Finally caught up!
Re: general reactions to finale: I don't think it was rushed per se (though it crammed a hell of a lot of development into a single episode, both of the Goblin story and the Harry/Gwen/Petey/Liz love square), it's just that the whole season was all over the place. The finale was a perfectly good capper, it's just that it didn't really have much of a coherent narrative to cap.
I really liked how they managed to keep the audience guessing on the "Who is the Goblin?" question. My guess was pretty close to the truth, [spoiler]though I was figuring "Norman" for a Mysterio-bot rather than Chameleon[/spoiler]. I was hoping for the Goblin to turn out to be just some random dude we'd never heard of like Ditko always wanted, [spoiler]but of course no such luck[/spoiler].
Nice twist on the ending of the first movie. And on the square: interesting seeing Harry turn out to be a manipulative bastard [spoiler]even though he isn't actually the Goblin[/spoiler], the Parker Luck is in full swing, and I loved MJ speckling the Fourth Wall.
I stand by my earlier assertions that Flash and George were really the standouts of this season.
I think my favorite episode of season 2 overall may have been the "Venom tells everyone Peter is Spider-Man" one. Really I think the biggest developments were the number of peopl who actually believed him.
Oh, and [spoiler]the Connerseses going off to Florida[/spoiler] is a nice bit of continuity too.
All in all, I think the first season was stronger, but 2 was pretty great too and I'm really hoping it gets picked up for another -- but only if Weisman continues to helm it.
