Looking forward to the exciting conclusion...

[John Doe]

I guess this was just with TV movies or shows, but what ever
happened to the "exciting conclusion"?

"Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion!"

How exciting is it?

[Old Movie Fan]

Exciting conclusions were quite often the last episode in a movie
serial, and not just the last part of a television show.

Those of us who've been watching Ashley Judd travel throughout Europe
looking for her kidnapped son ("Missing"), are "looking forward to the
exciting conclusion" that will happen this Thursday when the ten part
(made for television) series concludes.

Actually, it's more correct to call this a "serial" since every episode
continues exactly where the previous week's cliffhanger ended the story
the week before. I cannot think of another modern series that ever did
this week after week. Even "Dallas" or "The Fugitive" never did this.

This will be the final episode just as we were told from the beginning.

Times are Eastern
Missing THU MAY 17     8:00 PM – 9:00 PM RATED:
TV-14-VL    Network Series. Rain on the Evil and on the Good.In a
last-ditch effort to save her son, Becca faces her inner demons.(CC)

[moviePig]

On May 14, 9:49 am, BigMovie...@webtv.net (Old Movie Fan) wrote:
> Exciting conclusions were quite often the last episode in a movie
> serial, and not just the last part of a television show.
>
> Those of us who've been watching Ashley Judd travel throughout Europe
> looking for her kidnapped son ("Missing"), are "looking forward to the
> exciting conclusion" that will happen this Thursday when the ten part
> (made for television) series concludes.
>
> Actually, it's more correct to call this a "serial" since every episode
> continues exactly where the previous week's cliffhanger ended the story
> the week before.  I cannot think of another modern series that ever did
> this week after week.  Even "Dallas" or "The Fugitive" never did this.

> ...

I'm not sure why you'd exclude '24'. Even someone who never watched
it had to be aware of it and its "real-time" premise...

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[Smokie Darling (Annie)]

On Monday, May 14, 2012 7:49:28 AM UTC-6, Old Movie Fan wrote:
> Exciting conclusions were quite often the last episode in a movie
> serial, and not just the last part of a television show.
>
> Those of us who've been watching Ashley Judd travel throughout Europe
> looking for her kidnapped son ("Missing"), are "looking forward to the
> exciting conclusion" that will happen this Thursday when the ten part
> (made for television) series concludes.
>
> Actually, it's more correct to call this a "serial" since every episode
> continues exactly where the previous week's cliffhanger ended the story
> the week before. I cannot think of another modern series that ever did
> this week after week. Even "Dallas" or "The Fugitive" never did this.
>
> This will be the final episode just as we were told from the beginning.

If it was supposed to *end* after the "ten part series", why did they bother cancelling it?

[Old Movie Fan]

>...
>I'm not sure why you'd exclude '24'. Even
> someone who never watched it had to be
> aware of it and its "real-time" premise...
>--

Well, I didn't watch it. Was each '24' program beginning where the
last '24' left off? If so, I never heard that before. Otherwise, '24'
wouldn't be a proper title.

>This will be the final episode just as we were
> told from the beginning.

>If it was supposed to *end* after the "ten part
> series", why did they bother cancelling it?

I see in the lists being posted that they've also cancelled "Desperate
Housewives" even though everyone knew this was their last season. What
made "Missing" unique was all of the different film locations.
"Missing" was filmed around Europe at great expense and the original
plot was about a mother and her kidnapped son. Everyone watching was
glad to know the story would end in one season.
If the program was a huge hit (which it was not), they might have
brought out another series but probably not right away.

[moviePig]

A season of '24' was 24 episodes (how's that for commitment?) of 60
minutes each (less 59 minutes of commercials). So, the entire action
of a season transpired in exactly one day.

'Missing' sounds like a miniseries. I wish there were more of them.

[wlah...@gmail.com]

On Monday, May 14, 2012 11:57:34 PM UTC-4, moviePig wrote:

> 'Missing' sounds like a miniseries. I wish there were more of them.
>

Have you seen "Missing"?

[moviePig]

No. My general preference for miniseries has to do with feeling bored
or even insulted by perpetual "cliffhangers".

[Old Movie Fan]

>May 14, 2012, 9:10pm (EDT-3) From:
> wlah...@gmail.com

>Have you seen "Missing"?

I assume you mean the 1982 film with Jack Lemmon and not the 2003 story
set in 1885 New Mexico with Tommy Lee Jones. I haven't seen that so
thanks for the tip.

There are at least four "Missing" films and each are different. Some
aren't about someone missing, just things they missed out in life.

None run for the 400 minutes (6hr, 40min) that this colorful series will
have done when the final airs this Thursday. That's with all the
commercials and ('Previously...') trailers removed.

When it comes out on Blu-Ray/DVD, it would make for a nice weekend
marathon.

[wlah...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:42:02 AM UTC-4, Old Movie Fan wrote:
> >May 14, 2012, 9:10pm (EDT-3) From:
> > wlah...@gmail.com
>
> >Have you seen "Missing"?
>
> I assume you mean the 1982 film with Jack Lemmon and not the 2003 story
> set in 1885 New Mexico with Tommy Lee Jones. I haven't seen that so
> thanks for the tip.
>

Actually I meant the TV Show since that seemed to be the topic. The Costa-Gavras film "Missing" (the one with Jack Lemmon) is far more Hollywood than his other political thrillers but more than worth seeing. The story involves the coup d'etat in Chile when Allende was killed. It's leftist view is even remotely concealed.