poor pitiful..

[peacekiks]

oh that poor pitiful last episode? what happened to it? natalie had TWO lines, i mean, C'MON NOW! but i really liked the last 2 seasons, expecially around the 7th season when mrs garrett was stil there but evryone has matured.. slightly.

[LaverneShirley]

Actually, Natalie had 5 lines. 2 in the beginning, then 3 in the phone conversation at the end. (Yes, I counted.) Speaking of Natalie, when did she leave? I mean, at the beginning of the first part she was heading to the grocery store and at the end of the second part she was in Soho...

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"Well, Laverne is sort of childish" -Shirley

"Childish? Childish? Coming from a grown woman who throws tea parties for her stuffed cat!" -Laverne

"Well at least I don't sew L's on everything I wear!" -Shirley

"Well that would be pretty stupid considering your name's Shirley!" -Laverne

[peacekiks]

A wanna be school drop out had ten times the number of lines than one of the 4 main charachters... get real people!

[lesliem14]

I was wondering about that too, like when did Natalie ever tell him that she was moving to SoHo. It seemed like it was very rushed at the end, like this is going to be the last episode so we have to throw together a scene at the end that has no mention of what Blair's been doing in the past two episodes, but since its the final episode we need to do something. I actually didn't think it was a bad episode, not really good, but it was not a series finale. The actresses deserved something much better, as did the fans.

[Case]

I think to them(the producers,writers,"fools",ect) Terry was a lead character. I bet the show was suppose to focus on Blair,Terry(Juliette Lewis),Adam(Seth Green),little "Blossom",the "new" Natalie,and Terry's roommate(a combo of Blair AND Jo,scary!).

It could have worked..

[Natluver4ever]

i totally agree with you guys. i was very upset that the last episode wasn't better. i mean, these are the 4 girls that were on the show for what, 8 or 9 years and suddenly characters that have only been on the show for two or less episodes get more lines than them? how does that make sense? i never saw the unedited version of the last episode, but judging from the looks of the edited one, no wonder why the ratings were horrible! i can't believe that they actually aired that episode. if i were mindy, kim, nancy or even lisa i would have been livid! i think the actresses deserved a lot more!

[Michele35]

The last episode wasn't much of a tribute to the many great years of FOL. I was wondering how Nat ended up back in SoHo when she was going to the grocery store in her previous scene. I didn't like how Tootie just hung up on Natalie in that last scene. Of course that final pose really sucked without Natalie. I still wish that they wouldn't have rushed Jo's wedding and just made that the last episode.

I have to admit I'm a little bummed that N@N will be starting from Season #1 and we'll have to wait until Season #2 to see Jo again. I also didn't like Blair in the first season.

[Jo-Po Rox]

I agree. What kind of finale was that?!?! It focused mainly on Blair. I dont even recall seeing Andy much either along with Natalie who was there from the series begining. They shouldve just focused on the main cast for the simple reason that it was the shows last 2 episodes. Instead they focus on those kids from Eastland, what the heck?!?!?!?! The show lasted 9 seasons but instead of going out with a bang it went out with a pop. I was very disapointed when I saw it.

[TVaddict]

They were banking a little too much on the spin-off prospect. So much that they forgot that they were saying goodbye to a very memorable show. The show might not have been so terrible. Although Blair stepped into that authority figure role a little too easily. And she had some good lines. A little too good if you ask me, she sounded more like Jo in a lot of that (but she was nicer about it) "I always cry when I see a big, dumb animal.... excuse me..." There was some good stuff in there, but it SUCKED as a final episode.

[LaverneShirley]

I think it was a good episode. *ducks* Wait a minute, let me explain! It was a good REGULAR episode. It was actually a great regular episode. It was a pretty good season finale. But a SEASON finale is much different than a SERIES finale. They knew it was the last episode of the season, but apparently they didn't care. So, if it was just another couple episodes in the series, it would be perfect. But it in no way is a good series finale.

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"Well, Laverne is sort of childish" -Shirley

"Childish? Childish? Coming from a grown woman who throws tea parties for her stuffed cat!" -Laverne

"Well at least I don't sew L's on everything I wear!" -Shirley

"Well that would be pretty stupid considering your name's Shirley!" -Laverne

[JohnMcMillin]

well, actually. I think it was intended to be a "season finale" until Nancy decided she didn't want to do it any more. I suppose it was written as a season finale, but then rushed together a quick "goodbye" ending in the last 5 mins because Nancy McKeon announced she was leaving the show, and they decided to pull the plug with her. I've read articles dated Feb/Mar 88 that said that NBC was considering another year (it was still in the 30's in the rating, which wasn't THAT bad). Also, once I was at the library and was bored, so I looked up some old microfilm from May 88, and the local paper actually had the episode aired 5/7/88 (the final one) to be "Season finale". While the final Magnum P.I. aired the same week with "Series finale" next to it.

[JohnMcMillin]

speaking of that tho. Couldn't they have gone ahead and made one farewell episode to air AFTER The Beginning Of The Beginning? Just cut the last 5 mins off, and make a one-hour sendoff with that?

[TVaddict]

There are too many shows that go off the air with these "We thought it was just the season finale, but then the show got cancelled so it's the series finale." I HATE THAT! Who else remembers the atrocious Full House finale? Michelle fell off her horse and got amnesia. WHO CARES! They never make any attempt to fix it.

Did anyone else notice that even like the music during the show and at the end was WAY different? It's like it was another show already.

[JoFan]

It was just terrible! I won't repeat what everyone said again, but i agree with you all! I noticed the music thing too! What was up with that? They had never had that music play at the end. Poor Natalie...her best friend hung up on her and that's the last we see of her. Poor Andy, he disappeared! It was the worst series finale, ranks right up there with the worst wedding (Jo's) I really wish I could've been a writer on that show, at least give it a decent farewell.

[Michele35]

Well, if they didn't know this would be the series finale, why were they moving Natalie to SoHo and marrying off Jo in the episodes leading up to the 'Blair takes over Eastland' eps? They must've had a clue that that Season 9 would be the last year because it would've been difficult keeping the same premise with Natalie out of town and Jo off living with her husband.

Makes you wonder when they were able to keep the show alive after Mrs. Garrett(Charlotte Rae) left but decided to pull the plug when Nancy decided to leave. Kinda tells you who the writers and creators truly thought was the star of the show.