Best and worst tv series finale.
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Hells yes. I love how a great majority of the people who complained to me about it hadn't actually watched the show... at all...Woodsey said:
OT: I want to say that Firefly had the worst series finale ever... because IT WAS AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEASON GORRAMIT!!! I WANTED MORE!!!
Alright... fine... serious answer, the Smallville finale was incredibly weak. Clark finally learns to fly and permanently defeats Darkseid (a literal god whom he is never actually capable of killing in any other medium to my knowledge) by watching a 10 minute montage of the entire series float around him... He then proceeds to fly through Darkseid (whose name is the answer to the equation that brings about the end of the universe...) instantly defeating him... And (finally) Lex came back to life, then killed Tess for no signifigant reason, and lost all of his memories... and they decided to leave Chloe and Oliver's relationship status vague for no real reason...
Mind you, I started losing faith shortly after Colonel Tigh killed Daniel Jackson...
To be fair, the finished off those storylines with not one, but TWO movies, and were planning a third for the hell of it. Now, ATLANTIS, on the otherhand... that is a god damned cliffhanger, not to mention Universe...AccursedTheory said:
Best? Arrested Development. That it ended was sad. How it ended was exactly how I imagined it would: In a blazing display of the ridiculous.[/quote]
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ugh, i could not watch the end of time and take it seriously, Davies really phoned it in on the script, it's like he didn't even try to write a decent finale for both him as a writer, and the tenth doctor, yes, it was sad to see david tennant go, but now that moffat has spent the last season shrugging off Davies style and this one bringing his own to the forefront the show is all the much better for it.silver wolf009 said:
Best for me E.R. yes it was showing it's age, so it bowed out gracefully and emotionally, they spent the season neatly tying off every loose end, and had many scenes that touched the hearts of long time fans.
Best: The Wire. The city of baltimore just keeps on going and everything is the same.
Worst: Almost every other show, ever! Lost and Battlestar Galatica (remake) were both noteably
bad!
Worst: Almost every other show, ever! Lost and Battlestar Galatica (remake) were both noteably
bad!
Am I the only person who found that ending quite funny :L and Lister, Cat, Kryten and the only girl in the universe (cookie for reference) didn't die they escaped without him. Also the specials sucked ass for some reason I sincerely hope the tenth series is better.supermariner said:
OT: Best: Tenth Doctor was brilliant... then he regenerated
Worst: Everybody Hates Chris could have gone on for much longer and the finale was severely lacking
Goddamnit.. now I'm tearing up..robot_slipper said:
George: "I'm... scared, sir.." that's about when I realize it and my mood changes ):
Well that was gonna be my answer too.
Worst, for me would be The Venture Bros.
That show just really took a dive for me when season 3 started and it only got more and more convoluted in its backstory and continuity and less and less funny. It's like someone had the completely opposite idea of what made the show funny, and then just about changed it from a comedy show entirely. Barely recognizable, and it was just one of the most disappointing moments in my TV watching life.
Although its not really an end , back when we thought it was Futurama had one of the best.
I got nothing for the worst. Mabye my wife and kids, since it was clearly meant to be a two part episode, and they only did the first half.
I got nothing for the worst. Mabye my wife and kids, since it was clearly meant to be a two part episode, and they only did the first half.
I haven't watched the Anime yet but I did read the Manga and I have to say that the endings most likely don't add up with the way you described it.Sudenak said:
As for me
Best Ending: um . . .
Worst: I have to say the ending of Kiva was kinda bad but its still my favorite Rider series.
THANK YOUpandasaw said:
The original ending was supposed to be a bit longer before the infamous "cut-to-black". It wasFlutterguy said:
Supposed to look more like Tony was about to get shot.
For me, the best was probably the Lost ending. It made a lot of sense and was emotional! Shut up!
The worst for me was... well I can't think of a really bad one right now.
Some of the best finales for me:
The Sopranos – That suspense. And then a sucker punch! But in hindsight classy, and they couldn’t have done it any better.
Firefly – Not much to say here. Watch it and you’ll know.
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Dark Angel – The best James Cameron has ever written/directed. (Yeah, yeah, stone me...)
Six Feet Under – A most definitive ending. Just great. My personal #1.
Endings where they couldn’t do too much because of cancellation, but got it quite right (i.e. I can see why others would see them as bad):
Pushing Daisies and Life
Bad:
Men in Trees – I didn’t watch this show that much, but it was quite nice. After seeing one episode, that I didn’t like too much and which I thought was from the middle of the season, I learned it was the last. It was a pretty bad season finale already, but a really bad show finale. No show should end this way.
TBH, I don’t recall the very last Friends episode, but I didn’t like the 10th season in general. And that I forgot it probably says something about it, too.
The Sopranos – That suspense. And then a sucker punch! But in hindsight classy, and they couldn’t have done it any better.
Firefly – Not much to say here. Watch it and you’ll know.
)Dark Angel – The best James Cameron has ever written/directed. (Yeah, yeah, stone me...)
Six Feet Under – A most definitive ending. Just great. My personal #1.
Endings where they couldn’t do too much because of cancellation, but got it quite right (i.e. I can see why others would see them as bad):
Pushing Daisies and Life
Bad:
Men in Trees – I didn’t watch this show that much, but it was quite nice. After seeing one episode, that I didn’t like too much and which I thought was from the middle of the season, I learned it was the last. It was a pretty bad season finale already, but a really bad show finale. No show should end this way.
TBH, I don’t recall the very last Friends episode, but I didn’t like the 10th season in general. And that I forgot it probably says something about it, too.
Best: Angel. The first time I saw it I felt robbed. Later I realized it ended the only way it could. The line, "Let's go to work," in the context in which it is used, is the whole statement of the series. There's no finish line, no trophy, just a job that needs doing. It will never be over for him or his crew, they will fight evil forever.
Best: Buffy. Pulled out all the stops? Check. Beat the enemy at his own game? Check. Descended into the bowels of hell itself and shut that damned mouth once and for all? Check. Epic battle for the fate of the region/world? Check. School is officially out.
Best: Gurren Lagann. The universe -- literally the whole time-space continuum and everything in it -- is against us, but we fight and win anyway. It's hard to get more epic than hurling entire galaxies at your enemy like shuriken.
Worst: Evangelion. Hey, we're all out of money, let's do some clip episodes that have nothing whatsoever to do with anything that's come before!
Worst: Farscape's series finale. Want to kill your main characters? If you must then you must. But you make it mean something. You do not -- that is capital N, capital O, capital T -- you do NOT kill them off arbitrarily, like little bitches, the way nameless extras die during the teaser to show the audience there's a credible threat. (Yes, I am aware of Peacekeeper Wars. THAT is how the series should have ended.)
Worst: Star Trek Voyager series finale. I detest time travel stories and this is the worst. If time travel is possible for humans, we have to assume the Borg, with their vastly superior technology, can do it better. If humans can travel to the future to get ridiculous weapon upgrades, so can the Borg. Any advantage gained would be immediately nullified. For that matter, since time travel is apparently so damn easy, the Borg could just travel backwards a few billion years, zap Earth's primordial soup, and prevent life from ever evolving there. If *I* can think of that, the Borg are definitely smart enough to do it. There is also the complete loss of suspense that comes from dealing with future-Janeway. Obviously if she and the Federation are still around the good guys won the battle. So many problems I could write a book.
EDIT: I see a lot of people picked Lost as the worst ending. I'm working my way through that show right now, haven't seen the end, don't spoil it for me. I read an interview with the writers before the finale was aired. Their comment was it was not their responsibility to answer every question, nor was it to make everyone happy. Their responsibility as writers was to tell an interesting story. If you were unhappy with the way it ended, or that questions went unanswered, that means you were interested. Besides, I would think after watching five and a half seasons you would have understood Lost simply wasn't the kind of show that laid everything out for you in black and white.
Best: Buffy. Pulled out all the stops? Check. Beat the enemy at his own game? Check. Descended into the bowels of hell itself and shut that damned mouth once and for all? Check. Epic battle for the fate of the region/world? Check. School is officially out.
Best: Gurren Lagann. The universe -- literally the whole time-space continuum and everything in it -- is against us, but we fight and win anyway. It's hard to get more epic than hurling entire galaxies at your enemy like shuriken.
Worst: Evangelion. Hey, we're all out of money, let's do some clip episodes that have nothing whatsoever to do with anything that's come before!
Worst: Farscape's series finale. Want to kill your main characters? If you must then you must. But you make it mean something. You do not -- that is capital N, capital O, capital T -- you do NOT kill them off arbitrarily, like little bitches, the way nameless extras die during the teaser to show the audience there's a credible threat. (Yes, I am aware of Peacekeeper Wars. THAT is how the series should have ended.)
Worst: Star Trek Voyager series finale. I detest time travel stories and this is the worst. If time travel is possible for humans, we have to assume the Borg, with their vastly superior technology, can do it better. If humans can travel to the future to get ridiculous weapon upgrades, so can the Borg. Any advantage gained would be immediately nullified. For that matter, since time travel is apparently so damn easy, the Borg could just travel backwards a few billion years, zap Earth's primordial soup, and prevent life from ever evolving there. If *I* can think of that, the Borg are definitely smart enough to do it. There is also the complete loss of suspense that comes from dealing with future-Janeway. Obviously if she and the Federation are still around the good guys won the battle. So many problems I could write a book.
EDIT: I see a lot of people picked Lost as the worst ending. I'm working my way through that show right now, haven't seen the end, don't spoil it for me. I read an interview with the writers before the finale was aired. Their comment was it was not their responsibility to answer every question, nor was it to make everyone happy. Their responsibility as writers was to tell an interesting story. If you were unhappy with the way it ended, or that questions went unanswered, that means you were interested. Besides, I would think after watching five and a half seasons you would have understood Lost simply wasn't the kind of show that laid everything out for you in black and white.
My favorite is the season finale of Scrubs. I mean the REAL series finale. That show ended with the seventh season to me. It's impossible for them to have done that ending better, I think. It was an amazing end to one of my favorite TV shows.
Worst: Harper's Island. The following mini-rant has spoilers, so...
Basically, good premise for a series (murder mystery where the audience can actually keep track and try guessing the killer), a few great moments, but mostly just disappointing due to how the ending was handled.
Worst: Harper's Island. The following mini-rant has spoilers, so...
The very end of the series was great. The way that the groom (can't remember his name) acted, the way everything happened, it was all amazing. Though, of course, it couldn't beat the deaths of Chloe and her boyfriend (that moment still gets to me a bit, it was very well done). My problem is how they handled the entire killer thing that the entire series revolved around. First off, the killer was the most obvious person, the groom. On top of that disappointing item, they brought back the 'dead' killer. It was so obvious that they were going to is the worst part. I really wanted them not to too. Then, they made people actually trying to keep up clues as to who was where and if they could have killed each victim completely pointless. This is because there were two killers, and one of the killers was off-screen for 2/3s of the series, meaning he could be anywhere at any time. So that ruined all the fun of it alone.
Basically, good premise for a series (murder mystery where the audience can actually keep track and try guessing the killer), a few great moments, but mostly just disappointing due to how the ending was handled.
Metalocalypse Season 1 has a beast of an ending with so much brutality including the reveal of the PR guy's (Charles Ofdensen) epic combat skills against 216's brother, plus the bit with the priest and General Crosier is epic... But Season 3 has an absolute shite one revealing close to bugger all compared to s1&2's climactic cliffhangers.
Frisky Dingo Season 1 has an epic ending that perfectly shows how the series reflects itself compared to those phony shows that have meaningful endings and characters that never get killed off and yeh some jokes but not nearly as many as FD... Also Season 2's ending was so kick ass and funny with multiple characters getting killed off like crazy... I just didn't like how I never got to see what happened next. :'(
Frisky Dingo Season 1 has an epic ending that perfectly shows how the series reflects itself compared to those phony shows that have meaningful endings and characters that never get killed off and yeh some jokes but not nearly as many as FD... Also Season 2's ending was so kick ass and funny with multiple characters getting killed off like crazy... I just didn't like how I never got to see what happened next. :'(
