Watching the season finale of ‘Moonlight’, which in actuality is its farewell episode because CBS has cancelled the series, makes me sad. With the proliferation of cop shows, Moonlight is a good antidote to all the crime scenes and medical examiners.

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Yet, The interesting part, though ‘Moonlight’ is billed as ‘a supernatural romance,’ Mick St. John, the main character is actually a private investigator, thus making it another cop show.

Before you begin thinking that I hate cop shows; it is not true. Imadge and Napster like the CSI franchise very much watch and all three of them. Also, I have to confess that I am partial to CSI: New York. Truth be told, I was raised on CSI: Crime Scene Investigations. My mother loves that show and my father, let’s just say that as long as it does not conflict with Monday Night football, he is happy to watch whatever his family is watching.

It’s just that I am upset with CBS canceling Moonlight. It’s a show I can call my own. I discovered it when I came here to New York, in the subway of all places. Bigger than life photos of Alex O’Loughlin on the Moonlight logo of the show greeted me wherever I went on the subway system.

September 1, 2007, it was the day I told my parents I wanted to be something else than a software wizard. They were shocked; they did not know what to say. It was my father who recovered first, saying that they would support whatever I wanted to be.

So, I told them, I wanted to go to New York and be an actress, which was not true, but I was just being perverse. Both of them were speechless and before any of them could say anything, I stormed off. Technically, I ran away from home that day, catching a flight to New York without telling my parents.

But, what was the first thing I did when I landed at JFK? I called the New York offices of Westin Communications, which was dumb because I just told my parents exactly where I was. A limo was dispatched for me immediately and I was brought to the Upper East Side apartment that my parents own. Oh well, they might be in California and I was here in New York but they were still running my life.

In another bravado of rebellion, I decided that I would not be ferried in a limo anymore; that I will take the subway. And that’s how I met Mick St. John. No, I do not have a crush on either Alex O’Loughlin or the character he plays, Mick St. John. They just became symbols of my rebellion. For me, on that day while riding the subway, as long as I could see ‘Moonlight’, I was a grown up.

Hence, watching the final episode of the show last night was painful for me. I hope that another network picks it up. The Sci-fi channel is a good candidate. It would be good to see my old friend Mick once again. But, don’t worry Mick. I’ve grown up since last September. I’m not a little girl anymore, though others might disagree with that opinion.

[MILAN WESTIN]