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Hidden Palms: That's It?

Greta and Johnny

After so much scandalous sex, plentiful suspicious parental figures, and slightly shady neighbors, we have to admit to some disappointment about the Hidden Palms finale. We felt like the ending was kind of rushed after all the clues, buildup, and misdirection. The tension was there; the motives clear. And then... Maria Nolan killed herself, and suddenly everyone in Palm Springs is ready to put the suicide behind them. Without evidence or proof. Because it's finally over.

Except... isn't that EXACTLY what happened the first time around, with Eddie's supposed suicide? No one asked questions, everyone made assumptions, and it took Johnny's arrival in town to stir up the mystery again. You'd think these folks would learn not to make the same mistake twice! But they totally did, and they seemed content to embrace in the light of police sirens -- and then never discuss the Nolans again.

How could no one notice Skip pocketing that laptop!? It was so obvious. We're thinking that must've been a setup for a possible second season (which, sob, we doubt we'll ever get to see).

Were you surprised that Maria Nolan sent Johnny that video of Eddie's final moments? After telling him to butt out, it seemed weird that she'd choose him, out of everyone else in the town she could've shared it with. Why wouldn't she send it to Cliff, Liza, or even Greta? All of them at least knew her son, unlike Johnny. Plus, if Skip finds out Johnny has that tape, Johnny's a marked man.

What we loved: Nikki giving Cliff another chance. How hot was their reunion makeout session when Nikki told him to wait! Yeah, he cheated... but Michael Cassidy's so convincing with those full-blown apologies and puppy dog eyes. We really believe he won't do it again (well, and the woman he used to be involved with is dead, so that won't be happening!).Minimal Jesse Jo this episode, but as usual, he stepped in to offer some much-needed advice to Nikki. We would've liked to see him in another scene with Johnny, though.

Bob continued to be awesome in his five minutes onscreen, demanding that Karen love him for who he is. Finally, Karen saw the light and decided to move on from her husband's suicide. And Johnny seemed happy with the situation.

How creepy was that last scene with Skip and Greta, when she kissed him and called him "Dad?" Skip was a little too satisfied with himself, and we got chills thinking about how easily he'd won Greta's trust (she seemed a LITTLE harder to crack than that!) We have to think that if this show had gotten a second season, it would've involved Johnny investigating Skip, much to Greta's dismay, and perhaps it would've led to trouble between Johnny and Greta.

But we're speculating -- probably because even though the finale wasn't everything we'd hoped it would be, at its best moments, Hidden Palms delivered some pretty awesome summer TV and some unforgettable characters (Cliff, Jesse Jo). We're not ready to say goodbye. Are you? How are you dealing with the finale? Was the mystery's conclusion what you expected? What would you want to see in a second season? Tell us!

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please bring back hidden palms. this show is great!!!! i have been looking on this web site to see when it will come back on. CW will loose in rating if they do not bring them back. that is the only show i watch on there any way. so cw help your self.... BRING HIDDEN PALMS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BRING BACK HIDDEN PALMS! IT WAS SUCH A GOOD SHOW AND WAS MY HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK! I LOVE IT, SO BRING IT BACK!

PLEASE, PLEASE bring the show back, I'm a young Mom who hasn't watched a series in years, this was my down time, my escape... I LOVED IT!!! I was dissapointed by anything, the show always kept me on the edge of my seat. Every week I only waited for Hidden Palms to be on!!! :o)

PLEASE BRING BACK HIDDEN PALMS!! It was an addicting show. I loved it. please bring it back for a 2nd season. Please CW bring a great show back to a great station.

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I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ANOTHER SEASON ALL THE GOOD SHOWS GO BUT THIS SHOW HAS TO COME BACK ITS BETTER THAN THE O.C PLEASE BRING BACK HIDDEN PALMS PLEASE I MISS IT SO MUCH I BETTA SEE IT IN THE FALL IT WAS SO INTENSE BRING IT BACKPPPPPPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEE IT SPELLS PLEASE

Get the show back on!!! Im hooked!!

i want the investigation to go on! put the show back on! its crazy that you ended it after one season! its a great showww! put it backk!

please put this show back on i am totally hooked it's the least you can do since you took away gilmore girls amd 7th heaven don't take this one away too

Put my show back on i dont care if i was the only one watching this this sucks now i dont have a show to watch Hidden palms was the only show dat kept me home out of trouble. lol.

hey I think you guys should have another season the first one was really good

Months and weeks before the show even came on, and you'd see previews, I was hooked already. So many of my friends dissed me watching this show all the time [because it's a reality show], and watched one episode in the middle of the season, and instantly fell in love. I think if you guys shut this show down, you'll lose a lot of viewers for other shows. You guys basically repeat every show, with the exception of One Tree Hill, Smallville, and shows like that. While, I've been a longtime viewer of One Tree Hill, and hooked into the characters and settings; I favored Hidden Palms after the first episode. I think others will agree, when I think that you should keep the show. Conjure something creative up, if you can think of Dan killing Keith in One Tree Hill, in the very late season. I'm sure, you can think of something mysteriously eye-catching for Hidden Palms. Please listen to our requests, and don't take them in lightly.

I really liked the show Hidden Palms. All of my friends also really liked it. I think if there was another season it would do so well. This show could turn into something so great. They can't leave us hanging like that! What did Johnny do with the tape? There are so many questions that have to be answered in another season.

I really got into this show around the third episode. Now it's over - PLEASE bring it back for at least one more season!!

I LOVE THAT SHOW!! It was the best show ive ever seen!!! Please make another season!! However I think it should be more teen appropriate(no sex)! Please thats the best show you guys ever produced!!!!

I love this show so much. it can't end here please come on at least one more season. I want to get this season on dvd. my mom and I were glued to the tv every wensday at eight.

y hp end so soon!!!!!!!!! i love that show and i cant believe its over i really was hooked on it. cliff, skip, greta, and the others are really intresting to watch. PLEASE bring the show back everyone i know was soo sad to see the show go.

This show is loved eaven in Bulgaria..you gotta run season 2

My sister and I love this show and are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... dissapointed to see it go! What are we going to do without being able to escape from our hetic daily lives for one hour and fall into the lives of the Hidden Palms gang?!?!? Please bring the show back!!!!!!

Would love to see a second season of Hidden Palms. I never missed a single episode and am very disappointed to hear that it is over. There are not many good things on tv to watch so you have to bring this back!

i love this show. i havent got to see the finale yet. i wish they would show it again. i hope there is another season.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <BRING IT BACK. BRING IT BACK. BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I love this show! I am so sad it's over! I hope we get more seasons!

I loved Hidden Palms... never missed it and i never got enough of it. Please bring a second season

Hidden Palms is a great show. And I really want a season 2! Especially with all the set ups they left behind for a possible pick up! Please bring back hidden palms CW 11 its amazing!

Please bring back Hidden Palms. I was hooked from the get-go. I LOVE the show!!!!!!!!

i totally called the whole accident-murder thing with Eddie, Maria, and Skip. this show is too awesome to be over!!!

BRING ON THE SECOND SEASSONNNNNN!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Hidden palms is such a great show!!!! I loved Cliff and glad he is persuing other acting jobs like smallville which is my all time favorite show thats still on air!!! PLLZZZZ make a second season!!! Cw is the best channel EVER!!!

ah i loved it!! bring it back

HA-HA. If you guys think that Hidden Palms brought great ratings and viewership for the cw then you're kind of wrong. Because its been getting LOW ratings right from the very beginning. It's totaly worse than season 3 of Veronica Mars. I'm glad HP is cancelled, maybe CW can learn to not air bad shows!

please save hidden palms, i love that show! Though i've missed some of the episodes, this show was so interesting!!!

This is the first time I have watched every episode of anything! I was drawn to it because I watched part of the set up and filming in downtown Palm Springs (I live in P.S). By the end of the 3rd episode, I was really enjoying the charachters and the trashiness of it all. I also enjoyed the role of Jesse Jo very much. I have enjoyed Leslie Jordan in other productions and think he added a lot to the show. I will be VERY dissapointed if the CW doesn't bring it back, and will be very dissapointed in the CW as well!

i am really sad. i loved this show so much and now i cant believe its not on anymore. the finale was a little rushed but i was soo looking foward to seeing a second reason. If people gave it a chance deff would have gotten high ratings. pretty sad that its not on anymore.
i am very dissappointed

Please save hidden palms!
Maybe the show was abit werid but nothings perfect.. i really loved this show and i got really addicted to it.. its gunna suck not watching anymore of it.!
SAVE IT!

Please bring back Hidden Palms. It was a program that held my interest and a whole lot of other people. I know the CW can use the viewership and ratings so this will be one program to increase those items. Hidden Palms had a wonderful cast and can hold it's own with any other program on TV.

please bring hidden palms back

Jackie,

Thanks, I know you guys are basically affiliated with the CW. But have the CW source in your name is a direct connection to them which is much more of an impact than we've had for the past few weeks with the campaingn. It's hard to tell if Dawn has even gotten everything we've sent.

With that said I'm very grateful that they'll (hopefully) get a chance to see that many of us have used HP to get us through our VM less summer. With that said again thanks for anything and everything you've tried to help save Hidden Palms.

If I can I'm honoring ya'll at CWsource as Palmers and proud members of the Coconut team ;)

Thanks again,

Lisa

Save Hidden Palms Campaign manager,

palms.svfan.com

PLEASE BRING HIDDEN PALMS BACK, ITS ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS I HAVE EVER SEEN. WITH A LIITLE MORE ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY HIDDEN PALMS WILL BE THE NEXT BIG THING. PLEASE O PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!

I really enjoyed last night's episode. It was exciting, and would have been absolutely great had the CW let it be a season finale. It left so many unanswered questions, and if the CW doesn't change their minds, we may never get those answers.

And just need to say: that twist(and it truly was twisted) was great. I never expected Skip to have anything to do w/his wife's death. I guess it's really true: nothing is as it seems in Palm Springs. TV Palm Springs anyways.

I loved it and want a second season!! PLEASE

I loved it and want a second season!! PLEASE

i still can't figure out why cliff kicked that dog!

the season finale was the worst finale ive ever seen they made me regret ever watching hidden palms but i still love it save hidden palms and stop horrible season finales that dont make sense

PLEASE BRING HIDDEN PALMS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was an amazing episode. It really didn't end right though.

I just have so many questions left unanswered. Why/how Skip and Maria killed Greta's mom? Why and when did Maria send that email to Johnny? What about Nikki and Cliff? Will Greta find out that her dad is a murderer?

I really think we need a second season. It would keep us all interested for a long time. CW doesn't know what they are doing to us!

If shows didn't have flaws, there wouldn't be critics. Nothing on this planet is gonna be perfect.

I REALLY enjoyed the finale episode last night. Sure it was predictable at times, but given less than 60 minutes to conclude, it was fitting and satisfying -- while leaving that door open for an improbable second season (*thanks mucho, The CW*). It also hit me that my show is now gone. Zip. That's it? AAAAAGGHHHHH!!

With The CW to let a show's finale air on July 4th, historically one of the top 3 least viewed days of the whole year, it's their final slap in the face to display their utter resentment of Hidden Palms. Their treatment of this program, right from the get-go, has been despicable. Why did they even proceed with filming if they've never had any faith in the show??

The backlash may not be as widespread as a major network's treatment of a loved show...but it is VERY obviously there with Hidden Palms.

And CW's goal is to become a major network? That just ain't gonna happen based on their actions here. Lots of people are waiting to see those gleefully advertised fall CW shows fail, one by one.

After kissing the Hidden Palms fanbase goodbye, maybe The CW will wake up and see that they screwed up MAJOR here. But I doubt it, don't you?

The conclusion to this clearly neglected series was, as obvious as broad daylight, not a conclusion in the least. Writer Kevin Williamson said himself the final episode would open another can of worms, propelling the characters and the plot into further suspense, scandal, and mystery.

How did Greta's mother really die? What is Skip going to do with the laptop? Will Johnny use the incriminating evidence against Skip to expose the truth, or will he let leaves fall where they will and try not to stir up any more chaos in the already distressed town of Palm Springs?

All these questions remain, with only a few glimmers of hope for fans to grasp as they fight for a second season. And boy are we fighting. Fan sites, petitions, campaigns and coconuts, even Myspaces, have all come to be dedicated to saving this show. Fans don't want to see it leave, and the network wanted a hit (unfortunately they had no faith in the show and gave up on it before it began). With the right advertising and effort, Hidden Palms could be resurrected from its freshly turned grave to come back during the regular tv season stronger than some of the greats, like The O.C. The CW has underestimated the power of its viewers to support and excel a show.

We'll just have to watch; can Hidden Palms be saved? Will the CW finally realize its mistakes and seek to correct them, perhaps putting HP back in the lineup and promoting it better than before (which shouldn't be hard)? Is there justice in the world of television? These seem to be the true pressing matters at hand. Hopefully someone will pay them attention.

I really love the show !! I'm addict ! I really love the characters : johnny, greta and everyone ! I want another season ! lol

I really love Hidden Palms & I really want to to see more. I am already an addict. The suspense, the drama I want more!

PLEASE DON'T CANCEL!!!!!

SAVE HIDDEN PALMS!

Hey, Bacio! We totally agree that the show wasn't given enough of a chance. As you can see from our weekly Jason C. recaps and episode recaps, we're big fans of Hidden Palms here on The Source. We're not directly affiliated with the network, so we don't have much (okay, any) power over what they decide to do. That said, they are aware of this blog, and we forward them posts and comments from time to time so they can see what you guys are really passionate about. We have already forwarded them the 100+ great comments from last week's Hidden Palms/Kevin Williamson post so they see that lots of you are really into the show and want another season. That's how we at The Source can help -- the more input from you guys, the more proof we have to show the network that people care.

I'll keep all of you posted on this, and I hope that the great campaign you guys have going makes a difference! Know that your posts here are being seen and that we're on your side.

hidden palms should totally be brought back on for another season. it was a good show to begin with and the finale just put more questions out there that should be answered in another season. there is totally enough of a storyline to put in another season. plus the cast is totally HOT. :D

Jackie,

If you're hoping this show doesn't end imagine those of us who are actually out there sending Dawn postcards, letters etc?

With over 8,500 signatures (not bad for only 8eps CW!) The Palmers are hoping to make a little wave in the large ocean that is the CW. This is pure good fun and the CW has wasted another opportunity for a hit.

Why must we kill all shows because they don't pick up as fast as you like them to?

There's no catch to Hidden Palms except that it was a Williamson production. And as uch as I love Kevin Williamson his fans haven't seen him in a while and don't connect his name to DC like the used to.

With that said, how about a shoutout to the campaign here cwsource?

We're fighting to keep Hidden Palms alive how are you helping?

Save Hidden Palms Campaign, palms.svfan.com

PLEASE BRING HIDDEN PALMS BACK, ITS ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS I HAVE EVER SEEN. WITH ALIITLE MORE PUBLICITY IT COULD BE THE NEXT BIG THING. PLEASE O PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!

i cant believe that it is over!!..this show was getting so good..i dont understand why CW kicks off such good shows.it is getting ridiculous of how they can let go such good shows and bring back such crappy ones, like Next Pussy Cat dolls?!?..come on now, the girls are hot but really that show is so stupid!!..and then letting Veronica Mars go?!?..what is that?!?..that is total bull.really, CW is really messing up, and they wonder why their ratings are low, ill tell them why, it is because they bring back the most crappyest shows ever!o and another one they messed up on is OTH, becoming a midseason show?!?!..ughhh CW...yours dropping the ball

I want to say thats mess up how Maria watched that man kill her son and thar mess up how she back door and killed her self.That man had something to do with the hole thing.

I just want to say that CW39 is cool

Skip killed Eddie, made it look like a suicide. Skip killed Maria, made it look like a suicide - oh...there's a shocker. Skip killed his wife, made it look like a disease – how he managed that one is anyones guess – he’s a lawyer not a doctor...come on. In essence, none of the main characters had anything to do at all with the plot.

Suicide is a CRIME SCENE!! Forensics would not let anyone without authorization into that house or past the police barrier. Johnny, Cliff, Nikki, Greta and Skip all crossed the yellow police tape. There was no reason for a lawyer to be present so how did Skip get in the house? The forensics team and other law personnel didn't see him take a laptop? They would be all over that house tagging evidence.

Major let down by Kevin Williamson. Guess we know why the CW rushed this series.

Now that I'm done with that rant: Maria knew Skip was going to kill her and wanted to expose their secrets and clear her conscience so she emailed the video to Johnny. Skip being the smart man he is already talked to Johnny planting a seed to NOT hurt Greta, therefore this series ends in a moral dilemma for Johnny. Keep Skip’s secret of him killing his wife or destroy Greta’s life by sending the video to the police? We already know where S2 would end up. The secret coming out, Greta goes on a downfall to hit rock bottom, and Skip kills himself to avoid prison. Duh...

I can't believe that was the series finale! How depressing! I can't believe they didn't continue airing this show...the story was just getting really good. Yet another great CW11 show off the air! Thanks again CW!

I really would have loved to see the second season of this-I feel like this is the kind of thing that could have scored big ratings if the critics has proceeded to stop being pretentious and actually watch it.

I would rather watch this than any of those "pussycat doll" shows.
I would rather watch this than any more 7th Heaven.

The series finale was a big mistake.
The CW should have let this show run.
What a dissapointment in their part. I think it would have been more interesting in the long run then Gossip Girl (I tried to read them but was bored within two sentences).

The only good things they'll have going for them are One Tree Hill, Supernatural, and Veronica Mars.
Let's hope they don't axe any of those.

In the final episode didn't Cliff receive an email just before Nikki came in? I think it was the same video Johnny received.

Are you crapping me or what I am SO mad that I was not able to watch the show yesterday because of the 4th of July.......well I was able to see about 18 minutes of it but that was all and I wish that It would never end and becomes a new awesome show like OTH or VM or the other awesome shows on the CW........... I tooooootally wish this show would never end BUT...... Im toooootally lookin forward to The Reaper cause the guy 4rm The Loop is on there and another show I would be lookin forward to is Aliens In America.

Count me in as seriously let down by the "solution" to the mystery. "Hey, Maria killed herself! I guess it's all over! La la la la la...." How can everyone in Palm Springs continue to be so frickin' oblivious?

And the Skip/Maria killed Greta's mom accusation was so out of left field, so pulled out of nowhere... how are we supposed to take that seriously?

However, I did adore Cliff, as always, and was smitten with the reconciliation scene with Nikki. "Wait.... I said wait... Now kiss me" and he just consumed her. Oh my god, that man is criminally hot. He better get back on my TV screen as soon as possible. Michael Cassidy generates the same sort of charisma as Jensen Ackles. Yowza.

So, I guess in the end, I don't care if I see Johnny and Greta ever again. But if there was a show about Cliff, Nikki, Jesse Jo, Tess and Bob? I'd be all over that.

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