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LOST S4 Finale predictions.

Ok, I don't really follow the blogs, or the forums, etc.  But I have a few theories about what's going down on the LOST S4 finale.  So without further ado here they are:

- We finally find out what Jack did in Phuket.
- We get to see the Temple and Jacob.
- Walt makes another appearance.
- Juliette dies.
- A unexpected ending.

Granted the last is what we all expect of LOST these days.  But if I am only right about one of these predictions I'll be happy.  Short season or not, the cast and writers of LOST are at the top of their game.

John Adams is for the patient.

Today is Tuesday and this Sunday will be the last epi of the mini-series John Adams.  For the first six installments we've seen the impetuous John Adams negotiate the consolidation of the colonies, insult the French, distance himself from his wife and child, and finally become President of these United States.  David McCollough's Pulitzer Prize winning portrait of the founding father is extremely interesting.  But, like most HBO "intellectual" properties, the majority of viewers will have difficulty following the progress of this historical figure without doing some home work.

I often found myself "wiki-ing" founding fathers, aristocrats, and European royalty during, or between, viewings of the show and I have learned quite a bit.  What is more interesting is this depiction of John Adams is that of a lawyer turned hap-hazard politician and ambassador.  Often Paul Giamatti's, facial expressions add humor to the often dry and informative biopic.

With that said I really like this show.  I do like period pieces and though this doesn't have the blood of Rome, or the depravities of Deadwood.  John Adams is a nice piece of work in it's own right.

The Wire Series Finale "- 30 -"

Wow.  I am really going to miss this show.  To be honest, I had been turned on to The Wire two years ago by a friend of mine.  Season 4 and the following of the youth of Baltimore, really had a grittiness that felt so real.  This 94 min conclusion wraps up the series nicely, putting all the characters you know, hero & villain, to rest in one way or another.

If you haven't seen the show, now is the time, I would suggest getting caught up from S1.  Though like many series that had initial sleep-like success you'll have to suffer through about four slow epi's before the show really starts to take off.  However, those with the weak stomachs and clean ears should approach this series an epi at a time, The Wire is simply too straight a shooter for some.

-Spoiler-

If there is one complaint I have about S5 it's the segments of the show that featured the newspaper.  This part of The Wire features a beat writer trying to make it big at, or out of, The Baltimore Sun.  As the season hits it's stride, this writer slowly erodes into a plagiarist and a fraud, and he starts to manufacture news to stay the top dog, similar to Stephen Glass of the New Republican.

Unfortunately this character never gets exposed and as the series ends we see him receiving a Pulitzer for the work he created.  While I realize that The Wire tries to emulate life as much as possible, this really bothered me.  I guess it's the writers way of showing that how much murder, crime, and dirty politics erode at a cities heart, we all allow some form of "crime" in all industries, whether that be to succeed or merely stay afloat.