So I watched the remaining ...
Question: So I watched the remaining filmed episodes of
Smith on the Internet, and I remained as interested and entertained as I had been by the episodes that actually aired on TV before CBS yanked it. But then I read the synopses of the episodes that were not filmed.
[SPOILER ALERT] According to the synopses, Simon Baker and Jonny Lee Miller's characters (two of my main reasons for watching) were to go out Butch Cassidy-Sundance Kid style in a shootout in Episode 10. By the end of the season, Shohreh Aghdashloo's character kills Franky G.'s character's girlfriend, only to be killed by him as revenge. He then manages to escape with his son to start a new life, as does Amy Smart's character after killing her innocent friend and leaving her in the desert to be identified as Amy (by pouring acid over the girl's face and hands to prevent identification). Finally, Ray Liotta's character turns himself in to save Virginia Madsen's character from arrest, in exchange for her immunity for trying to escape with him to Mexico. So she gets to stay and raise her kids with a clean slate, while he's being driven away by the cops in the last scene. Just who was going to continue on the show had it been renewed for a second season? Amy Smart's character? Were they
all only signed for one season or for a handful of episodes, like Miller and Baker? Was the plan to start over completely with new characters?
Answer: At this stage, aren't these really moot questions? (And honestly, is there no satisfying anyone? They give you
this much info, and you still want more?) All I can say is: If that was the ludicrous game plan, I'm glad I didn't waste any more time with
Smith than I did. And I'll bet you if the show had continued, research would have compelled the producers not to kill off the Simon Baker and Jonny Lee Miller characters. The problem with this scenario, as well as with some of the other failed serial mysteries this season, is that they all sound more like miniseries than weekly series. Who knows what Season 2 of
Smith would have looked like? Maybe they would have built a story around a new "unsub" Smith.
