This was a fitting end to this great show. For 8 seasons Jim was always a guy trying to do the right thing but sometimes for the wrong reasons. The guest stars are hilarious, Erik Estrada as a smiling leering devil only to be outdone by Lee Majors as an ogling God (Leering at Courtney Thorne Smith) as he tries to rush things so he can go play golf with Bob Hope. It was a hilarious parody of the hypocrisy of religion and it's leaders who are supposed to be morally upstanding but fail miserably.
The ending of the episode was a perfect example of the running theme of the series: No matter the tribulations in life your family is your family and love will get you through things and keep you together always. A fine end to a funny show.
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Heaven Opposed to this episode !
elshikh414 February 2013
Warning: Spoilers
(According to Jim) isn't an excellent show. Though, it's sometimes well written, and all the time has a good message; concerning marriage, fatherhood, or else. However, this time, in the show's finale, while having some good writing, it has impudence as well. Unearthly, rather hellish, impudence!
Good things first. The idea of Jim being dead and getting confused between heaven and hell is fantastic. Many laughs were produced through some situations (Jim tries to work his way to heaven by cheating), or lines (how do you know someone that evil? I wasn't talking to you!). The cameos of (Dan Aykroyd, Erik Estrada, and Lee Majors) were surprising and refreshing. All the cast did right, especially (Larry Joe Campbell) as (Andy) in his hysterical paroxysm as lower / witness / the witness's mother / the witness's father!
Then, to the bad points. The plot of a trail for the show's finale, where the main character gets "judged", was done before in the end of another, more than little-known sitcom named (Seinfeld). Yes, the (According to Jim) writers added heaven and hell, made the show's characters as the court's members, and ended it differently than (Seinfeld), but still, using the finale's plot of a wildly successful show proves something uncreative around. Nevertheless, this is the slightest problem around!
Now to the deeper, uglier, problems. If embodying god is usual in the American TV shows or movies, then this is one of the worst times ever to do such a deed. I mean how to agree with embodying god as a horny man?! The moment of (Courtney Thorne-Smith) as (Cheryl), resorting to seduce god, was extremely awful. I hated the shameless blasphemy of it. It's unacceptable and unfunny.
Moreover, the episode's message. Oh God. It's about "I'm not changing", "I'm fine with what I am". This is like the worst message at all, regarding anybody, so how about - of all people - our Jim?! And when all of Jim's family stipulates going to hell with him; it is the top of naivety for sure. I know. It's all in Jim's head. And he imagines his own trail and maybe the salvation that he wants. But com'on. He, along with the writers, should have had some conscience, so Jim might see his faults, and LEARN himself a moral lesson from them, because honestly the message in hand, about praising selfishness, justifying faultiness, yet falling in love with that, is so unbearably immoral!
Despite its good side, I see that with blasphemy, and such a dumb message, this episode suffers from a heavy load of impudence. Hence, it has to go straightly to the hell of the most terrible art works I have watched. And that's According to me, not Jim!
Good things first. The idea of Jim being dead and getting confused between heaven and hell is fantastic. Many laughs were produced through some situations (Jim tries to work his way to heaven by cheating), or lines (how do you know someone that evil? I wasn't talking to you!). The cameos of (Dan Aykroyd, Erik Estrada, and Lee Majors) were surprising and refreshing. All the cast did right, especially (Larry Joe Campbell) as (Andy) in his hysterical paroxysm as lower / witness / the witness's mother / the witness's father!
Then, to the bad points. The plot of a trail for the show's finale, where the main character gets "judged", was done before in the end of another, more than little-known sitcom named (Seinfeld). Yes, the (According to Jim) writers added heaven and hell, made the show's characters as the court's members, and ended it differently than (Seinfeld), but still, using the finale's plot of a wildly successful show proves something uncreative around. Nevertheless, this is the slightest problem around!
Now to the deeper, uglier, problems. If embodying god is usual in the American TV shows or movies, then this is one of the worst times ever to do such a deed. I mean how to agree with embodying god as a horny man?! The moment of (Courtney Thorne-Smith) as (Cheryl), resorting to seduce god, was extremely awful. I hated the shameless blasphemy of it. It's unacceptable and unfunny.
Moreover, the episode's message. Oh God. It's about "I'm not changing", "I'm fine with what I am". This is like the worst message at all, regarding anybody, so how about - of all people - our Jim?! And when all of Jim's family stipulates going to hell with him; it is the top of naivety for sure. I know. It's all in Jim's head. And he imagines his own trail and maybe the salvation that he wants. But com'on. He, along with the writers, should have had some conscience, so Jim might see his faults, and LEARN himself a moral lesson from them, because honestly the message in hand, about praising selfishness, justifying faultiness, yet falling in love with that, is so unbearably immoral!
Despite its good side, I see that with blasphemy, and such a dumb message, this episode suffers from a heavy load of impudence. Hence, it has to go straightly to the hell of the most terrible art works I have watched. And that's According to me, not Jim!
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