Rogue588

Wow.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

Venusian

didnt see that ending coming either

Sockmonkey

I second the WOW.

Is Nicky Katt (Harry Senate) leaving the show?

marty888

Wow indeed! It's been quite a while since something on commercial TV stunned me like that.

cartman

Just to be different, I'll say wow, but I was expecting it (I won't be expecting his death, if it happens, though).

Groucho

They have cut down Harry Senate's role from the lead last year to a bit player this year. Perhaps Nicky Katt is walking?

freedexter

Oh my gosh. I don't think next Monday there will be a funeral, but it does seem like a really good season finale. I can't wait!

CaptainMarvel

Wow (but... since when did Harry have a telephone in his classroom?)

Venusian

also, props to Fox for not spoiling it in their teasers like they usually do

B.A.

Damn Harry for not going to dinner with Ronnie!...his role did get much smaller this year though, so i would think next monday would be it...

B.A.

definitely didn't see that one coming either

datagirl7

What happened? I missed it.

das Monkey

Forgive me for not going "wow." While I'll refrain from *yawn*, it's definitely closer.

I'm really beginning to loathe the way they are abusing the students on the show. Every student is a pawn for emotional destruction. This whole season has been that way, especially with the kid they introduced just so they could kill him in a later episode. Ah ... I should be more specific. Not that one kid, the other one. The artist. No, not THAT one ... the OTHER one.

Good thing Harry doesn't get phone calls during class all the time. That was weak. Why not just have him use a cell phone?

The hair-eating girl freaked me out. I certainly didn't expect that.

marty888, you need to watch more shows.

das

CaptDS9E

There are schools that have phones in the class rooms. My Jr High school had them

Capt

rfduncan

I agree, das. But is Ally McBeal any different with how the clients are presented? I guess we expect more of Boston Public since the students should be more recurring characters instead of just seemingly dragged from relative obscurity as needed. Fame (among other "school-based" t.v. shows) was much better at this. I may have missed something, but why exactly was Brooke necessary in this episode?

The Harry Senate thing was only shocking because it was idiotic. I may have expected the kid to use a gun (which would have been ironic on mulitple levels), but to have this calm discussion and then lead to a stabbing is very strange. It blows the whole "the guy started to pull his gun first" thing right out of the water (which I was more willing to believe in the stalemate position the guy was taking on turning himself in). If he was willing to tote a gun around to buy beer, why wouldn't he have one to confront Harry?

In terms of next week, I doubt Harry will die, but it would not surprise me if David E. Kelley lined up a funeral episode followed by Ally's out-of-nowhere wedding/finale episode.

das Monkey

Nah, Ally's not much different, but as you said, I think we expect more from the students as semi-permanent characters than just the client-of-the-week. As for Fame, although the singing and dancing was quite cheesy sometimes, they did an excellent job with their character development and interaction between the teachers and students.

das

Groucho

This just in: Harry Senate will die, but will appear as a wisecracking ghost for a few episodes until Katt's contract runs out. Also, he'll be dying his hair blonde. Viewership will drop dramatically and Fox will struggle for viewership by using stunt casting and celebrity cameos. By the time the show dies, it will be a shadow of a it's former self.

das Monkey

At least Robert Downey, Jr. will have a job.

das

Red Dog

Should have taken Ronnie up on her offer for sex.

Jadzia

If he was smart, he probably got rid of that gun pretty quick, since it's now a murder weapon.

Him being on the run from cops, it probably is smart if he's no longer packing.

sexy_overlord

I don't care what anyone else says. Senate is dead. They're killing him off to make room for next year's Star Trek alum teachers played by Brent Spiner and William Shatner.

Groucho

Oh crap...and you thought the musical numbers were bad already!

Venusian

what student did they abuse this week?

you talking about the ritalin kid? he had more than one episode.

i think they are setting the homeless girl up to die.

Charlie Goose

If I was alone with a guy wanted for murder, I certainly would not defiantly pick up the phone to call the cops with him standing there. Harry was just asking for trouble. Expect a lot of tears and hand-wringing for the season finale next week. You just know that there will be some emotional singing too. I hope he makes it, I prefer Harry to Danny by far.

Honk!

Groucho

They are two seperate characters? Who knew?