'Kings' ends its all-too-brief reign

I just watched the season (and series) finale of Kings on Hulu. David has fled to Gath (Phillistia) to escape Silas's (Saul's) wrath, and apparently we won't get to see him come home to succeed him.

Kings, as you might have guessed from the above, was a somewhat creative retelling of the early part of the saga of King David, transplanted to a modern nation strongly resembling a United States of America which somehow is ruled by an absolute monarchy. Its theology was often atrocious and the fidelity to the biblical story on which it was loosely based... well, loose. But with the exception of House, 24, NCIS, and maybe a few other shows, it was the best thing on TV. Unfortunately, it never generated a big enough audience to survive, much less to achieve the popularity it deserved.

Too bad. There are those of us who, for all its flaws, will miss it.