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Marti Noxon - Point Fate Not Pleasant ?

Tuesday 15 March 2005, by Webmaster

Marti Noxon, executive producer of Fox’s struggling supernatural series Point Pleasant, told SCI FI Wire that she and the writing staff are crafting a season finale that will provide a sense of closure in part because she doubts the show will get picked up for a second season. The finale will leave some threads dangling, but will also wrap things up for fans who tuned in to all 13 episodes. "I’m pretty much counting on not coming back," Noxon said in an interview. "Our numbers make [Fox’s quickly canceled series] North Shore look like a hit. That sucks, but I’ve gotten past the pain."

Point Pleasant stars Elisabeth Harnois as Christina Nickson, the teenage daughter of the devil and a mortal woman, whose presence in the town of Point Pleasant, N.J., kicks off the ultimate battle between the forces of good and evil.

"The only thing that kills me is that I feel like the show got a lot better as we found what worked and what didn’t work," Noxon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) said. "You go through this process and see results, and you’re already dead, which is hard. And we are plotting the finale so that it will be satisfying if we get canceled. But it’s also a big fat cliffhanger so we can continue the second season in my backyard sock puppet theater." Point Pleasant airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.


6 Forum messages

  • > Marti Noxon - Point Fate Not Pleasant ?

    15 March 2005 23:56, by liamsgirl
    This show is slowly but surely getting a lot more interesting, I find myself caring about certain characters but I must admit its taken a while. Being a Brit we are not as far ahead with the show as you guys, does it continue to improve? I don’t understand why Fox won’t give shows a chance, surely they must realise that it can take time for an audience to start to warm up a little? Maybe I just don’t understand how American tv works.

  • > Marti Noxon - Point Fate Not Pleasant ?

    16 March 2005 04:23, by Pam
    This is too sad. I’ve been watching since the beginning and the show has improved a lot. It’s a shame that the ratings are so low. Everybody knows the Nielsen ratings are a sham yet no one does anything to change things. Until then, we are stuck with crap like Everybody Loves Raymond and ER-which I guess will be on for all eternity.

  • > Marti Noxon - Point Fate Not Pleasant ?

    16 March 2005 04:26, by DungeonRaider
    This is a definite shame. The show did indeed start very slow and I know a lot of people were turned off by the very first episode but it has improved considerably from episode to episode IMO. It was very "soap-like" in the first episode or two but that seems to have dwindled off as the show got darker and the actors became more comfortable in the roles.

  • > Marti Noxon - Point Fate Not Pleasant ?

    18 March 2005 00:30, by Anonymous
    Honestly, the show wasn’t that good. I tried so hard to like it but I found myself turning the channel. Oh well, after BTVS and Angel everything else in the genre pales in comparison.

  • > Marti Noxon - Point Fate Not Pleasant ?

    21 March 2005 07:26, by DungeonRaider

    I hadn’t even seen the latest episode when I made my previous post but have now.. it was fantastic!

    I understand where the people who couldn’t keep watching beyond the first few episodes as it did take a few eps to hit it’s stride but each episode since then has been as good if not better than all the shows before it.

    I also think a lot of people were expecting to have a comedy element like Buffy and didn’t give it a chance - if they’d stuck with it to date I doubt any of them would be changing the channel now.

    Hopefully once the show has finished the thirteen episodes it’ll be repeated at least once before a decision is made whether it’ll return. That way word of mouth might get more people watching it and the network can take the rating for the repeats into account.

  • > Marti Noxon - Point Fate Not Pleasant ?

    25 March 2005 16:47, by mxims
    I really looked forward to Point Pleasant every week. I can’t say that about many shows on the air. It would be a shame if the show didn’t get the opportunity to grow and evolve. I think it would really develop a fanbase.