Series Finale

I know that some of you who follow me are personal friends, and what you are about to read is possibly going to be a surprise, but please refrain from discussing it in public forums or with other people for now. I have recently had an awakening of sorts, and the only way to describe it is to liken it to something we all can relate to... TV.



So I've been watching the same TV show for over 15 years. It's a great show, funny, sad, happy, full of ups & downs, good times & bad. There's just a few things I don't really like about it. I can't wrap my head around them, so I decide to let the network know. I call, I write, I text, I snail mail. They try to adjust the script, but the plot always heads back to the same storyline, and I don't like it at all. So I tell them some more how much I hate the direction it's headed in. In fact, I threaten to stop watching the show. For two years I watch, waiting, hoping, praying to see the changes I asked for. Then I realize, I'm not the producer of this show...They don't have to listen to me or do what I ask, even if I have been a loyal fan for so long. So I try to push past it. Suck it up. Get over it. Accept the show for what it is. After all, they have their reasons, right? But then it becomes like waiting to see a train wreck. I don't want to watch as it comes crashing to an end, but I can't pull my self away. I become consumed with it, so now it's keeping me awake at night. The stress of waiting for the show to get better and stay better invades my thoughts till my mind won't shut off. Then during the day I'm drained, exhausted, falling asleep at the wheel of my life, while my kids are riding in the backseat. Not good~so I take some medicine to stay awake. Then I take some to fall asleep at night. I have no energy. My every breath, thought, cell in my body is consumed with thoughts of what to do. Cuz now, even with the medicine, I can't tolerate the show. I watch re-runs, and the best episodes are no longer strong enough to overpower the worst ones. I don't have any more time to waste waiting for the network to prove the show will eventually head in the right direction. The only thing I can think of is to stop watching it. But still, I can't give it up. I DVR it so I only watch it when it's convenient for me. Still not working. And when I tell the network I'm not watching another episode, they just don't understand! They make promises... We'll fix it! Please don't stop watching! Don't change the channel! We can do better! Remember all the good episodes? Watch them again, please find a reason to give us another chance! Guess there's only one thing left to do. Time to change the channel. Time to cancel the show. Time to start my own network. If you'd like to submit an idea for a pilot, I'll read the script, but I do NOT have to option the show.