I thought I was alone!

ian-hall

I can't believe, after such a long time, people are still so moved by this series. I thought I was the only one. I can remember watching the first episode and thinking how brilliant it was, then to be surprised that it was on every week for 22 episodes. I was completely hooked like never before. I have to applaud all involved in the series for such a polished product. I can see why some might have thought it was bad because it explored all sorts of emotion within the viewer. You couldn't help being for Buck one minute, then against him the next, back and forth with your loyalty. It really played with your good and dark sides for the whole duration. It must be the only series i have ever allowed myself to be so fully engrossed. So much going on at so many different levels. Gary Cole has to be the best bad (no! Satanic) man ever. I hated the way he tortured Ben one moment. Then loved the way he led you to believe he was helping him and trying to develop him into a better man the next.

Miss Coombs was perfect as the sexy, masochistic, sadistic temptress, and a school teacher too. Brilliant!!!! Caleb was excellent as the innocent prodigy. You could actually see him learning all the time. He could clearly progress to Lukas's ways and worse, but he was fighting against his own darkness.

People prepared to trade their soul for their own version of wealth, only to fall flat, and even when they did, you were left questioning your own standards because you didn't know whether to sympathise with them or Lukas. So much scope for endless stories.

SO WHY THE HELL WAS IT STOPPED. I would love this series to be resurrected. This is the first time ever, that I have been moved enough about any art to write about it. Shaun Cassidy and Sam Raimi are ingenious, brilliant, multi-tallented. My criticism is - NOT ENOUGH!!!! You guys should launch this stuff on DVD and Video to just test the water. If that is all it is. I think you would be surprised! you have created a monster (Thats Buck............. with a B)

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ian-hall 9 January 2004

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