I've watched the finale twice, and miss CHUCK already. Probably the best season ender I've seen in a few years. Stayed very true to the nature of the show.
Also, I like that Dean watches cartoon porn.
On a side note, I had a geek moment last weekend where I spun the score to DRIVE while reading the book it was based on.
Watching the first episode, I thought it was the worst thing I'd seen in years. Shock for the sake of shock, but I tuned in each week with a morbid curiosity each week just to see how far the show would push basic cable boundaries. As it turns out, earlier that same night I found out there are absolutely NO boundaries on basic cable as the Fox Movie Channel started a PORKY'S marathon at 8 p.m. est with full vag and boners in plain sight.
Before I knew it, that morbid curiosity turned into the trashiest fun I could find each week. Sure, most of the big plays were telegraphed, but there were enough unanswered questions to keep me guessing.
Unfortunately, the final episode DIDN'T ANSWER SHIT!!! Didn't even pretend it wanted to. The show already revealed what it could get away with, so why not just fuck with the audience? In this regard, it's probably the most subversive shows to come along in years (which is actually what I said about the first half season Murphy and Falchuk's GLEE, go back and watch that first half season if you don't believe me). Why not give a "happy" ending to the shows greatly put upon family? Isn't that what most fans complain about a series ending? No happy resolution? Why not give viewers the happiest, sappiest ending they could possible receive from a show of this sort?
I'm pretty sure that the intention was for this family to last only a season, at least in this form. The decision to not answer a damn thing was every bit as intentional as well. If the producers wanted to embrace the idea of playing against viewers expectations, they did so in spades.
I remember listening to the show a few years ago and Noory wondering what happened to Titor and wishing him well on his travels. Just seemed odd to me, like he was trying to keep the gag going...