Okay, I've seen the finale now. It was as I thought it would be.
How many times does it take, before Allison would realize that not everything she dreams come to pass as she first interprets them? After thirty plus years, someone would have developed at least a bit of healthy skepticism for their own viewings. Allison did not show any development in this regard, during the course of the series, being as stubbornly sure of her first impression in the finale as in the premiere.
Even if she never developed any healthy skepticism for her own viewings, she should have at least developed a healthy respect for the skepticism of those around her. Devalos should not have had to, all the way through and to the end, kept insisting to her that without evidence, it is not possible to take the kind of extreme actions that Allison would typically advocate for. It is one thing to say, "If you were as confident about my viewings as I am, then you'd do THIS," and what Allison said instead, all the time, "We must do THIS because of what I saw in my dream."
By contrast, Devalos, Scanlon and Joe all developed, over the course of the series, some measure of respect for Allison's viewings, and each in their own way (and of course Joe most of all) showed something close to the patient of a saint with Allison's blindnesses, in this regard.
Even though she was mostly correct, this time, it really bothers me that we never saw any progress in her ability to operationally use her gift cooperatively with those around her. "Let's sit down and think this through - how can we use what you saw to better inform our actions here in the real world?"
The other problem I had with the finale was also something that the was evident frequently throughout the series (to its detriment), the overly-sentimental happy ending. I half-expected to see the closing overlay from Cinderella, "And they lived happily ever after..." (though perhaps adjusted to, "And they were happy together ever after...")
I did enjoy the finale though, despite those things, and the series overall. It is a good example, though, of a series that hung on just a little bit longer than it necessarily needed to. Six seasons would have been better than six and a half (but with the four episode lead-time to set up a true finale).
So how many of you folks, planning on starting a family soon, will be considering the name "Glimmer" for your daughter?
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She had no trouble telling others about their DHs.
