Do you think we'll get the answers, ever? - The Listener (2009) Discussion

[–] pandoraTHExplora 10 years ago

I highly doubt that they'll answer the several questions that they left up in the air with that first season cliffhanger...and it's frustrating as hell. I will hold some hope for this season since it's rumored that they are supposedly going into Toby's past, but what that actually looks like? Not certain.

So, just cross our fingers, I guess?

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[–] jasminanikic86 10 years ago

yeah, guess so...:)

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[–] suzan28 10 years ago

I highly doubt that they'll answer the several questions that they left up in the air with that first season cliffhanger...and it's frustrating as hell. I will hold some hope for this season since it's rumored that they are supposedly going into Toby's past, but what that actually looks like? Not certain.

I hate when they say a show is going in another direction.....I really do.....

susan

probably not, get the answers.......

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[–] metatheurgist 10 years ago

The show is a procedural now, so we're never going to get those answers. The show used be about a psychic paramedic with a mysterious past dealing with his gift. Now it's just a cop show with a cop that can read minds. Procedural format means nothing can change. His powers don't change, his past is forgotten. Just a case every week where he has an advantage. The serial version rated so badly it was being looked at for cancellation (the massive delay between S1 and S2). Since it became a procedural it's had regular steady seasons. Go figure.

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[–] jasminanikic86 10 years ago

I get that they're just playing it safe. But don't they have a responsibility towards the fans? They can't say that season 1 never existed because it did. Face with that. And why bring Brian Becker and say how this season is gonna delve into his past(also Tia investigating his past...soon, I hope :D) They wrote that, for the fifth season. So won't you go figure :P. I mean, fans are pressuring them, they can't escape from season 1. Also, cap shows like Bones and Castle also tell something about the main characters, their parents, their lives, from occasionally. I am still hoping. Hope it's not for nothing. But the first season was definitely the best. Everyone will tell you that. Now, I mostly skip some parts of the episode(s) caz it bores me. And how come you don't want any answers o.O :D ?

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[–] OccamsBarber 10 years ago

Wouldn't the fans be the ones that showed up in numbers great enough to keep the show on the air? Which is to say those that came along after these elements were discarded. Just saying.

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[–] jasminanikic86 10 years ago

I get that they're just playing it safe. But don't they have a responsibility towards the fans? They can't say that season 1 never existed because it did. Face with that. And why bring Brian Becker and say how this season is gonna delve into his past(also Tia investigating his past...soon, I hope :D) They wrote that, for the fifth season. So won't you go figure :P. I mean, fans are pressuring them, they can't escape from season 1. Also, cap shows like Bones and Castle also tell something about the main characters, their parents, their lives, from occasionally. I am still hoping. Hope it's not for nothing. But the first season was definitely the best. Everyone will tell you that. Now, I mostly skip some parts of the episode(s) caz it bores me. And how come you don't want any answers o.O :D ? + they've shown flashback from season 1 and mentioned it at least a couple of times. I'd say we're getting somewhere. Slowly but surely. Maybe they introduce sth as a major arc or sth like that. Why else write this as a part of the summary: And Toby's investigative journalist girlfriend, Tia Tremblay will begin to delve into the secrets of Toby's past, eventually exposing truths which might threaten to turn his world upside down.

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[–] metatheurgist 10 years ago

Oh, I want answers. I much preferred the 1st season. RIP Detective Marks.

Which fans do they answer to though? The first season fans that were so small that the show almost got cancelled or season 2-4 fans that don't know anything about the great first season but were strong enough to get the show renewed for 3 years?

Hopefully they will do as they promised and return to the 1st season's developments, but I won't hold my breath. In my experience, when writers do go back to these things due to fan pressure, it's just to kill-off those threads permanently because they've gotten tired of hearing about it. ;)

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[–] anchy-bujic 10 years ago

well, let's hope that's not (totally) the case then :D. Just give us something, don't ignore the 1st season please...sigh :D

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[–] DreamerWill 10 years ago

I thought that this would be the season for answers..didn't they say it would be?
And yet still nothing..
I have a bad feeling they're going to leave us hanging until the last two episodes and then throw some info our way about Toby's past.
That would just be mean..

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[–] Left_back 10 years ago

The show has veered sharply from Season 1/2 from Toby's search for himself to crime formula. And even Toby's powers have resolved from life-threatening usage every time he uses them to just glimpsing memory flashbacks from witnesses.

I have more or less stopped watching the show. The back story of Lauren Lee Smith's character in Season 3/4 was showing some promise but it eventually fizzled into nothing.

This show needs a revamp to take it out of the rut it has dug itself into. The change of characters in Season 2 was a start, but now it is getting complacent again.

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[–] DreamerWill 10 years ago

This show needs a revamp to take it out of the rut it has dug itself into. The change of characters in Season 2 was a start, but now it is getting complacent again.

Agreed, though they gave us a little hand out in last night's episode regarding Toby's past.
Next week's episode looks pretty good too..though they waited long enough stringing us a long all season with promises they're now just giving us..
They do need to liven things up on the show to keep viewers watching that's for sure!

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