{"id":269139,"date":"2021-06-08T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/did-pose-end-on-too-much-of-a-high\/"},"modified":"2021-06-08T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:00:09","slug":"did-pose-end-on-too-much-of-a-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/did-pose-end-on-too-much-of-a-high\/","title":{"rendered":"#Did &#8216;Pose&#8217; End on Too Much of a High?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39b7af24f21\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39b7af24f21\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/did-pose-end-on-too-much-of-a-high\/#Balancing_Pain_and_Joy_in_Poses_Final_Season\" >Balancing Pain and Joy in Pose\u2019s Final Season<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/did-pose-end-on-too-much-of-a-high\/#Who_Was_That_Crabby_Lady\" >Who Was That Crabby Lady?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/did-pose-end-on-too-much-of-a-high\/#It_Had_Better_Be_Worth_the_Wait\" >It Had Better Be Worth the Wait<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/did-pose-end-on-too-much-of-a-high\/#Sherlock_Where_Are_You\" >Sherlock, Where Are You?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/did-pose-end-on-too-much-of-a-high\/#Is_Closure_for_Canceled_Series_a_Pipe_Dream\" >Is Closure for Canceled Series a Pipe Dream?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/did-pose-end-on-too-much-of-a-high\/#And_Finally_%E2%80%A6\" >And Finally \u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Did &#8216;Pose&#8217; End on Too Much of a High?<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pose-series-finale-fx-mj-rodriguez.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div> <em>Welcome to the Q&amp;A with TV critic \u2014 also known to some TV fans as their \u201cTV therapist\u201d \u2014 Matt Roush, who\u2019ll try to address whatever you love, loathe, are confused or frustrated or thrilled by in today\u2019s vast TV landscape. (We know background music is too loud, but there\u2019s always closed-captioning.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One caution: This is a spoiler-free zone, so we won\u2019t be addressing upcoming storylines here unless it\u2019s already common knowledge. Please send your questions and comments to <\/em><em><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"3051435b5d514444704446595e43595455421e535f5d\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/em><em> (or use the <\/em><em>form at the end of the column<\/em><em>) and follow me on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> (@TVGMMattRoush). Look for Ask Matt columns on many Tuesdays and Fridays.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Balancing_Pain_and_Joy_in_Poses_Final_Season\"><\/span><strong>Balancing Pain and Joy in <em>Pose<\/em>\u2019s Final Season<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Question: <\/strong>As someone who once asked you why high-profile dramas considered misery to be an arbiter of truth, I\u2019m somewhat surprised to find myself asking this question: Is there a sense in which <em>Pose<\/em> is going out on too high a note? As you pointed out, \u201cthere are times when it\u2019s h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y to just be an escapist wish-fulfillment fairy tale,\u201d but that\u2019s always been the aspect I\u2019ve found least satisfying. What made this <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> unique was its warts-and-hugs-and-sequins-and-all depiction of trans and gay life in the \u201980s, so in a way, isn\u2019t it a betrayal of both the characters and their real-life equivalents to grant them the sort of oppressively smiley-faced endings we got in <em>Downton Abbey<\/em>\u2018s final season? \u2014 <em>Ryan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Roush:<\/strong> This is a provocative question \u2014 which, I should point out, was posed (so to speak) before the series finale aired on Sunday \u2014 and it made me reflect on <em>Pose<\/em>\u2019s first-season finale when I was primed for something awful to happen to Blanca or one of her \u201cchildren\u201d after her triumphant win as Mother of the Year. I\u2019ve watched so many season finales that add a final cliffhanger-style jolt that I was even more surprised, and thrilled, when <em>Pose<\/em> just let them exult in the moment. <em>Pose<\/em> has done a masterful job of balancing pain and tragedy \u2014 including the murder of one of their group \u2014 with joy and triumph within their tight circle of outcasts and underdogs. The show never ignored the prejudice they face \u2014 including Elektra being abandoned by her sugar daddy for daring to go forward with her sex-reassignment surgery. If the fairy-tale-like wedding of Angel and Papi in the show\u2019s next-to-last episode was over the top, that was <em>Pose<\/em>\u2019s style, and it\u2019s not like they didn\u2019t go through hell to get there. The series finale had moments of great tragedy (spoiler alert: a major character succumbed to AIDS) and righteous rage (ACT UP protests to get equitable distribution of meds, how timely), but also exuberant flourishes of community and hope for the future. If <em>Pose<\/em> erred on the side of happiness over gloom, I\u2019m OK with that.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_Was_That_Crabby_Lady\"><\/span><strong>Who Was That Crabby Lady?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>: I loved all three seasons of <em>The Kominsky Method<\/em> on Netflix. But who played Paul Reiser\u2019s mom in Season 3 and what else has she been in? \u2014 <em>Mary Ann from Chicago<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Roush: <\/strong>I love this question, because I did a double-take as well while watching the episodes that introduced this battle-ax character. It was the brittle voice that convinced me I was watching the otherwise unrecognizable Christine Ebersole, Tony-winning Broadway and cabaret star who appears as Bob\u2019s mom Dottie in <em>Bob Hearts Abishola<\/em>. Kudos to Chuck Lorre for his loyalty to his stable of character actors. Not only did he insert this wonderful actress into his most personal show, but in the series finale of <em>Mom<\/em>, he introduced a dysfunctional mother-daughter duo played by veterans from two of his past hits: Melanie Lynskey (from <em>Two and a Half Men<\/em>) and Rondi Reed (from <em>Mike &amp; Molly<\/em>).<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_Had_Better_Be_Worth_the_Wait\"><\/span><strong>It Had Better Be Worth the Wait<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Question: <\/strong>Why do we have to wait another year for Season 2 of <em>Blood &amp; Treasure<\/em>? It\u2019s been two years since Season 1 aired! Why can\u2019t CBS air Season 2 this summer since it already finished filming last year before the pandemic hit? Why does CBS care so very little about this show to delay it so much longer? \u2014 <em>Chris B<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Roush:<\/strong> Maybe they\u2019re saving it for something better. With very few exceptions, the broadcast networks are steering clear of original scripted programming this summer, no doubt figuring that even escapist fare like <em>Blood &amp; Treasure<\/em> will do better for them as a midseason replacement than being thrown away during a period when viewership levels for expensive scripted shows are so low. (And the Olympics will be a further disruption in late July and early August.) But it\u2019s true this has been a longer-than-usual pause between seasons.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sherlock_Where_Are_You\"><\/span><strong>Sherlock, Where Are You?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Question: <\/strong>I recently moved to streaming and added a subscription for Paramount+. One of the plusses was that now I\u2019d be able to watch reruns of <em>Elementary<\/em>, which had disappeared from cable, so you can imagine my disappointment when <em>Elementary<\/em> was nowhere to be found on Paramount+. What gives? \u2014 <em>Jangle<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Roush:<\/strong> Curiously, all seven seasons of <em>Elementary<\/em> are currently available on Hulu. Licensing deals can be confusing, but ViacomCBS is probably making more from <em>Elementary<\/em> by leasing the episodes to a streaming rival than by harboring it on their own platform. It\u2019s possible that when Hulu\u2019s <em>Elementary<\/em> contract lapses, the show could move to Paramount+. What this really demonstrates, though, is there\u2019s no one-stop-shopping for everything you want to stream, even if common sense would seem to indicate that shows associated with NBC are on Peacock, CBS shows on Paramount+, ABC on Hulu, and so forth.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Closure_for_Canceled_Series_a_Pipe_Dream\"><\/span><strong>Is Closure for Canceled Series a Pipe Dream?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Question: <\/strong>I get so tired of devoting viewing time to a series only to have it canceled with loose ends hanging. For example, I loved <em>Timeless<\/em> and was happy that it was revived for a second season, only to be denied a third season. However, NBC took the viewers into consideration and wrapped up the loose ends with a TV movie. Now I find myself in the same boat with <em>Debris<\/em>. I loved the show and thought it would be the next <em>The X-Files<\/em>, only to find out it too has been canceled. I still have episodes on my DVR and wonder if I should even bother watching them, knowing the series won\u2019t be coming back.<\/p>\n<p>Why don\u2019t the networks plan their decisions with enough advance notice so series can wrap up before its final episode airs? Cancelling a program and leaving the viewer hanging makes me think twice about getting wrapped up in a program. You just never know its future until it is too late. Now I\u2019m wondering about the fate of <em>Manifest<\/em>. Will that show survive the ax or will it get cut with no resolution to its plotlines? Why can\u2019t the networks give us fans a series finale that ties everything up with a nice bow, even if it means a TV movie like they did with <em>Timeless<\/em>. Or is that too much to ask? \u2014 <em>Rob Bob<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Roush:<\/strong> In most cases, it really is too much to ask to have a show with no future return to production for any reason after it\u2019s canceled. We\u2019re talking lots of money with little return. It\u2019s one of the uglier truths about the business of show business. My wish is that the producers of shows that aren\u2019t guaranteed another season would film alternate endings to their season finales or have some backup plan so the cliffhanger conundrum isn\u2019t quite so maddening to viewers. With <em>Debris<\/em>, it might not have helped because NBC was continuing to weigh its decision when the finale aired, and the unfortunate cancellation came a few days later. That really disappointed me as well. (Although I also usually advise fans of a show to keep watching to the end. Yes, it\u2019s frustrating not to get to see more, but the individual episodes of <em>Debris<\/em> were well worth watching, especially the two-parter in which the fabric of everyone\u2019s reality was being threatened by all of the time jumps. Excellent sci-fi.)<\/p>\n<p>With <em>Manifest<\/em> (which I only wish I found as intriguing as <em>Debris<\/em>), I\u2019m expecting NBC to eventually give the show a fourth season, but would advise the creative team to maybe rethink their six-year plan if it\u2019s going to be such a close call from season to season. After this long ride, it would only be fair for the network and producers to get on the same page to provide at least a bit of resolution for this convoluted thriller.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"And_Finally_%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><strong>And Finally \u2026 <\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Question: <\/strong>I\u2019m wondering what happened to <em>Collector\u2019s Call<\/em> on MeTV? We really enjoyed it and find it to be one of the better ones in this genre. Lisa Whelchel is such a great host as well. Hoping it is coming back sooner rather than later. \u2014 <em>Kimmy<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Roush:<\/strong> Like many shows during the time of Covid, filming was paused until it\u2019s safe for TV crews to go back into people\u2019s homes to peruse their collectibles. The plan is to resume production once restrictions lift, which could be sooner than later if current trends continue. 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