Name a TV show that ended just right.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation had a sublime end to the series. My only criticism being that it actually ended...
By the time I got here there were 8 pages to go through, so sorry if someone has already said the following.
Bottom. Three series, lots of live shows. They didn't overkill it at all and they got a fitting ending
Men Behaving Badly. Each series grew from strength to strength and ended at the perfect time, season 6, before the bore could kick in. It also made those extra two episodes they did years later actually mean something and make me want to go see them without thinking "God let it die already."
Bottom. Three series, lots of live shows. They didn't overkill it at all and they got a fitting ending
Men Behaving Badly. Each series grew from strength to strength and ended at the perfect time, season 6, before the bore could kick in. It also made those extra two episodes they did years later actually mean something and make me want to go see them without thinking "God let it die already."
Agreed, at least for the first time I watched it. It peaked well, and had good old fashioned closure (Cf. e.g. Full Metal Alchemist. The guy should get the girl, damn it!). The second time I wasn't too sold on the central romance, so... well, might have to watch it again.castlewise said:
Not sure if this is a controversial choice, but Neon Genesis Evangelion. Of course, this is only true if what you mean by "just right" is "a depressing mind-f--k that fits perfectly with the rest of the show." But hey, for a whole week I felt wrong about life, and that doesn't happen too often, does it now?
And props for reminding me of Blackadder. Pretty sure that was the first time I cried watching a television show. I was 12 years old when I saw that.
They're doing season 5 of Skins right now... and it sucks balls, they've completely ruined it.Deadheart said:
In my opinion although seasons 3-4 were still ok they should have ended it with the season 2 finale and the original cast of characters.
But the ending to a series might spiritually be the movie that followed in which case why should we leave it out just because it's a movie?Sonic Doctor said:
Movies really aren't that different from TV in this kind of case.
I would say SG-1 when it ended after season 7 or 8. While I enjoyed seasons 9 and 10, O'Neil was the main lynchpin in the overall story so once he left, I wasn't enjoying it as much.Radoh said:
I didn't like series 4 at all, it may just be because I didn't like the characters of the second generation that much in the first place but to me it lost a lot of the depth the first two series had.NinjaDeathSlap said:
Series 1 was about a bunch of teens who are fairly innocent who gradually start to realise that the world isn't as simple as they thought and
Series 2 was them being thrust into the real world and having to try and cope (e.g. the pregnancy and Chris's problem).
I might be reading too much into it but that's what I liked about them. Since then it's become whiny teens whining about their problems and party montages.
I don't care what people say, Scrubs ended perfectly on the finale of season 8. There never was a season 9. Never.
Seinfeld, Blackadder, Freaks and Geeks.
I vaguely remember Picket Fences ending okay but I don't remember what happened.
Generally my favourite shows I feel either ended too early (Arrested Development, Firefly, Veronica Mars, Better off Ted) or too late (Newsradio, Scrubs, Babylon 5, Heroes).
From this thread it seems the overall consensus is that UK is more likely to make shows that end 'right'.
I vaguely remember Picket Fences ending okay but I don't remember what happened.
Generally my favourite shows I feel either ended too early (Arrested Development, Firefly, Veronica Mars, Better off Ted) or too late (Newsradio, Scrubs, Babylon 5, Heroes).
From this thread it seems the overall consensus is that UK is more likely to make shows that end 'right'.
Scrubs could have skipped seasons 2 and 3 and you wouldn't have missed anything. JD and whatsherface together, now they're not, they they are, now they're not. It turned into Home and Away faster than HaA did. -.-Easton Dark said:
I actually can't name any TV show I like that hasn't ended on some sour note.
Carnivale, Firefly, Blackbooks, Jekyll, Rome was.. Actually Rome wasn't too bad. Two seasons is okay for that show. Deadwood maybe? Apparently that ended nicely, I still need to find the damn things. Could download, but I like the show. -.- If we're talking about anime then Ghost in the Shell and Monster might satisfy your criteria. I liked them, didn't feel the need for more shows to fill in the blanks.
Still raging over Carnivale lol
F.R.I.E.N.D.S had a great ending. It makes me wonder what they're all up to now(excluding Joey who got his own short-lived series).
I think that's just because we have the BBC. It's government funded so no matter what it's always got a steady stream of money coming in, which makes them less tempted to do the whole 'string it our for another series because we need the money' thing like other commercial channels, and is also more inclined to give new shows a chance to get better even if they don't do so well straight away.Shilkanni said:
Mind you, it's not as if they never slip up. My Family should have ended around 10 years before it actually did, and I'm not sure they even have pulled the plug for good yet.
I liked Effy, Thomas and Freddie, JJ was likable but not particularly interesting, while Cook was the opposite, interesting but in no way likable. Whereas the rest of the 3-4 cast were nowhere near as good as Seasons 1-2. I will say this for them though, compared to what I can occasionally stomach of season 5, they were all at least good actors.Rockchimp69 said: