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Not Seinfeld, it should've ended a whole season before it did. The only decent episodes of the last season depended on gimmicks to make them any good (the backwards one; the final episode). It became forced and artificial.
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quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: Star Trek DS9.
Your championing of Generations I could take in stride, but this insult will be met with vigor. How DARE you.
Of all things, a freaking clip show, a heavily padded one at that, rounds out an otherwise stellar two seasons of dominion war. This cannot be borne. This will not be borne.
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Star Trek: TNG Farscape (Including the miniseries as the ending. Wish it could have gone longer, but the ending was brilliantly done.) Fraggle Rock
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Blackadder Goes Forth - the final shot is perhaps the most touching thing I've ever seen on big or small screen.
Cheers - when Sam leaves the bar the last time and it lingers on the Indian chief picture from Nicholas Colasanto's (aka Coach) dressing room...and then the bar is left empty with nothing but memories.
The Wonder Years - The final voice over, with images of Kevin, Winnie and Paul happily watching the 4th of July parade with their families.
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I have a friend who considers the final episode of Babylon 5 to be the absolute finest possible ending for a series.
Unfortunately, he built it up with such an enthusiastic pitch, to the point of even insisting that I couldn't watch it until he was there to watch it with me and see my reaction (I think he expected me to burst into tears, or something?), that when I finally saw it, my feeling was...
"That's IT?"
Probably if he hadn't built it up so much I would have thought it was a pretty good ending.
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I'm trying to think of all the shows I've ever loved (that had an ending and lived long enough to see it) and how I felt about the last episode...
TNG: No.. 'sides, it went on in (mostly) crappy movies.
DS9: No. (won't elaborate for spoiler reasons)
Buffy: No. (won't elaborate)
Angel: mmm... not bad... but not perfect. And too soon. the show was just hitting its stride.
Red Dwarf: HA! Only if it had ended after the 2nd season. (but then we would have missed some gems later.)
Blake's 7: YES! Oh what a perfect ending given the rest of the show!
Bab5: Yeah, that ending was really good... Too bad the prior season was crap.
Veronica Mars: No. Good season ending, poor season. Should have gone on anyway.
Six Feet Under: Yes. Seems like the show went on too long, but the ending WAS perfect for the show.
Sopranos: Do I even have to say No? The show had gone on far too long anyway.
Deadwood: No, they promised us some resolution in additional TV movies that never came.
Rome: Yes, but I wish they'd done MORE! That show was great!
Evangelion: .... Uh... What the frak?
Hmmm... looking over all these "Nos" bodes ill for BSG and LOST...
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Gilmore Girls. Even though the 7th season had to make up for the screw-ups of the 6th. Glad they got Amy Sherman-Palladino out of the driving seat for the last season.
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Freaks and Geeks had the best series ending I've ever seen.
Still should have gone on forever, but if it had to get axed after the first season there's no better way it could have been done.
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quote:Bab5: Yeah, that ending was really good... Too bad the prior season was crap.
Think of how awesome the ending of B5 would have been if we hadn't had a season 5. We'd have had the end of season 4 right next to the end of season 5. It would have been a thing of beauty.
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MPH: We would have been crying for more. In fact, We were still crying for more.. And what'd we get? Crusade. (Though I still think that show might have made it given enough time and less meddling from TNT and WB. Bab5's first season was lame too.)
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The last scene in Boy Meets World when Eric, Cory, Shawn, and Topanga go back to say good-bye to Feeny. And they all hug him (except Eric who is the closest to Feeny who gives him a handshake). Then they ask him to say that he loves them- and he just shakes his head and says "I surely will not."
Then when the walk out he just says "I love you all. Class dismissed."
That show went on probably longer than it should have- but I still love every minute of it. And that finale (even though it was mostly just clips of past stuff) was quite good. That final scene makes me almost cry every single time.
I would say the worst Seinfeld episode is the finale- the rest was all quite excellent. But the finale- meh.
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quote:Originally posted by The Pixiest: DS9: No. (won't elaborate for spoiler reasons)
Seriously? It ended nine years ago. I think it's finally safe to talk about without fear of upsetting people.
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quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: Think of how awesome the ending of B5 would have been if we hadn't had a season 5. We'd have had the end of season 4 right next to the end of season 5. It would have been a thing of beauty.
I'm not sure it really would have worked that way. If the near-cancellation of B5 went through, we would only have gotten the very last episode of S5 which would replace the last episode of S4.
Without the end of the G'Kar and Londo story or the resolution of what happens to Centauri Prime, I think we're better off with what we got.
Of course, we could wonder what would happen if they had more notice of S4 ending and wrapped it up sooner, but then we may as well be wondering what would happen if there was no near cancellation at all (which I think would have been much better than both the status quo or ending at S4).
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quote:Originally posted by The Pixiest: Crusade. (Though I still think that show might have made it given enough time and less meddling from TNT and WB. Bab5's first season was lame too.)
Maybe, personally I think that the meddling in Crusade would have lead to something pretty much like, well what meddling lead to in Jeremiah. Meaning an occasionally interesting story, but with some dead-ends as certain characters pushed on by the network were killed and stories were prematurely end.
Personally, I think we were better off without Crusade, JMS was definitely tired and burnt out after writing like three seasons worth of episodes almost straight.
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I agree that Season 5 was weak (till the end) and would have been better if Claudia Christian hadn't left... she would have been the one to have the relationship with the leader of the rogue telepaths... and just imagine where that would have gone! I just finished rewatching Crusade actually... and there was some real potential there... the episodes that TNT didn't mess up were actually good. And just remember First Season of B5...wasn't the strongest either but look where it finally went!
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Ooo I forgot about Boy Meets World. I'm still pissy that they haven't released more than three seasons of DVD. I want my Boy Meets World!
As for DS9, really I didn't think this was a thread for shows with the best series finale episode, I thought this was a thread for shows that ended right. After the end of the Dominion War, the resolution of the Prophets and the PahWraiths and how the crew went on with their lives, I think it was perfect. It wasn't 100% satisfying, because it leaves some things open ended, but I also think that's part of why it was good. My only complaint would be how quickly the war ended, but I guess momentum and all that, they pressed their advantage.
No, no, no, no. Buffy end of Season 7 was a way better ending. And if they'd spread season 7 out into two seasons (like, I think they needed to to really cover that much plot) it would have been perfect.
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Due South was a good ending. But I never got to see the whole series in order. When is freakin' Netflix gonna give in to the twenty gazillion requests I know folks have been making and get the DVDs?
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I've been requesting they get them for, oh, gosh, must be four years now! Every few months I would check, still wouldn't have them, I'd put in a request!
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(Didn't they even use "Our Town", one of my FAVORITE songs since it came out-- yes, I was a folk geek when I was 10-- in the final ep?)
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Thank you for mentioning Fraggle Rock, Javert. Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl truly followed through on their vision for that show...by the final episode, -every- loose plot thread tied together neatly.
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