#I just watched s11 e18

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Casifer is the best character that’s ever been on Supernatural

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Hopelessly Devoted; Yet Sadly Sad

I am concerned - well more like sad, for Heartland - the one show I have followed on every possible known social media. I’ve not been so dedicated to a show before, and now I’m scared. My passion for HL began  (I think in 2014) when I found it on Netflix, then found it on fb, and TC kicked my American (booty) because I was posting what I should not have been posting. Gaaaaaa (sorry - we learn as we go) Lesson learned very well and the HARD way. Thank You TC  

1. They writers (were not true to Ghost's character in the finale'.) We were introduced to Ghost in S2 E1, Amy witnesses a horse fight taking place on the hillside; then the camera swings to a street fight taking place in Calgary. Ty is running from and being beaten up by some bad guys wanting a pay back for Brad's bad choices. The writers gave us a very powerful scene and those are some very large shoes to fill.(of which they wrote, and we were in such awe) Jump forward to S10 E18 there is a huge missed opportunity here (by the writers) They could have had Ghost return to Heartland, with his horse family to welcome; horse style, the new Borden family member.  I would have been ecstatic if Ty was holding his daughter while Amy kisses baby Borden's head with Ghost & family arriving. Ghost rearing up screaming with his forelegs waving high and his Mare & Colt grazing for a bit. As Ghost relaxes he begins running back & forth to get the Borden family's attention, and then he (Ghost just watches them with his approval). Remember in Season 2 when Ty & Amy go to Jack's fishing cabin, Ty is recovering from being really sick, and (he just told Amy that she's beautiful as she tends the fire) they hear horses outside....Amy goes to the window, "Ty you've got to see this." They step outside and it's Ghost with his family.......for the first time Ghost allows Amy to touch him.  Another powerful Ghost scene (which I still am in awe about) that the writer's failed to capture in S10 E18. that makes me sad :(

2. I didn't much care for Georgie's arrogance at thinking she could tame Ghost. Ghost is the only horse that Amy has not be able to tame. (if I remember correctly) She was rebuked  by Ty, Caleb and Jack for thinking she could do so. But, here comes Georgie thinking she can.....and no one rebukes her for it. No one tells her that if she tries to tame Ghost she might be taking away his ability to survive in the wild.

Instead the writers wanted to use Ghost arrival as a potential bad omen regarding Ty and his health. So unnecessary, so unfortunate that they wasted this HUGE opportunity to make S10 E18 an episode to remember.

3. Mitch leaving; Wow, here we go again. How many *SPLAT* Road Kill relationships does Heartland have? You know the ones that they built up in our minds; for instance Caleb & Ashley (gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa) I loved the idea of them until she returns to tragically hurt him bad, by lying to him about Andy...She danced around that truth quite seductively and I can't stand her for it. Not to mention, had it not been for Ashley returning (to see if there was still something ... gaaaa) Caleb would have not left Kelly James standing on the sidewalk corner after he sees her and is - infatuated with her - and gets that charming grin of his. My heart completely broke to a million pieces when he answers Ashley's call, leaving Kelly there like a (bad habit) gaaaaaaaaa Jake & Mallory; Badger & Mallory; Tim, Miranda & Shane; Scott & Lou (idk, are there any more - road kill relationships)

The writers sadly missed the mark on S10 E18 which is very heartbreaking, because we all love Heartland so much....but I now fear that what they have written in stone (earlier seasons *the best*) has now been on a slippery slope to - no mans land - oblivion. They don't seem to care about the foundational stories that we remember so well and have come to love..... I am interested for S11 because S3 E6 is the foundation for S11. I hope the writers see that, and don't forget.   Come On writers, we want to love you again, bring us back to why we fell - completely - in love with Heartland to begin with.   

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Agree with you on the side villains. Dorama had a fun gimmick but I hope we're done with him. I like the Rapton betrayal, I think it's set up well and is in character. I think all the Claws of Imperium have a strange visual design tho -- why are the foot soldiers of the empire of uniformity than believes in human supremacy in outfits that make them look like insect robots? Cinder exists. I'm most interested by Jordana because it's unclear what they'll do with her or what her goals are now that she's left Imperium and Ras.

I think the Sora arc hits hard not just because she's left her old "support" system but because she stands up to it. When she was a kid she just ran away (perfectly understandable for a kid, or anyone really) but it's very cathartic to have her take down the system and stand up to a society that shunned her. I think the responsibility thing is very much part of her arc -- it's the theme of the Euphrasia/Cloud Kingdom episode and she outright says she's learned she has a responsibility to use her powers in the S1P1 finale. Then she uses that in P2 to take down Imperium. It's only over the course of S1 that she gained a new support system that validates her so she can not just reject Imperium but assert her own value.

Totally see how the arc kinda falls into a similar pitfall as the original show's "female character learning confidence" arcs even if I think that it's way better here since Nya's arcs in S5, 11, and 15 all came after years of her being capable and confident. Sora's S2 story is very different and I think better because of the S1 story. Her increase in confidence and optimism parallels Arin's loss of confidence and optimism as well.

I agree on the mixed messaging of the Lloyd arc. My view on Lloyd angst is that it helps make the lighthearted Lloyd stuff stronger. I enjoy him being a silly guy in S11-14 because we got to see him at his lowest point in S8-S9. That balance is important.

Arin just goes through it, and I think that the real tipping point for him was learning that Wu caused the Merge and that the other Ninja basically don't care. The Sora lie just drives a wedge between the two personally since Arin is having his own self-confidence issues.

Obviously these are our central, main character stories but I also really like the smaller character interactions and Wyldfyre in general. I get that this stuff probably means less if the main stuff isn't clicking.

We'll have to see what happens w/ the merge story. If Ras and Arin are together for a prolonged period of time in S3 and we still get no answers then that's a problem. We could go in circles forever on this though.

I feel like we kinda did get a strong focus on Imperium tho -- E6-10 and E18-20 were all set in Imperium (8 22-minute episodes, just like 4 of the original seasons). Maybe it was just the expectation game. Big Hunger Games fan here.

I do wonder if there's a Ship of Theseus type thing here -- by now, the original writers are long gone, along with the original creators, the main characters are changing, the animation is different (and certainly more vibrant). And I think some of the planks of the original show had rotted, or were maybe always rotten and needed to be switched. But at some point maybe the show is too different? Or whatever plank made it special for you is now gone? I mean, I really like Dragons Rising, and if they maintain the things I like, I'll keep watching. But whenever it ends and we move to a new show or whatever happens, I probably will stop watching. I nearly did after Crystalized, and I wasn't even one of the people who thought it was the worst entry in the franchise (still bad though). I don't like the idea that's it's just part of growing older but maybe it is?

Maybe S3 will open with PIXAL returning and doing what the Ninja couldn't do, Kaiju Protocol-style, and resolve all the running mysteries in an episode.

Okay, everyone get in the comments and let me know why you love dragons rising so that maybe I can reverse engineer why I don't-