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Rise- Argh! You know, I was expecting this to not be renewed, and I was mostly fine with it, because I wasn't sure where they would go from here. Do another controversial play? But I'm kinda annoyed they ended where they did! So Ward makes one last minute change before the show goes on, and its the last straw for Lou. He says fuck it, he takes a vote with the kids first to make sure they want to do this. Its just since he thinks this will be his last time with them, he didn't want the last thing he showed them was to cave.
I mean, I get his sentiment, but to be fair, compromise can be a good thing. But the changes were indeed too much. Besides, for me, hiding that stuff to "protect the children" is dumb. That's one of the major lessons of the play is, you can't just hide/censor this stuff in the hopes that teens will just never know and be safe from it. Because that's life, they'll run into it anyways, so better to come clean to them about all these subjects and guide them through it. They think they're protecting them, but they're really throwing them to the wolves.
And like I said last post, I get Ward is an administrator and he's just trying to do his job and has a board and the PTA and all these people to answer to, but there's just something about him that rubs me the wrong way. Like there's just something assholish in the way he goes about doing things.
But I digress, when Tracey finds out he's going to do the whole play for real, she does decide to go to opening night and be a part of this. Needless to say, Ward, the Superintendent, and the PTA are quite shocked when they do the musical for real. It goes... okay. Like the whipping scene causes several people to walk out. Which, although I have the soundtrack and know about the play, I never got to actually see it. Maybe it works better in context, but that scene on its own just weirds me out. Like, its funny that in a show containing suicide and sexual abuse, that Wendla telling Melchior to whip her with a stick hard seems way darker than that stuff.
Simon's dad also walks out after Simon kisses Jeremy. But other than that, the superintendent thinks they made a beautiful thing, even saying no when Ward asked said he could shut this play down right now. Unfortunately, the superintendent has people he's beholden to, and this can't go unanswered. Mazzu was thinking maybe he would get fired (which he would be fine with since he apparently has a job offer in Allentown to fall back on), but the superintendent says he has to make budget cuts anyways.
So instead, after this, the drama department will be shut down. So Lou is devastated, because while he's fine, its the kids and Tracey who are being punished the most. I mean, the show ends with them coming out for the curtain call, they're all happy and being cheered, not knowing its all over after this. And it sucks even more that the actual show is also over after all this. This is the equivalent of Dillion losing at the end of the first season of FNL, Coach getting fired (because unlike Stanton Drama, they're not cancelling football!) and then the show being cancelled!
Though in the end, its high school drama. I don't think any of these kids were like so super into it like they're trying to get into Julliard or something. Like they really enjoy it, but I'm sure they might be able to find other outlets. It don't think its going to derail their college dreams or whatever. And it sucks for Tracey that this was a big thing to her, and now its gone. But surely it seems worth it to her, to do something so great even if it ended them.
Its funny though, because the three outsiders, Lou, Robbie, and Lilette, are the most fine of those three. Lou still has his job, Robbie is still a football star, and Lilette's moving to Philly. Well, that sucks for her budding romance, but its good for her and her mom.
Which, i liked how that storyline turned out. Lilette's mom comes home saying she met up with a former customer who hooked her up with a job. And lest you think this is her being flaky and she's setting herself up for failure, this guy is some letch using her, Lilette talks to the guy, and he's on the up and the up. When he was a customer, he recognized Vanessa was doing way more than waitressing, that she was holding the place together and not getting recognition or pay for it.
And he's expanding his business, and thinks she could really help do well as an office administrator. So, Lilette really can't tell her mom to not do this, because this is an incredible opportunity for her!
Other stuff, Gwen is still mad at her dad, but Gordy brings up his own conflict with his father. He doesn't even know why he was so mad at his father, and realized its taking more energy to stay mad than it is to just try and work things out. So that seems to soften Gwen towards Coach. Also, Gordy tells his dad wants to do tech, not knowing the theater department is done!
Masshous does the whole leaving without saying goodbye thing, as he just takes off after the musical is done, with Kaitlin finding an empty tech room with the words "Masshous was here" written on the walls. But whatever, she should see this as a good thing. Obviously she liked him as not a brother, so now he won't be her brother, so she might be able to get with him later!
Also, the Sasha/Michael stuff seemed out of the blue. I felt they were friends, Michael really cared for her, but not in a, he likes her in that way sort of way. I mean, they had a falling out after he was figuring out the whole trans thing, but it didn't seem like, he also harbored feelings towards her. But now Sasha seems him in this whole new light and likes him now?
Though I guess maybe that is refreshing. Instead of Michael having secret feelings for Sasha and that was part of why he went away, he's just been someone who's always been there for Sasha, and she's the one who fell for him.
Owel, really sad to see this show go, especially ending the way it did.
NCIS- Ah, as I expected, they did totally replace Abby with Ducky's assistant. Not that it wasn't obvious they were setting that up the first ep she showed up. Though I suppose had I not known Abby was leaving as far as back then, I wouldn't have thought anything of it. But since I did know Abby was leaving, the setup became really clear!
Rise- Argh! You know, I was expecting this to not be renewed, and I was mostly fine with it, because I wasn't sure where they would go from here. Do another controversial play? But I'm kinda annoyed they ended where they did! So Ward makes one last minute change before the show goes on, and its the last straw for Lou. He says fuck it, he takes a vote with the kids first to make sure they want to do this. Its just since he thinks this will be his last time with them, he didn't want the last thing he showed them was to cave.
I mean, I get his sentiment, but to be fair, compromise can be a good thing. But the changes were indeed too much. Besides, for me, hiding that stuff to "protect the children" is dumb. That's one of the major lessons of the play is, you can't just hide/censor this stuff in the hopes that teens will just never know and be safe from it. Because that's life, they'll run into it anyways, so better to come clean to them about all these subjects and guide them through it. They think they're protecting them, but they're really throwing them to the wolves.
And like I said last post, I get Ward is an administrator and he's just trying to do his job and has a board and the PTA and all these people to answer to, but there's just something about him that rubs me the wrong way. Like there's just something assholish in the way he goes about doing things.
But I digress, when Tracey finds out he's going to do the whole play for real, she does decide to go to opening night and be a part of this. Needless to say, Ward, the Superintendent, and the PTA are quite shocked when they do the musical for real. It goes... okay. Like the whipping scene causes several people to walk out. Which, although I have the soundtrack and know about the play, I never got to actually see it. Maybe it works better in context, but that scene on its own just weirds me out. Like, its funny that in a show containing suicide and sexual abuse, that Wendla telling Melchior to whip her with a stick hard seems way darker than that stuff.
Simon's dad also walks out after Simon kisses Jeremy. But other than that, the superintendent thinks they made a beautiful thing, even saying no when Ward asked said he could shut this play down right now. Unfortunately, the superintendent has people he's beholden to, and this can't go unanswered. Mazzu was thinking maybe he would get fired (which he would be fine with since he apparently has a job offer in Allentown to fall back on), but the superintendent says he has to make budget cuts anyways.
So instead, after this, the drama department will be shut down. So Lou is devastated, because while he's fine, its the kids and Tracey who are being punished the most. I mean, the show ends with them coming out for the curtain call, they're all happy and being cheered, not knowing its all over after this. And it sucks even more that the actual show is also over after all this. This is the equivalent of Dillion losing at the end of the first season of FNL, Coach getting fired (because unlike Stanton Drama, they're not cancelling football!) and then the show being cancelled!
Though in the end, its high school drama. I don't think any of these kids were like so super into it like they're trying to get into Julliard or something. Like they really enjoy it, but I'm sure they might be able to find other outlets. It don't think its going to derail their college dreams or whatever. And it sucks for Tracey that this was a big thing to her, and now its gone. But surely it seems worth it to her, to do something so great even if it ended them.
Its funny though, because the three outsiders, Lou, Robbie, and Lilette, are the most fine of those three. Lou still has his job, Robbie is still a football star, and Lilette's moving to Philly. Well, that sucks for her budding romance, but its good for her and her mom.
Which, i liked how that storyline turned out. Lilette's mom comes home saying she met up with a former customer who hooked her up with a job. And lest you think this is her being flaky and she's setting herself up for failure, this guy is some letch using her, Lilette talks to the guy, and he's on the up and the up. When he was a customer, he recognized Vanessa was doing way more than waitressing, that she was holding the place together and not getting recognition or pay for it.
And he's expanding his business, and thinks she could really help do well as an office administrator. So, Lilette really can't tell her mom to not do this, because this is an incredible opportunity for her!
Other stuff, Gwen is still mad at her dad, but Gordy brings up his own conflict with his father. He doesn't even know why he was so mad at his father, and realized its taking more energy to stay mad than it is to just try and work things out. So that seems to soften Gwen towards Coach. Also, Gordy tells his dad wants to do tech, not knowing the theater department is done!
Masshous does the whole leaving without saying goodbye thing, as he just takes off after the musical is done, with Kaitlin finding an empty tech room with the words "Masshous was here" written on the walls. But whatever, she should see this as a good thing. Obviously she liked him as not a brother, so now he won't be her brother, so she might be able to get with him later!
Also, the Sasha/Michael stuff seemed out of the blue. I felt they were friends, Michael really cared for her, but not in a, he likes her in that way sort of way. I mean, they had a falling out after he was figuring out the whole trans thing, but it didn't seem like, he also harbored feelings towards her. But now Sasha seems him in this whole new light and likes him now?
Though I guess maybe that is refreshing. Instead of Michael having secret feelings for Sasha and that was part of why he went away, he's just been someone who's always been there for Sasha, and she's the one who fell for him.
Owel, really sad to see this show go, especially ending the way it did.
NCIS- Ah, as I expected, they did totally replace Abby with Ducky's assistant. Not that it wasn't obvious they were setting that up the first ep she showed up. Though I suppose had I not known Abby was leaving as far as back then, I wouldn't have thought anything of it. But since I did know Abby was leaving, the setup became really clear!
