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Which TV show had the BEST finale?
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Queer as Folk finale
The emptiness that justin left feels so real. It breaks me so hard in a good way that i wish they could continue the story again
The emptiness that justin left feels so real. It breaks me so hard in a good way that i wish they could continue the story again
Scrubs last episode of season 8 is very good.
Not sure if it counts as it was a movie but Serenity was a great ending to Firefly.
What TNG movies?
Not sure if it counts as it was a movie but Serenity was a great ending to Firefly.
What TNG movies?
The Shield and it's not close
Also shoutout to Enlightened which basically has a perfect ending even though they were planning for a third season
And this is maybe just recency bias, but I thought Veep nailed the ending in a way that I didn't expect
Also shoutout to Enlightened which basically has a perfect ending even though they were planning for a third season
And this is maybe just recency bias, but I thought Veep nailed the ending in a way that I didn't expect
OP is right, Newhart will never be topped. It's so absurdly awesome and perfectly executed. All hail Bob!
The Shield is simply the best and nothing will never beat it.
I actually came in here thinking Newhart, though. Glad to see the OP covered it.
Justified also has an amazing finale
I actually came in here thinking Newhart, though. Glad to see the OP covered it.
Justified also has an amazing finale
We dug coal together
I call bullshit, First Contact was good, whether people like to admit it or not.
For best series ending:
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Something about having ____: the _____ as a title makes for great endings...
Never gonna begrudge them for making that season. Bill Lawrence and everyone involved loved working together, and Bill wanted to make sure a lot of the staff still had work. There are worse reasons to do things.
(But yes, quality-wise, it's not great. :/)
This so much.
Winchester hating classical music in the end, was so sad, but it showed that he no longer was the pompous man he was when he arrived at the 4077th. There are much more great moments in the finale and Winchester had shown a lot of growth in the show. But this one stuck with me the most
Avatar's ending was excellent, but so was the beginning and the middle. It's an excellent series no matter at which point of the series you look at it .
Avatar the Last Airbender. Game of Thrones wishes its finale even came close to that.
Breaking Bad also had a great finale, tied up tons of loose ends in a satisfying way without feeling forced.
Breaking Bad also had a great finale, tied up tons of loose ends in a satisfying way without feeling forced.
Scrubs Season 8
(We don't talk about Season 9)
Angel
Babylon 5
M*A*S*H
Star Trek The Next Generation
Cowboy Bebop
Assassination Classroom
(We don't talk about Season 9)
Angel
Babylon 5
M*A*S*H
Star Trek The Next Generation
Cowboy Bebop
Assassination Classroom
Says the poster with a Leftovers avatar. For shame!
First Contact is a decent action film in a vaccum but for all intents and purposes, as a whole the TNG movies are what people accuse the JJ Abrams movies of.
Spartacus was always a far better show than it ever deserved to be.
Spartacus would have been one of the all time greatest if not for the death of the lead actor Andy Whitfield after Season 1.
Breaking Bad's ending was strong.
Hannibal Season 2 has the single best season finale. The midseason conclusion of Season 3's first arc was very strong too. Hopefully the show returns, because where it leaves off at the end of Season 3 has incredible potential for a compelling new dynamic with the main characters.
New viewers should be warned that the first few episodes are very flawed and don't represent any of the eventual strengths of the show. The last two thirds of Season 1, and the prequel miniseries Gods of the Arena, is where it really shows its mettle.
Breaking Bad's ending was strong.
Hannibal Season 2 has the single best season finale. The midseason conclusion of Season 3's first arc was very strong too. Hopefully the show returns, because where it leaves off at the end of Season 3 has incredible potential for a compelling new dynamic with the main characters.
Yep. Apart from Season 2 it's uncannily great. It has no business being so good.
New viewers should be warned that the first few episodes are very flawed and don't represent any of the eventual strengths of the show. The last two thirds of Season 1, and the prequel miniseries Gods of the Arena, is where it really shows its mettle.
Star Trek: TNG: Such a great tone to set for a send off.
Buffy: Completely whedonesque ending. In contrast I hated the Angel ending and am surprised so many people liked it, but maybe it was just because I was soured on most of the last season.
Six Feet Under: You could be having the best day and this will wreck you. So well done.
These are good as well.
Buffy: Completely whedonesque ending. In contrast I hated the Angel ending and am surprised so many people liked it, but maybe it was just because I was soured on most of the last season.
Six Feet Under: You could be having the best day and this will wreck you. So well done.
These are good as well.
Scrubs not only had a good finale, but a good final season. Perfect bounce back after a couple seasons of just being okay. It was poignant without being overdone, and moved those characters forward believably and understandably. I respected the growth everyone experienced, and they all graduated from being flanderized jerkasses to being likable characters again. Beautiful stuff.
Sopranos. The ending is still discussed and debated, and will be forever. Other than that, The Shield, Six Feet Under, Breaking Bad, and Mad Men all that great endings.
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I also agree that Serenity was an excellent and satisfying conclusion to the series and various character arcs.
Depends on what you mean. The final season? The final episode? Just the last note of the finale?
Anyways, a rough approximation combining all of those:
- Review
- The Knick
- Mad Men
- The Sopranos
- The Tatami Galaxy
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- The Shield
- Devilman Crybaby
- Twin Peaks: The Return
shows with great near finales that fumbled at the finish line:
- Breaking Bad
- Girls
Anyways, a rough approximation combining all of those:
- Review
- The Knick
- Mad Men
- The Sopranos
- The Tatami Galaxy
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- The Shield
- Devilman Crybaby
- Twin Peaks: The Return
shows with great near finales that fumbled at the finish line:
- Breaking Bad
- Girls
My favorites always get a lot of hate. Seinfeld, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, and now Game of Thrones. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
For me Six Feet Under for a multitude of reasons.
It was given a few extra minutes to its running time to allow it to breathe properly, and while many credit its closing moments, I felt that it had the benefit of coming off of a solid final season. But for me, the true ending was the third to last episode, when Nate was laid to rest.
Someone created a post complaining about TV shoes and movie writers who try so hard to be clever that they end up undermining their work. What I liked about Six Feet Under was that the writers weren't trying to be clever. They left few unresolved plots, and the ones that did go unanswered were done so in service to the plot. You never found out who killed Nate's first wife, but you do have an inkling, even though it's never given satisfying closure, and it plays out in an episode of the final season, where he struggles to come to terms with that all the while struggling with the moral dilemma of explaining to his daughter what happened to her mother.
The final season should really be a master class on how to do a final season of a TV series -- or at the very least how to do a finale that will satisfy most fans. They didn't write themselves into a wall by introducing too many new character or plot elements into the mix, and most of the secondary plots from the previous season were resolved by the middle of the final season. So instead of pissing away the entire season on nonsense that went nowhere, they could devote the rest of the season to the main plot, which was Nate's impending death and the fallout. Most other shows that I have seen waste so much valuable time and then have to shoe horn everything into the final two episodes. It's very frustrating and it happens all too often.
It was given a few extra minutes to its running time to allow it to breathe properly, and while many credit its closing moments, I felt that it had the benefit of coming off of a solid final season. But for me, the true ending was the third to last episode, when Nate was laid to rest.
Someone created a post complaining about TV shoes and movie writers who try so hard to be clever that they end up undermining their work. What I liked about Six Feet Under was that the writers weren't trying to be clever. They left few unresolved plots, and the ones that did go unanswered were done so in service to the plot. You never found out who killed Nate's first wife, but you do have an inkling, even though it's never given satisfying closure, and it plays out in an episode of the final season, where he struggles to come to terms with that all the while struggling with the moral dilemma of explaining to his daughter what happened to her mother.
The final season should really be a master class on how to do a final season of a TV series -- or at the very least how to do a finale that will satisfy most fans. They didn't write themselves into a wall by introducing too many new character or plot elements into the mix, and most of the secondary plots from the previous season were resolved by the middle of the final season. So instead of pissing away the entire season on nonsense that went nowhere, they could devote the rest of the season to the main plot, which was Nate's impending death and the fallout. Most other shows that I have seen waste so much valuable time and then have to shoe horn everything into the final two episodes. It's very frustrating and it happens all too often.
The Shield still holds the top.
"Family Meeting..."
It and the episode before, are just jaw dropping. They were so gut wrenching, I never could get myself to rewatch the rest of the show ever since. Chiklis in the interrogation room, with CCH Pounder. A perfect scene.
Highly appreciate the amount of times Person of Interest pops up here. That ending still gives me sadness, just a great mix of acting, story, and music. While that bit is a licensed song (that show is probably the best at using licensed music that I've watched), the original score throughout the show, all the way to the ending, cemented to me that Ramin Djawadi is a premier composer, moreso than his GoT work. His GoT work, to me, got better once Person of Interest stopped taking his best stuff :p
"Family Meeting..."
It and the episode before, are just jaw dropping. They were so gut wrenching, I never could get myself to rewatch the rest of the show ever since. Chiklis in the interrogation room, with CCH Pounder. A perfect scene.
Highly appreciate the amount of times Person of Interest pops up here. That ending still gives me sadness, just a great mix of acting, story, and music. While that bit is a licensed song (that show is probably the best at using licensed music that I've watched), the original score throughout the show, all the way to the ending, cemented to me that Ramin Djawadi is a premier composer, moreso than his GoT work. His GoT work, to me, got better once Person of Interest stopped taking his best stuff :p
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Black Sails, it felt good, it did justice to the characters' stories, it was respectful and could blend quite nicely into a Treasure Island (or a Rackham + Bonny adventures) spinoff.
