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6.1 Heritage Sarah: "First I lose you, and then I lose Walt. I must have banked up some really lousy karma." They weren't kidding when they advertised that everything would change. I was ready for some change. Maybe not this much, though. Sarah has again lost her man while pregnant with his child. That last scene in particular, where the dying Walt was saying goodbye to Sarah -- knowing that Johnny would see it and relay it to her -- was quite moving. It was so like Walt to be thinking of Sarah and J.J. in his last moments. It was unspoken, but in saying his final words and knowing Johnny would most likely see them, Walt was saying goodbye to Johnny as well. They didn't really explain why the death thing shifted from Walt to Purdy and back again. Was Walt destined to die no matter what? Would he only have lived if Purdy had died instead? At least they were consistent: Johnny didn't get a vision of Walt dying the third time because Johnny himself sent Walt to Faith Heritage to save Purdy. Johnny caused Walt's death. This is not something that Johnny is going to find easy to live with. Is the Stillson arc over? Has Armageddon been successfully averted now that Janus is dead? I also got the feeling that Greg Stillson joined the conspiracy in order to stop it. He told Johnny, "I'm not the man you think I am." And Johnny touched him and got a whole new vision that did not include the end of the world. Greg Stillson causing Armageddon and Johnny finding a way to stop him was the main plot of the original Stephen King novel. I must admit I'm perturbed by the possibility that, hey, it's all over and the series is going in a whole new direction. What bothered me even more than the end of the Stillson arc was the possibility that they wrote Bruce out. Is Bruce really leaving to take another job? Please, no. I'm okay with losing Walt; his death was dramatically sound and opened some interesting plot-related doors. But Johnny's friendship with Bruce is one of the things that really works on this show. Dammit. Bits and pieces: -- No saga sell, and a two-second credit sequence. That was new. Since we just lost at least one cast member, there will probably be a new credit sequence next week. Maybe they'll get rid of that terrible music. One can hope. -- There was also a new J.J. This was the third kid to play J.J., and I found it jarring, especially with Walt's funeral and all. Was little Spencer unavailable? -- Sarah said that J.J. didn't have a father any more. She said it to J.J.'s biological father, Johnny. That was hurtful, Sarah. What was she thinking? -- Did I detect some re-kindling of Greg's former interest in Sarah, despite the bowling ball? -- What did Walt find out about Johnny from the woman on the park bench? -- In the season opener hair report, Sarah's was longer than it has ever been on this show. Bruce's hair moved from his head to his chin; I liked better on his head. Johnny's was much the same, which was good because it's his best look, in my opinion. No more pompadours, please. This was a big episode, and Walt's death made me cry. Episodes that make me cry get four out of four stars, Billie |
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