Sad scene

I did.

Yes, it was very moving.

Haven't watched the rest of the series yet, but I just watched the pilot and I cried happy tears at the end of that. Anyone else? Yes, I'm a huge sap. Yes, I'm ok with that and secure in my "manhood" (whatever that means) lol The end really made me consider watching more eps. Before that, I was probably leaning toward being "one and done" with the pilot ep, but that ending with the whole Agnes thing really got to me and made me reconsider.

Granted, I'd watched a random ep for free On Demand over a year ago, since my friend was a huge Believe/Johnny Sequoyah fan, and he recommended the show/her to me. And of course I was lost since it was some mid season ep and I couldn't really follow along. I'm assuming I just picked that ep to watch because it was the only one at the time to watch that was free and I'm cheap :-)

So that's all I watched of this show until now. But he was right about Johnny. Such a beautiful, adorable young girl. Watched her in the indie film Among Ravens shortly after that and she stole the show. She was basically the main character/narrator and almost singlehandedly saved the show from mediocrity. But yeah, hadn't tried to continue on with Believe (Bo-lieve? lol) until now.

But yeah, the end of the pilot really got to me. I guess because I'm such a sucker for that whole "everything happens for a reason" worldview and that's how I choose to live my life. And, as an empath, I really felt the doctor's happiness, since he'd been questioning his worth as a person and in his occupation before that, doubting himself, and I could really relate to that. So basically he got the sign I've been waiting all my life hoping to get that his life was on the right path and he was doing the right thing with his life. And that there is hope.

Now, I realize I could be wrong about all that, and I realize its cooler to be cynical, especially on the net, so probably no one will relate to me and what I've just written (I'm used to it), but I still think its better to be hopeful, optimistic, and idealistic about such things. Call me naive if you must, you're entitled to your opinion, but yeah, just wanted to say how much I liked the end of the pilot. So yay for manly happy tears :-)

Now I just have to decide if I want to keep watching. Do the other eps have big, touching emotional moments like that? And, if I do keep watching, where to watch. Since it was never released on DVD and apparently you all are saying its not on iTunes, etc anymore either? :-( And I just got in trouble with my ISP for downloading torrents, so I'm a little PTSD gun-shy about that at the moment (like how some people are hesitant to drive in the time immediately after car crashes). So we'll see.

Regardless, really hope Johnny continues on in the industry, since she's such a talent (reminded me of Drew Barrymore in Firestarter in this) and so adorable. Would have been cool to see this series continue on, to see her grow and mature (both acting-wise and physically) in a series, but oh well.


"That's the the theme of my movies: The victory of the battered idealist in a cynical world."