Station 11 Finale

[olivermoss]

So I finished it and... Alex's arc makes zero sense to me.

Did the show forget about killing the Director and his two kids? It felt like that happened and then the show decided it wasn't that bad or something. I can see why Alex wanted to stay at the Airport at a point. She's heard so much about a lot of things of the past. Staying for a cycle to learn more and maybe read other books and have shower makes sense. I can see her leaving for lots of places because she needs life outside the wheel for a bit to help her pick her life path. Going off with the Prophet? IDGI

That's a lot of stolen kids the undersea has. I get they were trying for a sympathetic villain, but letting the guy wander off with his band of hundreds of kidnapped kids is a bit much.

Also, one kid came with mines and it sounded like all the kids were coming? And Kirsten did nothing?

I really like Kirsten and Jeeven meeting again and parting to meet again. He has his own life and she has hers. Her visiting his family immediately would have been cool, but this takes place in a realistic world where the troupe need looking after and even a brief visit would meaning having to spend days if not weeks watching up with the troupe in a dangerous world. But, she got her goodbye and now has an ongoing connection with him.

Towards the end it felt like a lot of things happened for Plot Reasons, maybe stuff cut from the book would explain?

Also, how did Miranda get that phone number for the pilot? Some paid people finder website? That is a streeeeetch.

I loved the show, but the finale had me like 'I have several questions'.

Alex leaving with the kids makes the story seem sympathetic to the idea that maybe pre and post pans should separate.. except they were gathered by Tyler of all people... so... *headscratch*

Like Tyler is personally responsible for most of the trauma she does have!

I hate [show, movie or book]'s Ending Explained type articles. I click 'do not show again' to the tons of YT reccs for that. I actually googled a Station 11 Ending Explained article to see if I missed something and got

You may have picked up by now that this isn’t so much an “Ending Explained” as it is an opportunity to heap praise on a brilliant show while using an SEO-friendly headline to entrap unwitting readers (ha ha ha gotcha!). In truth, not much needs to be explained about Station Eleven’s ending because it’s basically perfect as is.

*faceplam* Well, that will teach me to ever click on one.

Comments

[ambyr]

How much do you care about spoilers for the book? Because my understanding (as someone who loves the book and has been dubious about the show as a result) is that the show is an adaptation only in the loosest sense, and most of the material in the final few episodes is entirely original to the show.

[olivermoss]

I'm fine with book spoilers. I was planning on reading it, but if the book leans 'better for the pre and posts to be separate even if that means joining an army of kidnapped child soldiers gathered by the man who is passing on his trauma The Most'... Yeah, I wouldn't want to read that ending.

I know Jeevan's role in the series was greatly expanded.

[ambyr]

The Prophet dies long before they reach the airport in the book; the entire pre and posts conflict and the child soldier thing is original to the show.

[olivermoss]

Yeah, those are some changes. I am even more confused now, because I assumed there was some missing info or adaptional weirdness going on.

[muccamukk]

OMG, this sounds so dumb. I'm glad I clicked the spoiler so I'm braced for it.

[olivermoss]

It started so good, so good!

[muccamukk]

I like some of the changes from the book, like Jeevan getting more of a role (and there was some pretty blatant ableism that's been cut), but so far the show has ruined two characters I liked, and is making a lot of choices I'm having a hard time getting behind.

[olivermoss]

I keep feeling like I am missing something, like someone is going to swoop and be all 'did you really miss the part where they explained all that??'

I still think part of the ending is really good, but the Alex stuff is just ... what?

[muccamukk]

Like Kirsten KNOWS the three kids from the country club! She didn't even try to give them back to their parents? That's going to be awkward next turn of the wheel.

[olivermoss]

If you make it to the end, I'd be curious if you have a different take-away than me. Because 'separating the posts is good actually' is the vibe I got from that move.

That Tyler wasn't in the play in the book is almost breaking my brain.

I'm almost sorry I watched this late and missed fandom discussion about all this.

[muccamukk]

They did, if I recall correctly, a midsummer night's dream in the book, and it wasn't a major part of the story. It just mentioned that they'd done it. The book is a lot more litfic and less linear and needing to tie things up.

There wasn't any fandom discussion, that I've seen. There's two FFA threads that basically summarise as "lol" and people having not liked the book, and a couple passing comments on Dreamwidth personal blogs, according the the search. I guess there's probably something on tumblr or reddit.

[olivermoss]

I am pretty sure that some stuff I've seen on tumblr was about Station 11, but I don't see much talk on the tag. Mostly just gifsets. I kinda expected this to be a big tumblr fandom, but maybe it isn't? I know one of the local embroidery street artists like Station 11 and uses quotes from it sometimes.