It's been written that Seinfeld's finale was one of the great misunderstood works of our time, and I'm inclined to believe that.
Soap was the worst, because it was left wide open. Even Jessica Tate coming back from the dead in Benson didnt make up for it.
Speaking of the Buffyverse, the finale of Angel was wonderful too. You know the one where Darla gives birth to Connor and ultimately gave up her life for him*. It was one of the most emotionally poignant episodes of anything I've ever seen. Just a wonderful performance by Julie Benz. * I refuse to believe that any episode that happened after Connor was born even exists. "Baby Connor hangs around for a couple of episodes, goes into a different dimension, and comes back a couple of episodes later as a teenager." If those episodes had actually existed, they would be the worst subplot of all time.
Of course. How many people end up with their junior high girlfriend? I thought it was unrealistic enough that he had a thing for her all those years (even though there were a few girls in between). Most guys rebound better than that and change their mind a lot during those years. Which is probably healthier. At the end, Kevin wasn't so little and cute and was starting to look desperate... pathetic... a little scary... I can't decide. I just wish they had told more about his adult life. He got married and had kids, and that's all we ever knew. They did better telling about his other family members. Liked the last episode of Cheers, though I'd been hoping against hope for Sam to end up with Rebecca (which proves that I just "don't get it" and never have ). It fits, though, that he ended up with "the bar". I didn't like the part where Diane came back, though. Maybe because I never could stand that b*tch.
OK this has been bugging me for a long time. I love Seinfeld, but at the same time I have to be the only guy on this planet who never saw the finale. What happened in it?
The gang is arrested for making jokes while a guy is being robbed (under some sort of new "good samaritan" law where you are required to try to help people in trouble). Many of the old characters (Poppy, Soup Nazi, Babu, etc.) testify as character witnesses against them and they are put in prison. Pretty crappy last episode (basically a thinly veiled clip show, really) of a fantastic series. I agree that the Buffy finale was great. Having a jillion slayers kinda messes up the concept of the Angel show, though they did get at least one good episode out of it. I just wish Anya had survived to make an appearance in the last few eps of Angel. Hopefully we will at least get to see Xander again. Speaking again of the Buffyverse, it would be great if Tru Calling (as good a show as it is) got cancelled and they finally decided to do a Faith spinoff.
i've never heard that criticism before...i think the finale was bad because it was SO different from any other seinfeld episode i ever saw. Wonder Years is my favorite one. The last bit...with the aerial view of his neighborhood and the voice-over was just amazing to me. Perhaps because I can relate. Great freaking show. The Newhart one is probably my second favorite, because, as was said, the concept was just so great.
The most depressing series finale would have to be Degrassi High. Joey ruins his storybook romance with Caitlin by sleeping with Tessa the 10th grade slut. Tessa later discovers that she is pregnant. Joey and Snake get into a huge fight, and never make up. Wheels drives drunk and ends up knocking down a kid. The kid dies and Wheels gets sent to prison. Lucy, his passenger and the student with the brightest future, becomes paralyzed from the accident and spends the rest of her life in a wheelchair. Later, at the reunion, Joey's best friend Snake discovers that he really doesn't have much in common with Joey anymore and gives him the cold shoulder. Talk about a downer...
The problem with the Seinfeld episode was that it was unfamiliar. People want a familiar, happy ending. How many people thought the best ending would have been the Seinfeld gang in the coffee shop as the camera pans away, or something like that? They weren't even in New York City when the show ended.
i think that's right...nothing about it felt like any other episode. i think that was by design...but it was wildly unentertaining.
I think i'm really going to like the last episode of Friends. Not so much the episode itself....but the fact that it's the LAST episode.
That's actually "School's Out", the Degrassi mini-series/movie. It features on of the greatest moments of unintentional comedy ever. After Wheels kills that little kid and paralyzes Lucy, Joey comes to visit him in prison. Snake then busts out witht he funniest quote of all time: "IT'S NOT MY FAULT LUCY WANTED CHIPS!"
The last Seinfeld was brilliant. There were references to the whole series littered throughout the show. Keith Hernandez flying in for the trial? Hilarious! Jackie Chiles - "they're real and they're spectacular" ... great stuff.
