"Either way, I thought the final two episodes sucked.." Yep me too. I saw number 2, expecting it would show something new like 1 did. (Thinking that they proberly had learned that ppl expect, if not more then something new, of a follow up) I was wrong. I decided to see number 3 because now they must had listen to the audience who was dissapointed by number 2. 3 was a bit better than number 2 though, I though. But - 1 had been enough. I saw the characters story as a modern Jesus (so nothing original there)