Pick of the Week: One Last Bow to the "Kings"

One of my biggest TV pet peeves is when a show gets better AFTER it gets cancelled. It’s so sad to see such potential unrealized.

And unfortunately that will be the case for this week’s Pick…

My Pick of the Week is the series finale of “Kings.”

For some reason during the summer, I have a hard time sitting through an hourlong drama. But I had no such trouble with Saturday’s “Kings” as it was SERIOUSLY good…

Which makes me seriously sad…

If you missed it, William (the wonderful Dylan Baker) finally made his move to get rid of King Silas (Ian McShane) and make Jack (Sebastian Stan) king. At the ceremony to hand over Port Prosperity to Gath, William arranged for a shooter to take out Silas—but not before Jack jumped in front to take a bullet and look like a hero.

At the same time, David (Chris Egan) was facing down a firing squad after he was condemned for treason by Silas. But David’s life was spared thanks to Jack, who decided he needed David to help him rule.

But what Jack didn’t realize was that William had no intention of letting him rule, and instead planned to make him his puppet. And William has the army behind him to enforce his will…

But what William doesn’t realize is that Silas is not dead and David escapes to find the king and bring him back to his kingdom to stop William…

But what David doesn’t know is that William’s son Andrew (Macaulay Culkin) is watching his every move…

It helps that these last two episodes bring Baker to the forefront. And if I was casting a project and needed a young bad guy, I would totally cast Culkin. He is wonderfully creepy in a small part that will no doubt get bigger in this final hour.

I totally understand why NBC had such a problem marketing this show. It is very different. But it still hurts to see it go when it’s giving us such great drama…

The series finale of “Kings” airs Saturday, July 25th at 8 p.m. on NBC…

Photo Credit: Andrew Eccles/NBC