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Old 09-02-2013, 11:25 AM   #1
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Default The last season stunk bad

It should have ended the year before or after the chief died. The girls were gone, Joeys little brother was added. An unknown rosie o'donnell added, that landlord was added and the show was set in New York. These new people on the show brought nothing to the show. And at times it looked like Nell herself was getting pushed out of storylines as it seemed she was asked to leave the room while some of these new supporting characters were given air time. This was a very bad final season.
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i didnt care for it myself either it was boring and dull and not exciting as it use to be I didn't care for the new carries at all.
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It should have ended the year before or after the chief died. The girls were gone, Joeys little brother was added. An unknown rosie o'donnell added, that landlord was added and the show was set in New York. These new people on the show brought nothing to the show. And at times it looked like Nell herself was getting pushed out of storylines as it seemed she was asked to leave the room while some of these new supporting characters were given air time. This was a very bad final season.
I agree 100%. It seemed like a completely different show. It should have ended when Samantha went to college, and Julie and Katie moved away. The perfect last episode should have been "Sam Goes to College". The original premise of the show was Nell helping the Chief raise his daughters after the death of their mother. Once it stopped centering around the Kanisky family, it should have ended. I don't even watch the last season.
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I agree 100%. It seemed like a completely different show. It should have ended when Samantha went to college, and Julie and Katie moved away. The perfect last episode should have been "Sam Goes to College". The original premise of the show was Nell helping the Chief raise his daughters after the death of their mother. Once it stopped centering around the Kanisky family, it should have ended. I don't even watch the last season.
The show was going downhill anyways, but they shouldn't have left the Kanisky household. They didn't need to change cities.
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The last season of any sitcom usually stinks. Roseanne was probably the worst.
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The last season of any sitcom usually stinks. Roseanne was probably the worst.


Sam Goes To College was the end. After this, it started to change little by little every episode for the next 3 or 4 episodes.


Sam Goes To College: Katie, Julie, Jonathan all leave. Sam gets ready for college.


Below Sea Level: Sam moves into her dorm, Joey meets Matthew, Tim wants to raise both Joey and Matthew

Nell Goes Back To New York: The last time we see the Glenlawn house, only for a short minute. Nell goes back to New York to get Joey back, then Tim tells her to raise both Joey and Matthew and Nell decides she's moving to NY and be roommates with Addy.

The Apartment: While living in Addy's basement apartment, Nell finds a place in Greewhich Village.

I Love New York: Nell hates living in NY, calls Grandpa, wants to visit home, but he tells her he sold the house and is moving to NY.



Every episode is just sort of an extended closure, but then after "I Love New York", it just gets stupid. None of the episodes focuses on Nell as a singer and pursuing it in NY. She was in NY and she could have done that, instead, they put her in McDillon and Loud a few episodes throughout the season.

Most of the season was about Joey or Joey had a great deal in a lot of episodes EXCEPT the last one, which he wasn't even in!
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Agree, the last season was the pits. It was a new show, but with the network wanting to retain the title rather than start anew.
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I remember when this happened. The network forced the changes and whenever that happens, it usually doesn't end well. They would have been better off just ending the show. It was a shell of what it was before.
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I remember when this happened. The network forced the changes and whenever that happens, it usually doesn't end well. They would have been better off just ending the show. It was a shell of what it was before.

Yeah GAB was no match for Moonlighting on Tuesday nights in that last season lol
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Sam Goes To College was the end. After this, it started to change little by little every episode for the next 3 or 4 episodes.


Sam Goes To College: Katie, Julie, Jonathan all leave. Sam gets ready for college.


Below Sea Level: Sam moves into her dorm, Joey meets Matthew, Tim wants to raise both Joey and Matthew

Nell Goes Back To New York: The last time we see the Glenlawn house, only for a short minute. Nell goes back to New York to get Joey back, then Tim tells her to raise both Joey and Matthew and Nell decides she's moving to NY and be roommates with Addy.

The Apartment: While living in Addy's basement apartment, Nell finds a place in Greewhich Village.

I Love New York: Nell hates living in NY, calls Grandpa, wants to visit home, but he tells her he sold the house and is moving to NY.



Every episode is just sort of an extended closure, but then after "I Love New York", it just gets stupid. None of the episodes focuses on Nell as a singer and pursuing it in NY. She was in NY and she could have done that, instead, they put her in McDillon and Loud a few episodes throughout the season.

Most of the season was about Joey or Joey had a great deal in a lot of episodes EXCEPT the last one, which he wasn't even in!
Addie was barely in that one too

Having the last episode focus on Mama & her boyfriend made the show go out with a whimper.
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Addie was barely in that one too

Having the last episode focus on Mama & her boyfriend made the show go out with a whimper.

In the first place, I would like to say that I am very happy to see this page getting some action again. And, to tell you the truth, I stopped watching in the middle of the last season. I felt that the plot had gotten so out-of-hand that it just was not worth my time anymore.
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I liked season six. It was fun for me. There were some episodes that could not cut the mustard. I was disappointed as a kid when the show was not renewed but I understand now. It seemed more like a spinoff called "Nell and Addy". LOL
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I liked season six. It was fun for me. There were some episodes that could not cut the mustard. I was disappointed as a kid when the show was not renewed but I understand now. It seemed more like a spinoff called "Nell and Addy". LOL

Sh*tty a$$ TV one never allowed me to see the Rosie Odonell era
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I liked season six. It was fun for me. There were some episodes that could not cut the mustard. I was disappointed as a kid when the show was not renewed but I understand now. It seemed more like a spinoff called "Nell and Addy". LOL
i noticed that when i watched season 6 on dvd it did seem funnier than what i remembered as a teen of course back then i was missing the girls esp kari michaelsen
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Oh yeah! totally agree with you there. Worst final season of any sitcom!
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