Before I start, I just want to say I know that season is American and I really detest the fact they use season instead of series and always use series instead of season, it uses series on TV Forge but for this post I made an exception given that I think it is more appropriate. Anyway…
It occurs to me, that not only are we reaching the end of our first yeat at uni but really we are reaching the season finale for a show about our lives at uni. Not one that is ever broadcast on TV but it has episodes (events), plot arcs, a narrative, it seems to function very much like a TV show. Remember the episode where Fonze pulled, I got drunk or Fran guest starred? Classic memories.
So now the stage is set for the season finale. It has to be a big one, series always finish on a big one. Of which the stage is again set as we are drafting out our massive blow-out end of first year of uni celebration.
Of course what we really need is the will-they won’t-they couple to get together. But who is romance in the air for? Who will it suddenly appear to? Phil and Michelle? Me and Michelle? Me and some random girl? Sarann and Andy/John/Kieran? Becky and Fonze? Claire and Fonze? Claire and me? Maths Chris and B? If ever there was a will-they won’t-they couple I think it would be those two.
What will happen at the end of term? Life has been way to Hollywood for it to go by without any events. Me and some random girl would be great although, despite me having that in the list, there is no way it will happen. Not because I’m jaded or negative (which I am but that’s a different reason) but because it has to be two protagonists to the story. That is part of your basic outline of the teen drama.
Of course it could always be something more dramatic. While DC went the classic route, The O.C. went the still sterotypical but slightly off-track route of ending with a shock, in that case someone getting shot. That typifies the The O.C. for being a more modern teen drama though. Could someone get shot? Or at least beaten up? Confrontations coming to a head? It would have to be something between pre-existing characters. Fonze and Andy P at Wendy House maybe? It would be the very end of our end of year celebrations and so would provide a great last minute shock.
But then, I’m not sure I see this story goint down the route of The O.C., I think it’s far more a classic DC tale. That is what I have had my faith in over the years, I’ve always been a Dawson not a Ryan. Still, it will be interesting to see if anything goes down. Or whether I’m simply a true product of the Hollywood generation. Or perhaps both.
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June 8th, 2006 at 12:28 pm
I’m sorry… All I heard was “Blah, blah, blah, I’m a dirty tramp…”
June 9th, 2006 at 1:05 am
Interesting theory; although I’m not sure that we’ll have anything quite so dramatic. After all, think of the tone of the stories in general.
Perhaps we’ll have a nice moralistic thing; maybe someone taking way too many drugs? Do we know anyone with an alcohol problem?
Maybe a new character? How about a ruthless but charming beast of a man suddenly making an entrance, at the end of everything? A taste (and forewarning) of things to come?
You never know.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
It’s way too late for a new character nor is it dramatic enough. Some kind of moral lesson from drugs or such would be possible though. Albeit unlikely, this is more of a mid-season thing so that the show can explore the aftermath. It’s not unheard of though.
June 9th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
I can only chuckle; such a great posting
September 1st, 2007 at 11:14 pm
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