Imaginary conversation with AnE at an airport bar:
Me: Wow, SO cool to meet you, I used to LOVE your show! Here, let me buy you a drink!
AnE: Thanks!!! ... wait ... what?? ... What do you mean 'used to' ?
Me: Well this is awkward, can't we just leave it at 'nice to met you'?
AnE: Ah, NO! Explain please!
Me: Season one was brilliant, really. Bad ass strong women driving the story (and I will be a bit shallow at this point & mention they are not hard on the eyes), unexpected twists (Little Red Riding Hood is a werewolf! Ripping the heart out of the Huntsman in the mid-season final! Snow White is a bandit Don't get me started on Rumpelstiltskin!!! ... I could go one on & on ...)
And then, to top it all off, you resolved the big series arc at the end of the first season! That took balls!!!
(Male announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.)
Me: (another deep sigh) ... I have to admit I wondered where you where going to go in the next season. It felt like you did not expect the series to be picked up so you kinda shot your wad (no insult intended).
AnE: ... you have more to say, I can tell!
Me: Nope, no more to say. (Takes a pull from the pint and glances up as ESPN)
AnE: I have a super power ...
Me: (side eye) Seriously!?!! ...
(Female announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.)
Me: OK, fine ... Season Two wasn't so bad, I liked Cora and Hook, I liked Snow and Emma in the Enchanted Forest, although you kinda dropped the ball on that one ... I liked Regina's conflict ... but something felt a bit off .. I chalked it up to a sophomore slump.
Me: (sigh) are you really going to make me go one?
(Male announcer: The red zone has always been for loading and unloading of passengers. There's never stopping in a white zone.)
(Female announcer: Don't you tell me which zone is for loading, and which zone is for stopping!)
Me: Alright, ALRIGHT!!! All the cards on the table then! You changed the story on me!!! You made me fall in love with characters and stories you had no intention of being faithful to!!!! If I had known you where going to turn these awesome women into 'trop' shells and f*cking Twilight wannabees I would never had bothered!!! If I had known you where going to have absolutely NO continuity in your story lines I would not have bothered!!! If I had known you thought so LITTLE of my intelligence that you could just pull utter crap out of your arse and think I would not notice I would not have bothered!!! If I had known you would make my favorite characters unrecognizable I would not have bothered!!! If I had known ...
AnE: Hang on, hang ON! That is all a bit harsh! It IS our story after all! And we will tell it like we want!!
Me: Understood ... and I hope you understand that I no longer like the story you are telling ...
Me: (sad face & more beer) Its too bad though ... it could have been amazing.
AnE: ... what are you saying??
Me: I don't think this is going to work, we are just too different now, (gets up from the bar) Really this is for the best, its not you, its me ...
(Male announcer: Listen Betty, don't start up with your white zone shit again.)
Me: .. No, actually it is you (takes the last swig of beer and starts to walk away)
AnE: WAIT! .. There must be something I can do to make this right! Please! Please give me a second chance!!!
Me: (glances back) You know what to do ... you just have to be brave enough to do it.
(ABC: There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?)