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<blockquote data-quote="Julia&amp;#039;s Gun" data-source="post: 397542" data-attributes="member: 987">They did the same in season 5, with everyone converging at the hotel just in time for Karen to get shot and Abby kidnapped. But here it is just as gut-wrenching, without having dramatic shootings tagged on as well.This is a wonderful, nostalgic scene, perhaps marking the high point of Knots that it never quite reached again. I love the way they chose a typical suburban house, but include the playground opposite, for Val to use early in the next season. The slow mo effects seem a bit dated now and of its time, but it adds this yearning sense of finality. Like the show could actually end here and we&#039;d be left left never have known whether she got them both back. It&#039;s a bit like Gary&#039;s freeze frame in jail at the end of season 4. That also had the same finality, even though he got out in the next episode, the cliffhanger makes you feel like his life could be over and nothing would be quite the same again.If anyone hasn&#039;t seen it, there is a lovely interview from a few years back, where Joan, Karen and Donna watch this whole final scene together, starting at 23:50. It&#039;s lovely to see their reactions and how much it means to them as well:[MEDIA=youtube]P2sN-BYK24U[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Julia's Gun, post: 397542, member: 987"] They did the same in season 5, with everyone converging at the hotel just in time for Karen to get shot and Abby kidnapped. But here it is just as gut-wrenching, without having dramatic shootings tagged on as well. This is a wonderful, nostalgic scene, perhaps marking the high point of Knots that it never quite reached again. I love the way they chose a typical suburban house, but include the playground opposite, for Val to use early in the next season. The slow mo effects seem a bit dated now and of its time, but it adds this yearning sense of finality. Like the show could actually end here and we'd be left left never have known whether she got them both back. It's a bit like Gary's freeze frame in jail at the end of season 4. That also had the same finality, even though he got out in the next episode, the cliffhanger makes you feel like his life could be over and nothing would be quite the same again. If anyone hasn't seen it, there is a lovely interview from a few years back, where Joan, Karen and Donna watch this whole final scene together, starting at 23:50. It's lovely to see their reactions and how much it means to them as well: [MEDIA=youtube]P2sN-BYK24U[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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