Best and Worst Final Seasons
Since Breaking Bad just ended with one of the best final seasons ever and Dexter ended last week with a horrible final season.
What other shows would you put on this list? |
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The newer Battlestar Galactica for me...the first couple seasons were really good, but the last one I felt really let down.
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The Shield has one of the best.
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Best: NYPD: Blue - after a few seasons of going through the motions, knowing it was the final season clearly gave the writers some inspiration. By the time the final episode aired, I didn't want it to end, which I couldn't have said the season prior.
Worst: Lost - self explanatory |
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Six Feet Under is the champ for most emotional, satisfying, and artistic ending, but is severly undermined by the previous two seasons leading up to it being very poor compared to the first three.
I like The Sopranos ending now, but think it was too clever for its own good. I and most people I knew were pulled out of the show, thinking the cable had gone out or something. It felt like an Andy Kaufman stunt. Good idea but poor execution. I'm not sure if Twin Peaks belongs on a list of worst, because I'm not sure if they knew the show was cancelled already when they shot that ending. A lot of British shows come to mind having fantastic wrap ups, but they feel like a horse of a different colour, only 12 or 18 episodes compared to an American show that would have had closer to 100. I dislike the final Seinfeld episode. It is too long and is trying hard to be a "finale". They should have just done a regular episode, gotten some laughs, taken a bow and allowed the characters to live on in our minds. |
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"Six Feet Under". Best......ever!
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I agree that Six Feet Under had one of the best finales, but was it really one of the great final seasons?
One thing I was amazed about Breaking Bad's final season was that it went full throttle, I don't remember a final season where each episode had me on the edge. |
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Originally Posted by Crocker Jarmen
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I like The Sopranos ending now, but think it was too clever for its own good. I and most people I knew were pulled out of the show, thinking the cable had gone out or something. It felt like an Andy Kaufman stunt. Good idea but poor execution.
As far as comparing the quality to the rest of the series, The Wire's weakest season was easily it's fifth where it got very meta and obnoxious. Also I second Lost which just fell off the rails completely The fourth season of BB was better than the fifth. |
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The final season of Roseanne was garbage.
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Yeah I think we're already talking about finales and not seasons. :lol:
Seinfeld's final episode was awful but there were some gems in that season. |
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If I could speak more specifically about series finales, one thing I hate is when sitcoms do a clip show for a series finale episode. What a waste of time. Lazy writing.
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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose
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The final season of Roseanne was garbage.
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I never thought Roseanne was funny.... except John Goodman. He da best.
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Originally Posted by outcastja
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I agree that Six Feet Under had one of the best finales, but was it really one of the great final seasons?
One thing I was amazed about Breaking Bad's final season was that it went full throttle, I don't remember a final season where each episode had me on the edge. |
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Originally Posted by Daytripper
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Not to derail the thread because it's about finales and not final seasons
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:lol: I had to read that twice and double check the thread title twice to make sure I wasn't an idiot.
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Firefly ... No season could touch the final season.
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Originally Posted by atrium
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As far as comparing the quality to the rest of the series, The Wire's weakest season was easily it's fifth where it got very meta and obnoxious.
Never heard much of anyone say much of anything nice about the final season of Lost. I bailed on Buffy after the terrific fifth season, I found the six to dip so far over into darkness that I found it kind of unpleasant and dour, and the sporadic episodes of the seventh season I saw made me think similarly. I think Whedon's empire got so big by that point that he couldn't be as involved as he'd been previously, and maybe the show suffered for it. Apparently Babylon 5 had a messy final season, I understand the stories about the production on than show are an absolute mess. Stream it Netflix, you motherfuckers! |
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Originally Posted by Daytripper
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"Six Feet Under" had a great first three seasons. Season four was widely considered it's worst and most uneven. But the final season bounced back (IMO).
Best Final Season: Breaking Bad. This show always set such high expectations and always managed to exceed them if you ask me. Just a remarkable show from beginning to end. Six Feet Under. The show was so well done in so many regards. I felt like I was losing close personal friends by the time of it. The finale episode was very sad yet great at the same time. Worst Final Season: Dexter. I loved the show when it started out and was good with it even up to season seven. I've always known it had it's share of problems but still liked it. They manage to royally fuck up that last season. So many questions unanswered, so many plot lines that were started and never resolved. Major disappointment. |
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the final season of the Shield was also tv perfection
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Best final seasons:
Breaking Bad Friday Night Lights The Shield NYPD Blue Boston Legal Worst: Dexter Lost Southland - I love the show to death, but it got 5 seasons and it didn't get to go out on it's own terms. One of the most underrated dramas on basic cable. Ended with a cliffhanger. |
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Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
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No it isn't.
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Let's just wait a moment and think about the worst season. The last season of Lost wasn't as good as the rest and had some really bad episodes. But we just had the last season of Dexter. Anyone that watched the entire both series can't put both together.
If you remember reading critics, reviews, etc. it was mixed. With Dexter everyone thought, or 90% of people, that it was really bad. I may say Dexter final season merits a spot all by itself, if there's a place for something lower than the worst, then the final season of Dexter is there. |
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Ally McBeal and Northern Exposure come to mind as great shows that had horrible final seasons.
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Originally Posted by Daytripper
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I thought the last season of "Friends" also sucked.
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