Bad Endings to a Tv show

[JimboTHX1138]

Originally Posted by BaerGriggs

Seinfeld - I don't even classify the finale as an actual episode.

+1 Was devastated!

[ForEver Blu]

St. Elsewhere



Dynasty


Melrose Place

[ghostwhowalks]

Originally Posted by JimboTHX1138

+1 Was devastated!

They made up for it in Curb Your Enthusiasm though.

[JWgrayhawk]

Originally Posted by Arvin Clone

This thread reminds me how hard it is for show creators to please the fans. I haven't heard of a Series ending that a majority of the fans liked. I loved the endings to Lost and Fringe, but a lot of people didn't. I was let down by the endings of X-Files and Angel. With Angel it felt like the show was going to continue. I guess the show creators wanted us to speculate at how it ends.

I think 6 Feet Under's finale is/was pretty universally praised.

[JWgrayhawk]

Originally Posted by mrrant_33

Other than The Sopranos, how many shows ended their run in a speculative fashion?

The Sopranos didn't end in a speculative fashion if you understand it (see above).

[JimboTHX1138]

Originally Posted by ghostwhowalks

They made up for it in Curb Your Enthusiasm though.

Hahaha, I guess lol!

[traboth]

1. Dexter definitely... too lame and very disappointing for the hardcore fans. Much better if they continued killing as a couple (Bonnie and Clyde).
2. Chuck.
3. Lost... I felt the final season was a let down.
4. X-Files... it definitely lost steam the last couple of seasons.
5. Friends... too silly striving for a happy ending.
6. Happy Endings... loved the series, too bad it was cancelled.

[Dunemoon]

Crime Story. Stellar ep until Torello, Luca and Pauly ended up in the drink. Did they all perish? Did Torello survive? Wish they did a tv movie but now it's too late with Farina's passing last year.

Wiseguy: I liked Steven Bauer's era and would have preferred a mini series of him and Wahl in 1996. Instead, there was a truncated ABC tv movie in which McPIke ( Jonathan Banks! ) was suicidal, the OCB magically reinstated and Terranova playing daddy. Lifeguard and McPike didn't even have a scene together.

[Jimmy Bro]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

Lost - A rushed attempt to tie up all the loose ends.

Um....no. Did you even see the finale? It was like 2.5x longer in length than an average episode and was in no way rushed. Many of the loose ends were tied BEFORE the finale. Get your facts right before you speak. It makes you look dumb.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by mrrant_33

Other than The Sopranos, how many shows ended their run in a speculative fashion?

Depends on what you mean by "speculative". If you mean that it leaves it up to the viewer to decide how it ends (which is pretty much the way Angel ended), I'd nominate Forever Knight. I've never run across anyone other than me who actually loved the ending of that show.

[CReaper210]

Dexter. I've never been so disappointed with a tv show in my life.

[Cook]

Originally Posted by Drewbee87

It would have continued if it weren't for Jordan Levin, who canceled the show because Joss asked him for an early renewal based on the ratings going back up.

Yep. Such a douche move on Levin's part. Joss has said how making that phone call to ask for an early renewal is one of his greatest regrets cause he knows that if he hadn't called they wouldn't have been canceled. If I'd been Joss I'd have probably been thrown out on my ass for strangling the prick.

[dulcimer47]

Star Trek (granted, they didn't really do "finale" episodes in those days, but still...)

Star Trek: Enterprise (the "valentine" to the fans was anything but)

[jd_from_da_80s]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Bro

Um....no. Did you even see the finale? It was like 2.5x longer in length than an average episode and was in no way rushed. Many of the loose ends were tied BEFORE the finale. Get your facts right before you speak. It makes you look dumb.

While I completely agree with you, I hated the finale & season 6 is the worse season, which was better than most shows best seasons. Still my favorite TV show of all time.

[Coveragentcov]

Awake (with Jason Isaacs) -> but that's because they never gave the show a chance. Loved the first and only season, but the ending would have only worked if it had gotten another season.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Coveragentcov

Awake (with Jason Isaacs) -> but that's because they never gave the show a chance. Loved the first and only season, but the ending would have only worked if it had gotten another season.

I don't agree. The ending resolved the premise.

[Coveragentcov]

Originally Posted by jayembee

I don't agree. The ending resolved the premise.

Actually... no it didn't.

[Show spoiler]at the very end, Michael Britten created a third reality. Thus we still don't know which of his three realities is the actual reality and which are made up by him. Obviously we know that the third reality is fake, since both his wife and son are in it. The final episode shows that his sense of reality has fractured even more. That's not a solution, that's a cliffhanger for a next season.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Coveragentcov

Actually... no it didn't.

[Show spoiler]at the very end, Michael Britten created a third reality. Thus we still don't know which of his three realities is the actual reality and which are made up by him. Obviously we know that the third reality is fake, since both his wife and son are in it. The final episode shows that his sense of reality has fractured even more. That's not a solution, that's a cliffhanger for a next season.

The obvious other interpretation is that Britten had a complete breakdown, and none of it was real. Granted, this would be pretty much an "it was all a dream" ending, but it does resolve the premise.

[Coveragentcov]

Originally Posted by jayembee

The obvious other interpretation is that Britten had a complete breakdown, and none of it was real. Granted, this would be pretty much an "it was all a dream" ending, but it does resolve the premise.

That could have been the case if the director didn't already state that the 'it was all a dream' scenario is a no-go. The director himself said in an interview that 'my' theory above is the correct way to interporate the season/serie final.

[SixSpeedSamurai]

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