I thought tonight's episode was the best one yet. Whereas many of the episodes seemed like Twin Peaks, this episode had a little more of a Prisoner feel to me. I didn't like the series enough to hope it would continue some other way, but I was surprised how the ending pretty much sealed it off from being continued. After all, all the quirky shows ABC cancels seem to get made into movies (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Clerks Animated).

I missed this series and heard all the good things about it when it was too late. Like Twin Peaks and Clerks, I hope this goes to DVD because I'd pick it up just to check it out based on all the great buzz surrounding it.

For anyone who was drawn into the plot and wants some resolution with all of the loose ends (like me), go to the abc.com website and wait for the pop-up about "The Push, Nevada Experiment." You can right-click and save the 81-page PDF document. It's a good read, but all the same, I have a condensed version that I will post later.

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll have to remember to do that later.

http://MyWebPages.comcast.net/msharm...hCondensed.doc is my quick and dirty summary of the 81-page document. Okay, so it's 5 pages long, but compared to 81, that's quick and dirty. To be even quicker and dirtier, here are some of the loose ends I was wondering about that were cleared up by reading the book:

- What is the significance of the Bible?

- What in the hell is the secret of Push, Nevada?

- How high up does the secret go?

- Who sent the fax?

There are still some very important loose ends that remain, though. The biggest one:

Maybe I'm just having a brain lapse, but who is Griffin? Has he even appeared in the shows that aired?

Griffin is the guy who Martha is spoon-feeding at the diner. We haven't been really introduced to him, but we've seen him. In the most recent episode, I think he can be seen as Jim is leaving Martha's and Martha gives him the soup and his dad's hankie. Griffin is sitting on the porch.

I was told on another site that the .doc file may not be dowloading properly, so here's Push Notes online:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/msharma47/pushtitle.htm

Who is the guy that bailed Prufrock out of jail, and why did he bail him out when he'd have been less of a liabilty if he just stayed in jail?

It's not revealed in the book, but I'm guessing Griffin bailed him out. Griffin wanted him out of jail to keep digging into the secret of Push. Either that, or Watermark bailed him out, because if he rotted to death in the Push jail, that might bring some unwanted attention to the town in which an IRS agent just vanished.

My money's on Griffin, though.

This post looks awfully familiar.

It's not cross-posting if I post it on entirely different websites.

Well, it looks like this could have been a pretty good show...

...would have been fun to watch all these things unfold

I know. Just giving you grief.

I wouldn't expect anything less. Do you post in the TWoP forums, or do you lurk?

I just registered today. I tried registering a few weeks ago, but for some reason, they were having problems and people couldn't register.

I have a grand total of 1 post so far.

Thanks for the summary. 81 pages is a lot of reading......


Let's pretend that ABC didn't cancel the show -- would it have only lasted one season anyway, assuming the whole plot was uncovered by the end of the season?

I don't know. Personally, I really liked the show. I first watched it because I was intrigued with the prize money aspect, but after the first episode, I started watching just because I thought it was a good show. Heck, I never even totally paid attention to all the clues, I was just enjoying the show. Still, I guess it's pretty cool to try to figure out the puzzle...although I've put all of 2 minutes of thought into it.

BTW, don't you get money if you "Solve" the mystery???

Yes... a little over $1M... and the final clue will air tonight at 9 PM EST during Monday Night Football.

Whoa. I just solved the game.

I totally agree with you, Zeus. I first tuned in to satisfy my curiosity. And after one episode I didn't give two ****s about the contest anymore -- I just wanted to see the mystery unfold.

Great acting. Great cast. Great writing. Great story. Great show.
ABC

Make sure to throw a big party for us when you win.

I watched MNF and I totally missed the clue. (I like football, I didn't watch the game just for the clue). What was it?

I guess the show didn't get good ratings...after all, even before the show started, people were blasting it cause Ben Affleck was a producer.

I just finished watching the last 3 episodes of Push. I came across the cds while cleaning up my room. Wow, what a great show that was! i wish i saw the monday night thing. damn, would have been nice to see the whole story. oh well..

at least , i have all the 7 episodes i can share with my friends