So this show started off very different than I even thought it was going to be shown. The commercials were shown so often and so much leading up to the premiere, but I never thought it would be a mixture of real life from both sides of the tornado. I guess MGM had me in a nice fairy-tale bubble of what skipping and singing down the yellow brick road would be like.
This season (possible series) finale, was a very good and different episode altogether. Finally, we have the giants that we were shown so many times and what now come to life. It is still so odd to know the fact that in this rendition of Oz, there was actually a kingdom of people, and the witches were involved. I guess it takes a different approach to things, sort of going back to the middle ages such as the ones like Camelot. There are the kingdoms with the royals, which also involves the espionage, as well as the needed help and council of magic Merlin, or now known as the Witches; of course, these witches are all powerful and mighty, coming from different directions on a compass showing their true power. Then during this new spin on things, some modern technology was thrown in with a gun that crossed over in the tornado. This gun actually turns out to be the huge change in things when the one who must always die, the wicked witch of the east actually shoots herself on accident while examining it. Seeing as how Dorthy brought this gun with her, in turn, it grants her the powers of the lost witch of the east.
The new look of the man made of tin actually comes in the form of a young boy named Jack. We think that his guy Jack dies in the very beginning, but is instead saved and only kept alive by changing some of his body parts to, non-other than metal. The Scarecrow is a man who literally has been strung up as such. He is of course without a brain, however, that is changed in the fact that he has amnesia. The lion is introduced only a little bit through the entire season, seen only as a hunter and agent for the Wizard of Oz. In the finale, we finally find out more about him, but in this result, we find that the courage is stripped from him in the end when his family has their memory of him erased altogether. When you loose the love and faith of your family it is only certain that you lack the courage and will to continue on with your life.
The final battle has happened and the secrets of the Wizard being just a mere mortal from the real times that Dorthy came from is also found out. Dorthy is then told from the Wizard that her mother did come through also, and that is where we Jane comes into play. The same women who worked on Jack to make him this rendition of the tinman, is in fact, Dorthy's real mom, who has been trapped in Oz for decades. The witches finally come back into power and are at the side of the new leader of Oz again.
The story can go in so many directions at this point, making the next season seem very intriguing. We still need to find out if NBC will actually renew the series for a second season, which is hard to say with its fluctuating ratings. I personally really liked this show, giving us a new spin to an old story we have all come to know. It can only get more complex the way things unfold if it is given a second season. So here is hoping that NBC does decide to continue with this adventure.
*side note: Of course I know my favorite part of every episode is seeing the gorgeous Oliver Jackson-Cohen another British hunk, shirtless once an episode.*
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