Adamantium
05-18-2016, 04:56 PM
There are only probably a handful of sitcom finales that flash forward, so this is more of a discussion on how you feel about those kinds of endings more than it is a list. But just for lists sake, I’ll name all the ones I know of…
Mad About You (1999) - “The Final Frontier”
Will & Grace (2006) - “The Finale”
How I Met Your Mother (2014) - “Last Forever”
Parks & Recreation (2015) - “One Last Ride”
Does anyone know of any other sitcom finale that shows future years for the characters? The Office kind of did. It was set one year after the second to last episode. But I’m referring to shows that went way into the future and not just for one little scene but the main plot of the episode takes place using scenes of the future.
How do you feel about those kinds of endings?
I personally don’t like it. I don’t want to know the full on future for these characters. I like leaving them in the finale and I can imagine what happens to them afterwards, or wait for the reunion movie, lol. The only one it worked on was How I Met Your Mother and that’s because the whole show was a future Ted telling his kids how he met their mother. He just sped up the story in the final episode.
Mad About You (1999) - “The Final Frontier”
Will & Grace (2006) - “The Finale”
How I Met Your Mother (2014) - “Last Forever”
Parks & Recreation (2015) - “One Last Ride”
Does anyone know of any other sitcom finale that shows future years for the characters? The Office kind of did. It was set one year after the second to last episode. But I’m referring to shows that went way into the future and not just for one little scene but the main plot of the episode takes place using scenes of the future.
How do you feel about those kinds of endings?
I personally don’t like it. I don’t want to know the full on future for these characters. I like leaving them in the finale and I can imagine what happens to them afterwards, or wait for the reunion movie, lol. The only one it worked on was How I Met Your Mother and that’s because the whole show was a future Ted telling his kids how he met their mother. He just sped up the story in the final episode.