I thought last night's season finale was a lot better than the episodes leading up to it. Not really much for cliff hangers other than what did Kayce see on his vision quest and what happens with Jamie now. Figured Will Patton was not going to wind up being a long running character on the show but had hoped for more scenes with him.
Looks pretty obvious they have setup Jimmy (Jefferson White) to be part of the 6666 spinoff that is rumored. Was pretty neat to see him come back to the ranch with some confidence. Hopefully that is the last we see of Mia too, her character has run its course and become annoying.
I watched it last night and thought it was a decent episode as well, certainly better than the penultimate episode, but I'm still on the fence as to whether I'll watch Season 5 or not.
The Kayce/vision quest storyline is still ludicrous, and I hope they get it figured out and end it sooner rather than later. I ended up really liking the Jimmy storyline most of all this season, even if it was more of a promotion of the upcoming show more than anything else. I've really enjoyed that character development. Had he picked Mia instead of Emily though I would have turned it off right then and there.
On a semi-related note to Mia I really found there to be a noticeable lack of likeable female characters this season; Beth is...well, Beth. Monica went from being tough yet vulnerable and sympathetic to being a passive aggressive shrew with her reaction to Kayce talking to the other Native American babe, Avery, for all of 5 minutes during the season. Mia is immature and erratic, and Jimmy was completely right to dump her for the aforementioned Emily (and credit to him for doing it the right way). Summer Higgins I think can be a cool character moving forward if they bring her back, but she didn't get enough screen time to really make anything other than an initial impression. The only female character I ended up really rooting for is, again, Emily.
Jamie is a flawed character and certainly not without his share of faults, but as a viewer I am getting really tired of him always coming out the loser, especially since it seems like Beth is almost always coming out ahead, and often times at his expense. I don't know how that is going to work moving forward with him, but I hope they change the dynamic there. And speaking of Beth I hope they follow up on the conflict between her and the other queen bee of Market Equities. Again, I hope Beth starts to feel some consequences of her actions here, as it seems like she never does, even if Market Equities are the heavies here.
In the end, it seems to me like Season 4 served as a medium to promote the other branches of the franchise more than anything else. Disappointing season overall, although the finale was decent.
