Posted on 05/21/2014 2:19:07 PM PDT by EveningStar
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We faithfully watched the shows, but were bitterly let down by their finales. Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 disappointing TV show finales.
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yep.. I thought the Newhart show ending was brilliant... as was the Sopranos, which I had a love/hate thing about... but that ending... not fade to black but quick change to black, as if either Tony had been done in, or the entire family...
I agree with #4 (Battlestar Galactica - remake) and #3(Dexter).
BSG had the people walking off in several different directions in tall grass.
Dexter basically gives his kid to a female serial killer who absconds to South America and he ends up in some northwestern area cutting down trees.
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Over the years, many programs had weak or silly conclusions.
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One of the best ever was the finale to the comedy series Newhart. I didn’t watch that series, except for the finale, but I did watch Bob’s previous series, The Bob Newhart Show. Thus, I though the Newart finale was one of the best ever.
Strangely, the finale was revised on the DVD sets. Apparently, there were legal questions that could not be resolved.
I’ve always thought that the Sopranos’ ending was meant to leave the door open for a movie or a new series with at least some of the characters — maybe AJ becoming the head of the family (although AJ was portrayed in the original series as violent, but as dumb as a doorknob).
It took a few days, but I ended up being really happy with the Sopranos ending. It’s the way I wanted it, all in my head.
Dropped out of that show once it became a hit. Then I saw Barney lisping it up at the thanksgiving day parade with his boyfriend. Couldn’t see him as a womanizer.
And really it’s pretty clear what happened. Especially if you see any of the interview Chase has given since then. He all but admits it when he talks about what he wasn’t willing to show.
He can never go home,,,,it sucked.I bawled like a baby.
I thought it was an excellent ending...
There could have been several very different endings that would have left an opening for spin offs..
This ending nailed that it was a done deal...
I was actually surprised they actually landed on the real earth...
The only thing that sort of disturbed me was the female "Starbuck" character who died, came back, just appears in a new ship and in the end just disappears into thin air ...
What was she...Cylon, hybrid, ghost, angel...?
That question never gets answered...
The concept of finales never appealed to me. When a series ended, I guess I just liked to think individual stories and adventures kept continuing on, unseen. Like Captain Kirk and the Enterprise just kept on exploring new worlds, and Marshall Dillon kept on hunting down villainous owlhoots, and sitcoms characters just kept getting into their usual scrapes.
Perhaps a premise like “The Fugitive” necessitated a wrap-up, but otherwise, I’d easily do without them. Maybe it also has to do with how there’s such a sense of self-consciousness that comes with a conclusion, which I find a turn-off. Whether it’s used as some emotional venting, or some perceived desire to make a “statement,” or the notion that a series is like some kind of novel that requires a big, fancy climax, I’m highly inclined to find the results too preciously annoying.
“Most AWESOMEST finale: BREAKING BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
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I agree——the final three episodes were incredible.
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After looking at the pattern of the final Soprano’s scene....
Bell rings
Tony looks up
We see his POV
In the last seconds, you hear the bell, then Tony looks up, then black
It’s pretty obvious.
I would put the Roadrunner Wile E Coyote show up near the top.
Exactly, add in his conversation with Bobby a couple eps before Bobby got hit, and what happened when Bobby got hit, and really there’s no reason for doubt.
And the nod to The Godfather, with Members Only Guy going to the bathroom to get the gun.
“Never watched one episode of any of them.”
Same here, so I have to wonder why either of us clicked onto the thread ?
I remember visiting my sister in Chicago the weekend of the Seinfeld finale. Never saw such hype in my life, even for Super Bowl. Made a point of just not joining them to watch it.
I can say with pride that I never watched any of these with any regularity. They could have ended with an apocalypse and I wouldn’t know. And I like it that way.
There’s so many clues. But like David Chase said, some people just weren’t going to be satisfied without seeing Tony’s brains all over Carmella’s blouse (which is another clue right there).
And Chase apparently pretty much planned out the ending scene fairly early during the Soprano’s run.
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