Thinky Telly Thoughts

So, Ashes to Ashes came to an end. And somehow they managed to pull the exact same trick with the finale as they did with the ending of Life on Mars - they went exactly where I didn't want the story to go and somehow I ended up really liking it.

( Brief spoilery thoughts on the Ashes to Ashes finale )

And this is hi-larious as far as I'm concerned:

Ashes To Ashes co-creator Matthew Graham has admitted that he has never understood the appeal of DCI Gene Hunt. [...]

Graham told The Guardian: "I'm still amazed that girls find it romantic, this big hulking bloke in a dated suit, that there could be anything even closely resembling a sex symbol. I find that baffling. It's great but I just don't understand it."
 

If you didn't want people to love Gene then why did you give him all the best lines and cast Philip Glenister?

And then Lost concludes tonight. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology it'll be simulcast here in the UK, so it'll be airing at 5am. Since this was announced I have managed to talk myself out of getting up at what-the-fucking-fuck o'clock at least twice. The plan now is to spend Monday avoiding all forms of media until after work when we'll sit down and have our minds melted and/or blood pressure raised. I will attempt to not throw anything at the telly.

( Non spoilery thoughts on what I'd like to see in the Lost finale )