Best / Worst series Finales? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Rob1 · 05-02-2003, 11:27 AM

Here's my favorites - M*A*S*H
Happy Days
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

These are my least favorite - Quantum Leap
Cheers
Seinfeld

How about everyone else?

Christopher · 05-02-2003, 12:17 PM

My Favorites:
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (even though it hasn't aired yet, I am sure it will be the best

)
Birds of Prey
Golden Girls
The Nanny
Popular
Touched By An Angel
Boy Meets World
Roseanne

My Least Favorites:
The Facts of Life
Designing Women
Three's Company (Chrissy and Cindy and The Ropers shouldhave been in it)
Alice (should have had Flo back along with Belle imo)
Family Matters (should have ended with Steve & Laura getting married)
Ellen (didn't care for the finale)
Sabrina The Teenage Witch
Jesse
Who's The Boss?

Rob1 · 05-02-2003, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by *Chris*
My Favorites:
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (even though it hasn't aired yet, I am sure it will be the best )
Birds of Prey
Golden Girls
The Nanny
Popular
Touched By An Angel
Boy Meets World
Roseanne

My Least Favorites:
The Facts of Life
Designing Women
Three's Company (Chrissy and Cindy and The Ropers shouldhave been in it)
Alice (should have had Flo back along with Belle imo)
Family Matters (should have ended with Steve & Laura getting married)
Ellen (didn't care for the finale)
Sabrina The Teenage Witch
Jesse
Who's The Boss?

Birds of Prey had a finale? I'm suprised, because it was such a short-lived show. What happened?

Christopher · 05-02-2003, 01:41 PM

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Originally posted by Rob1

Birds of Prey had a finale? I'm suprised, because it was such a short-lived show. What happened?

They finally learned Harley was the big bad they were looking for. I think it aired Feb. 19th I believe.

From Birds of Prey Online:

Having discovered that Helena is Huntress, Harley uses a machine that gives her metahuman hypnotic powers. She then hypnotizes Helena and persuades her to knock Barbara unconscious and steal an access disk. Barbara recovers and uses her subneural device to enable her to stand and fight Helena, eventually neutralizing the trance. But Harley uses the disk to gain complete control of the clock tower and, after killing Wade, she broadcasts the hypnotic signal to every television set in New Gotham. Working together with Alfred, Dinah and Reese, Helena must infiltrate the clock tower and battle Harley and her cohorts before they gain control of the entire city.

dawsongirl · 05-02-2003, 03:26 PM

I hate it when a show doesn't get a real finale, just a regular episode and it disappears.

Dianne3 · 05-02-2003, 03:56 PM

Before MASH had its regular season finale 20 years ago, the only show that I think had a finale was The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

ClassicTV4Ever · 05-02-2003, 04:04 PM

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Originally posted by dawsongirl
I hate it when a show doesn't get a real finale, just a regular episode and it disappears.

I agree!

Here are my picks:

Best:
The Golden Girls
The Nanny
Roseanne (a very unique finale)

Worst:
Mork & Mindy
The Facts of Life
One Day at a Time (the episode where Ann left for London should have been the finale)
Alice
Designing Women
Diff'rent Strokes (it actually didn't really have a finale)

Adamantium · 05-02-2003, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rob1
These are my least favorite - Quantum Leap

I liked the episode, however I do think they should have let Sam go home in the finale. Not many fans of QL were satisfied with the ending.

Best:
Happy Days
NewsRadio
Wings
The Odd Couple
Perfect Strangers
Cheers

Worst:
Roseanne Would have been good, except for the last 15 minutes or so, when it turned out to be a book. They changed everything we had known for the entire run of the show.

Three's Company Was just a wedding in the apartment. It was okay, but the last five minutes is just a pilot for the spin-off "Three's a Crowd." I was hoping for something more from this show.

Seinfeld A big hype over a lousy episode.

There are more. Maybe I'll post them later.

jax77 · 05-02-2003, 10:12 PM

my fav finale's:
the wonder years
mary tyler moore
all in the family
mash

and......although i've never seen either of these shows, "Newhart's" finale was classic - for those who don't know - the "Newhart" finale (the very last scene) has him waking up in bed on the previous "Bob Newhart Show" set with the actress who played his wife on said show.....love the fact that "Newhart" was a dream the character from the "Bob Newhart Show" had -- classic!!

least favorite finale's:
who's the boss
family ties

James · 05-03-2003, 02:10 AM

Best finale:

Leave It To Beaver

Worst finale:

The Wonder Years (They should have had the gang graduate high school, possibly go through college!)

mstewart · 05-03-2003, 12:24 PM

Best finale:
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Everything went full circle with the book being sold.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Very sad Saturday night. It was great to have Rhoda and Phyllis back. I love their scene together at Mary's apartment. It seemed that they picked up where they left off at when Mary was in her studio apt.

The Golden Girls - I was glad when Dorothy found love and brought closure of her ex-husband Stan. That was great that they talked.

Three's Company - Even though I wish it was Jack and Janet getting married. It was good how things got wrapped up. Too bad they could had buried the hachet for a moment and brought Suzanne Somers back. It would had been great to have the Roper's there as well.

Worst Finale:
The Cosby Show - Very lame finale.

One Day At A Time - Ann's move to London was good but it would had been better pulled off it was done in the 8th season, that should had been the final season of the show, after marrying Sam and the move. What a finale that would had been.

Alice - That episode looked as though they were ready to go. Alice was a show that stayed on three seasons too long.

LucyFan · 05-03-2003, 02:04 PM

Best Finale:
The Wonder Years
Happy Days
Three's Company
Mary Tyler Moore

Fair Finale:
The Lucy Show
The Jeffersons
Here's Lucy
I Dream Of Jeannie

So-So Finale:
I Love Lucy
Bewitched
The Munsters

Worst Finale:
Laverne & Shirley
The Brady Bunch
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

Cashodeen · 05-04-2003, 12:59 AM

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Originally posted by James
Best finale:

Leave It To Beaver

Worst finale:

The Wonder Years (They should have had the gang graduate high school, possibly go through college!)

I actually think Leave it To Beaver's finale wasn't the coolest. It was a great way to end the show, but those pictures were fakey. I agree with you on Wonder Years. The show should not have ended when it did making the finale just wrong.
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St. Elsewhere's finale was bizarre to say the least. I don't even remember seeing it, but from what I hear, it's pretty shocking. I actually like the Roseanne finale. It was great to learn the last bunch of seasons weren't real. St. Elsewhere just went too far with theirs, saying the entire series wasn't real.

*PinkLady* · 05-04-2003, 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by dawsongirl
I hate it when a show doesn't get a real finale, just a regular episode and it disappears.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Even if the show is horrible, it should still get a proper sendoff.

Adamantium · 05-04-2003, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dawsongirl
I hate it when a show doesn't get a real finale, just a regular episode and it disappears.

I hate that too. It seems that happened more with sitcoms from the 1950's to the 70's. Even the long running shows had just ordinary last episodes. I'd say Leave it to Beaver's was the best for not having a last episode. At least they looked back throughout the years, sort of letting us know it was the end.

The same goes for first episodes. A lot of shows from the early decades didn't have "first plot" episodes.

I also agree that every show should have a proper send off. DAG only had 17 episodes, and it had last episode.

05-02-2003, 11:27 AM	#1
Rob1 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 19, 2003 Location: NY Posts: 180	Best / Worst series Finales? Here's my favorites - MAS*H Happy Days The Mary Tyler Moore Show These are my least favorite - Quantum Leap Cheers Seinfeld How about everyone else?
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05-02-2003, 12:17 PM	#2
Christopher The OG Core Four Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 15, 2001 Posts: 14,833	My Favorites: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (even though it hasn't aired yet, I am sure it will be the best ) Birds of Prey Golden Girls The Nanny Popular Touched By An Angel Boy Meets World Roseanne My Least Favorites: The Facts of Life Designing Women Three's Company (Chrissy and Cindy and The Ropers shouldhave been in it) Alice (should have had Flo back along with Belle imo) Family Matters (should have ended with Steve & Laura getting married) Ellen (didn't care for the finale) Sabrina The Teenage Witch Jesse Who's The Boss?

05-02-2003, 03:26 PM	#5
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	I hate it when a show doesn't get a real finale, just a regular episode and it disappears.

05-02-2003, 03:56 PM	#6
Dianne3 Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 07, 2002 Posts: 1,058	Before MASH had its regular season finale 20 years ago, the only show that I think had a finale was The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

05-02-2003, 10:12 PM	#9
jax77 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 28, 2003 Posts: 21	my fav finale's: the wonder years mary tyler moore all in the family mash and......although i've never seen either of these shows, "Newhart's" finale was classic - for those who don't know - the "Newhart" finale (the very last scene) has him waking up in bed on the previous "Bob Newhart Show" set with the actress who played his wife on said show.....love the fact that "Newhart" was a dream the character from the "Bob Newhart Show" had -- classic!! least favorite finale's: who's the boss family ties

05-03-2003, 02:10 AM	#10
James Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,370	Best finale: Leave It To Beaver Worst finale: The Wonder Years (They should have had the gang graduate high school, possibly go through college!)

05-03-2003, 12:24 PM	#11
mstewart mstewart Senior Member Join Date: Jan 25, 2002 Location: California Posts: 1,780	Best finale: The Dick Van Dyke Show - Everything went full circle with the book being sold. The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Very sad Saturday night. It was great to have Rhoda and Phyllis back. I love their scene together at Mary's apartment. It seemed that they picked up where they left off at when Mary was in her studio apt. The Golden Girls - I was glad when Dorothy found love and brought closure of her ex-husband Stan. That was great that they talked. Three's Company - Even though I wish it was Jack and Janet getting married. It was good how things got wrapped up. Too bad they could had buried the hachet for a moment and brought Suzanne Somers back. It would had been great to have the Roper's there as well. Worst Finale: The Cosby Show - Very lame finale. One Day At A Time - Ann's move to London was good but it would had been better pulled off it was done in the 8th season, that should had been the final season of the show, after marrying Sam and the move. What a finale that would had been. Alice - That episode looked as though they were ready to go. Alice was a show that stayed on three seasons too long.

05-03-2003, 02:04 PM	#12
LucyFan Still Loving Lucy! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 23, 2001 Location: In the Wonderful World of Lucy! Posts: 8,198	Best Finale: The Wonder Years Happy Days Three's Company Mary Tyler Moore Fair Finale: The Lucy Show The Jeffersons Here's Lucy I Dream Of Jeannie So-So Finale: I Love Lucy Bewitched The Munsters Worst Finale: Laverne & Shirley The Brady Bunch The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour