The Year of the Worst Series Finales

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True Blood

This was one of those shows where you could tell the writers were running out of ideas; despite having a 13 book series as its source material. They strayed so far away from the Southern Vampire Mysteries that there was no way back for the finale. There was a quickie wedding, flashforwards within flashforwards, and the largest red herring in the history of television. If I were to describe the series finale, it would be Sookie’s house after Maryanne’s huge party from the season two finale: an utter mess

Where to start? So Vampire Bill is infected with the fatal Hep V virus and refused to drink the antidote from Sarah Newlin. For the last few episodes, Bill said that he starting to feel human again. In the last episode, Jessica noticed that he was starting to feel warmer and Sookie could read his thoughts. All signs were pointing to Bill not succumbing to Hep V, but becoming human. But no, Bill had to make Sookie kill him so that she could live a normal life without him. My main problem with this is that he died because breaking up is just not an option, apparently. They could have acknowledged that he’s becoming human and he could have sacrificed himself so that she wouldn’t end up like Sarah Newlin. Since Bill is a New York Times bestselling author, his sudden human transformation would not go unnoticed. Someone would eventually figure out that Sookie’s blood can turn vampires back into humans and she’d end up in a testing lab for the rest of her life. Bill was going to die anyway, it would make sense for him to die before the transformation to keep it a secret between him and Sookie. He’d still be giving her a normal life but now it’s not dependent on how much control Bill has over Sookie. Like, come on what year is it?

I don’t know why this year had so many terrible finales. Maybe it’s because the Breaking Bad finale was just so perfect that it ruined all other finales. Maybe we’re just bitter that shows are ending and this year’s fall lineup looks abysmal. Who knows?