Person of Interest season 5

[Aeon]

This waiting is really getting to me. I'm sure that the ending will be bittersweet in the story as well as in real life. Hell we've been watching these people and machines for five years and it's a shame that we have to see them all go. But then again, better to have five really awesome seasons and to see the reputation endure in the following years rather than to see a good show to loose steam, repeat the same story beats over and over and becoming a dead horse that should be put down... yeah, I'm pointing my finger at Supernatural.

Once upon a time JMS said something about Babylon 5 that really fits to my personal opinions about whether a show should continue for too long: "B5 as a five year story stands beautifully on its own. If anything else is to be continued from that story, it should be something that adds to the legacy of B5, rather than subtracts from it." Usually more seasons you get, more they just subtract from it.

Also I can't wait for the music choices Nolan makes in the coming season. In IMDB message boards someone posted a fine idea that the final song that leads into the final end credits should be Simon & Garfunkel's The Boxer. The lyrics can fit pretty well into the themes and the ending crescendo is awesomely grand and sad at the time, but it's interesting to see what will really be the final pick. After Pink Floyd who knows!

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[Enterprise is Great]

Person of Interest returns May 3 and then the following week it'll air new episodes on Monday and Turesday until the season finale on June 21 - http://tvline.com/2016/03/16/person-of-interest-premiere-date-season-5-cbs/

 

[Hugo Rune]

Though it is nice that the 'Mericans will get a huge 13 episode dump of the show over 2 months, the fact that it has been pushed outside of the mainstream TV season and appears to be being "burnt off" at two episodes a week, seems like a great shame to me. I have read articles by the head of CBS programming stating his passion for the show and the high quality that Nolan & Plageman have allegedly brought to these (likely) final 13 episodes, yet to place the show in this slot with these times feels a little cheap.

Being passionate about a show gives me no special insight into its programming or production and, being a Brit, the fact it is being shown in this fashion should be of no interest to me as it will get screened later in the year on a station I will likely not get, or even forget about. But dropping them here seems to be a "well, we've got them, lets just fill up these spaces" rather than pro-actively trying to find the best spot for them to find its audience. But I guess, after 4 years, it has its audience and it will be incredibly hard to grow it further, so why not place it here.

It just feels like a lack of interest or confidence by the network to program it this way, which is counter to the "high praise" the network has been publicizing in the Entertainment Press of recent. And the show deserves better. Much better

Hugo - Don't forget, you are behind enemy lines.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

CBS doesn't own Person of Interest so they're treatment of it is no surprise. Last season CBS canceled the series Stalker even though it did better than the renewed CSI Cyber did. Why? Because they own Cyber and didn't own Stalker.

 

[urbandefault]

'Mericans

Is that necessary?

I don't know where that whole "'Murica/'Merica" thing came from, but I think in this BBS if that kind of slang was turned toward other countries, it would be shut down in short order.

Really, it doesn't bother me a bit. But I think if that's acceptable then it's fair game for the rest of us to use other marginally offensive terms. Not that I would, but hey.

Just sayin'.

 

[Stephen Lee]

man, this wait has been a long wait but at least they are cramming it into a few weeks. We deserve it.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

And here it is ...CBS cancels Person of Interest - http://tvline.com/2016/03/16/person-of-interest-cancelled-cbs-season-6/

 

[auntiehill]

Son of a bitch!

*grumble grumble grumble*

Well, I guess it was hardly a surprise, but still..............damn it.

 

[LeadHead]

No surprise, but it is a crying shame. After all, CBS has to make room for their next CSI or NCIS series.

It sounds doubtful that somebody else will pick up the series, I wish they had just declared it earlier, given more opportunity for the show to be rescued.

 

[Dream]

So the new season gets reduced to 13 episodes, delayed for almost 1 year, a rushed airing during the summer, and finally gets canceled.

Talk about getting screwed! CBS must really hate this show!

 

[Phoenix219]

Well that definitely got delayed...... it was definitely supposed to premiere a *lot* sooner. That really sucks.

 

[Aragorn]

So the new season gets reduced to 13 episodes, delayed for almost 1 year, a rushed airing during the summer, and finally gets canceled.

Talk about getting screwed! CBS must really hate this show!

Some people seem to think that evolving from its original premise -- or hiding its actual premise -- pissed off the network of episodic procedurals.

 

[Aeon]

Such a shame. But on the other hand five years is a damn good run and to be honest it's pitch perfect for the traditional story structure: setup, conflict and resolution. And I am hopeful that we will get the resolution.

When some show goes on for too long, the mythology gets convoluted and the characters will do the same stuff over and over again with no end in sight. Supernatural is propably the best example of this. If that show would have ended after five years as was originally planned by Eric Kripke, my view is that many would remember it more fondly as a kick-ass horror/scifi/mythology show that ended with a bang. More people would say "Hey check this out!" or "Trust me it gets better and better! It's awesome" Now... it's just a dead sad horse that just keeps going.

So in some ways I am sad that POI will end, but then again, now it will most likely be a show that I can straight up recommend to friends as a kick-ass technologial thriller with great characters, wonderful music and awesome mythology. Unless of course the finale is really, really bad, but I doubt will be the case.

 

[Sto-Vo-Kory]

Some people seem to think that evolving from its original premise -- or hiding its actual premise -- pissed off the network of episodic procedurals.

If the show was still pulling in the numbers it got in the first two seasons, then CBS wouldn't care if it was highly-serialized or more procedural.

I think the decision was based purely on declining ratings (last season's finale scored only a 1.1 in the demo) and CBS not owning the property (WB does). This final season was probably negotiated (with WB taking on the lion's share of the production costs) to give the series a resolution and thereby make it more appealing to the streaming market, which favors TV series that contain a definitive conclusion.

The dumping of the fifth season so late in the broadcast year and burning off episodes two-a-week (with Mike & Molly doing likewise) is strange, but not without precedent. Just last week, CBS aired the (very likely series) finale of CSI: Cyber after delivering four episodes in the span of two weeks. And I think they did something similar with CSI and the Mentalist last year, as well.

 

[1001001]

Well I am very disappointed, as I love this show. But at least we get a proper ending. At least that's what's implied by the quote in that link.

 

[John Clark]

Though it is nice that the 'Mericans will get a huge 13 episode dump of the show over 2 months, the fact that it has been pushed outside of the mainstream TV season and appears to be being "burnt off" at two episodes a week, seems like a great shame to me. I have read articles by the head of CBS programming stating his passion for the show and the high quality that Nolan & Plageman have allegedly brought to these (likely) final 13 episodes, yet to place the show in this slot with these times feels a little cheap.

Being passionate about a show gives me no special insight into its programming or production and, being a Brit, the fact it is being shown in this fashion should be of no interest to me as it will get screened later in the year on a station I will likely not get, or even forget about. But dropping them here seems to be a "well, we've got them, lets just fill up these spaces" rather than pro-actively trying to find the best spot for them to find its audience. But I guess, after 4 years, it has its audience and it will be incredibly hard to grow it further, so why not place it here.

It just feels like a lack of interest or confidence by the network to program it this way, which is counter to the "high praise" the network has been publicizing in the Entertainment Press of recent. And the show deserves better. Much better

Hugo - Don't forget, you are behind enemy lines.

Channel Five don't treat it as well as I'd like either They seem to be doing a lot of burn through the season and then wait ages until bothering to air the next

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I caught the first 3 seasons on Netflix, I always wished they just had the exclusive rights.

 

[JD]

Sad to see it go, but with everything that has been happening with Season 5 I was expecting it.
It never fails, I finally gave the show a try last season after giving up early in Season 1, and now it's ending.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Is that necessary?

I don't know where that whole "'Murica/'Merica" thing came from, but I think in this BBS if that kind of slang was turned toward other countries, it would be shut down in short order.

Really, it doesn't bother me a bit. But I think if that's acceptable then it's fair game for the rest of us to use other marginally offensive terms. Not that I would, but hey.

Just sayin'.

Nope. You're right. I apologise. Poor taste and not my typical thinking regarding the negative connotations it implies.

Back on topic. It's a great shame this is the last season, given how much it has grown on me. I will do what I always do. Sky Plus the sucker, leave it on the box for a year before remembering it's there and binge watch it over a weekend. I guess no-one is showing the respect for the show it deserves, not CBS, not Channel 5, not even me.

Too much to watch, too much already in the queue. I'm only now getting around to watching Season 3 of The Americans, desperately trying to avoid all the S4 spoilers.

Bear and company will simply have to wait...

Hugo - for shame

 

[Aragorn]

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