Hi! I was just wondering, what are your thoughts on episode 100 of The Sheridan Tapes?
You’re the reason I started listening and I always went to read your post after finishing an episode, I’m kinda confused by it honestly.
(Also I only just listened to it today (April 1st) so I was surprised when they mentioned it being April Fool’s Day cause it came out on Friday.
Sorry it took me a bit to respond to this, I have a few thoughts though, not sure if I will manage to sort through them. Mostly good!
First off what a nice thing to have a horror podcast that has a happy ending for most of its characters! They sure went all out with the polycule bit even without Ned lol. I did like how some of the chemistry Rob and Peter had in previous seasons paid off with that ending! Although some elements of it felt like they came out of nowhere? At least not in a way I noticed… Either way good for them!
The April 1st thing was fun timing to end the story! Love that it coincided (kinda) with irl date.
Although the actual date they saved the world was April 1st 2020 which was at the height of the beginning of the pandemic… from the frying pan into the fire amirite? XD
Sam becoming a “documentarian” for Anna’s and Maria’s podcast was a nice touch, and a jab at the “archivist” trope lol
I find it interesting that he decided to do it and kinda stick to the past? It feels like he hasn’t managed to move on like the others, still stuck on maybe one day returning to Allen and the good old days. I am happy that Jerry took him under his wing, I wonder what their relationship is. I found it really touching that he asked Maria and Anna if it’s okay to hug them, like he’s used to asking permission from living with Sam which was so 🥺🥺🥺
Sam being anxious around a lot of people and then being understanding and accommodating was really touching in general.
I don’t know how I feel about the direction Ren took, the whole Source revelation rattled them I would think they would do something about it rather than continue being part of a system that they ended up clashing over… I’m not even sure how ISFA is different from ISPHA? I would have liked to see them working on something fungi related, maybe with Amanita, who is MIA from the finale…
I would like a sequel about Sam going to rescue Ned (of course) and Ren dealing with aliens in space (a story thread that was left unresolved)
And definitely hear some of Rob’s antiquing vlog shenanigans xD
Anyway, might have some more thoughts and something more cohesive to say about it all but overall I loved the podcast and enjoyed the ending, it tied up a lot of the story so neatly and managed to do it with minimal casualties and with care for every character
To say I cringed when the singing started in the end would be an understatement but good for them embracing it together xD
Now that I’ve had a bit of time to think about it, I don’t really like the ending. I don’t think it ruins the rest of the show or anything, and I like the idea of seeing how they are a year later, but to me it was just too sudden.
I might need to relisten to episode 99, but I was thinking that Sam would save Ned* or that there were still some things that were going to happen.
(*I do think Anna pulling the Fool card was kinda supposed to say that Ned is still alive or something)
I think all the characters ended in a good place, (is there a trope for Archivists to be Ace?) I just felt that it should have been more of a 15 minute epilogue at the end and not the whole final episode.
I think I just need to sit on it for a bit, because honestly, whenever there’s something I like, the ending is always a little disappointing for me, mainly because I don’t want it to end, so I feel like I try to find reasons to not like it. Like with TMA’s ending, at first I didn’t like it that much, but then I thought about it, and kinda realized I don’t know how I even would have wanted it to end.
There is one thing that I thought was kinda weird, right before they sing, Sam tells them all that he loves them and he wouldn’t trade them for anything, and then the first thing anyone says is “You’re probably right Kate… we should head back, it’s getting late.” I don’t know if there’s supposed to be a nonverbal cue there that I didn’t pick up on, but it just felt really awkward to me.
And then they don’t even leave? Kate say “hmmm. Yeah.” And then they all start singing. (Which I don’t actually mind their singing, I actually kinda like it, I always think it’s fun when the characters can sing a song at the end of a show [like DnDads season 2 finale])