Faylinn said:
Something just doesn't sit right with me about the fact that, from the beginning, Mac has been portrayed as the main character of the show--he wasn't the only character who got storylines or development, but for the first two seasons the finales revolved around him. Dunno about anybody else, but it seems fair enough to me. *shrug* Then again, I'm a big Gary fan.
No, I can see that. I guess I'm not a huge Mac fan, though I like Gary. I guess I'm in the camp that finds Mac just a bit dull.
Now, I think he's been much more interesting this season with both Peyton and Reed around, but I'm happy to see the finale revolve around someone else.
Like
audrina, I'm also curious to see how Mac will react to Danny being in danger. Danny is someone he clearly cares about a lot, and maybe even thinks of as something of a protege. And we all know how Danny looks up to Mac. So there could be some great material in there that we're not seeing yet for Mac to deal with someone he cares about greatly being in pretty serious peril.
Anyway, now he gets an arc that leads
up to the finale but doesn't apparently include it. I'm not saying that nobody else deserves screentime, I'm just pointing out that there are 24 episodes in a season, all of which offer a chance to give any of the characters some much-needed development and attention. Why didn't Danny get some of that? It seems pretty obvious to me that Danny's big, action-packed role in this episode is an attempt to exploit his man-candy status among the fans (and I have no doubt that it will be successful). The season finale with the show's resident woobie getting hurt and kicking arse? What I'm saying might not make sense to anybody else--I can't quite explain how it just doesn't sit right with me. It's not the Mac show, but why should the finale be the Danny show? Don't get me wrong, I love Danny, but he's not the only character who got the short end of the stick this season...
I'll end with a quote from my LJ essay, just to please the
Toppy one.
"It kind of pisses me off that I hate some of the things the writers are doing, but I'm still really excited about the episode. They know how to get us, and they've got me too. It's...frustrating. I want to be pissed that they're using Danny to draw in fangirls at the expense of the show's main character, but I can't help being excited about Danny's scenes in the episode. I want to be pissed about Adam being used to show contrast to super-speshul Danny, but I can't help being excited that he's going to have a bigger part. I want to be pissed that some of the characters probably won't do much of anything, but I can't help being excited about the episode anyway. *scowl*"
Aaaaand, I'm done. :lol:
Oh, they are definitely pandering to the fangirls with this one! :lol: It's a classic--the hot, sexy guy in danger. Because their audience is largely female, it's a guy and not a girl, but it's a trick that's been used since the movies first featured baddies twirling their mustaches tying girls to train tracks. Danger is kind of sexy--it gets the adrenaline pumping.
So is it pandering? Maybe a little. I'll take it any day over the pandering that the Dindsay ( :lol: Oh, Ausiello, I love you!) pairing is. At least it's pandering that will allow the audience to see another side of the character--how Danny acts under extreme duress. We've seen him in stressful situations, but nothing quite like this. It should be interesting and will give Carmine something to chew on, too.
Elsie said:
Danny and Adam held hostage in a warehouse? Sounds good to me. Danny being 'the man' and standing up to the bad guys seems like a viable scenario. Whilst maybe Adam is there to make up the numbers, I have a sinking feeling that he will spend the majority of his screen time cowering in the corner like an injured puppy. At the least I would like them to plot a little escape plan together, with Danny the one suffering the brunt of the ensuing violence, Danny may be emotionally vulnerable but Adam looks to me like he would break easily.
Well, we don't know everything, but I have a feeling Adam will rise to the occasion in his own way. He's not quite tough in the same way Danny is, but I think he's clever and he and Danny putting their heads together and thinking would make sense.
Flack offers to trade places! Of course he does, and I will be a very happy fan bunny if he does some great negotiating and kickass detective work, coupled with adequate screen time.
It looks like he really is going to have a big part in the episode! And Hero Flack makes me all gushy. Flack really is the classic tough guy, super hero type. Though I think the fact that someone he cares deeply about is in danger will really raise the stakes for him.
Lindsay? Waking up in Danny's apartment? OK. But other than that her place seems to be limited to (I imagine) her flapping about with a 'Oh no Danny, please be OK' air to her, I can but hope that Flack will be on hand to shake her or at least tell her to get a grip!
The character really does seem to have been reduced to a love interest, and I do actually feel bad for her fans (the ones who aren't just interested in her because of her romance with Danny). There was potential for there to be more to the character, but there really isn't anymore. Even her big storyline was ultimately just painted as an obstacle to her and Danny getting together, and when it was finished it was portrayed more like a removal of said obstacle rather than a major breakthrough for the character.
And is it bad for me to prefer a bloodied and beaten Danny in severe shock than a final scene involving the two of them in a tight embrace sobbing uncontrollably. I hope and would prefer the first scenario, to be at least briefly carried on into the next season, whereupon Danny will realise that life is too short to waste on girls with whom he has no real future, desire or chemistry.
I love it!
It would be great if he had that realization. Certainly Lindsay has brought him nothing but unhappiness--first standing him up, then sending him in to do an unpleasant job and now he gets taken hostage because he does something nice for her. Pay attention to the big neon sign, Danny! This woman is no good for you.
