WATCH TONIGHT--SERIES FINALE!!!!!

[PrettyinPink55]

Okay, so if 7th Hell can be ressurrected from the dead, so can we!!!! Watch the series finale of Everwood tonight, as I know many of you EW fans will be doing, and enlist everyone you know to watch it too!!! We need AS MANY viewers as possible!!!

Let's show Dawn Ostritch we mean business!!!!


It is apparently CW policy that if a show gets 7 million viewers or more it will automatically get renewed...or so I've heard. Now I don't expect 7 million, but it doesn't hurt to try, right, and show her how dedicated we fans are!!

[Mr. Television]

Less then an an hour now......

[PrettyinPink55]

Get the tissues out, because you KNOW you are going to cry!!!!

[tvfan0101]

Well, I did not cry, but I loved it. I dug out my VHS tape of the pilot and watched it before the finale started. Full circle, eh? Also, that ferris wheel was an ... unusual touch.

[Mr. Television]

What a great ending. I'm glad Amy and Ephram got back together and it's about time that Nina and Andy got married. It did get a little sad at times. It's just to bad a show like this has no place on the CW.

[PrettyinPink55]

Well I was an emotional wreck during the entire show!!! I cried... I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy the way it ended though. It definetly did come circle. You have that feeling of everything being complete.
Andy and Nina--I have been rooting for those two since day one. (I actually cried tears of joy when she said yes!!)
Ephram and Amy-- So happy they ended up together. The ferris wheel was a great touch...oh and those flashbacks!!!
Hannah and Bright-- I am glad Bright told her to go to Notre Dame, but in the end, she chose what her heart told her to. (You and me best friends forever!!!)
Rose and Harold--Love how they finally got the baby they wanted!
Delia--She finally got her horse and his growing up to be a graceful young woman
Edna--I think her Phase 3 will be just as content with her son and grandchildren.
Father and son coming to terms with their loss and what it has brought them.
(The scene at the grave made me cry too!)

All in all, perfect finale.

But I can't help but think what could've been. There are so many stories to tell. I really would've loved to see Andy and Nina's wedding. How they merge two families into one, although they are already almost like one big family themselves already. If Ephram would ever find his son. If the mother of Lily would come back. What would happen with Bright and Hannah. How Rose and Harold deal with the baby. Kyle's storyline. Andy and his dad. So much more to explore....yet sad that we didn't get a chance.

I love this show, and I'm proud to say I've loved to from begginning to end!!!

[TJL]

Originally Posted by PrettyinPink55

Well I was an emotional wreck during the entire show!!! I cried... I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy the way it ended though. It definetly did come circle. You have that feeling of everything being complete.
Andy and Nina--I have been rooting for those two since day one. (I actually cried tears of joy when she said yes!!)
Ephram and Amy-- So happy they ended up together. The ferris wheel was a great touch...oh and those flashbacks!!!
Hannah and Bright-- I am glad Bright told her to go to Notre Dame, but in the end, she chose what her heart told her to. (You and me best friends forever!!!)
Rose and Harold--Love how they finally got the baby they wanted!
Delia--She finally got her horse and his growing up to be a graceful young woman
Edna--I think her Phase 3 will be just as content with her son and grandchildren.
Father and son coming to terms with their loss and what it has brought them.
(The scene at the grave made me cry too!)

All in all, perfect finale.

But I can't help but think what could've been. There are so many stories to tell. I really would've loved to see Andy and Nina's wedding. How they merge two families into one, although they are already almost like one big family themselves already. If Ephram would ever find his son. If the mother of Lily would come back. What would happen with Bright and Hannah. How Rose and Harold deal with the baby. Kyle's storyline. Andy and his dad. So much more to explore....yet sad that we didn't get a chance.

I love this show, and I'm proud to say I've loved to from begginning to end!!!

Your assessment of the finale was dead on my dear, everything was wrapped up perfectly.
You are right, there are so many more stories to tell in Everwood, but let's face it, we're better off leaving things on a happy note.
We all know too darn well that if there was another season, Amy and Ephram would have broken up again!

[PrettyinPink55]

Here is what some critics thought about our beloved finale:

'Everwood' Finale Offers Closure
The WB's departing drama left fans satisfied
By Daniel Fienberg
June 6 2006


Treat Williams, Gregory Smith and Vivien CardoneLeaving nary a dry eye in many a house, The WB's "Everwood" came to an end on Monday (June 5) night.

Last month, the programmers at the new CW made a choice: Making the netlet's first schedule, they determined that the network's identity would be better served by wooing the young girls who love "One Tree Hill" and "7th Heaven: Zombie Edition" (nothing can kill the Camdens), than with the instant infusion of heart and critical credibility provided by "Everwood." It was a move that allowed The CW to experience a wave of backlash without putting a second of programming on the air. It was also a move that lets the "Everwood" creative team go out on a high note, without any weddings or funerals and only one bat mitzvah.

Either by luck or by design (more likely the latter), "Everwood" gave fans an ending that was as manipulative and emotionally satisfying a finale as any devotee could ever hope for. Logic and context be darned, on one starry Colorado night, every surviving character got exactly what the fans were praying for and delivered on every promise. How many shows can claim to have gone out in such a fashion?

Talk Back: What did you think of the finale?
The show's great near-genius (using the word genius in the context of "Everwood" is like using "brilliant" in the context of an "American Idol" contestant, though "near-genius" seems OK) is that it could mix pathos with warm fuzzies in a way that virtually no other show could touch.

When Dr. Brown (Treat Williams, whose career will now return to its pre-"Everwood" levels, only with prestige and dignity) comes to the realization that Dr. Abbott (Tom Amandes, always the show's MVP) was just a big romantic idealist, he was late to the party. Even at his most crotchety, Dr. Abbott was always an idealist, craving a world of small town simplicity and small town life that may not have even existed in Norman Rockwell paintings. Over the show's run, Dr. Brown -- and all of the tragedies, upheavals and mood swings that seemed to accompany him -- taught Dr. Abbott to appreciate a different kind of romanticism, a WB kind of romanticism, where death and break-ups and disease and misery could seem ready to engulf the world, but where a well-delivered line of dialogue, a beautifully composed shot featuring snow-capped mountains or just the right gesture or well-timed hug could make everything seem whole again.

The finale of "Everwood" was satisfying because it left every character stuck in some degree of tumult or misstep. There's a sense at the end of the episode that there's going to be a lot of messiness tomorrow, but for one glorious night, the across-the-board happiness feels genuine.

Tomorrow, will Nina (Stephanie Niznik) wake up and remember that she accepted Dr. Brown's proposal just two days after Bailey Salinger (Scott Wolf deserves credit for carrying off one of the ass-iest things any TV character can do) ditched her at the airport?

It doesn't matter. For one night, Nina and Dr. Brown are together, as they obviously were supposed to be in the pilot.

Tomorrow, will Hannah (Sarah Drew, whose contribution to the last seasons of the show can't be quantified) realize that she gave up a free ride to Notre Dame to go to A&M on the off chance that Bright (Chris Pratt, who delivered both laughs and humanity as his character evolved) is forever redeemed?

It doesn't matter. For one night, fans can picture Hannah and Bright together again.

Tomorrow, will Edna (Debra Mooney) wake up in her little room in her son's house and remember that she's lost two husbands in four years and that getting to choose her own wallpaper isn't going to be enough to make her happy?

It doesn't matter. For one night, Edna gets second-hand furniture and a permanent nanny gig with the Abbotts' new baby.

Tomorrow, will Ephram (Gregory Smith, who created TV's most honest teen this side of "Degrassi") remember that as he walked out the door he told Stephanie he'd see her in five minutes and that Stephanie is kind of hot and feisty and isn't likely to be the kind of Drama Queen we know Amy (the radiant Emily VanCamp) to be?

It doesn't matter. For one night, Ephram and Amy won't be interrupted by Coma Boys or Pregnant Babysitters.

Tomorrow, will Delia (Vivien Cardone) realize that as much as she wanted a horse when she was eight, she'd kinda rather have gotten a new Razr cell phone or something instead of an animal she's gonna have no way to ever get to see?

It doesn't matter. For one night, Delia's got a pony.

Those are all questions for tomorrow and it's probably better that "Everwood" didn't have to worry about answering any of them. For tonight, I suspect the show left an awful lot of fans with misty tears in their eyes, which is pretty close to closure.

I couldn't help but think that this would have been a good way for The WB to go off the air as well.

[PrettyinPink55]

Although Everwood didn't pull in the best ratings last night (apx 4.07 million) Here's another from Entertainment Weekly's website:

Happily Everwood After

In the series finale of ''Everwood,'' the main characters learn enough about life to make sure they wind up with the right people; plus, Delia gets her pony by Jennifer Armstrong

There's nothing better than a well-earned sap-fest: that crucial opportunity that comes along, every once in a great while, to get your happy ending, to experience a moment better than you'd dared to hope, after you've been through a hell of a lot of crap to get there. True in TV as in life — just as Everwood has always been.

The series finale (words it literally pains me to type when it comes to this show) gave us, for once, everything we expected. But unlike, say, the main characters on Friends or Sex and the City — fine shows in their own right — the folks in our beloved Colorado burg have suffered through so much painfully real drama that their grand gestures and poetic professions of love did not tempt us to roll our eyes. They only jerked tear after deserving tear — all of them joyful.

The two-hour sobfest subtly (for the most part) took us through moments with every once-contentious relationship in town and showed us how they've quietly inched toward resolution, from Andy and Ephram out in front of their house (where they had that seminal ''I hate you!''/''Well, I hate you right back!'' fight in the pilot) discussing whether Dad will propose to Nina, to Harold and Andy (who even made a reference to their first confrontational ''cute meet'') having a heart-to-heart about, well, the same sitch.

And, finally — as evidenced by the above-referenced Nina fixation — all of our star-crossed, long-tortured lovers started acknowledging their feelings for each other at the same time, in that way that can only happen in a series finale (ouch, yes, it never does get any easier to type those words). Frankly, I couldn't get enough of the sappy romance stuff, either, after all the painful tears I've shed for these folks. Hell, this is the series that was killing main characters before it was cool — remember Colin's botched brain surgery? The series that put poor Dr. Brown in love with an HIV-positive chick and a woman whose husband (his patient!) was brain-dead. The series that, in this season alone, nearly killed vision of hotness Reid in a suicide attempt and most evolved character Bright (how brilliant has Chris Pratt become in this role?) in a fall through a plate-glass window before sending cuddly Irv to his maker with a heart attack. It's about time for some unabashedly good news.

But before we could get to the much-discussed proposal, we had to, unfortunately, dispose of darling, dimpled doc Jake, who was fixing to haul Nina off to California with him. To that end, the new, proactive Ephram — having learned all kinds of lessons from fathering a kid he never knew and playing father figure to his piano prodigy this year — confronted Jake at the coffee shop about taking Nina away from her rightful place in Everwood. But Jake, bless his heart, offered up the kind of heartfelt lecture only Scott Wolf could get away with delivering, about how ''life is supposed to surprise you'' and ''there are windows that don't stay open forever.'' Which, of course, we realize applies to everyone in town, and, in fact, to all of us in the human race. Sigh.

Amy, meanwhile, was realizing those same lessons about her love for Ephram (recently rekindled upon watching him canoodle with exceptionally awesome new girlfriend Stephanie). ''The Ephram-and-I thing, it's a long story,'' Amy said, ''and I think we all deserve a little closure.'' I couldn't agree more, even though we know those two will end up breaking up about 87 times before ever settling down for good (and let's hope so, what with them being mere college freshmen). But I did also kinda love Stephanie despite myself, with her witty banter and her cute kissing of Ephram in the jewelry store.

As far as Jake went, he sealed his own fate at the airport by actually saying what he felt — namely, that he wasn't too keen on finding out Andy had bought his girlfriend an engagement ring. ''I don't want just part of your heart; I want all of it,'' he told Nina before getting on the plane without her (another line it takes a special, special actor on a special, special show to pull off; Scott Wolf was born for Everwood). ''I never expected to find love here in the first place, or to find myself,'' he continued. ''And I did both because of you.'' For the record, I'm still not sold on Nina as the magical angel capable of redeeming both Scott Wolf and Treat Williams, but I do love the parallels between broken big-city recovering addict Jake and broken big-city recovering workaholic Andy. So I'm willing to go with it.

And I'm really willing to go with Drunk Amy, anywhere, any time. In this case, she was drunk on kosher wine at Delia's bat mitzvah. (''Be proud, girlfriend, you are a woman!'' she slurred, hugging a stunned Delia. Emily VanCamp's comic timing throughout this episode, incidentally, reached a whole new level. Get this girl at least a juicy guest spot on Gilmore Girls, CW.) It's also nice to see the drinking as simply a way for Amy to drown her sorrows — not an Important Lesson in the Evils of Underage Imbibing nor a convenient excuse for her to blurt out her feelings for Ephram. That was to come soon enough, and soberly, as it should.

Amid all the romantic push-and-pull, Rose and Harold managed to get the baby they've been aching for — a chance they thought they'd lost because of Rose's history of cancer. (See how much these folks need a break?) Harold's schizophrenic patient, who'd just given birth, left her newborn on their porch and skipped town. And Andy clearly mended his sometimes-tense relationship with daughter Delia, as evidenced by their arrival home from her party. ''Have I told you how great you were tonight?'' he said, but that was nothing compared with how he watched her walk up the stairs. Seriously, this episode was the death of a whole box of Kleenex. (A few scenes later, he gave her the pony he'd promised her when they first moved to Everwood, which was a nice bit of closure, but he had me at that look.)

With most of that parent-child stuff out of the way, it was time for the epic romantic stuff: Nina was back from the airport and waiting in Andy's kitchen; Ephram was expressing concern to Bright about whether Amy had gotten home safe the night before. (Bright — did I mention how much I love him? — just scoffed, in his brilliant Bright way, ''You think there's juice left in that box, but there isn't.'') Amy was taking action the way only a women's studies major can — by meeting with her rival, Stephanie, to tell her she was going to make another play for Ephram. ''Sisterhood above all, woo-hoo!'' she said by way of explanation.

And Bright, for his own part, had Hannah's possible departure to contend with when she told him she'd gotten a full ride to Notre Dame. She was, however, still considering nearby A&M, too, despite its lesser academic reputation. ''The only reason I'm considering it is because you guys are here,'' she said. ''Which is a huge pro.'' And while it was easy to get wrapped up in the grandness of the Amy-Ephram and Andy-Nina resolutions, it was Hannah's final action — happily dropping her A&M acceptance into the mailbox — that showed us what this series was all about. A lazier show would've sent her to Notre Dame to demonstrate the properly independent, achievement-minded American Way. But Everwood has always put relationships above all — and, in fact, has disparaged the idea of achievement at every turn — a commitment it stuck to in the end.

The rest of the show, I must admit, was a teary blur for me. As soon as Andy, standing at his late wife's grave, said, ''It was you I wanted to be this guy for,'' I was pretty useless. And don't even start me on the Amy-and-Ephram montage. There was a proposal from Andy, and an acceptance from Nina. There was this bit where Amy rented a Ferris wheel to stand before as she declared her love for Ephram, but all I really cared about was that he said it back and kissed her.

Here's the one coherent thing I did manage to write down from that whole sequence, something Ephram said to Andy just before the proposal, and something that just so happens to sum up my feelings about the series finale: ''I'm so used to things not working out the way they're supposed to that I get a little freaked out when they do.'' Consider me equally freaked out, thrilled for my Everwoodians, wistful about their departure from my life...oh, and really pissed at The CW.

What do you think? Was this a worthy finale? What were your favorite moments? And was there anything you wish had turned out differently?

[Mr. Television]

Thanks for posting those articles. I think they sum up Everwood perfectly.

[PrettyinPink55]

Originally Posted by I Walk The Line

Thanks for posting those articles. I think they sum up Everwood perfectly.

No problem!!!

I am just heartbroken that this wonderful show is over.

But the people from Everwoodonline.com and Everwoodmusic.com are still hard at work campaigning: (from the website)

Latest Save Everwood Info:

Okay, we've finally got a BIG STUNT for getting Everwood Back!!! The fans are currently organizing getting a FERRIS WHEEL to park out in front of Dawn Ostroff's office! If she liked the Veronica Mars plane, then she'll love this!!! If you've seen the premiere and finale of Everwood, then you'll know why we're doing this! We NEED to get donations for this started and the whole idea put into motion quickly because the CW has 3-4 weeks to set their schedule in stone to present to the media outlets.

And also:

Okay, Everwood hasn't been renewed, YET, but I did recieve this reply back from Nathan Anderson who is in charge of sending the pinecones!

I don't have an official count in front of me, but I know it's over 50 orders.

I understand the situation, and we're doing what we can to help... Dawn Osteroff actually emailed me to see what in the world we were doing...

We're sending the orders by several different methods, so they can't all be stopped at the door... i.e. "all those boxes coming in by UPS that say 'girl scout cookies' on them... just put them in the storage room". So we're sending them via UPS, Parcel Post, Priority Mail, etc. A decent amount HAVE to make it right to her.

There's something almost Ironic about the situation... as we don't have any Television in this house! I'll have to grab a DVD of the show to see what all the fuss is about...

-Nathan Anderson

DAWN OSTROFF EMAILED HIM TO ASK WHO WHAT WE WERE DOING! WE ARE MAKING A STATEMENT & SHE IS NOTICING! I AM SO HAPPY! THIS MAKES ME WANT TO SAVE EVERWOOD SO MUCH MORE!

Anyway, thought we could use some good news, since these past few days have had so many ups and downs! KEEP CAMPAIGNING EVERWOOD WE ARE DEFINITLY MAKING A DIFFERANCE!

Here's the Pinecones Link:
www.ponderosapinecones.com (This is the Pinecones site and 100% of the
money goes to the Girl Scouts)

At the very bottom of that page asking for billing info, there's a big space
for special delivery information. Ask them to include something that says
"Save Everwood" and give them Dawn Ostroff's address...

Dawn Ostroff
11800 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by PrettyinPink55

No problem!!!

I am just heartbroken that this wonderful show is over.

But the people from Everwoodonline.com and Everwoodmusic.com are still hard at work campaigning: (from the website)

Latest Save Everwood Info:

Okay, we've finally got a BIG STUNT for getting Everwood Back!!! The fans are currently organizing getting a FERRIS WHEEL to park out in front of Dawn Ostroff's office! If she liked the Veronica Mars plane, then she'll love this!!! If you've seen the premiere and finale of Everwood, then you'll know why we're doing this! We NEED to get donations for this started and the whole idea put into motion quickly because the CW has 3-4 weeks to set their schedule in stone to present to the media outlets.

And also:

Okay, Everwood hasn't been renewed, YET, but I did recieve this reply back from Nathan Anderson who is in charge of sending the pinecones!

I don't have an official count in front of me, but I know it's over 50 orders.

I understand the situation, and we're doing what we can to help... Dawn Osteroff actually emailed me to see what in the world we were doing...

We're sending the orders by several different methods, so they can't all be stopped at the door... i.e. "all those boxes coming in by UPS that say 'girl scout cookies' on them... just put them in the storage room". So we're sending them via UPS, Parcel Post, Priority Mail, etc. A decent amount HAVE to make it right to her.

There's something almost Ironic about the situation... as we don't have any Television in this house! I'll have to grab a DVD of the show to see what all the fuss is about...

-Nathan Anderson

DAWN OSTROFF EMAILED HIM TO ASK WHO WHAT WE WERE DOING! WE ARE MAKING A STATEMENT & SHE IS NOTICING! I AM SO HAPPY! THIS MAKES ME WANT TO SAVE EVERWOOD SO MUCH MORE!

Anyway, thought we could use some good news, since these past few days have had so many ups and downs! KEEP CAMPAIGNING EVERWOOD WE ARE DEFINITLY MAKING A DIFFERANCE!

Here's the Pinecones Link:
www.ponderosapinecones.com (This is the Pinecones site and 100% of the
money goes to the Girl Scouts)

At the very bottom of that page asking for billing info, there's a big space
for special delivery information. Ask them to include something that says
"Save Everwood" and give them Dawn Ostroff's address...

Dawn Ostroff
11800 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025

It's just sad that at a time when good family shows are rare that the CW couldn't make room for Everwood. OTH and VM are never going to be any more popular then they are right now and half the audience that watched 7th Heaven's final won't be back in the fall. You would think they would have least had room for the show as a backup. It's good that the efforts to save Everwood are getting noticed. I was once a fan of Roswell and I remember the fans saved that show on more then one occasion.

[Buffyboy323]

I loved loved loved that Finale!!!! I will be so sad next fall when it doesn't come back. I loved how it all ended. And I loved how they brought everything full circle, and had all those call backs to previous seasons. They mentioned Ephram's purple hair, where Nina and Andy met, and that ferris wheel was just classic. Eevrything ended great. I feel closure. And I thought it was great that they mentioned all the characters that had impacts on their lives these last couple of years, Linda Abbot, Madison, Julia's parent's and even Colin.

[comedyfreak]

NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I missed the finale! I forgot all about it being on.

[Buffyboy323]

Originally Posted by comedyfreak

NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I missed the finale! I forgot all about it being on.

I have it on tape, if you want. And the episode before that too...