I didn't really notice the pessimism of season 4 until the very end, all things considered.
Partially, at that point I was still able to laugh at the lengths they'd go to for angst. And part of it was that Season 3 seemed a lot more dire. The only reason I was able to watch it was that I would think, "but he's going to get pulled out of hell by a really awesome angel! And God himself took interest in it!" It kind of deflated a bit as the season went on, but I was kind of immune to it because a) I just lumped it in with "the writers are ridiculously addicted to over-the-top angst that they can't possibly follow through on" (ala 40 years) and b)"that's really inconsistent, so I'm just going to ignore it!" (ala the angsty, angry angels, which were the sign I guess that they were Bad, but I ignored it up until the very end). I like the first half of the season a lot more than the second half. I was kind of disappointed by the 'the angels are evil' angle, but mostly because it's so not edgy anymore, and I crave novelty. I'm a novelty junkie.
This is why I was a bit disappointed when they made Sam Lucifer's vessel. I'd kind of hoped they were going to do something new and interesting with him, after so many seasons of him angsting over having an evil destiny. I mean, what do you do when you've fulfilled your evil destiny, and now you're done, left with regrets and guilt? Could have been some interesting character development there. Not that it's the only thing they could have done, nor that there was anything inherently problematic about the vessel storyline. Just would have been a little different.
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Date: 2010-06-02 10:47 pm (UTC)Partially, at that point I was still able to laugh at the lengths they'd go to for angst. And part of it was that Season 3 seemed a lot more dire. The only reason I was able to watch it was that I would think, "but he's going to get pulled out of hell by a really awesome angel! And God himself took interest in it!" It kind of deflated a bit as the season went on, but I was kind of immune to it because a) I just lumped it in with "the writers are ridiculously addicted to over-the-top angst that they can't possibly follow through on" (ala 40 years) and b)"that's really inconsistent, so I'm just going to ignore it!" (ala the angsty, angry angels, which were the sign I guess that they were Bad, but I ignored it up until the very end). I like the first half of the season a lot more than the second half. I was kind of disappointed by the 'the angels are evil' angle, but mostly because it's so not edgy anymore, and I crave novelty. I'm a novelty junkie.
This is why I was a bit disappointed when they made Sam Lucifer's vessel. I'd kind of hoped they were going to do something new and interesting with him, after so many seasons of him angsting over having an evil destiny. I mean, what do you do when you've fulfilled your evil destiny, and now you're done, left with regrets and guilt? Could have been some interesting character development there. Not that it's the only thing they could have done, nor that there was anything inherently problematic about the vessel storyline. Just would have been a little different.