Most Memorable Series Finale? (SPOILERS)

mjn6172 · Post by **mjn6172** » 2004-05-10 10:31pm

ST:TNG Is near the top of the list of course.

I also cried at the end of Futurama (I know, I know, I'm overly emotional. Bite me.)

Dark Angel's ending was great, with the Freak Nation raising their flag and deciding to make a home in Terminal City. I'm STILL pissed off over the fact that they cancelled that show .

Quantum Leap, however, is the absolute best ending for a series that I've seen. Those last few lines they print at the end get me every time.

"Beth and Al have four daughters and will shortly celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary.

Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home."

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm thoroughly depressed after reading through all of this.

The Prime Necromancer · Post by **The Prime Necromancer** » 2004-05-11 01:13am

Durandal wrote:
Majin Gojira wrote:Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chosen

Say what you will about Season 7, but the ending fit the series themes very well.
Ugh, are you serious? It was awful.

The season 5 pseudo-finale ("The Gift") was far, far better.

A-fucking-men.

Might I ask why everyone hates the Futurama finale? Admittedly it wasn't amazing, but I thought it was a good, funny episode, and it ended "leaving me wanting more" yet simultaneously strangely fulfilled.

You know, it's pretty hard to think of good finales, since so many shows either end abruptly or simply continue on and on, as the execs milk the show for all its worth. God, do I hate that. Anyway, Cowboy Bebop has been said, but it deserves another mention. I liked the ending of the Slayers, it was quite poignant in my opinion. Trigun was good too (funny how they're all anime series, isn't it?). If I had actually seen Star Trek TNG or B5's (damn you Sci-Fi channel!) endings they would probably be there too.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-05-11 02:33am

M.A.S.H.: They ended the war
Mary Tyler Moore" Everybody got the Axe (except Ted Baxter)
Hill Street Blues: They burned down the station, and someone finally suckerpunched that damn S.O.B. of a police commisioner.
The Prisoner: Fallout
The Fugitive: ok, he finally got his freedom, and unfortunatly unlike les miserables Gerard did not kill himself...

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » 2004-05-11 07:58pm

B5 (Sleeping in Light): Damn near brought me to tears

Robotech (Symphony of Light): Seeing the REF fleet getting wacked and the Invid leaving Earth was excellent

Quantum Leap: Depressed me for days

And of course, we can't forget ST:TOS. Kirk getting his mind switched with some crazy bitch was absolutely classic

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2004-05-11 08:16pm

Blackadder Goes Forth.

No contest, not one series, especially not a comedy series, has ever done that, before or since.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-05-12 12:04am

Well I have issues with the DS9 finale, but the sequences of O'Brien, Worf, Odo, Kira, Quark, and Jake thinking back on the last seven years, what they brought with them and what they are leaving, coupled with the music always causes me to break into tears every time I watch it.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-05-12 01:55am

I almost cried when Sleeping in Light ended, even though I hated the last season of the show.

I loved the ending of M*A*S*H*.

There was a cartoon show a while back called "Mighty Max," that appears to have been totally forgotten. It had a really interesting ending that was the first and only time I liked the "reset button" approach. I liked the show, which I felt was a cartoon of unique Saturday-morning vision, but the final episode was one of their most visionary.

The DS9 finale was pretty good.

The ending for Blake's Seven was STUNNING, even though the show had stunk it up for the entire previous season.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-05-12 01:57am

Master of Ossus wrote:There was a cartoon show a while back called "Mighty Max," that appears to have been totally forgotten. It had a really interesting ending that was the first and only time I liked the "reset button" approach. I liked the show, which I felt was a cartoon of unique Saturday-morning vision, but the final episode was one of their most visionary.

I remember that show, how did it end?

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-05-12 03:00am

Gandalf wrote:I remember that show, how did it end?

The ending had been foreshadowed for a few episodes when Virgil was telling Max how destiny was "equal parts free-will, fate, and chance." Virgil showed Max a sort of comic-book painted on the walls of a cave. It depicted everything that had happened to them, and their futures. Norman would eventually be killed by a giant spider, Max would kill both Virgil and Skullmaster, whose fates were bound together.

Norman was killed by a spider, as prophesied, but when Max had the opportunity to destroy Skullmaster and Virgil, he chose not to do it. He managed to save Virgil by giving Skullmaster his cap. Virgil and Max then flee to Stone Henge, and Skullmaster unleashes his forces on the surface. Virgil goes to Stone Henge to do something to try and stop Skullmaster, but he thinks everything's already lost since Max refused to kill him. Skullmaster shows up to stop Virgil's last ditch effort and kills Virgil, but Max attacks Skullmaster just as the spell that Virgil was about to finish goes off, surprising Skullmaster and hitting both of them with the spell. Max wakes up in his bed and gets a package from Virgil, which contains his cap--he's back at the beginning of the whole show. "And this time, I'm really gonna kick some Skullmaster butt."