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Instead of cleaning my office, I watched the rest of Day Break online today. I was halfway through the season watching it on TV before ABC canceled it, so I figured I’d watch the rest of the season now that it is finally available online as ABC promised.

I have to say that I feel only half satisfied after the series finale. I thought that all of the questions would be answered by the end of the season, and that’s almost true. Detective Hopper does solve the Garza murder, and you can watch the final episode yourself to find that out. What was never addressed was why Hopper kept having to relive the one day over and over again. That disappoints me greatly. The FAQ lead me to believe I would get an answer to that by the end of the day, but that just isn’t true.

About the only thing I can think of is that Hopper has the ability to affect the happenings of the day through his actions during previous "days." In one episode, Hopper’s talk with Rita, his girlfriend, changes how she reacts the next few times he relives the day. When Hopper finally makes it to tomorrow, I can only imagine that the excessive trauma he experienced, along with getting close solving the Garza murder and who is behind framing him for it, triggered something that allowed him to see the next day. I just wish they actually come out and just said what caused his déjà vu. There is no such luck, unless I am missing something obvious.

So, it was an entertaining show, and I am sad to see that it will not get a second season. I am just thankful for being able to watch the remainder of the season online at ABC’s website. Let this be a sign to the other networks: embrace online broadcasting. I watched the few commercials online (there was no easy way to circumvent them, and I didn’t try), and I almost didn’t mind them. I sometimes even appreciated the deliberate break. With the ad presenting me with a link to click to continue to the next segment of the episode, I didn’t have to worry about coming back to my desk and having to find the spot I was at the time I left.