11:23 pm - 05/04/2012
"All's Well That Ends" is the title of tonight's In Plain Sight's series finale…and to say it ended "well" doesn't do justice to this gratifying and truthful conclusion to the heartwarming crime drama.
f you're a Marshall and Mary shipper, your heart must have fluttered (ours did anyway) at his tearful rooftop declaration to his sourpuss sidekick:
"You're my partner. You're my best friend. And I love you."
Swoon.
Hold up—he wasn't finished. "I love Abigail deeply and because I do, I need you to release me," he continued. "I need to be free enough to have a life with Abigail and I need you to be OK enough for that to happen. Because if you call, I'll come every time."
Was Mary's atypically sincere, supportive response—championing his marriage to Abigail and setting her partner free—almost drowned out by your sobbing, too?
Deep breaths. Here's how the U.S. Marshals and their special circle said goodbye…
Whassup, WITSEC: The good news? The Albuquerque branch will remain open, thanks to the federal witness protection program's new deputy director: Stan (Paul-Ben Victor)! Anyone who's successfully supervised Mary Shannon deserves to dance off to D.C. with Tia Carrere by his side, no? The best news? Mary's new boss is…Marshall!
True Romance: Mary gave Marshall and Abigail (Rachel Boston) her blessing, so…sigh, we will too. If Marshall's happy, we're happy. And look at Mary smiling with handsome single dad Kenny (Josh Hopkins)—in public no less! We have to agree that the festive occasion is a much better time than a step-skipping fake wake to welcome him into the fold.
Family Ties: Jinx (Lesley Ann Warren) and Brandi (Nichole Hiltz) are home and sober, and baby Nora will soon have a cousin to play with. (And maybe a stepsibling too with Kenny as stepdad?) Although they seemed to have forgotten about half-brother Scott (RIP again Aaron Ashmore), the Shannon women mourned James' (Stephen Lang) death in their own ways. Jinx and Brandi held the fake wake, while Mary scattered his remains at the race track he called home—and where he won the money for Nora's legacy. (The only losers here were the horses and jockeys, who looked like they all got a giant whiff of dearly departed dad.)
So Long, Farewell: As the gang gathered to toast Stan's promotion and wish him bon voyage on his new adventures, we felt like we were right there with them. Just as they will remain with us, as we fondly contemplate the new future each is forging. Because IPS gave us the best kind of finale—offering closure while keeping the characters alive in our hearts.
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Review of In Plain Sight's series finale
"All's Well That Ends" is the title of tonight's In Plain Sight's series finale…and to say it ended "well" doesn't do justice to this gratifying and truthful conclusion to the heartwarming crime drama.
f you're a Marshall and Mary shipper, your heart must have fluttered (ours did anyway) at his tearful rooftop declaration to his sourpuss sidekick:
"You're my partner. You're my best friend. And I love you."
Swoon.
Hold up—he wasn't finished. "I love Abigail deeply and because I do, I need you to release me," he continued. "I need to be free enough to have a life with Abigail and I need you to be OK enough for that to happen. Because if you call, I'll come every time."
Was Mary's atypically sincere, supportive response—championing his marriage to Abigail and setting her partner free—almost drowned out by your sobbing, too?
Deep breaths. Here's how the U.S. Marshals and their special circle said goodbye…
Whassup, WITSEC: The good news? The Albuquerque branch will remain open, thanks to the federal witness protection program's new deputy director: Stan (Paul-Ben Victor)! Anyone who's successfully supervised Mary Shannon deserves to dance off to D.C. with Tia Carrere by his side, no? The best news? Mary's new boss is…Marshall!
True Romance: Mary gave Marshall and Abigail (Rachel Boston) her blessing, so…sigh, we will too. If Marshall's happy, we're happy. And look at Mary smiling with handsome single dad Kenny (Josh Hopkins)—in public no less! We have to agree that the festive occasion is a much better time than a step-skipping fake wake to welcome him into the fold.
Family Ties: Jinx (Lesley Ann Warren) and Brandi (Nichole Hiltz) are home and sober, and baby Nora will soon have a cousin to play with. (And maybe a stepsibling too with Kenny as stepdad?) Although they seemed to have forgotten about half-brother Scott (RIP again Aaron Ashmore), the Shannon women mourned James' (Stephen Lang) death in their own ways. Jinx and Brandi held the fake wake, while Mary scattered his remains at the race track he called home—and where he won the money for Nora's legacy. (The only losers here were the horses and jockeys, who looked like they all got a giant whiff of dearly departed dad.)
So Long, Farewell: As the gang gathered to toast Stan's promotion and wish him bon voyage on his new adventures, we felt like we were right there with them. Just as they will remain with us, as we fondly contemplate the new future each is forging. Because IPS gave us the best kind of finale—offering closure while keeping the characters alive in our hearts.
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All that build up for fucking nothing? Fuck them. All the reviews for this said all the fans would be happy and that the finale was "satisfying". WHAT ABOUT THAT WAS HAPPY AND SATISFYING? FUCKING NOTHING.
Also, you know how I said I was going to cry if Mary and Marshall didn't end up together? Yeah, that happened after it faded to back. I know I said I would, but I honestly didn't expect it to actually happen.
I had hope up until the last two minutes.
And I need fix it fic fucking immediately.
Edited at 2012-05-05 03:51 am (UTC)
Can't say I'm surprised, but I am pissed. Mary/Marshall was always supposed to be endgame imo. ALL of that build up? And the promo? I'm glad I didn't get my hopes up, but still. Fuck these fuckers tbh.
do not even get me started on the ridiculousness of brandi's random pregnancy
Everything felt rushed and chaotic and at the end I just wanted to boo.
Bleh.
sad it happened and the show always felt kinda under loved and under appreciated by USA network so...
just wanted a better happy ya know?
Admit love, have the sex, get preggers, get married, and THEN KILL ONE OF THEM!!!! *still bitter*
If they hadn't made it so perfectly clear for FIVE SEASONS that Marshall and Mary were perfect for each other, then I would've been completely satisfied with this ending.
But I knew, when they only had 8 eps left, and they weren't really making any progress on Mary's end of things, that they weren't going to go there.
Sigh. Still sad to see the show go, though.
I can understand shows not wanting to deal with the supposed Moonlighting curse. But when the show is ending and you've got people who don't even watch the show wanting/expecting it - it's time to say, "Yes. You're right. I do love you. I have for [however long]. It's time for us to ride into that sunset."
Then, boom, everyone's happy. I don't see what's so wrong with that. It may be cliche, but with the way it was hyped with this show specifically, it also seemed right.