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Post by Principal Richard Belding on Jul 31, 2003 23:14:49 GMT -5
Recently I had gotten into watching reruns of Roseanne on TBS. All this summer right after I get home from work that show was on, and its not bad for daytime TV. So I got into it, and the final episode in the series aired today. It was pretty weird as it was revealed that the whole final season where they totally jumped the shark by winning the lottery was really just made up by Roseanne who was writing this as a book. Pretty weird, but quite a cool twist.
So I got to thinking, what shows have had really cool final episodes, and which shows have had really bad final episodes?
IMO The Wonder Years had a great finale, that along with Growing Pains, Perfect Strangers, and Fresh Prince, all good endings.
As far as bad ones go, theres obviously Seinfeld, the silly amnesia angle in Full House, and the ridiculous conclusion to Home Improvement.
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Post by justindr1 on Jul 31, 2003 23:29:51 GMT -5
That last episode of Roseanne was pretty wild. The last episode of Quantam Leap always sticks out for me. I was so sad for him. The Buffy finale was very good. I agree about Wonder Years and Fresh Prince, but i liked the Seinfeld finale.
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Post by ESPNIsLame on Aug 1, 2003 10:18:34 GMT -5
Wonder Years was great. Cheers gives me mixed feelings. The last epsiode at the end shows a camera going to the Cheers door and Sam says "Sorry were closed" and the camera dude closes the door and it ends.
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Post by Jessie Spano on Aug 1, 2003 10:55:46 GMT -5
Yes, "Roseanne" was a kick-ass show, but the finale always bothered me. I understand that the whole idea was Roseanne was trying to cope with her husband's death by writing fictitious stories about her family (such as winning the lottery), but something always bothered me:
Why did they explain that, in reality, Mark was actually Darlene's boyfriend, David was actually Becky's boyfriend, and Jackie was actually a lesbian? Since those storylines were established several years before the "fictitious" final-season, doesn't that mean that the entire history of the show was simply what she had written in her book? Was the entire show simply Roseanne's interpretation of her own reality, meaning that, yes, certain aspects of the show were true (such as Dan's heart-attack), but other aspects (such as Darlene dating David) weren't?
Oh, and I don't care what anyone else says, I thought the final season was damn good; sure, it went against the entire idea of the show in the first place, but it was still damn funny.
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Post by ESPNIsLame on Aug 1, 2003 11:05:56 GMT -5
I lost respect for Roseanne when she sang the national antehm terribly at a game, then spat on the ground and grabbed her crotch.
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Post by justindr1 on Aug 1, 2003 11:46:25 GMT -5
Yeah, i guess the whole show was Roseanne's writing. Art imitates life.
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Post by Principal Richard Belding on Aug 1, 2003 15:02:51 GMT -5
Yes, "Roseanne" was a kick-ass show, but the finale always bothered me. I understand that the whole idea was Roseanne was trying to cope with her husband's death by writing fictitious stories about her family (such as winning the lottery), but something always bothered me: Why did they explain that, in reality, Mark was actually Darlene's boyfriend, David was actually Becky's boyfriend, and Jackie was actually a lesbian? Since those storylines were established several years before the "fictitious" final-season, doesn't that mean that the entire history of the show was simply what she had written in her book? Was the entire show simply Roseanne's interpretation of her own reality, meaning that, yes, certain aspects of the show were true (such as Dan's heart-attack), but other aspects (such as Darlene dating David) weren't? Oh, and I don't care what anyone else says, I thought the final season was damn good; sure, it went against the entire idea of the show in the first place, but it was still damn funny. Thats what I was wondering about, whether it was just the final season written by Roseanne or the whole series. I would guess that the ending showed the show was all part of her book which she based on real life people. So I guess none of it was real.And the final season was not my favorite not just because it took away from what made the show what it was, but because it focused too much on Roseanne and to a lesser extent Jackie. There were a lot of episodes that didn't even have Dan, Darlene, David or any of the other characters. But still all around a really good show.
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Post by Principal Richard Belding on Aug 1, 2003 15:17:30 GMT -5
Anyone ever see the final episode of Soap. I do believe I saw it once, and I think it ends with everyone being killed off. Am I right?
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Post by Kelly Kapowski on Aug 1, 2003 16:48:32 GMT -5
NEWHART~!
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Post by Kain on Aug 1, 2003 23:48:53 GMT -5
I liked the cosby show ending, with Theo graduating
BTW,,how did Home Improvement end? I used to watch up to the 97-98 season when it got boring and when mark became an EVIL(IN-DEED!) environmentalist.
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Post by justindr1 on Aug 2, 2003 8:10:07 GMT -5
I've seen the finale of Home Improvement, but don't remember it too well.
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Post by Jessie Spano on Aug 2, 2003 10:18:03 GMT -5
Home Improvement:
Al and Trudy (the rich woman) get married in the Taylor's backyard; in order to make room for the wedding, Tim and Wilson tear down the fence. Also, Tim secretly gives up some sort of great job-promotion where he'd have to move to, umm, somewhere else (let's say New York), because he doesn't want to uproot his family, and because Jill was doing really well in her job as a psychologist (psychiatrist?). However, Jill finds out that Tim sacrificed this great job-promotion, and decides to give up HER job, so that they can move to, umm, somewhere else (let's again say New York). Final thing of note: Tim and Jill don't want to leave the home they've lived in for so long, so they move the entire house (first by truck, then by boat) to, umm, "somewhere else".
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Post by justindr1 on Aug 2, 2003 10:24:16 GMT -5
Yeah, i remember now. Thanks, Stew. HI was big fav of mine, maybe because it was set in my home state.
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Post by Principal Richard Belding on Aug 2, 2003 12:31:32 GMT -5
Is there an echo in here?
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Post by justindr1 on Aug 2, 2003 12:55:00 GMT -5
The echo has been taken care of. ;D
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