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« on: May 24, 2010, 12:16:59 PM »
I understand your frustration. I felt frustrated too as I started to realize that answers would not be forthcoming. But then I accepted that and just tried to go along with the ride. I thought the finale was excellent, given what they tried to do with it. But a lot of people wanted answers, not what they ended up doing, and I can certainly see how this leaves them feeling unfulfilled.
I think Darlton's biggest mistake was not being more forthright with the viewers a long time ago. They waited until at least halfway through season 6 before they started hinting there may be no answers. Meanwhile, they posed more and more questions, and dangled the promise of answers to get people to watch and, yes, make money for themselves and ABC. So eevn though I think from the audience's standpoint it was a mistake, and if Darlton actually gave a damn about the audience, they'd think it was a mistake, in reality I think they're laughing all the way to the bank and think themselves to have done perfectly.
At this point I'd probably say something like "even though they seem like nice guys" - only, to be honest, they don't. Most of the time in interviews, they come off as snarky, arrogant smart-asses, talking down to people who don't know the grand inside joke that only the two of them are privy to.