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[brokenrecord]

alkjsfd I can't believe it's over. I've been watching this show since the pilot, since the beginning of 8th grade. I remember fighting over Ephram with Jackie and getting all excited over Ephram and Amy's first kiss and hating Bright (ha! How things change) and everything. I never really appreciated it when I wasn't watching it. I mean, I loved it, but I'd just kind of forget about it when it ended. I even considered stopping watching it last year, about mid-season 3 (so glad I didn't). I'm sorry I didn't really appreciate what I had. It was really such an amazing show.

Anyways. On to the actual finale.

Overall, I loved it. I think my expectations were a bit high so I wasn't as amazed as I was hoping by it, but it was still excellent.

I did not want Andy and Nina together, but them ending together was satisfying from the point of view of Andy's character arc. In theory I do like Andy coming to Everwood in the pilot and just being so lost and broken after Julia's death and finding in Nina someone he could really trust and through the years become closer and, even with some fights and low points, end in the series finale with Andy moving past Julia's death and marrying/proposing to Nina. I just hate how it was executed. I mean, I loved the idea of them together in season 1 and season 2, I really did. But after season 3, I just couldn't handle the idea of them anymore. Andy was an ass and didn't deserve Nina, and Jake was just so awesome. If it weren't for Jake, I might be ok with it, but god, Jake was amazing to Nina and Sam and he totally deserved to get them in the end. sigh. But I guess not a satisfying ending for Andy.

Another problem is that it feels so rushed. Nina was living with Jake for an entire year and she even was about to propose to him at one point and they were moving to L.A. together and all of a sudden it's over and she's going to marry Andy? wth? I understand why they had to end it that way, but it just wasn't believable to me. I was hoping that Nina would say no and was really disappointed when she didn't (even though I knew she wouldn't). Maybe if it hadn't seemed so out of nowhere I'd be ok with it. The feelings between them I can understand because they've been there all year, but this marriage thing is just kind of ridiculous in my eyes. blah. But I guess I'm not as angry about it as I thought I'd be. I really wish Nina would be with Jake, but I guess I can accept this ending.

To more happier things: Delia got her horse! Yay! :DDD

I'm glad Bright and Hannah didn't get back together officially. I love them, don't get me wrong, but I don't think I could ever forgive Bright for what he did. And I want Hannah to forgive him (even though I couldn't), but there needs to be time. They need to get comfortable with each other once again and allow them to build trust in each other again and then I can see them together again. Hannah deciding to go to Colorado A&M was enough of a Bright/Hannah ending for me. And the whole best friends thing. sniff.

The Amy/Ephram montage was awesome. It made me get all teary. I've been an Amy/Ephram shipper from the start, I really have. And at times I've liked them a lot less, or thought I didn't like them at all anymore, but I still love them. Amy can be a bitch at times and Ephram can be an idiot, but I love them together. The whole scene with the ferris wheel and Amy explaining her feelings to Ephram was just amazing. Just... ah. That totally made up for the Nina/Andy ending.

Lastly, I just loved how the last shot panned up from Ephram and Amy to all of Everwood and the beautiful mountains. It just fit really well with... I don't know. Just the whole... beginning of the show, I guess. I don't know. I really liked it.

Comments

[lucius-admirer.livejournal.com]

I think you're more or less the only one who liked Jake :P At least I know of.

[http://users.livejournal.com/brokenrecord__/]

Actually I made this post like 2 weeks ago when I started realizing that they were going to end the show with Nina/Andy rather than Nina/Jake and asking if I was the only one who felt that way and there were a lot more replies than I thought from people who completely agreed with me. You can see the post here. I'm pretty sure we Jake-lovers are in the minority, but I'm definitely not the only one.

[lucius-admirer.livejournal.com]

the only one I know of ^^ I actually kinda like Jake in season four (didn't like him in season three though). Still I didn't want them together. I'm a Nina/Andy shipper since episode one, and I couldn't stand to see either of them with other partners ^^ But it's true Andy behaved like an ass in season three (but so did Jake in season four). And I could understand why she did choose Jake over Andy. Still Andy/Nina is my OTP, so I want them to be happy together :P That's the only pairing of Everwood I *really* care(d) for.

mwah I still have to wait two days till I can watch the finale. I hate my dial-up internet connection x(

[http://users.livejournal.com/brokenrecord__/]

Heh, yeah, I know, I was just showing you that there definitely are others out there.

I totally get where you're coming from. I really loved Nina and Andy in season 1 and 2. But after season 3, I felt that Andy didn't deserve Nina. And, well, ok, after season 4 I didn't really feel like Nina deserved Jake, but I was still angry at Andy for season 3, and I loved Jake so much that I wanted him to be happy, and Nina made him happy, so... I wanted them together. But Nina/Jake isn't my Everwood OTP, Ephram/Amy is. So there being an Andy/Nina ending was all right (especially since I understand why it had to end like it did), as long as Ephram and Amy ended up together.

Aw, that really sucks. :( It's a really great finale.

[lucius-admirer.livejournal.com]

I don't care much for Ephramy *hides* ^^ Though this season was the first that I really *liked* Amy, so I'm ok with Ephramy. hehe ^^ I didn't like Hannah that much though. I thought she was cute in season three, but in season four she annoyed me.

[http://users.livejournal.com/brokenrecord__/]

Heh, actually, Hannah kind of annoyed me this season, too. I mean, I still liked her al ot, but in season 3 she was one of my absolute favorite characters and Hannah/Bright was like my OTP of the show. But I didn't really like how they approached the relationship this season, so much love for them faded. Which is why I was fine with them ending Hannah and Bright how they did.

[lucius-admirer.livejournal.com]

Rina whateverhersurnameis is Brannah shipper I think (one of the producers was a Jake/Nina shipper btw ^^). She pushed that ship much more than Ephramy (or Andy/Nina) which annoyed me (all the drama in the end xD plus I really hated Hannah for not showing any sympathy for Reid), although this is/was the more important ship, because the show was based on the relationship between Ephram and Amy.

[sayingwhatiam.livejournal.com]

hee, the main reason I hate Andy/Nina is that I don't think Nina is good enough for Andy. Well, this season. Last season Andy was an ass, but he's gotten better this season, whereas I now I hate Nina. I felt so bad for Jake and almost cried! I'll go to LA with him! I guess I'm glad Andy's arc gets to be completed and he gets to be happy but...JAAAAKE.

Bright/Hannah and Amy/Ephram were perfect. Amy/Ephram even moreso. That was just...beautiful, with the speeches and the ferris wheel and the mountains. The torrent needs to hurry up and be up so I watch it again and again and cry again!

I'm definitley with you on the "not appreciating what I had" thing. I considered giving up when Madison started to annoy me (thankfully, she quickly started making Ephram all happy and I couldn't hate her anymore) and it's only been in the past few months that I've realized how much the show meant to me. And of course now it's over. *sniffle*

[http://users.livejournal.com/brokenrecord__/]

Heh, that's pretty much how I feel. Season 3 I felt like Andy was too much of an ass for Nina to be with, and that's when I fell in love with Jake and Nina/Jake. And, ok, this season I've kind of felt like Nina doesn't deserve Jake, but I love Jake so much that I want him to be happy, and Nina makes him happy, so I want him to have her. Plus, Jake is so good to Sam. I felt so bad for Jake, too. I really wanted her to go with him.

I know! The Bright/Hannah was just too sweet, and when I thought it couldn't get any better, then they showed me the Ephram/Amy, and aw! Just too perfect.

Yeah, I'm the same way. I didn't like it all that much during the Madison and Tommy period (although I still found moments I loved in every episode) and last year I think I started getting really tired with the storyline with that woman Andy was with whose husband was paralyzed or whatever. Amanda, I think? I hated her. But yeah, even when I loved the show back in season 1, I still didn't appreciate what an amazing show it was until I heard it had been cancelled. I didn't expect to be as upset as I was when I found it was cancelled, but man, I was really just devastated.

[lucius-admirer.livejournal.com]

God, Amanda, I hated her. Yuck.

[http://users.livejournal.com/brokenrecord__/]

Yeah, Amanda was definitely one of the things I hated most about last season, and was probably most of the reason why I considered stop watching the show. I mean, there were other things too, I'm sure, but that's just what I remember hating most. Luckily, she didn't last too long.

[lucius-admirer.livejournal.com]

LOL I'm glad you didn't stop watching it :) How much I hated Amy for the first two/three seasons, I'm kinda glad I didn't stop watching EW (I didn't even consider it).

[mareliz.livejournal.com]

I really regret not watching this show. I've seen an episode or two and I was so impressed by the writing, acting, etc.

It's definitely on my "must start watching" list, but it's a shame they only have season one out on DVD.

[violetmist2003.livejournal.com]

This is such an OT comment, but OMG MICHELLE.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0B003CA4C6AA9E14?artistid=826874&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

I know this is like, the third one I've commented with, but dude. TBS and A&A will make a KICK-ASS set. So yes, let me know if you're interested, cause I'm definitely planning on getting tickets.