I think I just stumbled upon "Jon & Kate Plus 8" early this year and got absolutely obsessed with it. On and off, I watched how the parents handled a crowded, chaotic and yet exhilarating house. Then, sometime in this summer I came across a piece of Yahoo news about the danger of their marriage, and quickly enough, the event unfolded with Paparazzi being involved, the Mom and Dad being apart, and the castle of joy and blessing being stormed. I felt shocked about all these, and would read their stories next to a stand for a long time. Although this might be the longest reality show that I've followed in the States (my other favorite is "The Biggest loser"), it didn't keep my interest for that long. Or, maybe because I thought a nice family episode now turned into yet another tabloid story, what a shame.
Tonight, I stumbled upon the show again. Ironically, it's the Series Finale. Most of the time was Kate's talking. She kept saying "It ended too soon", and she "never had a clear picture about its ending". And I got emotional at some point by watching scenes when the kids had enjoyed being with their Mom and Dad in doing all kinds of crazy things. Although I'm pretty skeptical about how final this finale would really be, since to me American shows can always have "pre" or "post" series, still, at least this particular ending was pretty powerful.
When Kate talked to her kids that she will not be wearing the wedding ring much longer, the kids were upset. However, when she told them that she will buy a ring for herself that has eight diamonds surrounded by mother of pearl, the kids were extremely happy. I like symbolic stuff, so I like this line.
I guess I would probably check from time to time how Kate and her eight kids are doing in the future. Their lives have been changed from the life sharing experience. And I thought this would be a pretty proper post on the Thanksgiving Day.
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