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Old 11-17-08, 04:28 AM
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My Own Worst Enemy --The Leftover Episodes Burnoff Thread

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Even though My Own Worst Enemy has been canned, the remaining 5 produced episodes will still be burned off in the Monday at 10pm timeslot.

If you like the show and want to talk about it, fire away right here.
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Synopsis for Monday's New Episode:

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Edward makes a risky deal with a KGB agent (Isabella Hofmann) to find information on his past. Elsewhere, Henry thinks Angie may be a spy, and Dr. Skinner investigates his claim.

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I enjoyed the show, but I will not spend my time on these if I won't be getting more.
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It'll still be one of the first shows on the Tivo that I'll watch on Tuesday morning at least for the next 5 weeks.
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Originally Posted by superman07
i enjoyed the show, but i will not spend my time on these if i won't be getting more.
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I don't mind networks cancelling shows when they have low ratings, it is a business after all. For high production shows, I wish they would at advise the show-runners in enough time so they could effectively turn it into a mini-series with some closure.
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Originally Posted by Superman07
I enjoyed the show, but I will not spend my time on these if I won't be getting more.
Yeah I know your still pissed off about Traveler from 2 years ago.
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Originally Posted by Barings
I don't mind networks cancelling shows when they have low ratings, it is a business after all. For high production shows, I wish they would at advise the show-runners in enough time so they could effectively turn it into a mini-series with some closure.
They had enough foresight with Journeyman to give it closure. In fact, it is an almost perfect Miniseries the way they ended it. Sure, there are some questions unanswered, but overall, it concluded satisfactorily.

I'm also concerned that MOWE will end with too many questions unanswered, leaving us in the middle of a cliffhanger. I'm not sure if I should watch the remaining episodes though I enjoyed it, or if it's just a waste of time.

Sigh.
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Yeah I know your still pissed off about Traveler from 2 years ago.
FWIW, Traveler ended good enough, but then they opened a whole new can of worms in the final episode. They should have left well-enough alone.
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Didn't realize it's been cancelled. After all the plot holes I counted in last week's episode, I decided my life would go on if the show ended.

It's just requiring too much suspension of disbelief. It's starting to remind me of a violent spy version of the Three's Company episode where Jack has to pretend to Mr. Furley that he has a twin brother named Austin from Texas.
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Originally Posted by Superman07
I enjoyed the show, but I will not spend my time on these if I won't be getting more.
Same here. Thanks NBC. Are we getting more Deal or No Deal in its place or The Biggest Loser??
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I really liked tonights show. Damn shame they decide to cancel it before it got its legs. It was an interesting idea that i wish we could explore more.
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Originally Posted by Axeramm
I really liked tonights show. Damn shame they decide to cancel it before it got its legs. It was an interesting idea that i wish we could explore more.
i've enjoyed the show via DVR thus far because it airs when i am usually in bed. oh well, guess i will just have to DVR more re-runs of NCIS and House instead.
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Originally Posted by rennervision
Didn't realize it's been cancelled. After all the plot holes I counted in last week's episode, I decided my life would go on if the show ended.

It's just requiring too much suspension of disbelief. It's starting to remind me of a violent spy version of the Three's Company episode where Jack has to pretend to Mr. Furley that he has a twin brother named Austin from Texas.
I taped a little of this by mistake and thought it was pretty good. I was going to add it to my lineup but if it is getting canceled why bother.
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I'll watch it to the bitter end.
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I just finished watching the final episode 'Henry and the terrible day' and all I can say is 'F' NBC and their executives. They had a real easy way to wrap up this series and they blew it big time. I hate spoilerizing this, but I will.

Spoiler:
I was literally shocked out of my skin at the final scene when the lights went off right after the woman said 'someone doesn't want you to be fixed' or something like that.

NBC should have allowed the producers to fix Henry in the final scene and that would have been a fitting end to the series, even if it meant having the regulars come back and refilm it a couple of weeks before they showed the final episode.

Hell, even with Journeyman we were able to get some closure to the series, but those f'n aholes at NBC didn't do justice to My Own Worst Enemy.


And F U to the American Public who are literally too stupid to watch a really good, thinking man and woman's, series.

I'm extremely happy that Jay Leno will be taking the 10 pm timeslot 5 days a week starting next year, because that will be 5 hours a week that I won't have to waste getting involved in a great new show that will ultimately be cancelled.

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Originally Posted by mrpayroll
I'm extremely happy that Jay Leno will be taking the 10 pm timeslot 5 days a week starting next year, because that will be 5 hours a week that I won't have to waste getting involved in a great new show that will ultimately be cancelled.

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Well said. I love trying out new TV, but over this last couple years, I'd say at least 75% of the good, new series I enjoy (such as Journeyman, My Own Worst Enemy, Dirty Sexy Money, geez even Jericho) get axed without so much as a "final" episode. Journeyman was the exception to the rule.

All this has left me bitter to try a new series. Execs blame Tivo and Cable on killing their audience loyalty. I blame them.

It was more understandable to cancel a show without warning in the day when a show's episodes were complete within themselves (ie villain of the week formula), but now that most shows are serialized, canceling without a decent final episode is just cruel. All it does is alienate viewers from wanting to try anything new.
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There are a few shows I will forever hold a grudge over being canceled. I think this might be one of them.
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Well said. I love trying out new TV, but over this last couple years, I'd say at least 75% of the good, new series I enjoy (such as Journeyman, My Own Worst Enemy, Dirty Sexy Money, geez even Jericho) get axed without so much as a "final" episode. Journeyman was the exception to the rule.

All this has left me bitter to try a new series. Execs blame Tivo and Cable on killing their audience loyalty. I blame them.

It was more understandable to cancel a show without warning in the day when a show's episodes were complete within themselves (ie villain of the week formula), but now that most shows are serialized, canceling without a decent final episode is just cruel. All it does is alienate viewers from wanting to try anything new.
I didn't know that was the last one. I thought there were a couple more after the break. Now I'm really angry. I loved this show. Hopefully we'll get a DVD set for it unlike Journeyman.
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Hopefully we'll get a DVD set for it unlike Journeyman.
I know, and yet Journeyman deserves the DVD set more since it's pretty complete within itself. Craziness.
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I doubt you will be seeing a DVD for 9 episodes and an incomplete story arc.

I stopped watching after episode 3 once NBC stopped announced they were stopping production after episode 9 knowing there would be no resolution.
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Originally Posted by DJariya
I doubt you will be seeing a DVD for 9 episodes and an incomplete story arc.

I stopped watching after episode 3 once NBC stopped announced they were stopping production after episode 9 knowing there would be no resolution.
Shit like that pisses me off. Atleast HuLu will have them...for a while.
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I mean that gun they had in the 2nd to last episode that could see thru walls and shoot, I don't know, 1,000 rounds a second. If that wasn't real, it sure seemed like it was.

This is the kind of 'out of the box' writing that television needs more of. Unfortunately, most tv viewers live 'in the box'.

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I stopped watching after episode 3 once NBC stopped announced they were stopping production after episode 9 knowing there would be no resolution.
Unfortunately, same here... I had about 4 more unwatched episodes on my DVR, and just couldn't bring myself to watch them... I got hooked on Daybreak and then they canceled it... pissed me off.. didn't want to get hooked on another great show only to not have it finish...

STUPID STUPID STUPID decision to cancel this show... the first 3 ep's that I watched were great!
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Originally Posted by chrisfelice
Unfortunately, same here... I had about 4 more unwatched episodes on my DVR, and just couldn't bring myself to watch them... I got hooked on Daybreak and then they canceled it... pissed me off.. didn't want to get hooked on another great show only to not have it finish...

STUPID STUPID STUPID decision to cancel this show... the first 3 ep's that I watched were great!
And on the remaining episodes, some of the action scenes were even better.

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