Worth Remembering

Here's the story:
Recently I took a weekend trip to New Jersey to visit a friend, and while we were there we went to a horse race track at Monmouth Park. This was the first time I've ever been to a race track and I fell in love with the atmosphere. I love horses and everything that has to do with horses, and the whole experience reminded me of one of my favorite television shows from a few years back called "Wildfire". It ran from 2005 to 2008 for a total of four seasons and I still think it ended too soon. These thoughts led me to a new idea for a blog post. I decided to post a few shows that are cancelled now, but worth remembering because of how good they were. Now, this is only my opinion. People may disagree or have different opinions, and that's fine, but these are just a few that I would love to see come back.

#1: Wildfire

A show about a girl and a horse. Simple as that, yet it took hold of my heart and wouldn't let go. It still hasn't. I find myself randomly thinking about it at times and feeling the urge to watch it again. The show centered around a girl named Kris Furillo (played by Genevieve Cortese, now known as Genevieve Padalecki since she married Supernatural's Jared Padalecki) who spent time in a juvenile detention center and learned how to ride horses there. She made a special connection with one horse in particular - Wildfire. Go figure. When she was released, she was told she had to work at Raintree Farm, a ranch that breeds race horses. After stealing Wildfire to save him from being auctioned off, she spends some more time in the detention center and is then released back to the ranch where she slowly becomes closer and closer to the Ritter family (the owners of the ranch) and the son of the rivaling ranch next door. The show follows her journey as she becomes a famous jockey and Wildfire becomes a famous race horse. While I have to admit, I was always hooked on the relationship between Kris and Junior Davis from the rival ranch (how could I not be?), it wasn't just the human characters that made me want to watch. It was the horses. I love horses and especially the horses that no one expects will succeed. I mean come on. Secretariat? Seabiscuit? Those stories just make my heart want to explode with happiness. During Wildfire's final comeback race in the series, I got chills.

 

While they don't have the actual race, here's a clip of them preparing Wildfire after his retirement.

It may just be a TV show, but I can't help it. I'm a sucker for the happy endings...and horses. So happy endings with horses? Yeah...

#2: Veronica Mars

Another one of my favorite shows of all time. It aired in 2004 and ended in 2008, quite abruptly I might add and way before I was ready for it to end. It begins with a girl who is a social outcast in her school and town -- Veronica Mars (played by Kristen Bell, also the voice of Gossip Girl). Her father blamed the wrong person for the murder of Veronica's best friend Lily (Amanda Seyfried), and became a social pariah in their fictional town of Neptune, California. The show follows the day-to-day life of Veronica Mars and her side business of being a teenage private detective. I suppose you can consider her "Nancy Drew with attitude".

 

If there's one show any teenage girl should watch, it's this one. Veronica Mars, despite her fall from popularity, is the epitome of a strong woman. She sticks up for herself, she doesn't let others bring her down, and she stays completely true to herself no matter what. I was about 14 when the show first aired and I wanted to be just like her. I mean, for the most part she's a good role model for teenage girls who might be influenced by popularity and the other kids in school. The show is just entertaining. You find yourself hooked from the first episode and craving more. In fact, I might have to go back and watch it again...it's been a while.