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TMC · 10-12-2015, 11:44 PM

They don't have to be the very last season, just later ones.

bh7812 · 10-13-2015, 12:23 AM

Almost everyone I've talked to that was a fan of Happy Days that saw all of the very last season has told me they felt it was an extremely disappointing final season. I strongly disagree. Aside from the whole Joanie and Chachi drama and storyline which everyone was tired of at that point including myself I enjoyed the last year of it a lot. I felt it was a very strong final year with one of the most emotional last scenes in TV with Richie and Fonzie's final scene. A very simple but brilliant final line from Tom Bosley. And finally, I know I'll get beat for saying it but I thought the last version of the theme song done for the final season was great and I'm a big fan of that final version of the main theme.

Now if you would be asking me about Season 9 and to a lesser extent 10-when they explored Fonzie's getting older I would definitely say those were the worst of the 11 years of it and were by and far the hardest to get through. That last season though was a dramatically huge improvement in every way I felt and if ratings were stronger along with the audience still there for it I think it could probably have gone one year more. As it is it's a more than acceptable final year.

Bonniegirl · 10-13-2015, 02:01 AM

Almost every one hates the last season of CHIPS!!!! And personally it was one of my favorites!! It was fun and silly and they brought a new cute guy in ,so than I had two crushes!!!

Also the last season of One day at a time, most people hated it .I loved it. Cause it focused on Max, Barbara and Mark a lot in their house. It was like a brand new fresh show!!!

Torgo · 10-13-2015, 08:32 AM

The Waltons. I enjoyed the show up to the very end, and the early 80s Waltons movies that followed.
I liked some of the characters from the later seasons as much as the ones that had been on from the beginning. Ben's wife Cindy, Cousin Rose.

Kasey · 10-13-2015, 09:21 AM

I love the later seasons of Designing Women with Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy and Judith Ivey. The scripts were lacking in Season 7 but the comedy was funnier than in the more sedate first few seasons.

The final season of The Golden Girls is also my favorite, though many fans consider it too mean-spirited and cartoonish.

I also prefer the later years of I Dream of Jeannie because there was that whole Flower Power psychadelic '60s vibe that the show didn't have early on.

Lastly, a few of the Shelley Hack episodes of Charlie's Angels are among my favorites of the entire series.

bmasters9 · 10-13-2015, 10:24 AM

The fifth and final season's worth of Hart to Hart (1983-84) had a few episodes that stretched for entertainment, but overall, the romance of Jonathan and Jennifer Hart always seemed to carry the day, IMO.

Bonniegirl · 10-13-2015, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Torgo

The Waltons. I enjoyed the show up to the very end, and the early 80s Waltons movies that followed.
I liked some of the characters from the later seasons as much as the ones that had been on from the beginning. Ben's wife Cindy, Cousin Rose.

I liked the later seasons of the Waltons for the historical references . They were getting into World War 2, and I was learning some things I didn't know before. Being I like history a lot, I found that interesting. I got that from my Mom, she was a big history buff!! An ep I remember well, was when Franklin Delano Roosevelt passed away, and the funeral train was passing through Charlottesville! Also the ep where John Boy was a journalist at the scene of the Hindenburg when the disaster happened. That wasn't really a late season ep. but it was really intense and historical!

10-12-2015, 11:44 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,703	Shows With Supposedly Bad Late Seasons You Liked They don't have to be the very last season, just later ones.

10-13-2015, 08:32 AM	#4
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,037	The Waltons. I enjoyed the show up to the very end, and the early 80s Waltons movies that followed. I liked some of the characters from the later seasons as much as the ones that had been on from the beginning. Ben's wife Cindy, Cousin Rose.
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10-13-2015, 10:24 AM	#6
bmasters9 Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2007 Posts: 2,550	The fifth and final season's worth of Hart to Hart (1983-84) had a few episodes that stretched for entertainment, but overall, the romance of Jonathan and Jennifer Hart always seemed to carry the day, IMO.
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10-13-2015, 12:23 AM	#2
bh7812 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 21, 2005 Posts: 272	Almost everyone I've talked to that was a fan of Happy Days that saw all of the very last season has told me they felt it was an extremely disappointing final season. I strongly disagree. Aside from the whole Joanie and Chachi drama and storyline which everyone was tired of at that point including myself I enjoyed the last year of it a lot. I felt it was a very strong final year with one of the most emotional last scenes in TV with Richie and Fonzie's final scene. A very simple but brilliant final line from Tom Bosley. And finally, I know I'll get beat for saying it but I thought the last version of the theme song done for the final season was great and I'm a big fan of that final version of the main theme. Now if you would be asking me about Season 9 and to a lesser extent 10-when they explored Fonzie's getting older I would definitely say those were the worst of the 11 years of it and were by and far the hardest to get through. That last season though was a dramatically huge improvement in every way I felt and if ratings were stronger along with the audience still there for it I think it could probably have gone one year more. As it is it's a more than acceptable final year.

10-13-2015, 02:01 AM	#3
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,874	Almost every one hates the last season of CHIPS!!!! And personally it was one of my favorites!! It was fun and silly and they brought a new cute guy in ,so than I had two crushes!!! Also the last season of One day at a time, most people hated it .I loved it. Cause it focused on Max, Barbara and Mark a lot in their house. It was like a brand new fresh show!!!

10-13-2015, 09:21 AM	#5
Kasey Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 22, 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,143	I love the later seasons of Designing Women with Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy and Judith Ivey. The scripts were lacking in Season 7 but the comedy was funnier than in the more sedate first few seasons. The final season of The Golden Girls is also my favorite, though many fans consider it too mean-spirited and cartoonish. I also prefer the later years of I Dream of Jeannie because there was that whole Flower Power psychadelic '60s vibe that the show didn't have early on. Lastly, a few of the Shelley Hack episodes of Charlie's Angels are among my favorites of the entire series.