ABC’s six-season run of Misplaced stays my favourite TV present of all time, even when I typically should defend all of the unanswered questions the collection left followers with. So, you’d suppose I’d be stoked in regards to the thought of the collection coming again in some form or type, proper? No, probably not, though solid member Maggie Grace shared some fascinating ideas on the way it ought to return to TV.
Maggie Grace Has Ideas On A Misplaced Reboot
Whereas Maggie Grace’s tenure as Shannon Rutherford in Misplaced was short-lived, given her character was killed off in Season 2, she’s most positively a part of the present’s household. Plus, contemplating this yr marks 20 years because it premiered on ABC, she was just lately requested by Folks about her ideas on a reboot.
Right here’s what she needed to say:
I feel the fan neighborhood by no means felt like they actually acquired the reply they had been on the lookout for on the finish. So I feel it could be actually fascinating to type of take some parts, untangle them and run with them in a unique route. I feel there is a leaping-off level additional again. That I’d be fascinated by seeing. In the event that they ever had been to [launch a reboot], I’d consider it extra like a inventive remix. Not like a direct extension, not a selecting up the place they left off, however extra listed below are issues we predict we find out about this world. Or can we?
It’s true. Lots of followers’ enjoyment of the beloved sci-fi collection (which is now streaming for these with a Netflix subscription and Hulu subscription) was considerably tainted by the dearth of solutions to huge questions being teased all through its six-year run.
When Maggie Grace was requested about her ideas on a reboot, she urged that the franchise ought to have a brand new tackle the island, maybe with new characters, moderately than selecting up the place the finale left off.
Now, should you’ve completed the collection, that will be fairly unimaginable anyway. Whereas I completely agree together with her that if Misplaced was rebooted it needs to be extra of a “inventive remix” than a sequel or remake, her feedback solely make me want that the unique collection continues to be left alone.
Why I, A Big Misplaced Fan, Am Not Itching For One other Misplaced TV Sequence
I don’t suppose you will discover a much bigger Misplaced fan than me, until you actually regarded arduous. I’ve rewatched the collection just a few occasions, after being completely obsessed when it got here out. I proceed to name it my favourite TV present, though there are some clear flaws that I actually can’t ignore. The rationale why Maggie Grace’s feedback don’t excite me for a reboot is that, whereas I agree that’s the way in which it needs to be finished if it ought to occur, I don’t suppose going again to the island with new characters to reply previous questions will probably be very satisfying at this level.
I feel what made Misplaced so good was its character research throughout the present, and I proceed to imagine that the collection fully works without having to know why the polar bears are there or the origins of the smoke monster. I personally suppose the entire present was in the end an allegory for the unanswered questions of life and the universe, and the way we’ll by no means absolutely be glad or perceive the world’s mysteries. And, I discovered the unique ending to be satisfying as is on a personality degree.
Plus, there’s been just a few stable reveals like Misplaced over time. Notably, Showtime’s Yellowjackets appears like Misplaced reincarnated, however it’s about teen ladies and is much more f-ed up. Very similar to Misplaced, there are countless theories, mysteries and actually emotional character arcs that go between the previous and current. I’m fully glad with that being my alternative collection for Misplaced moderately than writers making an attempt to shoe within the present’s lore simply to do it.
Anyway, I can’t wait to see Maggie Grace when the Fits LA premiere arrives on NBC this Sunday, February 23. And in the case of Misplaced, let’s simply depart it alone.