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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
It's a stupid question.
"was the season necessary?".....No. Full stop. It's television; nothing about it is 'necessary'.
You already know how the story is going to end (because if it doesn't, comic fanboys will have kittens), so why the big rush? Television is purely entertainment and that's the only question that needs be asked.
"Was the season entertaining?"
I think that's an unqualified yes. And as a consequence, comic book fans got to see 10 more episodes of Jesse Custer. Non-comic fans (such as myself) also got to see those 10 more episodes and in the process got a little of the context that is difficult to fit into television adaptations of anything. You can't really do character development as well in a non-written medium because it's hard to get into their heads. Well this way we can actually see what put those thoughts in his head.
Again, just too much gnashing and wailing.
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I think a little leeway is in order, if only to digest what we watched.
First off, my understanding is not much of this was canon, or was at least vastly expanded.
Second, it's fairly unprecedented for a show to annihilate almost all of its cast in its freshman season.
I think we can all land on the conclusions you've come to, even if we take a more circuitous route in contemplating the necessity of the season as essentially prologue.
It's not like you're seeing a rash of 'that's it, I'm out' sentiments after the finale.