Most of the articles I've read have said that the 13 ep order will give them a chance to write to a deliberate end. NBC doesn't give a fuck, but the writers are now afforded that opportunity.
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
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§ ita § - May 19, 2012 2:01:52 pm PDT #5650 of 8626
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
-t - May 19, 2012 2:13:32 pm PDT #5651 of 8626
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OK. I still don't find that a comforting thought, but I get the concept.
Steph L. - May 19, 2012 2:23:05 pm PDT #5652 of 8626
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
What's to be resolved in 13 episodes?
At the most simple--graduating any or all of them from school seems the most obvious.
That, plus Jeff and his dad, which has been teased all 3 seasons. (Though without Harmon, that might be a plot line that's dropped.) Maybe Jeff and Annie will hook up.
§ ita § - May 19, 2012 3:30:08 pm PDT #5653 of 8626
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Troy and Britta are more in need of resolution right now. Jeff and Annie are in a stable place right now, as I see it. Troy and Britta are teetering on the edge of something undefined.
Steph L. - May 19, 2012 3:38:20 pm PDT #5654 of 8626
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oooh, that, too.
Tom Scola - May 22, 2012 2:11:57 pm PDT #5655 of 8626
They pay me in WOIMS
Interesting perspective on the Harmon situation: [link]
§ ita § - May 22, 2012 2:27:55 pm PDT #5656 of 8626
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like that post. It's reasonable and sounds like they know what they're talking about. It's dispiriting how many commenters I saw taking extreme positions while conflating Sony and NBC (not even presuming collusion, just not distinguishing between the two relationships to the show).
-t - May 22, 2012 2:40:38 pm PDT #5657 of 8626
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I know that's a mistake I was making, conflating the two. And sorting that out made everything make a lot more sense. That post is very clear and agrees with a lot of the conclusions I've been coming to, and I always like that.
I'm very pleased that Megan Ganz seems to be sticking around, she wrote some great episodes - Lupine Urology and at least one other standout, I think.
Really, I'm still sad that Harmon won't get a chance to surprise me by making an even better 4th season (and by better I mean more satisfying and rewarding to me personally) than 3rd season, but I have to recognize that it would have been a surprise just because this 3rd season was so damn good.
Vonnie K - May 22, 2012 3:02:22 pm PDT #5658 of 8626
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Lupine Urology and at least one other standout, I think.
Cooperative Calligraphy, or the Bottle Episode where Annie loses her pen, which is probably on my top-five episode list. I really like Ganz's work and am slightly reassured that she's staying on, although overall remaining apprehensive.
I haven't gone into interweb to seek out reactions from the fan base because I haven't the energy. Overall, I think I'm happy we'll get 13 more eps, even if that's Harmon-less?
Dana - May 22, 2012 3:06:25 pm PDT #5659 of 8626
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
The reactions from the fanbase are generally OMGFREAKOUT.