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They didn't mention Night Court. That ending was pretty bad with Dan suddenly chasing after Christine and Bull going up in a spaceship (WUT?). I hate it when a series establishes characters and then totally askews the continuty and character development at the end. I certainly hope that ER doesn't end that way and when House ends, I sort of hope that House and Wilson DON'T end up together (Stupid fangirls), but rather that Wilson dies. I think there was already a foreshadowing of that in the last episode.

you can also add "MASH" to the list.


And that fire scene was SO OBVIOUSLY:rolleyes: just tacked on! (because it was-a real fire burned down the outdoor set during filming of the finale) but they could have done a better job in adding it!!

And add ALF to that list as well.

How did I know the Roseanne finale would end up on this list? For some reason, everybody hates it. I loved it.

How did I know the Roseanne finale would end up on this list? For some reason, everybody hates it. I loved it.
To each his own!

To each his own!

You're right.

I hate how the entire hour finale is based solely on the final 10 minutes. The entire finale was actually very good - Darlene wanting to live at home, and Roseanne wanting her to as well. The new baby coming home, the family eating pizza. These are things Roseanne was great at executing, and it turned out great.

I definitely agree with Seinfeld and Roseanne being on that list...

They didn't mention Night Court. That ending was pretty bad with Dan suddenly chasing after Christine and Bull going up in a spaceship (WUT?). I hate it when a series establishes characters and then totally askews the continuty and character development at the end. I certainly hope that ER doesn't end that way and when House ends, I sort of hope that House and Wilson DON'T end up together (Stupid fangirls), but rather that Wilson dies. I think there was already a foreshadowing of that in the last episode.i agree about night court

add will and grace to the list the final season as a whole was pretty good but the final ep was just stupid and a waste of time

The Seinfeld finale was such a huge disappointment to me. How did a series that was so well and so cleverly written go so wrong at the end?

I didn't like the finales for Quantum Leap, Seinfeld, Felicity and ALF.

I didn't like the finales for Quantum Leap, Seinfeld, Felicity and ALF.
QL was one of my favorite shows and my least favorite episode was the series finale. :ohno:

QL was one of my favorite shows and my least favorite episode was the series finale. :ohno:

Me too. I think the last time I watched the series finale was back in 2001 or 2002 when they show aired on Sci-Fi.

I'd add Friends and Gilmore Girls to the list too. To be honest, it's probably a lot easier to make a Top 10 list finales that WERE good and satisfying.

I'd add Friends and Gilmore Girls to the list too. To be honest, it's probably a lot easier to make a Top 10 list finales that WERE good and satisfying.
I thought the Friends series finale was excellent! :)

I'd add Friends and Gilmore Girls to the list too. To be honest, it's probably a lot easier to make a Top 10 list finales that WERE good and satisfying.

I liked the Friends finale. I really didn't like the Gilmore Girls finale.

How about the MWC finale was that a rip off or what.

How about the Another World finale that focused on Cass getting kidnapped by a lovesick gorilla (the goofiest gorilla costume ever) on his wedding day?? :confused:

And add ALF to that list as well.

Yes, I agree that the "ALF" finale was definitely a downer, even if the staff & cast didn't know it was going to be the finale at the time it aired in March (Two months later, NBC officially decided to cancel "ALF" in favor of premiering "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" the following fall).

The Galactica finale (Daybreak) can near-cleanly be broken up in terms of quality between it's three parts. (Aired as two installments of 1 and 2 hours, though in reality it's one three hour episode) The middle part, aired as the first of two hours a couple weeks ago, is one of the most awesome hours of television I've ever seen.

The first hour (Part 1) isn't particularly *great*, but it does an effective job of setting up the awesome 2nd part. They could have picked up the pace a bit, but overall it's not bad.

Then there's the final hour (Part 3)....they pretty much take the entire purpose and point of the series and decide to go Deus Ex Machina. It's not even that they went with the religious aspect so much as they pushed the explanation onto every unanswered question remaining that they could get their hands on. The series started out with a question about why the human race deserved to service, and the ending answer is supposed to be because those 50,000 who initially made it out happened to be on the right ships at the right time with the right people who were actually cosmically important? There are so, so many things about this final hour that rub me the wrong way.

The "Roseanne" Final Episode; Explained in Detail: Once and For All.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070715224343AAcGBJw

They can also add The Wonder Years to the list. For those who have never seen it, Kevin lost his car to gambling and got into a fight with Winnie (who had become a friend to at least one in the party to whom Kevin lost said car).

They should have had at least another season to tie up all of the loose ends that remained. After all, no high profile show ended in 1994, unlike 1993, when it was wall-to-wall (Bronx) Cheers finale news. Plus, we would have been entertained by the graduation of Kevin and his friends--take that, "Goodbye, Farewell, Amen"!

How about the Another World finale that focused on Cass getting kidnapped by a lovesick gorilla (the goofiest gorilla costume ever) on his wedding day?? :confused:
:rofl:

Well Dallas should be on that list. It was such a great show but ending it with "It's a Wonderful Life" type episode and having JR being haunted by the devil and ending it in a cliffhanger was just awful. The first reunion movie wasn't bad and it kind of ended things but then they had that awful "War of the Ewings" movie so that put a damper on it.

:rofl:
I swear I am not making that up. Google Another World and Gorilla and you'll see what I mean. :lol:

How about the Another World finale that focused on Cass getting kidnapped by a lovesick gorilla (the goofiest gorilla costume ever) on his wedding day?? :confused:

I hated that part of the finale. Other than that the finale was pretty good.

I hated that part of the finale. Other than that the finale was pretty good.
It's just too bad the gorilla got so much airtime!! :mad:

(Two months later, NBC officially decided to cancel "ALF" in favor of premiering "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" the following fall).That's a huge step backwards. :bash:

That's a huge step backwards. :bash:

Nonsense. Fresh Prince was a GREAT show. The two-part episode where Will got shot and Carlton decided to get a gun is still one of the best episodes of any show I've ever seen.

After all, no high profile show ended in 1994, unlike 1993

There was one: L.A. Law. 1993-94 was it's final season; it was replaced by ER in Fall 1994.

That's a huge step backwards. :bash:
From Alf to Fresh Prince??

From Alf to Fresh Prince??ALF >>> Fresh Prince

ALF >>> Fresh Prince

Wow. You're out of your mind. :bonk:

Seinfeld, Roseanne and Dallas all had horrible endings, truly slaps in the faces of those who had followed the shows for years. The X-Files was really quite bad, too.

Seinfeld, Roseanne and Dallas all had horrible endings, truly slaps in the faces of those who had followed the shows for years. The X-Files was really quite bad, too.

I forgot about the X-Files finale.

Dallas - WTF?
Newsradio - Dave deserted at WNYX alone with Matthew...what a sad fate.
ALF
Seinfeld - I get the logic that jerry and the gang were horrible people and got what they desrved in the end, but the episode just wasn't very funny IMO.

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10. ALF

9. Mork & Mindy

8. Will & Grace

7. Full House

6. Seinfeld

5. That '70s Show

4. Two and a Half Men

3. Moesha

2. How I Met Your Mother

1. Roseanne

I like the series finale of Seinfeld. A whole bunch of recurring characters came back to testify at the trial. What ended up being the series finale of Scorpion was awful. Stupid writers destroyed the show having Walter cheat on Paige with lousy Florence. And with its unexpected cancellation (CBS owned dramas had never been cancelled after season 4, at least not in a long time), Scorpion did not get the chance to reunite the team in season 5.

Seinfeld, Roseanne and Dallas all had horrible endings, truly slaps in the faces of those who had followed the shows for years. The X-Files was really quite bad, too.

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When “The Finale” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhg3hW3K_KA) episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qFYssOP8LU) of Seinfeld (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTdrTpSyX4w) debuted, it confounded fans and critics who found it off-putting, too big and tidy, and too different from what the show normally did. Here’s our Take on what "the show about nothing" did when it found itself forced to say something, and what Seinfeld’s finale reveals about what we expect from TV shows, even ones that break all the rules.

I'd also like to add the 'Girl Meets World' Season Three Finale to the list.

To be fair, at the time, they did think there was a possibility they'd have a fourth season but that was not to be so this wound up being the Series Finale.

Still, even so, the wasted opportunities this episode presents are just maddening (even factoring in the show's overall lameness). I mean, they gather a good number of 'Boy Meets World' alums for the ostensible purpose of helping Topanga decide whether to take the London job with her law firm or stay in NYC (itself a bogus premise, granted), and just has Minkus and Harley stand together and say nothing (evidently they DID have dialogue implying that they'd become friends but this got edited out) and Morgan appearing with BOTH performers making lame jokes with the others about her having been played by the two people but absolutely nothing about what kind of adult Morgan herself has become,etc. Oh, and it has Eric and Mr. Feeny have an unexplained and, frankly, dumb feud going on so THAT chemistry they'd always had in BMW gets trashed!BOO! Of course, the end after Topanga quits hemming& hawwing and decides to stay in NYC after all, it wraps it up with Riley telling Maya for the zillionth time that they'd always be friends (like there'd been any hint in this episode they wouldn't be friends . .actually Maya had been Riley's friend but not so much vice versa despite Riley's constant gushy proclamations).

There's a few mistakes in these 2 pages that I hope to clear up here:


1. "Gilligan's Island" was great from beginning to end. There had been a fourth season planned but the show was cancelled so that "Gunsmoke" would be saved which was a bad idea. The movies that were made a few years later where all the castaways were rescued but eventually came back shouldn't count as the final episodes since they weren't part of the series itself.

2. "ALF" was at least 10 times better than "Fresh Prince" and that was another network mistake that could have been avoided if only the cast and crew of "ALF" had been informed about its cancellation ahead of time so that could plan a proper ending for such a great series. NBC should have received the same message as well since it would have given them plenty of time to put on a much better show in its place.

3. I'm going to add my own choice to this list which nobody has mentioned yet and that's "Green Acres". Like Gilligan, "Green Acres" was just as funny and brilliant in the end as in the beginning and that's impressive since it ran for twice as long. The problem, as with ALF and "Night Court", was how they decided to end it. The last episode to feature the original cast was "Lisa The Psychologist" which was simply hilarious. The next two were pilots for proposed series which didn't make it: "Hawaiian Honeymoon" and "The Ex-Secretary" (which I just finished watching). Of the two, I liked the second one better only because I could watch Elaine Joyce in it as well as Mrs. Bellows herself, Emmaline Henry, another great 60s hottie! However, both episodes were not very good or funny at all and I'm not surprised that neither one was picked up. The real shame was that famed producer Paul Henning never worked in TV again and never had a chance to recreate his earlier success. All because of network mistake #3, the dreaded "rural purge".

There's a few mistakes in these 2 pages that I hope to clear up here:


1. "Gilligan's Island" was great from beginning to end. There had been a fourth season planned but the show was cancelled so that "Gunsmoke" would be saved which was a bad idea. The movies that were made a few years later where all the castaways were rescued but eventually came back shouldn't count as the final episodes since they weren't part of the series itself.
If it is true Tina Louise refused to come back for season 4, Gilligan's Island wouldn't be the same anyway. Even worse if they attempted to recast her with a fake Ginger.

I'll agree on How I Met Your Mother having a bad finale myself.