I'm not proud of it, but I've been faithfully watching Reunion. It's a bad, bad show. Absurd plotlines, odd writing, poor acting. But I'm hooked. I love telling Carrie what happened just to see the expressions on her face ("The the guy who's now paralyzed tells the cop that it wasn't his best friend who killed the cop's father in the car accident 20 years ago, it was him!"). So I was sad when they announced it would be cancelled. The entire premise of the show was that one of a group of the main six characters was killed in the present day; the story is told in flashback. I'm even more upset having read this:
UNSOLVED MYSTERY: Reunion fans looking for some semblance of closure from Fox's recently axed drama might want to look elsewhere. Despite a week of brainstorming, show execs have concluded it simply is not possible to wrap up the central murder mystery nine "years" sooner than planned. Executive producer Jon Feldman explains in a statement, "Because the events of Samantha's murder are partially reliant on characters we haven't yet met -- and events we haven't yet seen -- there is no way to solve the mystery of her murder without being able to complete the full arc of our story through the present day. I greatly regret that this question along with many others that the series has posed will remain unsolved, and I am deeply grateful for the support of viewers who share this regret." Reunion's 13th and now final episode airs Feb. 2.
Couldn't they release a summary or something? Please?
Posted by Barb at December 7, 2005 10:39 AM | TrackBackno hope even for a dvd release with sequential storyboards for the last nine episodes? what will fill the shadow of the deliriously bland o.c.?
another greatly underwhelming yet addictive show: medium. patricia arquette has an acting range similar to ash simpson's singing register. yes i did.
bonus gratuitous special effects like 3D, animation, and this week's bouffant hairdos only adds to the bourgeois charm of this stinker.
I LOVE Reunion. My favorite thing about it is that all the guys in the present have gray hair and really blunted, timeworn features. Let's see, they'd be...38 years old?!?! C'mon, Fox--38's the new 23. Maybe that lack of verite is why the show flopped like a flabby griddlecake. Still, I too think it is so lame of The Makers not to even tell you "whodunnit"!!! What a kerfuffle.
Posted by: ducky at December 8, 2005 08:29 AMSpeak for yourself! My reunion (50th) we had crabcakes, snickerdoodles, and eveyrone but EVERYONE was more than 38 years old. A lot of "timeworn" features, as you put it Ducky! (Maybe "blunted" is a bit too far now, c'mon!)
There was even wine punch, and I danced with Elizabeth Rodgers, who was beautiful in the 10th grade and is just as beautiful now, with her wheelchair and oxygen tank! that means you have LIVED, to have these acooterments, not that you are dying! And living makes you MORE beautiful. Barbie, take my words: Live for today, ifyou want to be in love be alive!!!
Posted by: edgar at December 8, 2005 02:00 PM