Best series finale ever?
Best series finale ever?
BWFan101
Understudy Joined: 9/15/12
#1Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 6:18pmWith the office coming to an end, it made me think back on prior finale episodes. My favorite was the Golden Girls. My least favorite was Seinfeld. Any other opinions?
#2Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 6:26pmSix Feet Under
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#3Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 6:26pmSt. Elsewhere. They ended by showing us that the entire series had been in the mind of an autistic boy.
#4Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 6:28pm
NEWHART's season finale flashback to THE BOB NEWHART SHOW. (For you kids, the finale of Bob Newhart's second sitcom revealed the entire series to be a dream had by Bob Newhart's character in his FIRST sitcom!) (Sorry, Jordan, we were posting at the same time.)
Personally, I never got tired of watching the final episode of THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW. "It's a long way to Tipperary...", indeed!
Updated On: 5/12/13 at 06:28 PM
#5Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 6:35pmI also liked the Sopranos finale where the audience ended up being a victim of a mob hit!
#6Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 7:00pmMARY TYLER MOORE SHOW has the best series finale of all-time.
--Aristotle
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#7Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 7:18pmI always loved the finale of The Cosby Show. The chemistry between Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad was always wonderful throughout the series, and that final moment as they shared a final dance, then broke the fourth wall to show Bill escorting Phylicia off the set was just magic. I just rewatched it on Hulu before posting and still, some 20 years later, got choked up a little bit.
#8Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 7:19pmSex and the City.
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#9Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 7:30pm
i agree with the Cosby Show
some of my other favorites
Smallville i felt had a great finale... one of the only shows i've ever watched for its entire run... never once skipping a seasons... only missing one episode because my DVR messed up
i don't care what others say... i loved the LOST finale
Battlestar Galactica (the new one)
Spartacus
and CHUCK... goodness that finale had me choked up! the writers completely were ballsy with how they decided to end that show!
and Fringe gets an honorable mention
#10Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 7:37pmRoseanne, Melrose Place
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#11Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 7:38pmMASH was pretty epic -- but I love some of your other suggestions, particularly Newhart. MTM was pretty awesome as well.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#12Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 7:42pmBy the time it had run its course no one was watching it, but ELLEN had an incredible final episode that featured Beatrice Arthur and Dianne Carrol, among others.
JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#13Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 7:45pmI have to agree with Jordan and GavestonPS here. The first show I thought of soon as I saw the thread title was NEWHART. Perfection.
BWFan101
Understudy Joined: 9/15/12
#14Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 7:57pm
I totally forgot about the Cosby Show. That was a great moment.
And I'm probably the one person (alive in the 80s) that didn't see the MASH finale.
#15Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 8:05pmThe last five minutes of ROSEANNE was 5 of the best and most risky moments in all of sitcom history.
#16Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 8:15pmSix Feet Under, and I liked the Sopranos too (though I obviously get everyone's issues with it).
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#18Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 8:51pmNewhart, Six Feet Under and Roseanne.
#19Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 9:18pm
Roseanne because when I saw the (re-run) I had to chart all of the possible changes. Did certain characters even exist? Were certain characters entirely different people to serve the Roseanne's work?
Others:
Six Feet Under
Friday Night Lights
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Dinosaurs (one of the BLEAKEST)
Life on Mars (UK version)
The Office (UK version)
#20Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 9:20pmNewhart
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#21Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 9:20pmI admit I don't feel the love for the Roseanne finale that some of you have, but then I really didn't like that whole final season, so no surprise there that the finale was more of a "really?" moment for me.
OrdinaryJukebox
Featured Actor Joined: 6/7/06
#22Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 10:11pm
"Six Feet Under" - Brilliant.
"Roseanne" - Genius.
"The Wonder Years" - Beautiful and sad.
"Friends" - Love.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#23Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 10:29pm
"Life on Mars (UK version)"
Yes, that was good storytelling.
#24Best series finale ever?
Posted: 5/12/13 at 10:35pm
I've blocked the ending of THE WONDER YEARS out of my mind. If I even attempt to think about it, I start to sob and don't stop for the entire day.
Also, I loooooooooooooooove the last 2 minutes of GROWING PAINS. The instrumental theme song is GORGEOUS and Carol's "goodbye" makes me cry every time. Every second of it is perfect. And I can't believe it's been 21 years since that aired.
Watch it here and cry with me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EBByO2LHdc
Updated On: 5/12/13 at 10:35 PM
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