End Times

More thoughts on season finales:

•Alias - A well-crafted way to wrap up a season and a series, although it felt a little bit rushed. The great thing is, they've left an opening to bring the series back in some form if they choose to do so, with Jack Bristow and Tom Grace the only real casualties--and I could think of a way to bring back Jack Bristow without violating series continuity.

•Prison Break - Not enough resolution to suit my tastes, but they did deliver what they promised: the prisoners did break out by the end of the season. They didn't get much farther than that, mind you, but they did break out...

•Lost - Some genuine plot development, which has been all too rare in this series--but not as many answers as I'd really like to see. This series has spent way too much time treading water this season; we're now to the point where we should have been midway through the season. If they can't get Lost back on track in the first few episodes next year, this show is destined for ignominious failure a la Twin Peaks...

•Everwood - Okay, I know that the season really doesn't end until May 29th, but I have to say that the penultimate episode paves the way for one of the season's best finales. I hate to see this series end; if anything, it's too good for the lackluster WB/UPN spinoff CW. I really wish that some other network would pick it up and continue the story; these characters are far too compelling to fade away...