I watched the end of
The Lost Room last night. I'm not seeing it mentioned in Wikipedia, but the unresolved plot threads make it clear that they were hoping to extend the miniseries into a regular series, or possibly into a second miniseries. There are so many unresolved plotlines, they must have been planning on working them out in later stories.
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- The forensics doctor, Martin Ruber, escaping capture by both law enforcement and The Order of the Reunification, and claiming to be The Prophet.
- The fate of the Legion, having lost many or all of its members (likely just a single active cell), through the betrayal of its leader; why and how did this happen?
- Resolving the murder of Joe's partner, so Joe can get his daughter into a normal life; I suspect Joe spends the rest of his life on the run, like David Banner in the old Incredible Hulk TV series.
- "There is more than one Room."
- Returning Montague's car. ;-)
- The return of The Key... typical "there may be a sequel" ending shot.
The show's mythology is rich, and though The Event which creates The Objects is effectively a McGuffin in the miniseries, it at least feels like there is a reason or multiple reasons for things being the way they are.
It would be neat if the series continued in comic or novel format, but it also seems like the kind of show that isn't hugely expensive to make. A lot of the magic happens off camera, to greater effect.
Anyway, it was pretty freakin' great. Check it out if you liked Carnivale.
