Story: The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Man Who Never Was
Written By: Gareth Roberts
Length: 2 Episodes
Year: 2011
The final story of the Sarah Jane Adventures is a decent little adventure of Sarah and the gang taking on a sort of Apple Computer corporation. The actual founder hasn’t been seen in the flesh for years, because he actually had died in an accident years prior (sort of weird that Steve Jobs passed not long after this episode aired). The man has been kept alive through the use of a hologram, controlled by an evil company leader and a group of alien slaves.
Sarah, Sky, and the visiting Luke take on the company on the inside, while Mr. Smith, Clyde, and Rani take it on from the outside. It is a decent episode, certainly enjoyable with a nice little family story about Luke and Sky learning to become sudden brother and sister. And a family story between the Smiths is a decent way to go out for this series.
Clearly this was not originally meant to be a finale, it was meant to be just an episode in the middle...the finale was never shot before Sladen passed, but the producers managed to end the show with a nice little adventure with a family subplot...which actually quite naturally fit the final few moments of the second episode: a series of clips from the past 4 and half years, seeing the characters on adventures and being this little family unit they became, with Liz Sladen narrating that she found family on Earth (most of the seasons have begun and ended with little “finding adventure and family on Earth” narration by Sladen), and I think the series ends on a rather nice note, with text saying the adventure goes on forever.
It definitely was a happy note to end the show on, and I’m glad Luke was involved as well.
NEXT TIME: SJA Series 5 Recap
Written By: Gareth Roberts
Length: 2 Episodes
Year: 2011
The final story of the Sarah Jane Adventures is a decent little adventure of Sarah and the gang taking on a sort of Apple Computer corporation. The actual founder hasn’t been seen in the flesh for years, because he actually had died in an accident years prior (sort of weird that Steve Jobs passed not long after this episode aired). The man has been kept alive through the use of a hologram, controlled by an evil company leader and a group of alien slaves.
Clearly this was not originally meant to be a finale, it was meant to be just an episode in the middle...the finale was never shot before Sladen passed, but the producers managed to end the show with a nice little adventure with a family subplot...which actually quite naturally fit the final few moments of the second episode: a series of clips from the past 4 and half years, seeing the characters on adventures and being this little family unit they became, with Liz Sladen narrating that she found family on Earth (most of the seasons have begun and ended with little “finding adventure and family on Earth” narration by Sladen), and I think the series ends on a rather nice note, with text saying the adventure goes on forever.
It definitely was a happy note to end the show on, and I’m glad Luke was involved as well.
NEXT TIME: SJA Series 5 Recap
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