Really, one of the best and most essential parts of this show was Allison waking up after a dream - in their bed - and immediately tell Joe about it. So what now? Are we to believe that for the next 41 years, she woke up alone, having no one to turn to in these traumatic moments? Are we to believe that she would have been fine without the support of her husband? And really, did he leave? And if so, why? She could see him, their kids could. And like Marie said in Allison's dream, dying wouldn't have been his choice, but leaving them would - they would have had every right to be angry then.
So when Allison said "You waited" in the end - it just sounds like she hadn't seen him in all that time, which is ridiculous given how often their dead relaitves showed up unanounced in their house before. It would have been cruel to her and their kids, and nothing the Joe they had shown us for 7 years would have been capable of. The last scene was just unbelievably cheesy - they could be together forever, so? His kids still had to grow up without a father (not to mention that Allison didn't look at all like the old woman she was supposed to look like). Did I cry during the scene? Sure. But only because I started when he left Allison all alone in their bedroom "41 years" before.
Would it have been so hard for them to let her have whatever dream they wanted, only to wake up the day before the crash to tell Joe not to board that plane in the first place? Or to be there when he was being washed ashore - and then a few happy scenes with them - together - being there for Bridgette and Marie growing up, for Ariel giving birth to their first grandchild ...
Really, would that have been so hard? - Well, apparently.
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Date: 2011-01-23 10:13 pm (UTC)So when Allison said "You waited" in the end - it just sounds like she hadn't seen him in all that time, which is ridiculous given how often their dead relaitves showed up unanounced in their house before. It would have been cruel to her and their kids, and nothing the Joe they had shown us for 7 years would have been capable of. The last scene was just unbelievably cheesy - they could be together forever, so? His kids still had to grow up without a father (not to mention that Allison didn't look at all like the old woman she was supposed to look like). Did I cry during the scene? Sure. But only because I started when he left Allison all alone in their bedroom "41 years" before.
Would it have been so hard for them to let her have whatever dream they wanted, only to wake up the day before the crash to tell Joe not to board that plane in the first place? Or to be there when he was being washed ashore - and then a few happy scenes with them - together - being there for Bridgette and Marie growing up, for Ariel giving birth to their first grandchild ...
Really, would that have been so hard? - Well, apparently.
Anyway, sorry, I'm done rambling now.