This is what I came here to say. Season 3 ends in such a complete and satisfactory way I never bothered to keep watching the remaining 5(?) seasons.
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Shows that had a satisfying ending... and then kept going
- Thread starter TheWooniestWoona
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I guess I can add Spongebob to this. It's a bit different, what with it not being a story based show, but I still feel like season 3 and the first movie were a perfect ending.
Kevin singing in the S2 finale 😠😠ðŸ˜
But all my words come back to me
In shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness and harmony
I need someone to comfort me
Homeward bound, I wish I was...
Though it's not a show, I just saw Toy Story 4 over the weekend and even though I was impressed and quite liked it, there was no reason for it to be made after the perfect ending of 3.
edit: beaten to mentioning Toy Story dangit
Lost could have ended somewhere earlier and been fine.
Futurama's first ending was fantastic, and if I remember right, the second was good too. The actual last ending was fine, but not as good.
Scrubs, obviously. I've never seen season 9 and never will.
Futurama's first ending was fantastic, and if I remember right, the second was good too. The actual last ending was fine, but not as good.
Scrubs, obviously. I've never seen season 9 and never will.
I feel the same way. Frieza was the climax of the story. If Gohan would have taken over after Cell, maybe I'd feel differently.
Well, the TF G1 cartoon had a satisfying conclusion in The Movie.
And then again with The Return of Optimus Prime.
And then again with Rebirth.
Didn't Curb Your Enthusiasm end once or twice, then have another season?
Does the first season of Spartacus count? That would be a satisfying ending by itself, and then they made an awesome prequel series due to the unfortunate circumstance of Andy Whitfield's cancer, then two more great seasons despite losing the lead actor.
Does the first season of Spartacus count? That would be a satisfying ending by itself, and then they made an awesome prequel series due to the unfortunate circumstance of Andy Whitfield's cancer, then two more great seasons despite losing the lead actor.
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Well, the TF G1 cartoon had a satisfying conclusion in The Movie.
And then again with The Return of Optimus Prime.
And then again with Rebirth.
G1 is a hilarious mess, so I don't mind too much.
Beast Wars had a good ending though, and then they made Beast Machines.
Cause you know, having a sequel show and specifically getting writers who know nothing about the previous show is such a great idea.
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I think season 1 of Westworld works really well as a stand alone story. I would have been perfectly happy if they left it at that.
The story should've probably just ended with Season 3... but it continued in the canonical comics, which I found quite disappointing.
One Tree hill was the weirdest time jump I ever experienced. It turned itself into a completely new show. Brooke is a huge fashion designer. Haley is a English teacher/pop star, Nathan is paralyzed and depressed about not getting to the NBA, Mouth is a famous sports reporter, Lucas is a famous author. Dan has his own talk show.
These are nothing like the characters I grew up with for the past 4 seasons. Why is suddenly everyone famous and rich? I couldn't relate to anyone at that point.
Oh, well the comics are just easily ignorable and the large majority of people don't know about them. The show itself is still perfect.
Baylon 5, have the last season on DVD still in the wrapper because the previous season finale few episodes was basically the end of the shows major story arcs, (albiet a bit rushed because they didn't know if they'd get another season or not).
It would've been an ok ending I guess, but then we would've never had the Buffy musical!
I mean the Androids were good. Everything after Cell absorbs 17 is terrible.
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Yeah, I don't know if I'm interested in watching any more. Last season feels like a good place to get out.
Though I'll probably watch the new stuff if I hear it's good.
And then the two fill-ins they brought in--Haley's... cousin? Sister?--and Nathan's agent were bland as all hell.
One Tree Hill should have stopped when they finally got out of high school. The time jump on was bleh.
Scrubs and Supernatural come to mind. Both had incredibly good finales and then just kept milking. Especially supernatural.
I also want to put my hot take in and say that DBZ should have ended at Frieza. I'm all for continuing the story in a way like Super, GT, etc did but at least rename it.
DBZ was the perfect cap on that arc and Goku should have taken a backseat to Gohan. Seemed like they were trying to set up Gohan with the Cell/Buu saga but it always came back to Goku.
Going Super Saiyan the first time was incredible. No other stupid transformation hit that mark ever again.
I also want to put my hot take in and say that DBZ should have ended at Frieza. I'm all for continuing the story in a way like Super, GT, etc did but at least rename it.
DBZ was the perfect cap on that arc and Goku should have taken a backseat to Gohan. Seemed like they were trying to set up Gohan with the Cell/Buu saga but it always came back to Goku.
Going Super Saiyan the first time was incredible. No other stupid transformation hit that mark ever again.
For sure! There were definitely some good bits in season 6 and 7.
Not necessarily a good thing. A lot of times that can undercut the finality of it. It's been fine for now though, season 6 feels more like a victory lap so far (still like 4 episodes behind). Hopefully season 7 can top the ending of 5 as a proper series finale.
Perfect Cell is just a fusion of Vegeta's and Frieza's personalities without any of the things that made them interesting.
It's a good thing as far as this show is concerned. Been loving this season, 2nd half in particular is dope.
The first season of Westworld left me with a bizarre feeling I had never left for a show- while I greatly enjoyed the first season, I had zero desire to watch a second season of it as I felt the story ran its course.
