12-02-2005 05:29									#1
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So.. anyone think of any?

I just was finally able to finish Sopranos and season5.. don't get me wrong, I love the series, but I was waiting for a better ending for the season than this.

It had perfect set up for a war, but then, Tony takes out his cousin wiht a shotgun at the last minute and settles it with Johnny Sack.. of course he wanted to protect his family and crew by doing it, and then shooting himself so that his cousin wouldn't get into the hands of the other guys and tortured.

However, had he just stuck with his word to begin with, we could have a war. Would make a lot more interesting, with all the pending possible power struggle inside the family, some thinking they should take Tony out themselves for putting everyone to danger because of his cousin. It had the works for a real nice season 6.. but now they settled it and instead the FBI took out the other crew and Johnny too, making Tony a .. bigger opportunist I guess in the future. So that means there will be no war in the future either, at least not with this hand of cards.

Also I feel Adrianna should have been able to escape and relocate to Finland and marry me damn it! What a waste..

So when is the next season beginning?

	12-02-2005 05:34									#2
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24 season 3 ending was booooring....

	12-02-2005 05:35									#3
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Worst final episode ever?

The X-Files.

Absolutely craptastic.

	12-02-2005 05:36									#4
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I liked and disliked the end of season 3 on 24. Some things were a bit silly. But the very, very end, with Jack just absolutely losing his **** in the car, was absolutely perfect.

	12-02-2005 05:36									#5
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Agreed, though Voyager last ep. sucked very much too

	12-02-2005 05:37									#6
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And on the other hand, I feel that Rick James's Superfreak is SUPERIOR to Mc Hammer's U can't touch this.. now first of all, it's a better and of course the original. It has that part where he sings She's all right, she's all right ... That's my favourite part of the song and it ROCKS and that's the part missing in MC Hammer... man there's nothing to it. Rick James RIP

	12-02-2005 05:40									#7
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Last episode of Sienfeld was a disappointment...

Last episode of M*A*S*H out-and-out sucked...

Last episodes of the Mary Tyler Moore Show and Cheers are the gold standard for saying goodbye to well-loved characters...

Last episode of St. Elsewhere set the standard for surprise endings...

Last episode of Blackadder Goes Forth is the best 30 minutes in the history of television...

	12-02-2005 05:40									#8
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Godfather 3

	12-02-2005 05:41									#9
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Dont you think Angels in America last ep pwned Blackadder?

	12-02-2005 05:42									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka And on the other hand, I feel that Rick James's Superfreak is SUPERIOR to Mc Hammer's U can't touch this.. now first of all, it's a better and of course the original. It has that part where he sings She's all right, she's all right ... That's my favourite part of the song and it ROCKS and that's the part missing in MC Hammer... man there's nothing to it. Rick James RIP

Although, the new Nationwide commercial featuring Hammer is terrific.

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The last episode of the Second Bob Newhart series, when he wakes up in bed with his wife from the first series was the GOLD STANDARD of last episodes, and will never be beat

	12-02-2005 05:43									#12
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X-Files

The only one that was received more poorly was the Twin Peaks finale... but I didn't watch that show. I did watch the X-Files though, and it was horrible.

I actually started a thread like this over at the Straight Dope. Here's what I said about the X-Files finale...

quote: The X-Files Clip Show, er, The Truth, in which, after seeing this special two-parter just last week, my original observation still holds up: Chris Carter had nowhere to go but to pull something out of his ass, and what resulted was a clip show. Given the shows potential and high points, this was possibly the most insulting final episode in the history of TV, a slap at the fans.

	12-02-2005 05:44									#13
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I can't remember the last episode of X-Files.. but I'll take your word since it's been vouched for couple of times already..

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quote: Originally posted by Ming The last episode of the Second Bob Newhart series, when he wakes up in bed with his wife from the first series was the GOLD STANDARD of last episodes, and will never be beat

I'm not old enough to know the original Newhart show, but I remember watching the finale of the second with my parents, and they just came apart at the seems laughing.

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It was a clip show for Godsakes! There were so many things that needed explaining, and all we got was a recap (probably pulled from the timeline on some fanboy's website) of what went on before.

Of course, by then we had already given up on the show. Laura found it unwatchable after Scully gave away her child.

Edit: Response to Pekka.

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And on the flip side, I'd also like to commend the final episode of Homicide: Life on the Street. After a lackluster final season, the final episode was beyond sublime, and heartbreaking.

The follow-up movie was terrific, too.

	12-02-2005 05:47									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Guynemer I'm not old enough to know the original Newhart show, but I remember watching the finale of the second with my parents, and they just came apart at the seems laughing.

Funniest thing I've ever seen on TV...

	12-02-2005 05:50									#18
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It really sucks though.. it's like the movie Transporter.. it starts, the idea is cool, it's something that you actually stop and say 'hmm I never thought of this, pretty cool!', you think casting has been great at the first 30 minutes. Nice little action, but then it just goes to a -... not even a b movie, a c movie at BEST. Then again, you can follow a series for years, I mean the least they OWE you after cancelling the show or quitting it after the last season is a freaking great last episode!

	12-02-2005 06:47									#19
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Last episode of Babylon 5 sucked all the air out of the room, the hallway, and all the ajoining rooms...

	12-02-2005 06:51									#20
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You mean SiL?

I think it was as korny as the rest of the series.....

	12-02-2005 06:57									#21
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Quantum Leap's last episode was pretty crappy. After about a million episodes starting with the narrator saying that Sam Beckett was trying to get home...

"Sam Beckett never stopped leaping..."

****ing hell!

	12-02-2005 06:58									#22
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	12-02-2005 07:51									#23
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Farscape.


And if you count the mini-series that eventually came afterwards, it was ten times as disapointing.

	12-02-2005 08:17									#24
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Black Adder Goes Forth last episode

	12-02-2005 08:22									#25
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Since I can't remember any last episodes I say they all suck.

	12-02-2005 08:40									#26
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Friends was alright...good enough for consistent followers of the show. One of those "this is how it should end" things.

Seinfeld was of course a disappointment...but almost the entire last season was.

Home Improvement had a good last episode for what it was.

Fresh Prince of Bell Air's last episode was probably my favorite. That was the show I watched the most growing up.

Star Trek: The Next Generation had a great last episode too. Ending right back where it started and explaining what was realized since the beginning is a good way to wrap something up.

	12-02-2005 09:52									#27
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quote: Originally posted by DRoseDARs Last episode of Babylon 5 sucked all the air out of the room, the hallway, and all the ajoining rooms...

You mean the final episode of the time-condensed and very nearly final fourth season, or the final episode of the poorly executed mostly-filler was the final but should not have been fifth season?

	12-02-2005 09:55									#28
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quote: Star Trek: The Next Generation had a great last episode too. Ending right back where it started and explaining what was realized since the beginning is a good way to wrap something up.

It's definately one that bears repeat watching.

	12-02-2005 09:57									#29
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yeah, TNG had a great ending. Really, I don't think there's ever been a show that's done as good an all around job as TNG did in it's run.

	12-02-2005 11:58									#30
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Spoilers warning, clearly.



Disspointing endings:
The Prisoner - Ugh.

Forever Knight - not so much for the ending itself, but tht it just didn't fit. I didn't mind, for instance, the simmilar endings in Blake's 7 and The Others, since it fit with those shows and their style/storyline better. In Forever Knight it was like the writers decided to go crazy for an episode. At least it didn't end up being a dream episode, though.

Profiler - not so much because it ended on a cliffhanger (lots of shows do that because they're cancelled, unfortunately), but because the powers that be scheduled the episodes in a completely random order (before one or two of the episodes that were supposed to come directly before it), meaning that it not only was never resolved, but it made a number of references to episodes viewers had never seen.

Good Endings:
Deep Space Nine - Probably the best series finale I can think of, although it had built up momentum during the last half season - the episode would probably not stand up as well on it's own.

Moonbase 3: The inhabatants of a moonbase witnessing the destruction of the Earth, and the realization that they're the last survivors of humanity, and without a habitable Earth, they're not going to last very long. Chilling.

I also remembered liking the finale of I'll Fly Away, where it was made as an epilogue set in the present day where one of the characters revisits her old friends from decades earlier.

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