flaysour

The absurd behavior, when not murder or arson, was funny in the beginning, and the women were mostly adorable. The relentless decline in viewers was due to the funny becoming not funny but ugly, and the adorable becoming repulsive. Susan's lies to the prospective parents were just plain mean, destructive to her daughter's life. And the rationale given by Mike rang false. In fact, all the apologies and rationales were meaningless as the end approached, as if the writers were sorry for what they had written. That only made it worse. I think what happened between Tom and Lynette mirrored what happened to the show. It stopped making viewers happy.

I have loved this show, including the cheesy over-acting of Castle's mother and the awful Gates, the ridiculous improbabities, because the two leads and two main supporters did a very good job. Now the show has reached the end, and not a moment too soon. After this season so far, I am glad to see it go, because it has become sheer tedium. The trend of procedurals was to have series-long story lines, in which the kitchen sink inevitably makes an appearance. At least they are not going to die the ignominious death of CSI, where the producers actually injected Ted Danson, who is the Ted McGinley of drama. Goodbye Stana and Nathan. All best.

This show is well done, for the most part. Certainly watchable, sometimes excellent. Just make sure you FF through any and all scenes, chiefly at the beginning and end, with his mother and daughter. Stereotypical caricatures, and the actors were born to be stereotypical caricatures, wretchedly over-emoting til you'll become ill. Your enjoyment will quadruple if you completely avoid ever watching them.