The howling dogs next door woke us up. Apparently something about the approaching storm disturbed them. Traumatized, it sounded like. It was somewhere between two and three a.m. Once the thunder started and the rains came, they shut up, so we got back to sleep.
I got fooled twice last night. I thought I was watching the season finale of two different shows. They were on different networks, so I guess I can be forgiven for getting tricked twice. CSI ended this week, so why not The Mentalist?
First, though, it was Grey’s Anatomy. You know what? I think they could easily have ended the season with last night’s show. It would have been pitch perfect. Meredith lying on her back in the middle of the woods in the wreckage of an airplane saying, “There’s always next year.” That would have been brilliant. Couldn’t help thinking of Lost of course. Wonder if that was deliberate. Now that I think about it, it would be a cool cross-over. Instead of having just one doctor on the island, everyone’s a doctor. Derek, who most resembles Jack, is cast against type as the flight attendant who is sucked out of the plane when it breaks up. Alas, there is another episode, so they’re going to wreck that magical ending.
Similar deal with The Mentalist (without the plane crash). The season could have ended with Patrick getting fired. However, there’s another episode. I have a theory. The only way Red John will accept that Patrick has given up is for him to sever his ties with CBI. And he couldn’t just quit—who’d believe that? No, he had to be fired. It was obvious he was baiting the boss. At first, I thought it was to demonstrate that anyone can overstep the line in the right circumstances but, no, he was just pumping him up to fire him. Of course he’s not going to join Red John. Will he ever get to really meet him, though? How long can they tease us without showing him? We thought we had that last season, but not so, as it turned out.
Looking forward to seeing what they have for us on the Fringe finale tonight, though I may not get to see it until Sunday or Monday. It is the finale, right? No more tricks?
