11/22/63 ending (spoilers)

When the the finale began at "the moment" instead of building to "the moment", I guess it hit me that this was really more of a love story between Jake and Sadie than stopping the assassination.

I didn't mind that in resetting the cycle and letting President Kennedy die, he saved a good person instead of working to save someone he didn't even know.

I was actually surprised how much I liked an ending I normally wouldn't have liked.

I also liked how Jake wasn't exactly a cool customer. For what was marketed as a time traveling thriller, you would think our protagonist would be suave badass. Jake was a bumbling English teacher that really wasn't up for this kind of adventure and nearly fricked it all up every step of the way. I kinda liked that.

I also had no knowledge of this story before the show and had never heard of the book.

As a book reader...I'm glad the series stayed true to the book. I know they strayed away from the book in many places, but at least they stayed true to the ending. If you didn't read the book and like the show...READ THE BOOK. Cannot say this enough. You will enjoy the story even more.



The story IS primarily a love story, that happens to take place alongside a guy time traveling to save JFK. While of course I would have loved for the book to end where Sadie and Jack live happily ever after, I'm content that Sadie and Jack both end up happy...just not with each other. As a chick I teared up a lil at the end of the show when he's dancing with older Sadie and they show younger Sadie...to show that he still sees the girl he loved in the older version.