What is the best final episode of a TV show.

User45701

It must be very hard to make a last episdoe when a tv show has been running for so many years like what actor gets to say the last word is a big thing.

Friends last episode i had no idia what to think of it because friends had been running for so many years i mean how hard it must be to end a long running TV show. I hope they do a good job with scrubs and SG1.

What do u all think ur faverate Final episode of a TV show is?
Space above and beyond was a very good ending but that wasent ment to be the ending it just got canceled.
Blackadder the 4th had a good ending for many a very moving sequence
X-Files - most ppl didnt like the last episode but i thought it was great the way cancer man was back, like friends it would be very hard to make a final episode of X-files

Simpsons is a example VERY VERY hard to make a last episode for.
I belive simspons has been so bad rcently because any reley good idias and lines they come up with are being saved for the simpsons movie and the last few episodes.

I would post a poll but only 10 options so not worth it.
So as the topic says what is ur faverate final episode of any TV show.

LoneGunM@n

Most people would think I'm mad, but I'd have to say the best & most infuriating finale to a show ever was for John Doe .... only a finale because Fox would stump the cash for season 2 .... shower of b@stards :mad: :mad: :mad:

User45701

It seems that allot of shows that are more popular in eurpe than states like space above and beyond get cancelled, Dark angel was ok/good and that got canceled, i only dont like dark angel being cancelled cause it was a clifhanger.

I cant remember TOS final episode, TNG had a good final episode i think it ran about 15 min too long tho that should have ended when the anomaly collapsed and thats it.
DS9 had a good last epaidoe so did voyager i didnt like the relgion in DS9 last episode but i suppose they kinds had to do it.

SantaHoe

Quantum Leap
So sad to see that great show come to an end, but from what I remember of it - it was a good last episode.

Pigman II

The A-team final ep that was shown on Net2 just last Saturday.

I felt the idea of the A-team spending an hour inside a pizzeria trying to foil an assassination attempt of a guy who'd never even contacted them really succeeded in capturing the whole theme of the show as well as tying up all the loose ends regarding their nefarious past.

sceptre

Originally posted by User45701
I cant remember TOS final episode

It was a regular episode rather than any kind of finale.

Originally posted by Pigman II
The A-team final ep that was shown on Net2 just last Saturday.

I felt the idea of the A-team spending an hour inside a pizzeria trying to foil an assassination attempt of a guy who'd never even contacted them really succeeded in capturing the whole theme of the show as well as tying up all the loose ends regarding their nefarious past.

Saw that on whatever satellite channel is showing the show at 5am about 2 months ago. That was the last episode? (even in the eighties I'd dropped away from the series before that annoying wannabe hanger on had arrived)

Karl Hungus

Originally posted by User45701
Blackadder the 4th had a good ending for many a very moving sequence

Absolutely fantastic ending that, but I also loved the ending to the third series, where

Prince George gets the **** beaten out of him for most of the episode, Blackadder's really being a bastard, then the prince gets shot! Brill!

Originally posted by User45701
X-Files - most ppl didnt like the last episode but i thought it was great the way cancer man was back, like friends it would be very hard to make a final episode of X-files

For the first few series, I was an absolute avid fan of the X-Files, never missed an episode, and it was certainly my favorite show at the time... But after the movie it just seemed to get overly long-winded and, well, just plain uninteresting.

Millennium's first series had what was possibly the best ending ever to a TV series, methinks. That was just heavily under-rated, but should be out on DVD later on this year, see here.

RobertFoster

M*A*S*H

Gaz

Originally posted by LoneGunM@n
Most people would think I'm mad, but I'd have to say the best & most infuriating finale to a show ever was for John Doe .... only a finale because Fox would stump the cash for season 2 .... shower of b@stards :mad: :mad: :mad:

I started watching that show when it aired on the sci-fi channel but after 5 episodes or so i headed off travelling , im in sydney now and was overjoyed to find the series right at the episode i'd left it at on telly over here.
Then watching a great epsiode last week where we find out digger is the bad guy ... i was so looking forward to the next episode ...then ...as the credits roll ... " And that was the series finale to John Doe ....."

Now a cliffhanger like that is bad enough but i could live with it , if i knew season 2 would be on in a few weeks. But they just left it like that.
Why couldnt they just make one more episode and give all the fans who followed it from the beginning some kind of ending.
The whole series was about trying to figure out who he was and then to end it like that , makes watching it a waste of time as you never get the answer.

:mad: Really pisses me off that :mad:

Damn you FOX !!!

simu

The finale of Star Trek TNG, without a doubt.

celticfc

I don't know about the best last episode of a TV show, but the worst would have to be this christmas's finale of Only Fools & Horses, 'twas absolutely terrible. I know the quality of the show certainly dropped in recent years, but that episode was useless.

Venom

Babylon 5 had the best ending of a series ever. Ever loose end and story arc finished.

Mash was damm good as well from what I remember

These days most tv show's are left very open so the option of a movie or mini series further down the line can be down.

SAaB was a damm good series ending tho.

Zoton

The end of Blackadder goes forth was very upsetting i thought, though i was quite young at the time.
I never got to see the final episode of the excellent Brimstone series which got cancelled, but i reckon it could have been a goodie.

I cant think of a show that ended really well though. Generally they tend to outstay their welcome or get cancelled with unresolved stories so they usually end on a daft cliffhanger.

mike65

Have to be Blackadder Goes 4th, though the end of Sapphire and Steel was quite cosmic!

Mike.

hughobrien

I think Seinfeld had a great last episode. Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine get of a train at the end of the credits. They all look at each other and as Elaine is about to say some profound last words, the three guys shrug and walk off in different directions, leaving her on her own. It was a great change to all the meotional endings tv shows do.

lodgepole

Originally posted by hughobrien
I think Seinfeld had a great last episode. Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine get of a train at the end of the credits. They all look at each other and as Elaine is about to say some profound last words, the three guys shrug and walk off in different directions, leaving her on her own. It was a great change to all the meotional endings tv shows do.

Hang on... Isn't the last episode of Seinfeld the one when they get arrested for not helping the fat guy and all the people from the series that they've treated badly testify against them and they end up in prison. The camera pulls back as Jerry comments on a button on George's prison outfit... The credits have Jerry doing a prison monologue.

Or was there another one after that?

Epitaph

Originally posted by Zoton
I never got to see the final episode of the excellent Brimstone series which got cancelled, but i reckon it could have been a goodie

Was just about to mention Brimstone. An absolute crime that it got pulled after only 13 episodes.

And yes, the final one was a good one. Not as intense as

the previous one with the conflict with Ash

but certainly an excellent episode.

dahamsta

No, you're right Lodgepole. The one hughobrien is talking about was only on the other day -- it's the one where Elaine gets panicky because the subway train stops, Kramer overhears a tip on the subway and wins loads of money (and pays the restaurant bill, much to everyones surprise), George gets rolled for eight bucks by some chick on the subway, and Jerry goes to Coney Island with a guy that stripped off on the subway.

(Honestly, I don't normally know episodes in this detail.)

I thought the series finale of Cheers was good, only I can't remember the plot for the life of me.

adam

ixoy

Recently I really enjoyed the finale of Angel (see it next week on Sky!) because:

It felt suitably hitting, with Wesley dying and the gang, at the very end, seemingly in a doomed fight but one which reflects their fight against evil

- Go on. Look behind the spoiler space, I dare ya

Babylon 5 also had a great ending, making you all sad when

JMS blows up the station

. Some great finales in there too. "If you go to Z'ha'dum you will die." And they weren't joking.

Star Trek: The Next Generation was a very good closing episode - it came back to its first episode, had a nice sense of closure to it.

Homicide: Life on the Street reached its finale in a TV movie that perfectly captured the dark spirit of the show, leading - in the closing moments - to the death of one of the main cast members. And while we're on Tom Fontana shows, let's not forget Oz's bloodbath finale

American Gothic was an example of a great cliffhanger that, horribly, became a series ender. Space: Above and Beyond also caused me pain by doing this.

If we're just examing season finales, and not show finales, we'll be here forever but one that must be mentioned is the Alias Season 2 finale featuring the best girl-on-girl fight EVER (and yes, that includes any fights in Kill Bill) and an absolute shocker of an ending. The Millenium episode "Paper Dove", mentioned above, was good but still not as good as the apocalyptic S2 ender. The recent Smallville finale was suitably good for the closing minutes, similiar to S1 of '24'.

ixoy

Originally posted by Lodgepole
Hang on... Isn't the last episode of Seinfeld the one when they get arrested for not helping the fat guy and all the people from the series that they've treated badly testify against them and they end up in prison. The camera pulls back as Jerry comments on a button on George's prison outfit... The credits have Jerry doing a prison monologue.

Or was there another one after that?

There was another one after that if you count the hilarious Saturday Night Live sketch where you see Seinfeld's being sent to Oz. It guest stars some of the Oz guest cast members too, is shot on the set, and is a must for fans of either show.

remoteboy

Blake's Seven!

Would print a synopsis of the last episode but can't figure out how to do that spoiler thingie

User45701

Originally posted by Karl Hungus
Absolutely fantastic ending that, but I also loved the ending to the third series, where

Prince George gets the **** beaten out of him for most of the episode, Blackadder's really being a bastard, then the prince gets shot! Brill!

For the first few series, I was an absolute avid fan of the X-Files, never missed an episode, and it was certainly my favorite show at the time... But after the movie it just seemed to get overly long-winded and, well, just plain uninteresting.

Millennium's first series had what was possibly the best ending ever to a TV series, methinks. That was just heavily under-rated, but should be out on DVD later on this year, see here.

Watched blackadder a few min ago i had forgotten how good the ending was thanks for reminding me

Originally posted by simu
The finale of Star Trek TNG, without a doubt.

I love time travel but like i said before that episode would be better if it had endended 15 min earley (just when the anomaly collpases and the enterprise is destroyed) I dont like the way they try to expain a temperal paradox

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I am suprised at how many found black adder 4th to be a best ending, it was very good and moving.

Family guy did 3 short episodes for there last epsiode 1 was crap and the 2 others where both VEry funny

jill_valentine

Blackadder goes Forth was definitely the best. Buffy's The Gift would have made a pretty good ending, certainly a better ending than we got. But hey, I'll take the Buffyverse in any form.

Brimstone was great. From what (admittedly little) I know about Constantine/ Hellblazer, it always sort of reminded me of it. Peter Horton would have been a better fit than Keanu, thats for sure. Anyway, the last episode I can think of involved Ash (How cool was she?) ...so what happened after that?

The Others had quite a good ending. That was another short lived show. A shame, it was occasionally a cracker. And it had the girl with freckles who's in everything ever. It was real bleak though, very Blakes 7.

dangerman

What about twin peaks?

That was f*cked up right there.

And Dallas. Where JR was visited by the angel/devil.

Star Trek TNG was great; very nicely done ending.

Friends ending was very poor.

The X-Files ending i liked, i thought it was funny the way they kinda went through all the bizarre plot turns...the black goo, the aliens yadda yadda and explained it all.

Quantum Leap's ending was megacool.

What happened at the end of V? It escapes me now.

What about Ulysseus did that have an ending? Can't remember that either. Also jayce & the Wheeled Warriors - did he ever find his dad? I remember the one where he found him but then some weird machine made him teleport away by accident.

TheWolf

I thought Futurama managed to finish up nicely. Really enjoyed the last episode

lodgepole

The ending of Mysterious Cities of Gold was ****ing superb... Epic...

Woden

yeah the next generation comes to mind for me and dare i say it voyager as well didn't try to rap it up just left it nice and mysterious fill in the blanks yourself type thing

data

TCamen

Watched the Angel finale last night *sniff* it was exactly how the series should have ended, and I was happy that

after the smaltzy ending of certain shows that choose to wrap everything up e.g Friends, Angel left us with a cracking final moment. And yes, I did cry.

As disappointing as the final season of Buffy was, I still really enjoyed 'Chosen'.

Babylon 5 was another sad but perfect ending with 'Sleeping in Light'.
Nowhere Man also ended quite memorably.

Of all the Treks, I enjoyed Voyager's closing moments the most, the end of their journey..

Dark Angel had an interesting wrap-up with the establishing of the 'Freak Nation'.

Cleopatra 2525 was a silly show, but the finale was beautifully dark and depressing.

Lexx was another scifi show that ended well, with a great send-off.

Loved the primetime soapiness of the Melrose Place, Pacific Palisades, Sunset Beach & Models Inc. finales.

All the Millennium season finales were great, and the series finale was no exception.

Series with killer cliffhangers and no resolution:
Dark Skies
Prey
Twin Peaks
Witchblade

SCULLY

Originally posted by TheWolf
I thought Futurama managed to finish up nicely. Really enjoyed the last episode

I forgot about that - yeah, that was a great ending.

I liked the x-files season 9 ending but I thought that the ending of season 8 (when they were unsure that there was going to be a season 9) was better.

buffy was good and as mentioned before, the ending to ST:NG was excellent.

User45701

can someone remind me of futerman last episode dont remember it being that good.
in a new epsiode of simposns some guy screams "why did they cancel futerama" and then jumps off a building.

The Real B-man

Father Ted

the_obsolete

Originally posted by SantaHoe
Quantum Leap
So sad to see that great show come to an end, but from what I remember of it - it was a good last episode.

I loved that ending! Through the whole episode the barkeep (god) is telling Sam that he could decide his own fate and return home at any time, but Sam refused to believe it. And just before the credits start, it says he never managed to return home. Love it! *sob sob*

Gaz

Originally posted by dangerman


What happened at the end of V? It escapes me now.

They never filmed the last episode , they made two mini series and then a 2nd series , the script for the final episode is online somewhere , something about Kyle getting onto the emporers spaceship with a bomb or something.

They should have left it at the 2 mini series , the 2nd series i enjoyed as i was a die hard fan but they just didnt have the budget to make it live up to the original.

TCamen

V: The Original Mini Series + V: The Final Battle are great, the series not so much, but still worth a look

Can't wait for the new generation V, welcome back Diana

Gaz

Come again ? New generation V ??????? Gotta link , dont play with my emotions man !

Gaz

Just found this on Google ...

V: The Second Generation



NBC has confirmed that it has commissioned a new V film.

The three-hour television movie will be called V: The Second Generation and will be directed, written and produced by Kenneth Johnson, the creator of the original programme.

Johnson is in talks with the original stars of V, including Marc Singer, Robert Englund, Jane Badler and Faye Grant about returning for the film.

The Second Generation is set 20 years after the original, with the alien Visitors firmly ensconced as masters of the Earth.

"The alien force is deeply entrenched, has turned many Earth people into followers and is sweeping them toward a dangerous new conquest," Johnson told Variety.

"The Resistance seems to be fighting a losing battle when suddenly Earth gains a powerful and mysterious new ally."

Variety says the film will not be broadcast until autumn 2004 at the earliest. If it is a success, more films will follow.

Raoul Duke

Originally posted by dahamsta
No, you're right Lodgepole. The one hughobrien is talking about was only on the other day -- it's the one where Elaine gets panicky because the subway train stops, Kramer overhears a tip on the subway and wins loads of money (and pays the restaurant bill, much to everyones surprise), George gets rolled for eight bucks by some chick on the subway, and Jerry goes to Coney Island with a guy that stripped off on the subway.

(Honestly, I don't normally know episodes in this detail.)

I thought the series finale of Cheers was good, only I can't remember the plot for the life of me.

adam

Wow...the only mention of Cheers. I thought that I was going to have to be the first one to mention it. It was the perfect way to end a long running show full of characters that have nearly become a part of your life. For those that never saw it, you leave the show feeling that even though you will see no more of their lives their lives will continue on exactly the same as before.

The storyline of the episode is that Diane comes back into it. Sam and her get back together. Sam decides to leave for California with her but on the way they both realise that it's not really meant to be so they break up (again). Sam just can't leave Cheers. And it ends with him telling someone who comes to the door that "sorry we're closed"

mwnger

Yeah, the last episode of Father Ted was pretty good...

... but I read somewhere recently that the original ending was to have Ted commit suicide(!) or at least attempt it, I think. Actually, they may have even filmed this ending but changed their minds -obviously.
Can anyone confirm this? It could be bullsh*t, but I definitely read it somewhere.

Blisterman

Yeah, originally it was going to have him and the suicidle priest walk up to the window together to jump.
Other good ending is Roseanne, which I'm surprised noone mentioned.

O

Sex and the City


Best ever

Evil_Bilbo

Yeah - that blackadder one (set in victorian times) when at the end everyone is dead or something - really freaked me out when I was younger.

Twin peaks - totally freakish ending - all that red room/doppleganget stuff.

"Hows Annie?"

Freaked me right out.

Cheers was a good ending - so was dallas.

They dont make em like they used to.

azezil

Originally posted by simu
The finale of Star Trek TNG, without a doubt.

excellent episode.

sex in the city was pretty good, friends was complete and utter muck

ChumpStain

Quantum Leap, I've seen alot of finales but this one is the best. Maybe its because I really liked Sam and wanted to see him return home, the ending was a great way to end a great show.

T.G Catter

last fraiser episode was excellent... way better than friends or sex and the city.

Man eating cow

dont follow that many televison programs. but Quamtum Leap had a firm grasp on me and i could not miss any episode..

One of the finest television moments...

Unshelved

Without question the last episode of "This Life" - the would they/wouldn't they wedding, the reception and Egg's betrayal, the punch up between annoying brunette girl and bitchy blonde girl, and the return the of gay Welsh guy - it was absolutely fantastic.

The last episode of "Father Ted" was terribly sad because of Dermot Morgan's untimely death - with the last line spoken by Dougal - "So we're going to stay on Craggy island for ever and ever and ever ..."

eyerer

yeah i'd have to go for father ted because it was the only show thats ended when i even remotely cared about it
and like you say that dermot morgan had died not long after making it

MrJoeSoap

Cant believe nobody has mentioned The Office! The two Christmas specials brought the whole two series perfectly to a close.

One of the best shows ever, David Brent is such a legend.

User45701

Evil_Bilbo wrote: »

Yeah - that blackadder one (set in victorian times) when at the end everyone is dead or something - really freaked me out when I was younger.

For me it was the last episode of WW1 - its such a pitty they only did 6 episodes of each season - allot of uk comedys are like that.

i was thinking of starting a thread like this and then i kinda 1/2 remembered that i might have started one a new months ago or that maybe the thread i was talking about was best pilot - the show that had you hooked from the very star so i did a search to try to find it - 2004 that was a surprise that really shows you what too much smoking does to your mind - i could have sword i put this thread up around Christmas this year

Frisbee

I really liked the finale of Angel.

Infact, I may have to watch it again

ixoy

Well if we're going to go with more recent series finales then we need to mention 'The Shield' and 'The Wire'. Both nicely wrapped up their characters and plot arcs (I'd almost go so far as to say that 'The Shield' had the better of the two finales and is one of the all-time best).