Ending a TV series is hard to do. It's especially hard to do well.
There are some very
famous examples of shows that really pulled it off perfectly. M*A*S*H famously
finished up its eleven year run with what was to be the most watched TV event
of all time (non-sports TV event, obviously – this list at Wikipedia shows the
thirty events with the highest ratings ever. The M*A*S*H finale comes in at number
nine. The other twenty-nine of them are all Super Bowls). The
Mary Tyler Moore Show and Cheers both got it mostly right. Recently Community
did pretty well, and The Good Place finished up in a way that was almost
perfect.
Most shows kind of blow it, though.
Gizmodo has a list of shows that rushed it.
I find their list mostly compelling. However, Quantum Leap's ending, while rushed, always seemed fair and right. What do you think? What shows really nailed the ending and which ones screwed it all up?
I find their list mostly compelling. However, Quantum Leap's ending, while rushed, always seemed fair and right. What do you think? What shows really nailed the ending and which ones screwed it all up?
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