Another week in the books for Last Resort Television means another edition of the James Morgan Show!
- Rolling Stone 8.03
- Nez Perce 7.00
- L.A. Noire 6.79
- Burnt Prairie 6.72
- Showtime 6.03
- Gauntlet 5.67 (PART 2)
- Gauntlet 5.53 (PART 1)
- Miami Vice 5.24
- The Survivors 5.00
- She-Hulk 4.93
- Survivor: Last Resort 4.70
- Have Gun - Will Travel 4.62
- Human 3.92
- Rubber City Rockers 3.84
- Hype 3.52 (PART 2)
- Hype 3.50 (PART 1)
Now for the last time this season, it's time for…
1. NEZ PERCE
(Last Week: 1)
Writer: Dwight Gallo / Executive Producer: Scott Cooper
Gallo and Cooper delivered a heartbreaking conclusion to the flight of the Nez Perce. I will definitely miss this show now that it has finished its story. The series was television perfection and will be dearly missed.
2. ROLLING STONE
(Last Week: 2)
Writer: D.R. Cobb / Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
It was nice that Rolling Stone involved the Grateful Dead again based on their stranglehold on the San Francisco music scene at the time. The relationship between Brady and Celeste has to be one of the realistic television relationships I've ever seen thanks to the strong writing and the pitch perfect performances from Hartnett and Teegarden (who is finally living up to the promise she showed on "Friday Night Lights").
3. L.A. NOIRE
(Last Week: 4)
Writer: John Malone / Executive Producer: Gavin O'Connor
This latest episode tied up the season in a fairly neat fashion, but also managed to appear to sneakily lead into the next season.
4. RUBBER CITY ROCKERS
(Last Week: 6)
Writer: D.R. Cobb / Executive Producer: David Wain
I've been a fan from the beginning, but I never expected RCR to hit the kind of emotional notes it hit in the last couple episodes.
5. GAUNTLET
(Last Week: 7)
Writer: Matt Parker / Executive Producer: Antoine Fuqua
The final two episodes did a tremendous job with its character development. Not a lot of shows have the stones to introduce seemingly major characters at the end of a season, but I'm guessing Brock Lesnar's Herc Mueller isn't done yet.
6. SHOWTIME
(Last Week: 5)
Writers: Mo Buck & Chad Taylor / Executive Producer: Steven Soderbergh
Showtime brought the spectacle to its finale with lots of strong wrestling action from the main cast. It will be interesting to see where the next season will take us next.
7. BURNT PRAIRIE
(Last Week: 3)
Writer: Chad Taylor / Executive Producer: James Ponsoldt
The finale left an odd taste in my mouth by being set 20 years after the previous nine episodes. Despite the strong writing, the casting left me distracted how some actors were replaced, but then others were simply aged up. It distracted away from the emotional core of the story.
8. HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL
(Last Week: 8)
Writer: Dwight Gallo / Executive Producer: Frank Darabont
HG-WT did a good job tying up the Pilate plot line. I honestly was wondering how they were going to pull all of that off, but it worked out pretty well thanks to Gallo's writing and Goggins' acting.
9. SURVIVOR: LAST RESORT
(Last Week: 11)
Writer: Chad Taylor
It was a pretty fun end of the season with everything coming down to the wire. The moment between Sage and Kenny at the end was nice.
10. THE SURVIVORS
(Last Week: 10)
Writer: Mo Buck / Executive Producer: Tomas Alfredson
Mo Buck's writing on the series improved as the season went along, but the characters still feel oddly stilted (sometimes intentionally). It will be interesting to see where things go from the cliffhanger.
11. MIAMI VICE
(Last Week: 14)
Writer: Roy Horne / Executive Producer: Peter Berg
The season finale definitely gave Josh Holloway a spotlight to shine in, and he delivered a great performance even if his character did have to suffer quite a bit.
12. SHE-HULK
(Last Week: 9)
Writer: Chad Taylor / Executive Producer: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
The first season of She-Hulk just peaked a couple weeks early. I enjoyed Absorbing Man in the finale and She-Hulk teaming up with the other sort-of heroes was nice, but I feel like the creative team will have to decide if She-Hulk is a superhero series, or a series that happens to have superheroes in it. It seemed to bounce back and forth between those two mediums a lot.
13. HYPE
(Two Weeks Ago: 14)
Writer: Dominic Wilkins / Executive Producer: Stephen Merchant
Hype just never figured out how to turn its (admittedly solid) idea into a full-fledged series. The final episodes, much like the rest of the series struggled to balance the crime and dark comedy elements.
14. HUMAN
(Last Week: 13)
Writer: Ann Morrow / Executive Producer: Michelle MacLaren
The season finale didn't do anything to salvage the series, despite ending on an intriguing note.
(Last Week: 1)
Writer: Dwight Gallo / Executive Producer: Scott Cooper
Gallo and Cooper delivered a heartbreaking conclusion to the flight of the Nez Perce. I will definitely miss this show now that it has finished its story. The series was television perfection and will be dearly missed.
2. ROLLING STONE
(Last Week: 2)
Writer: D.R. Cobb / Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
It was nice that Rolling Stone involved the Grateful Dead again based on their stranglehold on the San Francisco music scene at the time. The relationship between Brady and Celeste has to be one of the realistic television relationships I've ever seen thanks to the strong writing and the pitch perfect performances from Hartnett and Teegarden (who is finally living up to the promise she showed on "Friday Night Lights").
3. L.A. NOIRE
(Last Week: 4)
Writer: John Malone / Executive Producer: Gavin O'Connor
This latest episode tied up the season in a fairly neat fashion, but also managed to appear to sneakily lead into the next season.
4. RUBBER CITY ROCKERS
(Last Week: 6)
Writer: D.R. Cobb / Executive Producer: David Wain
I've been a fan from the beginning, but I never expected RCR to hit the kind of emotional notes it hit in the last couple episodes.
5. GAUNTLET
(Last Week: 7)
Writer: Matt Parker / Executive Producer: Antoine Fuqua
The final two episodes did a tremendous job with its character development. Not a lot of shows have the stones to introduce seemingly major characters at the end of a season, but I'm guessing Brock Lesnar's Herc Mueller isn't done yet.
6. SHOWTIME
(Last Week: 5)
Writers: Mo Buck & Chad Taylor / Executive Producer: Steven Soderbergh
Showtime brought the spectacle to its finale with lots of strong wrestling action from the main cast. It will be interesting to see where the next season will take us next.
7. BURNT PRAIRIE
(Last Week: 3)
Writer: Chad Taylor / Executive Producer: James Ponsoldt
The finale left an odd taste in my mouth by being set 20 years after the previous nine episodes. Despite the strong writing, the casting left me distracted how some actors were replaced, but then others were simply aged up. It distracted away from the emotional core of the story.
8. HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL
(Last Week: 8)
Writer: Dwight Gallo / Executive Producer: Frank Darabont
HG-WT did a good job tying up the Pilate plot line. I honestly was wondering how they were going to pull all of that off, but it worked out pretty well thanks to Gallo's writing and Goggins' acting.
9. SURVIVOR: LAST RESORT
(Last Week: 11)
Writer: Chad Taylor
It was a pretty fun end of the season with everything coming down to the wire. The moment between Sage and Kenny at the end was nice.
10. THE SURVIVORS
(Last Week: 10)
Writer: Mo Buck / Executive Producer: Tomas Alfredson
Mo Buck's writing on the series improved as the season went along, but the characters still feel oddly stilted (sometimes intentionally). It will be interesting to see where things go from the cliffhanger.
11. MIAMI VICE
(Last Week: 14)
Writer: Roy Horne / Executive Producer: Peter Berg
The season finale definitely gave Josh Holloway a spotlight to shine in, and he delivered a great performance even if his character did have to suffer quite a bit.
12. SHE-HULK
(Last Week: 9)
Writer: Chad Taylor / Executive Producer: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
The first season of She-Hulk just peaked a couple weeks early. I enjoyed Absorbing Man in the finale and She-Hulk teaming up with the other sort-of heroes was nice, but I feel like the creative team will have to decide if She-Hulk is a superhero series, or a series that happens to have superheroes in it. It seemed to bounce back and forth between those two mediums a lot.
13. HYPE
(Two Weeks Ago: 14)
Writer: Dominic Wilkins / Executive Producer: Stephen Merchant
Hype just never figured out how to turn its (admittedly solid) idea into a full-fledged series. The final episodes, much like the rest of the series struggled to balance the crime and dark comedy elements.
14. HUMAN
(Last Week: 13)
Writer: Ann Morrow / Executive Producer: Michelle MacLaren
The season finale didn't do anything to salvage the series, despite ending on an intriguing note.
See you next week!
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