Kyle XY: Kyle of the Pure and Beautiful Soul

Kyle XY:

My thoughts on the third-to-last and second-to-last episodes of the series.

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

Kyle and Jessi spend some intense moments in the bathtub trying to figure out what really happened to Jessi's mom.

• Oh, geez. Frankly I'm surprised that Amanda didn't walk into to see Kyle and Jessi hugging, etc. She normally gets to witness that sort of behavior.
• The Tragers don't mind if two of their kids cuddle all night?
• I didn't know that Kyle could sleep out of the tub.
• Why didn't Steven bother to explain to Josh why letting Andy move in with them is not a option? He just said no and left it at that, which seemed dumb and mean.
• Jessi: "I can make him tell us what he knows."
  Kyle: "That not acting normal."
  Jessi: "It is for me."
• Declan walking in on Lori while she was dancing was funny.
• Lori: "For all I know, she lured him out of the house to some remote cabin to turn him into her love slave."
• Kyle should have come up with a more interesting distraction than a computer program.
• Declan's actually cracking me up in this episode.
• How did Declan not foresee that locking Lori and Hillary up together would eventually backfire on him?
• Lori (to Hilary): "Maybe you should think twice before leaving home with half an outfit."
• Well, Kyle, you're not really invading Jessi's privacy if you were there for all of the memories in the first place.
• Shut up about Kyle and Adam Baylin, Amanda! Geez--this is why Kyle can't tell you anything; you have no filter.
• Seriously, Nicole, what kind of doctor are you going to call to help Jessi?
• It sucks that it turned out that Jessi's mom is dead, but on the bright side, Jessi did get to spend a lot of time in the tub with Kyle.
• Screenwriting 101: If you introduce the materials for a food fight in an episode, they've got to be put to use before the episode is over.
• There must have been lots of storage space on Sarah's disposable cell phone.
• Oh, Nicole, like you didn't see the Kyle/Jessi kiss coming. You should have, anyway.

"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"

The Children of the Pod enact a plan to find out why Cassidy killed Sarah and what Latnok is really up to.

• Oh geez! Jessi's sleep-choking Kyle! Dude, enter her bedroom at your own risk...
• Oh, Amanda, it's looking like you're toast. This Kyle/Jessi thing does not seem to be going away.
• Spock ears are going to impress Andy?
• Shouldn't Kyle and Nicole have made sure that they were having this conversation somewhere that Jessi wouldn't overhear it? I mean, the girl hears everything.
• Why does Nate partnering with Kyle on a project ingratiate him with Amanda? It wouldn't impress me much. If anything, I think I'd be uncomfortable that my new boyfriend and my ex-boyfriend were spending time together. But I am not Amanda...
• Oh, Jessi, yes, you are as fragile as Nicole thinks.
• Jessi: "Kyle kissed me."
  Lori: "Eew."
• Lori: "Because it's Kyle of the pure and beautiful soul, and we want whats best for him."
• See, Jessi? You are fragile. Everything everybody says upsets you immensely.
• Andy: "It makes me sad to think that his ambition might stop when I leave." Wow, Andy, you're kind of full of yourself, aren't you?
• Wow, Andy's moms just create one annoying situation after another for their poor daughter, don't they?
• Hold on--Cassidy's first name is Michael? As in Michael Cassidy of The O.C., Hidden Palms and Privileged? If that's really his name, couldn't we just have had Michael Cassidy play him?
• I like Lori's outfit. It looks very professional. Oh, except for the visible bra straps.
• Ugh, Jessi. Why must you be like this?
• Lori doesn't eat cooked fruit?
• Eew. Nicole is worried about Kyle and Jessi being romantically involved while living in the same house, but meanwhile Josh is having sex with his girlfriend in a coffee shop? Eew.
• Oh, come on! It's not Jessi's fault that she killed the hunter! She didn't know what was going on. She had just gotten out of the pod, and she was alone.
• Kyle, if there's ever a time to tell someone to get the hell out of your house, now's it.
• Cassidy: "You've spent an excessive amount of time being her anchor. That's got to be draining."
• Um, Cassidy, I'd watch where you're going. You know Jessi's going to come after you, right?
• Oh, Josh and Andy are sneaking into his house to have sex. That's a little better than doing it right in the coffee shop, I guess...if for no other reason than it has to be a major health code violation.
• Cassidy: "You need help."

  Jessi: "Actually, I think you do."
• Jessi has quite a future as a torturer...
• Whoa, how did Kyle throw Jessi against the wall just by holding his hand up? And how would that kill her? Jessi should be able to stand up to a lot more than that...
• Ahh! It's all an elaborate trick! And Foss is in on it! Yea, Foss!
• Wow, Cassidy is dumb if he can be fooled by two pod kids who are unable to lie.
• Kyle: "I hadn't had much experience with lying. But when it was necessary, it turned out I was good at it."

I can't believe there's only one more episode of Kyle XY left. It feels like there is way too much left to resolve. I mean, we don't even know who Cassidy's Latnok bosses are, so taking down the whole organization in one episode seems like too tall of an order. Plus there's the whole Kyle/Jessi/Amanda situation, which seems like it will need a couple more years to fully play out into any sort of conclusion. And Lori and Declan seem like they might be sliding back into like with each other, but getting them back together in one episode would seem like it was rushing things.

This article indicates that we're not going to get the full closure we'd like, since the Kyle XY producers didn't know the show was going to be canceled after this season. Seems like ABC Family could have at least given them a heads-up so that they could give the show a proper ending. I certainly think that ABC Family owes at least that much to this show, which was instrumental in establishing a new brand for the network. Wildfire met a similar situation last year, and--while the ending was a little rushed--at least that show was able to reach acceptable conclusions for most of its main plot points. It doesn't look like Kyle will be as lucky, and we Kyle fans will just have to take whatever resolution we can get.

No matter how the series wraps up, I know I'll be sad to say goodbye to Kyle.

(photo: abcfamily.com)