But neither of those would have proceed properly from the narrative. They would have been surprising because they would have been out of character and not established by previous events. When a writers room has done a good job of establishing who their characters are they really can’t surprise anybody, because we know these people.
“But neither of those would have proceed properly from the narrative.”
Because that’s how they wrote the show. You do realize that, right?
“They would have been surprising because they would have been out of character and not established by previous events.”
Again, that’s how the wrote it, but with a few tweaks earlier in the season they could have had scenes where the son showed how appalled he was by the father, for instance, and how shooting his father in the finale would have made sense. It just depends on what is written. Remember, WW started as a decent, honest, hard working man, a teacher. He sure as hell was not a murdering dope maker when the show started. There was a story arc - a long one. That’s why I think Newhart’s ending was the greatest of all shows because it made perfect sense (because of the previous series) and yet had absolutely nothing to do with the series itself. All issues were resolved - it was just a dream. In BB, little was truly resolved. People died, but things were not really resolved. All the characters were dead or miserable. Even Aaron Paul’s character was still a little ne’er-do-well who would probably die or an overdose. All the characters were dead, broken, shells of their former selves, or useless. Heck, it might as well have been ended by a dream.