Part I: Awake Season Finale

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Having heart palpitations. Scared to watch part 2. And oh, Tricia, the thing you tied yourself up in. Hurts. Hurts. Hurteth.

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I can so imagine fic for this. 'Cause when it comes down to it, from Kyle Killen's interviews (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/awake-series-finale-interview-with-creator-kyle-killen), we're left with Red Britten in prison and Harper and Kessel both on the loose and Vega a possible future ally; Green Britten betrayed by his captain who... I still can't go there, but with Bird and his son intact; and dreaming in between the dreams the very dream he wants.

I can fic this. Oy. I can fic this. There is meat here to dig into, potential for stories and stories, and NBC canNOT launch a show. :ensue thundercloud grumbles:

And best line of the whole series was where Evans tells Lee that even Britten's head is a better therapist.

Wow. So wow. Marshalling thoughts. Considering some serious squee here. Serious stuff. Major fandom stuff.

Doh!

Safe. I'm supposed to finish up Safe. And I promised myself not to even READ Insurgent until afterward. :cue more thunderheads:

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I was thisclose to screaming when we were left with those two divergent paths: Red!Michael in prison and considered insane, Green!Michael betrayed and hurting even though he 'won'...all those twining, tenuous threads that are either twisted, cut, breaking, or tied off. I LOVE IT, even if it hits me right in the chest.

VEGA. I wasn't sure how I felt about him at the beginning, but he completely and totally grew on me. His loyalty and his desire to just HELP Michael...such an awesome character. One of my favourite lines from the end here has to be his exasperated "You've seen a penguin before". I cracked up, even as I was curled up in a ball of ARGHWHAAAAAAAT.

There IS meat there. I wish I had the chops to do it justice.

The only thing I think that could have made it any better is if NBC had given it a LITTLE more time to slowburn its way to the conclusion. It was building so well, and then it hits you with absolute high speed INSANITY in those last couple episodes. I loved the ending, with the 'uncoloured' reality. And of course, we're left with the question of if he's 'home', or if he's just ripped one more hole in his psyche.
(Though, in the uncoloured reality, there was presumably never an accident. Does that mean that there was no drug ring? That Tricia's actually clean? What about Emma?)

And then there's all the questions I have about what was left in the Red and Green realities! What happens with Red!Rex's baby? With Red!Emma and Green!Emma? Green!Rex's tennis coach? How does Red!Hannah cope having lost both her son and her husband? Can we see Dr. Lee and Dr. Evans duke it out more?
I'm fairly sure the point is that's all not supposed to matter. Still. Questions.

I love this show.
I hate NBC.
The end. For now.

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Going to do some serious processing in new post. And all those loose ends! And isn't it freaky that I actually want some Harper/Britten fic too?

Okay. :calming down: Must go cook dinner for family. Will come back with hopefully clearer head.