Missed Last Night’s Episode: ABC.com
With only a few more episodes left, Eli Stone is nearing it’s end. It’s too bad that the show has had some it’s worst episodes lately. Hopefully the show can recoup in the last couple of episodes and give all of us Eli Stone fans some good closure to a show that was cut short way to early. So let’s get into last night’s episode, which could be the last Eli Stone episode to ever air on television.
As I already mentioned, Eli Stone has kind of been in a funk the last couple of episodes. The episodes have been worth watching, but the show just hasn’t been the same. I don’t know if it is the cases or whether the show appears to be drifting further and further away from the perfect future, but something has been missing the last couple of episodes. Hopefully what is missing will be discovered in the last couple of episodes so the show can end on a satisfying series finale.
Onto the episode itself. We missed a couple characters this episode (which is a shame since Maggie and Jordan are two of the best characters on the show). Instead this week focussed mostly on the rest of the cast.
Taylor and Matt dealt with the possibility of their baby facing health concerns. It turns out their is nothing wrong with the baby. I have never really minded Taylor or Matt but I really didn’t care too much for this storyline. I thought it was pretty boring and I think it could have been cut out.
Meanwhile at the office Keith and Eli defend a minister that was fired from his job after he had a sex change. Eli and Keith eventually end up winning the case allowing the minister to return to his position. While the case was solid, it just was missing something that other Eli cases have had in the past. As I mentioned earlier, I have no idea what that is. Maybe it’s because the case really didn’t have a lot to do with making the future a better place. What I liked about the first season was that it was so positive and almost everyone Eli helped were part of a bigger plan in order to make the world a better place. There was also the wacky visions that have suddenly disappeared this season.
Finally we delved into Eli’s personal life some more as he tried to stop Beth from dumping Nate. Eli tries everything he can to stop it from happening but it still happens since Beth can’t marry Nate when she still has feelings for Eli. I guess Eli should realize that no matter how hard he tries he can’t always change the future. Just as Eli is about to get Nate to forgive him fore everything that happens, Eli starts bleeding from the nose and we are left with that cliffhanger. I don’t know what the nosebleed (boy have their been a lot of nosebleeds this season) is supposed to represent but I am intrigued. It’s too bad that we will probably be waiting quite a while to find out since ABC has still not announced what they are going to do with the final episodes. At this point ABC has pretty much three choices (two which I really don’t like). ABC can put the episodes online, air the rest of the episodes in the summer, or could make us wait till Eli Stone is released on dvd. I would prefer that ABC is nice enough to the fans that they just put the rest of the episodes online. Why make the fans wait so long to see the final episodes. Just let us enjoy the final episodes now instead of making us wait such a long time.
Quotes:
Nathan (about Eli): “It makes me think you’re a dork.”
Eli (to Patti): “I need you to make me a minister.”
Eli: “I got promoted to pastor, remember?”
So what are your thoughts on what is facing Eli Stone fans? Are you like me and just want ABC to put the episodes up online instead of making fans wait? Are you ok with last night’s episode possibly being the last Eli Stone episode ever to air?
