The Muppets’ first season finished its sixteen episodes’ run with the double season finale: ‘Generally Inhospitable’ and ‘Because... Love.’ These latest four episodes try to give a sense of closure to the various storylines, but it’s not always a successful result narrative-wise.
The first part of the season finale deals with Miss Piggy that breaks her ankle during rehearsal. She doesn’t want to admit that she can’t goes on, but she is forced to go to the hospital and Pizza wants her replaced. This first episode focuses on the Pizza’s “demise”: this is the first antagonist of The Muppets’ new formula, but he’s not an interesting addition so far.
This will bring to an unexpected turn: a sort of cliffhanger. Their breakup anticipated the beginning of this new The Muppets’ installment and now their possible reconciliation is closing the season. What I didn’t expect was the final moment: we don’t get an answer from Miss Piggy, and we are left hanging. The answer seems quite obvious, but they are trying to keep the audience waiting for the possible season two premiere.
I honestly believe that The Muppets could have been more coherent during these first sixteen episodes. I didn’t love plenty of writing’s choices, and sometimes the show wasn’t entertaining enough. But it has a huge potential, so I will likely watch the next season as well.
The ratings have been falling so much and we can not be sure about the ABC’s show future: we will have to wait and see, if they will be renewed or not.
What do you think about The Muppets' season finale and first season?
