) it's strange in season eight when you realize that both Helen's house and Joe and Brian's house are not there in the final season. Even though Lowell was long gone, it's something to think about that his past house (his boat and Joe & Brian's house) no longer exist.
It was GREAT to watch the hour long finale, with the full length theme song. How many shows end with a character actually achieving a series long goal? When you watch the first episode, "Legacy", Brian tells Helen that he tought her cello was going to get her off "this rock." She replies that one day it will. And in the final episode... it does!
I like season eight.
Something I found out by watching this season, Antonio had a girlfriend!! And an attractive one at that. I assumed when the episode ended, even though she decided to stay with him, a lot of times in sitcoms, by the next episode they tend to forget about the relationship. It's like only to give that episode a happy ending, with no plans of continuing it in further episodes. While we didn't see Elise again, Antonio mentioned her in the Christmas episode and then in a later one, where she dumped him. I was upset too. They played it off as a joke, that she dumped him, but I was really rooting for it to last. He didn't say why she dumped him, and I wanted all the details, lol.
I was also rooting for Roy and Mary Pat Lee. I had seen that one before, so I knew how it ended, but when you watch a show that has eight seasons, it's kind of sad when the characters go a long time without finding love.
Although I'm usually against producers casting actors to play character that were originally only mentioned but never seen. I have to admit, that Rose Marie did a good job as Roy's mom. But I was very dissapointed in seeing all three Georges. What was her third George dressed up like it was the 70s? I thought he died only a year prior to season two (Fay's first Christmas without George). I guess that's one of those continuity things the writers didn't keep up with.
After watching the first six season over and over again (and also season seven, but a lot less) it's strange in season eight when you realize that both Helen's house and Joe and Brian's house are not there in the final season. Even though Lowell was long gone, it's something to think about that his past house (his boat and Joe & Brian's house) no longer exist.
It was GREAT to watch the hour long finale, with the full length theme song. How many shows end with a character actually achieving a series long goal? When you watch the first episode, "Legacy", Brian tells Helen that he tought her cello was going to get her off "this rock." She replies that one day it will. And in the final episode... it does!
I like season eight.