Saturday, August 28, 2010

"Persons Unknown" Finale Liveblog II

Continued from the previous post:

9:00 - Oh crud, the Giants game is still pre-empting the finale on the San Francisco NBC affiliate. I'll be back as soon as this ends.

9:11 - Delay wasn't long at all. We're back in business!

9:12 - Mark and Janet backstory! Would have helped to see this a couple episodes earlier, but boy is it obvious why they didn't work out.

9:19 - Paco Ortiz! I mean, Carlos Lacamara as the clueless detective! Looks like this is going to be a coda episode rather than a big showdown finale.

9:22 - Erika and Moira are in Morocco. Erika rocks a headscarf. Moira does not.

9:24 - Charlie and Bill re-enact "Thelma and Louise," while Mark and Kat try to hitch-hike. Just leaves Graham and Joe unaccounted for.

9:28 - How old is this Fry's Electronics ad?

9:29 - Well Charlie and Bill didn't get far. Maybe Janet will have better luck re-enacting "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Oh wait, that one didn't end so well, did it?

9:32 - Aw, I really do like Lola Glaudini and Gerald Kyd in this.

9:33 - Kudos to the fact that Janet looks like hell as she's making her escape. Nobody should ever leave a hospital looking remotely normal.

9:38 - Has Janet been caught? Did she make this tape while still in the hospital before escaping? Oh, maybe this is faked to help the Program get into Joe's head.

9:39 - Heh.

9:42 - Of course Janet goes straight to Megan. And then, another commercial break. That was weirdly quick.

9:47 - Lucius Malfoy?! My god, it's Robert Picardo! He and Madame Director have an ominous exchange.

9:50 - And lest we forget, Janet's mother is in the pocket of the Project. Oh wait, we have a heel-face-turn. Yay!

9:52 - Kat meets Tori's father in one of those scary imprisonment scenarios that "The X-Files" used to do so well. Where's Mark?

9:56 - They've got Graham in the interrogation room where Joe was a few episodes back. Amnesia forthcoming maybe? Or are they setting him up as the next season's big bad? And how does Madame Director get around so fast, or are they just playing fast and loose with the timeline?

9:58 - Bill just slipped up. Looks like only the female characters actually got away, or in Janet's case are getting away.

10:01 - "I love you Mommy" is the first thing that comes out of the kid's mouth when she wakes up? Something is wrong with this girl. Super secret Project operative, maybe?

10:02 - And back where we started. Good use of music here.

10:05 - Joe, Janet, Moira, Erika, Charlie, Graham, Bill - gang's all here plus Mark and Kat and some new faces, but they're split up in different towns.

10:08 - Tori's the new night manager for Joe, Janet, Mark & Kat's group.

10:09 - The rest of our familiar cast is on "Level 2," a cargo ship heading out into stormy waters with Nick Fury.

Aw, I wish there was going to be a second season, but if NBC's scheduling insanity is any indication, the ratings are rocky and this is the end of the line. The finale did not disappoint, though I liked the first hour better than the second.

I'll be back tomorrow to liveblog the Emmys with Jimmy Fallon.

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