u/smedsterwho

I feel we often have to add that disclaimer "first three seasons" when recommending - which isn't to throw too much shade at Season 4, but it does change the show from "flawless gem" to "Your mileage may vary" or "bloated, messy, often genius revival".

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But if that was it - 53 episodes, cut down cruelly in 2006, just before DVDs and streaming really took off, spawned so many knock-offs, the "comedians comedian", etc etc...

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I feel there would still be a collective mourning of the perfect sitcom being killed by a network that didn't quite know what to do with it.

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I really love S4, but it does somewhat complicate the legacy of the show. There wasn't an inch of fat on the show, or a word wasted, or an opportunity for a background joke missed. Just perfect.

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(Yes, I know I'm not mentioning S5, and I know some people don't love S3 either)

Sidney's daughter, Tatum, along with Sidney herself, is under threat from two Ghostface killers. Who knows their motives? Maybe it's "keep the franchise going".

At the end, Tatum is all alone, with two Ghostface killers facing her, probably doing their synchronized knife-clean. Sidney was killed earlier.

So Ghostface is turning up against Tatum, and Tatum is doing her thing. Kicking, scratching, turning the tables, using whatever props are at hand.

Second Ghostface turns up, Tatum's fked... We have the runaround of Ghostfaces chasing around Tatum, the one we want to live.

And then, out of nowhere, the second Ghostface plunges the knife into first Ghostface. Stab stab stab.

And Ghostface #2 pulls off her mask. It's Sidney. She beat her killer and then actually put on the outfit, and joined in, acting like she was Ghostface #2, pretending for all of 20 seconds she was there to join in and kill Tatum.

Imagine that reveal: Sidney drops the mask and shrugs off the gown. She's donned the outfit, while bleeding heavily, in a last gasp to trick Ghostface #1 and save her daughter. Ghostface #2 is dead elsewhere.

The last Ghostface is... Sidney, dressing up, tricking the other one, there to save her daughter.

Fin.

There's my statement for the title, but I have an open question at the end.

I try to never use the word "belief" in my life - I personally don't think belief is a virtue for humanity. Belief, in my personal definition, is "I happily and proudly think something is true despite having no good reason to think so".

To take Bigfoot for an example (simply because someone used it as an example elsewhere): I don't need a belief position on Bigfoot. It's either "I don't know", "I am convinced to a degree because of XYZ", or "I am unconvinced to a degree because of XYZ".

Evidence for or against can sway that opinion.

When I was younger, I felt the same as my title, but I did have exceptions: "I believe my wife loves me", "I have a general faith in humanity", "I believe I will wake up tomorrow".

But I realized over time these were category errors, they're basically levels of confidence, or sometimes predictions.

I've yet to find anything in life I need a belief position on. I might extrapolate further and suggest none of us have beliefs: just at best deeply held convictions, some based on good reasons, some based on poor reasons.

But my open question, if I may be so bold, can anyone shake me by giving an example of something that might be a belief that I or anyone employs in real life?

(I know "God" is the obvious one, and this is DebateReligion, but I guess I come at this from either a psyche way or semantics way, and that belief is not used or required in any facet of our life)

Edit:

My ninja edit, for not being excellent with my semantics, is: "I'm looking for challenges to the claim I live a life without any unsubstantiated beliefs".

In January 2016, The Abominable Bride was shown in cinemas across the world, especially Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, China, South Korea.

"The special cinema showing has grossed an international total of $38,400,603"

That's pretty stunning for what's effectively "just" a 90 minutes BBC drama. Bring on another special 😎

I love the episode - that final shot at Baker Street is my favourite of the series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\\\_Abominable\\\_Bride