DIANE S DE ANDA

The series was riveting until the end, which ruined everything. First of all, what was going to happen was predictable the minute Emma put on her helmet and took off on her bicycle in the rain. Her death was so Hollywood movie cliche and destroyed the only thing that held the timeline together, their chemistry despite ups and downs. Ir would have been far better to make her a paraplegic and change their roles so that he grew into much more than a shallow pretty boy; something both Emma and his mother said was there. Emma dealing with the role reversals and her limitations would have been interesting and whether she was able to have children after the accident. As a result, the last episode was totally anti-climatic and boring. I was so disappointed that I told all my friends not to bother to watch it and to spread the word. It needs to remake the series with a different ending.

These are the dullest, most boring people I have ever seen on the screen or in real life. They cannot carry on a conversation and only talk in adolescent-level bits. They talk like they are on Twitter. They are in their early 30's at the developmental level of 14 year olds. The show should be titled "Dysfunction" (on so many levels).

T;he multiple story lines kept me coming back and not going to bed until 3 a.m. The trauma histories of the two main characters give them a special bond that is intense and has the viewer rooting for them from the beginning. The change in Annette O'Toole's character at the end is wonderful and cautiously hinted at throughout. The acting is excellent and the story line gripping, though sometimes the great number of emergencies in the little village is a bit overdone. The one big flaw was Charmaine's pregnancy. It was too predictable, cliche, and done to death. Please don't have Mel deliver the baby; one can "suspend disbelief" only so far. It's too late to do anything about it, but only a year has passed since Mel's husband, whom she loved to intensely, died. It would have been more realistic if more time had passed. It makes you wonder about how she experiences relationships. Hollywood always seems to treat loss in a relationship like a minor blip that a person can overcome in a year or two and be happily ever after with someone else. I was sorry to see it end, and hope we won't have to wait too long for the next season.