{"id":9392,"date":"2013-05-29T21:32:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T19:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=9392"},"modified":"2013-05-29T21:32:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T19:32:28","slug":"body-of-proof-now-thats-what-i-call-a-series-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/body-of-proof-now-thats-what-i-call-a-series-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Body of Proof: Now That\u2019s What I Call A Series Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/b>Body of Proof<\/a> series finale, Daddy Issues, aired on Tuesday this week.<\/p>\n

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It just sucks when such a fun series is cancelled.<\/p>\n

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Yes, all good things come to an end. But I wish they didn\u2019t while they still had great storylines to explore.<\/p>\n

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Yeah, yeah, we get it. It\u2019s about ratings and advertising revenue. But it\u2019s not the healthiest sytem, and hey, the show\u2019s time slot also affects things.<\/p>\n

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But let\u2019s not get into the whole archaic Nielsen thing, or the advertisers\u2019 inability to make the most of the show\u2019s social media followers and international viewers…<\/p>\n

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I read that the creators are looking to find another network, but I\u2019m not holding my breath. \u00a0Survival after cancellation has been known to happen, but none of my favorite (cancelled) shows had such luck.<\/p>\n

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But at least, Daddy Issues was a great finale. It tied up all the loose ends, and even though their final choice of the main villain is a bit implausible (and questionable), it makes up for it by:<\/p>\n

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(*includes spoilers for \u00a0season 3, episode 5 (Eye for an Eye), where Henry Ian Cusick first guest-starred.)<\/p>\n

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1)\u00a0\u00a0 letting us finally know what happened to Megan\u2019s father and why.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0 bringing back my favorite \u201cvillain\u201d \u2013 therapist Dr. Trent Marsh (Henry Ian Cusick) who was the only guy that got away from Megan. He was intelligent enough, and he was worth sympathizing over. Even though he had killed 3 people (in episode 5), all those people had committed cold-blooded murder. One of the victims was Marsh\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0 Megan (Dana Delany) finally beginning to see how there might be shades of grey when it came to \u201cbad guys\u201d and \u201cgood guys\u201d<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0 Megan finally having a non-evasive talk with Tommy about where they stand.<\/p>\n

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The finale works, both as a season and a series finale.<\/p>\n

Even if I don\u2019t get any more of Megan Hunt, I\u2019ve got closure- something prematurely-cancelled (but awesome) *Lie to Me<\/a> or *Awake<\/a> couldn\u2019t provide.<\/p>\n

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Now, if you want to find out more, dig into a spoiler-rich plot summary:<\/b><\/p>\n

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Megan is too busy solving her dad\u2019s murder to get into the case-of-the-week, so it\u2019s Ethan (Geoffrey Arend), Kate (Jeri Ryan) and Curtis (Windell Middlebrooks) working on it.<\/p>\n

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Megan and Tommy (Mark Valley) are shocked to find out that her father\u2019s grave is empty. This proves Megan\u2019s theory one more time. They try the next logical angle: going \u00a0after some old records, which they also find that were taken by the killer.<\/p>\n

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And as Megan is trying to deal with the emotional strain, Marsh \u201cruns into\u201d her. She\u2019s a bit \u201ceasier\u201d on him this time, as she\u2019s more concerned about catching her father\u2019s killer.<\/p>\n

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After Megan finds a hidden key in her father\u2019s belongings, she finds a hidden file on an assaulted and killed woman, supposedly by a serial killer (Kurtwood Smith, Red of That 70s Show), convicted for several other murders.<\/p>\n

But he tells Megan and Tommy that she wasn\u2019t one of her victims, and their search takes them to the cop in charge of the case years ago.<\/p>\n

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Megan is adamant that he\u2019s the killer, but they only have a theory. Marsh finds her, and tells her he can help her. Megan refuses, though she seems to be less judgmental of him now.<\/p>\n

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When the cop is shot in the back, it makes you wonder whether a certain \u201cvillain\u201d didn\u2019t keep his promise.<\/p>\n

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But the victim in Kate\u2019s case turns out to be the partner of the cop. When Megan goes to the police station to find Tommy, she runs into Tommy\u2019s boss \u2013 who \u201ckidnaps\u201d Megan.<\/p>\n

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As it turns out, the killer is none other than Tommy and Adam\u2019s (Elyes Gabel) boss Chief Angela (Lorraine Toussaint)\u00a0 (yeah, her connection is explained.)<\/p>\n

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And when she is about to shoot Megan, it is when Marsh comes and shoots her, saving Megan\u2019s life. A shocked Megan can only whisper \u201cthank you\u201d after he is gone.<\/p>\n

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After Tommy arrives at the scene, she tells him who saved his life. But when they go to his office, he is gone- having left \u00a0\u00a0his book, along with the note \u201cYou\u2019re Welcome\u201d for Megan, who doesn\u2019t seem that bummed that he has eluded them.<\/p>\n

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She makes up with her mother.<\/p>\n

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The she goes to Tommy\u2019s house, finally admitting her feelings to Tommy, and we see their first on-screen kiss.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019d kinda hoped Megan would hook up with the therapist (at least before we found out he was the murderer.) Even then, I was kind of hoping that Megan would understand him. This episode I got that chemistry again- and I had a feeling……wouldn\u2019t mind.<\/p>\n

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But I\u2019ve always liked Mark Valley (Boston Legal, Fringe), and Tommy\u2019s been a very entertaining character. So it was about time they got together. But Marsh would have made a risky, grey and interesting love interest. Oh, well…<\/p>\n

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And if you want to see Cusick play a real villain (as in a villain killing anyone who gets in his way and gets off on it), watch his guest appearances as Tommy Volker on The Mentalist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Lie to Me<\/a>\u2019s ending wasn\u2019t good for a series finale. It was barely good enough as a season finale. Don\u2019t get me wrong, it was a first-class episode. It didn\u2019t move anything forward, apart from Lightman finally admitting to his daughter that he loved his partner Gillian- something we always knew.<\/p>\n

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Awake\u2019s<\/a> finale, had it been a season finale, would have been one of the best in the history of television. But as a season finale, it was just disappointing that we didn\u2019t get the answer to the show\u2019s promise: which of the worlds he was living was real?<\/p>\n

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Body of Proof answered everything we needed to know, moved the story forward, avoided the cliche of Megan winning over every criminal….<\/p>\n

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Yeah, I\u2019ll miss the show. If another network buys it, I\u2019ll keep watching.<\/p>\n

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What did you think of the finale?<\/p>\n

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Also on Body of Proof<\/b><\/p>\n

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Body of Proof starring Dana Delany, Nicholas Bishop & Jeri Ryan<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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Body of Proof is Back for its 3rd Season: And It\u2019s Even More Fun!<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n