best/worst television series finales

[Sledge Hammer!]

I am in the majority concerning how I felt about the Sopranos finale, but worst ever for a television series? I currently cannot think of any exceptions.

Newhart probably had the coolest with Bob waking up from a dream at the end of the last episode with his television wife from his previous series next to him.

Any "gooder" or "worser" suggestions?

[Dr. P]

Dude, you must not remember the Dukes Of Hazzard finale! Coy and Vance got replaced back by Bo and Luke, and for the whole season they'd been sheltering this martian they called "lil' cousin." In the finale, Roscoe discovers lil' cousin, but Daisy shows him some leg long enough for him to fall in the hay so she can grab his own handcuffs and cuff him. It ended with a fake General Lee that was actually a spaceship to send lil' cousin back to his family, just before Boss Hogg and the scientists get there. It was a little worse than Sopranos, in my opinion.

[Franks n Beans]

I think the last Seinfeld was retarded

[volodya]

I think the last Seinfeld was great. Totally fit the spirit of that show, IMO.

[Heap]

X-Files kind of sucked. I'll see the "sequel" if they ever decide to make another movie, though.

[Verno]

The last Seinfeld was great, a unique summation of the series tied into their demise. But I think you nailed it with the first one, Sledge. The Newhart finale was genius. Unfortunately I had to experience that through reruns, but alas, still one of the best moments in TV history. That, or Saved by the Bell's finale where the crew, after obviously failing Senior year multiple times, finally graduated. Ahhhhhh......

[Franks n Beans]

To tell ya the truth, I don't know what I coulda expected from the Seinfeld finalie. I just felt a little I duuno, ripped? Most of it was just highlights from past shows. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was funny to see the old parts that made it hysterical.

[dogbert7693]

MASH and the Mary Tyler Moore Show

[nate]

The Six Feet Under finale kinda sucked. In fact the whole final season was a drag on a show that really was pretty good up until then.

[Franks n Beans]

You have to admit it was funny how the black guy gets shot during an armored car robbery.

[nate]

I'll give you that.

[TheWagesofSin]

You have to admit it was funny how the black guy gets shot during an armored car robbery.

No I don't.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

The Happy Days finale was kind of gay.

The Seinfeld finale was so-so.... but the 5 prior shows leading up to it were fan-freaking-tastic!

The Cheers finale was pretty good, 'cept for the fact that Sammy ended up with the frigid bitch. Sammy was better than that whore, goddamnit!

[Grandmaster B]

Personally, as far as the high-profile shows go, or those that had better ratings overall, I haven't seen a single one of those shows ever hit it out of the park on the series finale. Sure, there's some good ones, and some 'satisfying' ones, but I still haven't seen one that's amazing.

To me, the more off-the-radar shows put more effort into their series finales, but it's tough. When you invest years of your time in a show, expections are abnormally high, and if they don't go 5-for-5 and hit the cycle, it leaves you coming away with that "eh" feeling.

The best:

NEWHART (the most creative i've seen yet, and really captured what a series finale should be)

MacGYVER (regular one-hour episode, but good story, they bring in Mac's son, and it was just a cool and nice ending to a good show)

FOREVER KNIGHT (an obscure show, but had a jaw-dropping finale. Anytime you kill off your entire cast, including your main lead, you've got big balls. THE SOPRANOS should've taken some notes here)

FRIENDS (hated the show, but from everything I could gather from friends and relatives who loved the show, it did what the fans wanted)

MIAMI VICE (darker finale, that found Crockett & Tubbs uncovering a near-season long corruption scheme from the Miami-Dade city government, all the way up to the U.S., and found them not winning the battle. Instead making a stand, throwing in the badges, and going out on a 'burnout' note. Good closure, but different because it wasn't all smiles and sunshine)

The worst:

DALLAS (quite possibly the best network drama in history on ratings alone, to go out with some goofy "It's A Wonderful Life with J.R.", and having J.R. shoot off-screen was a big disappointment. Apparently THE SOPRANOS took notes on this one, because this show went out the same way, a cliffhanger. The difference is, DALLAS still had alot of loose ends to tie up... if anyone was still watching it by Season 14

THE SOPRANOS (although I don't think the finale was THAT bad, certain people have turned me over to the anti-crowd. True, when you invest eight years on a show, only to have it cop out and make you guess, it's a letdown. They should've spelled everything out for the fans, and regardless of what Chase says, he INTENTIONALLY set the show up for a theatrical movie, otherwise everyone should've died)

THE A-TEAM (just a little speech from Hannibal, in an otherwise normal episode. Touching, but big time disappointing. The court martial episodes should've led up to the series finale. Instead of going to work for Stockwell, they should've pulled off the ultimate escape... A-Team style!)

THE X-FILES (for the longest time, one of my favorite shows. But it really isn't there fault. By the end of this show, all of the original mythos had been put to rest, and there was really nothing left to do. Action-packed, and interesting enough, but really only noteworthy for a return of Mr. X in ghost-form, and a corpse-like CSM)

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (i'll admit it, I was an avid RAYMOND fan & watcher, and thought the show was funny, and still do. But the series finale was hideously bad. Not the episode per say, but the build up. There was all this publicity and attention for the series finale of the show, and yet the episode ends up just being a normal 30-minute plot. No closure, no new beginnings, no nothing.)

To be continued:

THE SHIELD (this great show ends officially next season, and although the show is still solid and edge of your seat, with the recent developments with THE SOPRANOS, one has to wonder if this show will go out with a wimper next year)

[Franks n Beans]

No I don't.

Hmmm...Yea, ya kinda do. Sparky

[reacharound]

Here's one that many have forgotten, or perhaps I just hallucinated it?

"Dinosaurs"......if you didn't watch it at the time I won't traumatize you with the details of the program. From what I remember, something approximating nuclear winter causing mass extinctions set in due to dino industrial activity, or some stupid crap along those lines.

Not only was it very preachy, it seemed inappropriately grim for what was essentially a kid's show.

Wood

[Booze]

THE SHIELD (this great show ends officially next season, and although the show is still solid and edge of your seat, with the recent developments with THE SOPRANOS, one has to wonder if this show will go out with a wimper next year)

Do you really think The Shield is still doing it? I used to really like that show, & I'm still watching it, but I reckon it's gone steadily downhill since the end of season 4.

Forest 'Wonk-Eye' Whitaker was fucking ridiculous chewing the scenery up in Season 5, & the wobbly camera zooming around all over the place is looking well played these days. Plus there's very little swearing. Swearing is very important to me in my tv dramas.

Say what you like about HBO, but at least they're not afraid to call a cunt a cunt.

[TedBellLover]

Here's one that many have forgotten, or perhaps I just hallucinated it?

"Dinosaurs"......if you didn't watch it at the time I won't traumatize you with the details of the program. From what I remember, something approximating nuclear winter causing mass extinctions set in due to dino industrial activity, or some stupid crap along those lines.

Not only was it very preachy, it seemed inappropriately grim for what was essentially a kid's show.

Wood

Strangely...I seem to remember an episode where they drained a swamp to build a wax fruit factory. I remember the baby dinoasur in its chair looking forlorn. Can anyone refresh my faded memory?

[PeggyLove]

Here's one that many have forgotten, or perhaps I just hallucinated it?

"Dinosaurs"......if you didn't watch it at the time I won't traumatize you with the details of the program. From what I remember, something approximating nuclear winter causing mass extinctions set in due to dino industrial activity, or some stupid crap along those lines.

Not only was it very preachy, it seemed inappropriately grim for what was essentially a kid's show.

Wood

It rings a bell ...


http://www.df.lth.se/~ola/pictures/sinclair.jpg

[Spooner]

The Six Feet Under finale kinda sucked. In fact the whole final season was a drag on a show that really was pretty good up until then.

Kinda sucked? Holy cow. That finale gave me piles and a mild fever.

[Booze]

Strangely...I seem to remember an episode where they drained a swamp to build a wax fruit factory. I remember the baby dinoasur in its chair looking forlorn. Can anyone refresh my faded memory?

Sounds like something from the Book Of Mormon.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Bob, you watch too much TV, get a life. :poke:

Could you give us a brief synopsis of the Golden Girls finale? bwaaaahahahahahahaha..... oh wait, tell us about Ally McBeal's finale too. bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha

[Grandmaster B]

Do you really think The Shield is still doing it? I used to really like that show, & I'm still watching it, but I reckon it's gone steadily downhill since the end of season 4.

Forest 'Wonk-Eye' Whitaker was fucking ridiculous chewing the scenery up in Season 5, & the wobbly camera zooming around all over the place is looking well played these days. Plus there's very little swearing. Swearing is very important to me in my tv dramas.

Say what you like about HBO, but at least they're not afraid to call a cunt a cunt.

Yeah, but FX is still basic cable. I've gotta disagree with you, I thought Season 5 was the best season of the show. Although this new season (really supposed to be an extension of Season 5) wasn't as good as the previous season, the episodes were solid, especially when Vic finally learned of Shane murdering Lem, and the season finale was riveting... MUCH better than "The Sopranos" series finale.

Can't wait for the 7th and final season. Looks like it's gonna be explosive.

So personally, I still feel "The Shield" delivers, and is a great show. I actually thought the earlier days were a bit boring. Season 1 was fantastic, but then it went into that sophmore slump, Season 2 was interesting only for the money train ripoff, and Season 3 was a snore-fest. Glenn Close & Anthony Anderson coming in in Season 4 breathed new life into the series and it was solid again, Season 5 was even better. Season 6 (I guess) showed the show is wrapping up and slowing the pacing down, but was still great. In the past two seasons, Shane murders Lem, Vic mutlilates and then murders an innocent drug dealer, Vic brings down Kavanaugh (Whitaker), and successfully blackmails Acevada & Claudette to keep his job with only hours left on the clock.

What's not to love? The writing still rules, even if it's not as littered with 'god damn' & 'shit'. This season was among the bloodiest. Vic killing the drug dealer, and finding the 12 murdered Mexicans that was just a big pile of body parts that looked like it was the handywork of Jason Voorhees.

The show still kicks ass, and this year had completely SMOKED "The Sopranos" & "24" in quality.


Bob, you watch too much TV, get a life. :poke:

Could you give us a brief synopsis of the Golden Girls finale? bwaaaahahahahahahaha..... oh wait, tell us about Ally McBeal's finale too. bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha

Been there, done that. Life's boring.

As for your question, I never watched "Ally McBeal", and I loved "The Golden Girls" (don't that make me weird... I guess, it was a good comedy).

I forgot about "The Golden Girls", but the series finale was great. Dorothy finally finds true love, and comes to terms with her feelings of Stanley, and decides to move away. Sophia decides to stay with her new girls, and finally let Dorothy be independent. Lots of tears, and the ending with Dorothy running back into the house twice to say goodbye, was funny & sad. Great ending to a great show.

[Dr. P]

Has anyone menchened "Cheers" yet?

[TheWagesofSin]

Has anyone menchened "Cheers" yet?

Jeezis, this thread only has 3 pages...talk aboot lazy...:poke:




The Cheers finale was pretty good, 'cept for the fact that Sammy ended up with the frigid bitch. Sammy was better than that whore, goddamnit!

:poke:

[Mr. Irrelevant]

hmmmm.... obviously Russ ignores my posts now. Well... <grits teeth> That's nice.

[Grandmaster B]

"Cheers" sucked. One of the most unfunny shows ever to grace TV. Of course, that's excluding "Frasier" & "Teachers".

[mysticllama]

Here's one that many have forgotten, or perhaps I just hallucinated it?

"Dinosaurs"......if you didn't watch it at the time I won't traumatize you with the details of the program. From what I remember, something approximating nuclear winter causing mass extinctions set in due to dino industrial activity, or some stupid crap along those lines.

Was that the series finale? Hm, I guess it was... I didn't remember it as such, the show was pretty good overall.

I'm surprised no fellow sci-fiers mentioned the finale of Quantum Leap. It was both the best and worst finale I've ever seen.. I'm so mixed on it that I can't really give it a yea or nay. It jumped the shark, and yet was so fitting.

And the finale of Firefly.. Oh wait, there was no finale. At least we had the movie.

Finale of Dead Like Me ended nicely, wrapped up a few loose ends (since they knew they were cancelled when they wrote it) but left a few mysteries still.

The finale of Angel the series still pisses me off. But I'm glad to know that some of them (oh, spoiler here!) made it out of the alley as noted in the graphical BtVS novels.

The whole last season of Buffy kinda pissed me off. I dunno.. not that I'm torn up about them doing new things, and Hamlet-Spike, but it just really felt forced to me. "Storyteller" was a great episode though and was kinda different than what was being done at the time.

[Hole In Face]

G.I. JOE had the best finale ever. The complete destruction of Cobra.... What else could you ask for?

[Jdiggity Dee]

The finale of Deadwood was so anticlimactic that it kind of pissed me off. Yet it still worked even. It just didn't feel too much like a series finale. Does anyone know if they're still planning on doing two 2 hour deadwood movies or has that been dropped, imbd doesn't say anything is in production?

[Dr. P]

hmmmm.... obviously Russ ignores my posts now. Well... <grits teeth> That's nice.

Shit, I've been following the thread, I just didn't remember it coming up. Nobody talks about Cheers anymore. It's somehow forgettable, and I'm lazy.

[Grandmaster B]

The finale of Deadwood was so anticlimactic that it kind of pissed me off. Yet it still worked even. It just didn't feel too much like a series finale. Does anyone know if they're still planning on doing two 2 hour deadwood movies or has that been dropped, imbd doesn't say anything is in production?

It's still a go as far as I heard. Milch wants to do it, because he wanted a 4th Season to wrap the series up. The episode that ended Season 3 was not intended to be the series finale.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

"Cheers" sucked. One of the most unfunny shows ever to grace TV. Of course, that's excluding "Frasier" & "Teachers".

Man, you are gay! The only other sitcom to get better overall ratings than Cheers was M.A.S.H.

They had the second highest all time number of viewers for their last episode (behind MASH). They were in the top 10 in ratings longer than any sitcom in the 80's. And spent, I believe, a couple of years at #1. And their average number of viewers throughout the duration of the series is also second only to MASH.

Cheers was a great show for a multitude of reasons. The varied dynamics of all the supporting characters. The setting, the plots, the comedic timing., etc. And look at all the stars that got their starts from Cheers. Ted Danson was a big star for a while. Kelsey Grammer went on to do a pretty successful spin off and is huge in the animation industry. And Ratzenberger is even bigger in that arena. There ain't a toon out there that isn't having him play a small or even big part in their shows. And of course there's Woody Harleson. He's probably the biggest star of that bunch and he got his start at Cheers.

Besides, Cheers was a different type of sitcom. It sucked in the ratings for the first two years and then it somehow caught on and became a part of pop culter moreso than any other series during that era. It went from first two worst within 2 and a half seasons and didn't really look back ('cept for the last season). It wasn't like 'Friends' or some of these other newer sitcoms that rode the coatails of other sitcoms like 'Seinfeld' and had immediate success from the start. When they started out, the only other really popular sitcom on NBC was Taxi. But Taxi was on it's way out. So they had to follow behind grippingly gay shows like 'Mamas Family' :rofl: and 'Give me a Break' :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Cheers started the 20 year long "Must see TV" Thursday Night success run for NBC (along with some quality 10 o'clock dramas). That says a lot.

btw, I was kidding about you being gay.... sort of.

ps. Hole's GI Joe reference.... :rofl: :thumbsup:

That was apart my "Must see cartoons for 1980's kids" line up....
GI Joe
Transformers
Voltron (The cool Lions one, not the gay boats and cars one)
ThunderCats

Good times.... good times.

[Boss]

"Cheers" sucked. One of the most unfunny shows ever to grace TV. Of course, that's excluding "Frasier" & "Teachers".

WTF? Did you ever actually watch Cheers or Frasier? Probably two of the best written sitcoms of the last 20 years.

[TheWagesofSin]

Man, you are gay! The only other sitcom to get better overall ratings than Cheers was M.A.S.H.

They had the second highest all time number of viewers for their last episode (behind MASH). They were in the top 10 in ratings longer than any sitcom in the 80's. And spent, I believe, a couple of years at #1. And their average number of viewers throughout the duration of the series is also second only to MASH.

Cheers was a great show for a multitude of reasons. The varied dynamics of all the supporting characters. The setting, the plots, the comedic timing., etc. And look at all the stars that got their starts from Cheers. Ted Danson was a big star for a while. Kelsey Grammer went on to do a pretty successful spin off and is huge in the animation industry. And Ratzenberger is even bigger in that arena. There ain't a toon out there that isn't having him play a small or even big part in their shows. And of course there's Woody Harleson. He's probably the biggest star of that bunch and he got his start at Cheers.

Besides, Cheers was a different type of sitcom. It sucked in the ratings for the first two years and then it somehow caught on and became a part of pop culter moreso than any other series during that era. It went from first two worst within 2 and a half seasons and didn't really look back ('cept for the last season). It wasn't like 'Friends' or some of these other newer sitcoms that rode the coatails of other sitcoms like 'Seinfeld' and had immediate success from the start. When they started out, the only other really popular sitcom on NBC was Taxi. But Taxi was on it's way out. So they had to follow behind grippingly gay shows like 'Mamas Family' :rofl: and 'Give me a Break' :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Cheers started the 20 year long "Must see TV" Thursday Night success run for NBC (along with some quality 10 o'clock dramas). That says a lot.

btw, I was kidding about you being gay.... sort of.

ps. Hole's GI Joe reference.... :rofl: :thumbsup:

That was apart my "Must see cartoons for 1980's kids" line up....
GI Joe
Transformers
Voltron (The cool Lions one, not the gay boats and cars one)
ThunderCats

Good times.... good times.

Fuck Cheers. Stupidest show on television.

[Sledge Hammer!]

Even worse than a sucky series finale for a long running show is no season finale at all, especially when the last episode was a cliffhanger. For the past twenty years I asked myself if this guy was elected governor:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/drwood_2006/robert20guillaume20bw20crop1.jpg

[Grandmaster B]

WTF? Did you ever actually watch Cheers or Frasier? Probably two of the best written sitcoms of the last 20 years.


Yep, sure did. "Frasier" literally wasn't funny at all. I never laughed at a single thing on that show. Ever. Not that I didn't get the joke, I knew many people that it went straight over their head. 9 times out of 10, I got the joke - it just wasn't funny.

"Cheers", same thing. Other than George Wendt & John Ratzenberger... complete snore-fest. Not that "Cheers" wasn't necessarily funny, but it was quite possibly the most overrated show of the past 20 years.

People also told me how well-written "Sex and The City" was too, checked that out... :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:


Man, you are gay! The only other sitcom to get better overall ratings than Cheers was M.A.S.H.

They had the second highest all time number of viewers for their last episode (behind MASH). They were in the top 10 in ratings longer than any sitcom in the 80's. And spent, I believe, a couple of years at #1. And their average number of viewers throughout the duration of the series is also second only to MASH.

Cheers was a great show for a multitude of reasons. The varied dynamics of all the supporting characters. The setting, the plots, the comedic timing., etc. And look at all the stars that got their starts from Cheers. Ted Danson was a big star for a while. Kelsey Grammer went on to do a pretty successful spin off and is huge in the animation industry. And Ratzenberger is even bigger in that arena. There ain't a toon out there that isn't having him play a small or even big part in their shows. And of course there's Woody Harleson. He's probably the biggest star of that bunch and he got his start at Cheers.

Besides, Cheers was a different type of sitcom. It sucked in the ratings for the first two years and then it somehow caught on and became a part of pop culter moreso than any other series during that era. It went from first two worst within 2 and a half seasons and didn't really look back ('cept for the last season). It wasn't like 'Friends' or some of these other newer sitcoms that rode the coatails of other sitcoms like 'Seinfeld' and had immediate success from the start. When they started out, the only other really popular sitcom on NBC was Taxi. But Taxi was on it's way out. So they had to follow behind grippingly gay shows like 'Mamas Family' :rofl: and 'Give me a Break' :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Cheers started the 20 year long "Must see TV" Thursday Night success run for NBC (along with some quality 10 o'clock dramas). That says a lot.

btw, I was kidding about you being gay.... sort of.

ps. Hole's GI Joe reference.... :rofl: :thumbsup:

That was apart my "Must see cartoons for 1980's kids" line up....
GI Joe
Transformers
Voltron (The cool Lions one, not the gay boats and cars one)
ThunderCats

Good times.... good times.


"Mama's Family" was 10 times the show "Cheers" was.

"M.A.S.H." I liked, and it was very funny. But I hated it later on when Alda & Farrell got so political with it as their creative control grew.

[Heap]

Yep, sure did. "Frasier" literally wasn't funny at all. I never laughed at a single thing on that show. Ever. Not that I didn't get the joke, I knew many people that it went straight over their head. 9 times out of 10, I got the joke - it just wasn't funny.

"Cheers", same thing. Other than George Wendt & John Ratzenberger... complete snore-fest. Not that "Cheers" wasn't necessarily funny, but it was quite possibly the most overrated show of the past 20 years.

People also told me how well-written "Sex and The City" was too, checked that out... :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:




"Mama's Family" was 10 times the show "Cheers" was.

"M.A.S.H." I liked, and it was very funny. But I hated it later on when Alda & Farrell got so political with it as their creative control grew.
:larry: :larry: :larry:

[Franks n Beans]

"Mama's Family"?!!! :wtf:

[TedBellLover]

Even worse than a sucky series finale for a long running show is no season finale at all, especially when the last episode was a cliffhanger. For the past twenty years I asked myself if this guy was elected governor:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/drwood_2006/robert20guillaume20bw20crop1.jpg

Close up and big like that and with that facial expression I feel a little scared, talking as a white man.

[CommunistaCow]

Best Finales:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Newhart

Worst Finales:

MASH
The Sopranos
Seinfeld
Cheers

[Dr. P]

What was Angel?

[CommunistaCow]

What was Angel?

Hater!:angry:

[Dr. P]

What, man? I never heard of it.

[nate]

A spinoff of Buffy, as if it needed one.

[Booze]

Even worse than a sucky series finale for a long running show is no season finale at all, especially when the last episode was a cliffhanger. For the past twenty years I asked myself if this guy was elected governor:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/drwood_2006/robert20guillaume20bw20crop1.jpg

Well, he's the spitting image of the fella what became Mayor of Hill Valley.

[Howards Turn]

Well, he's the spitting image of the fella what became Mayor of Hill Valley.

He looks like Benson to me.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photos/bensonlogo.jpg

Remember that show? It really put black people on the showbiz map.

[nate]

Weird, he looks like Isaac to me.

[Booze]

He looks like Benson to me.

Remember that show? It really put black people on the showbiz map.

Howie, I hope you're not accusing me of thinking all black people look the same.

Some of my best friends are Bensons. :tipofthecap:

BTW, do you get ITV1? The TISWAS 25th anniversary reunion is on!

[Howards Turn]

BTW, do you get ITV1? The TISWAS 25th anniversary reunion is on!

I really enjoyed that.

Who would have ever thought a primetime saturday night slot in 2007 would feature comedic powerhouses such as Bob Carolgees, Frank Carson and Lenny Henry.

Whats next?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/images/400/littleandlarge_1.jpg

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Hey Bob. The only thing Mama's Family was 10 times more than Cheers was... was how much of a pile of crap it was. Lemme guess, you were a big fan of 'Boy Meets World' as well. :poke:

[mysticllama]

A spinoff of Buffy, as if it needed one.

You blaspheme.

[Taco Teo]

Hey, Llama, I was searching the channels today and started watching this show on BBC America called "Hex." It was pretty good and might be something you'd enjoy. Have you ever heard of it/watched it?

http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/120/about.jsp

[Grandmaster B]

Hey Bob. The only thing Mama's Family was 10 times more than Cheers was... was how much of a pile of crap it was. Lemme guess, you were a big fan of 'Boy Meets World' as well. :poke:

It was okay. It really only had one funny character, Eric, and his act got tired after awhile. I never was into the ABC T.G.I.F. Friday night stuff. If I had to choose one, it'd probably be "Step By Step". But none of them were all that good.


You blaspheme.

"Angel" was a complete ripoff of "Forever Knight", but for teens.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

It was okay. It really only had one funny character, Eric, and his act got tired after awhile. I never was into the ABC T.G.I.F. Friday night stuff. If I had to choose one, it'd probably be "Step By Step". But none of them were all that good.



"Angel" was a complete ripoff of "Forever Knight", but for teens.

Forever Knight was a good show. At least you're not a complete TV watching tool. btw, you taking my "Boy meets world" question seriously, cracks me up. You is one funny negro.

[mysticllama]

I hadn't heard of Hex, I read the website and it really didn't grab me (but synopsis'es of shows often don't).


"Angel" was a complete ripoff of "Forever Knight", but for teens.

I never saw Forever Knight, sadly.

I like Buffy and Angel because of the sharp and interesting writing. If Joss Whedon, Tim Minear and Bryan Fuller all got together and wrote/directed (with guest scripts by David Fury and Jane Espensen) a show about something that sounded incredibly boring to me - I would watch it, since I am sure that with those guys at the helm I wouldn't be disappointed.

[Jdiggity Dee]

http://www.tv-links.co.uk has sumdem hex shows

[aaron burr]

The Six Feet Under finale kinda sucked. In fact the whole final season was a drag on a show that really was pretty good up until then.



I agree. it was an autopiloted, predictable end.

It could have been taken from a vault of "generic script endings to be recycled".

[CommunistaCow]

A spinoff of Buffy, as if it needed one.

Oh, look at you, Mister double hater. :angry:

[Taco Teo]

I liked Forever Knight also. Nick Knight was quite cute and I thought LaCroix was a great actor.

[Grandmaster B]

Forever Knight was a good show. At least you're not a complete TV watching tool. btw, you taking my "Boy meets world" question seriously, cracks me up. You is one funny negro.

I didn't take it seriously. I thought the absurd comedy in it, was that I could actually answer it. Which comments on me having no life.


I hadn't heard of Hex, I read the website and it really didn't grab me (but synopsis'es of shows often don't).



I never saw Forever Knight, sadly.



Well the entire series is on DVD, so you can if you want...

The show started a tad rough because it was 1992, and CGI was only so good. Some of the episodes were a bit goofy, because CBS wanted him to be a superhero or somethin'. The show got better later in Season 1, and for the rest of the show.

LaCroix was the freakin' man.

http://www.wildbadgers.net/ForeverCast.jpg

[Taco Teo]

Oh, man Bob. Until you posted that pic I forgot about the vampire chick. What was her name again? I liked her too.

[CommunistaCow]

Forever Knight was definitely a nice show. One more bit of evidence that when a network bounces a show around different time slots, you're not going to get decent ratings.

[nate]

Oh, look at you, Mister double hater. :angry:
I'm not the one who apparently likes shows that were made for teen goth girls. :poke:

[Grandmaster B]

Oh, man Bob. Until you posted that pic I forgot about the vampire chick. What was her name again? I liked her too.

Janette. She wasn't in the final season though. Apparently the USA cable network didn't like her.


Forever Knight was definitely a nice show. One more bit of evidence that when a network bounces a show around different time slots, you're not going to get decent ratings.

Of it's three seasons, every single one was spent on a different network. Season 1 was on CBS, Season 2 was syndicated, and Season 3 was on USA.

[The BYP]

You're like one of those savant types, only with TV.

[Grandmaster B]

^ lmao

[Dr. P]

You're like Larry was with the PHS only you can see and have a cool beard!

[Roland Schwinn]

I thought the last episode of 'Hello Larry" was pretty anti-climatic....

[Superbonbon]

If the show is good its rather hard to end it in a 'great' way.
If the show is bad then no one, especially the writers is going to care.

That being said I rather liked the ending of Angel. The kicked some serious ass, took some hard lumps and some even lived to fight another day. Really from a show like that what more could you ask for?

One I hated was the last Stargate SG-1 (yep, I'm a huge sci-fi geek) But even if you've never seen the show here's a sum up.
All the main characters of the last few sessions get stuck in a time bubble and one of them goes back and changes things so it never happened. Only he remembers the forty plus years they spent living Big Brother style in a space ship. So really the least episode didn't really even happen. :wtf:

[Superbonbon]

PS: and don't even get me started on "Lost In Space".
(the old B&W TV show, not that turd of a movie... that I happen to own on DVD... what? it was a gift... )

[Grandmaster B]

If the show is good its rather hard to end it in a 'great' way.
If the show is bad then no one, especially the writers is going to care.

That being said I rather liked the ending of Angel. The kicked some serious ass, took some hard lumps and some even lived to fight another day. Really from a show like that what more could you ask for?

One I hated was the last Stargate SG-1 (yep, I'm a huge sci-fi geek) But even if you've never seen the show here's a sum up.
All the main characters of the last few sessions get stuck in a time bubble and one of them goes back and changes things so it never happened. Only he remembers the forty plus years they spent living Big Brother style in a space ship. So really the least episode didn't really even happen. :wtf:

Yeah, the "SG-1" series finale was pretty disappointing. Just a regular episode. Hopefully the DVD movies make up for it.

[Superbonbon]

Yeah, the "SG-1" series finale was pretty disappointing. Just a regular episode. Hopefully the DVD movies make up for it.

DVD movies? Seems i'm not up on my buzz. I'll have to jump over to Sci-fi's web sight later and see whats up with that, thanks for the info.:thumbsup:

[Grandmaster B]

They're doing two Direct-to-DVD movies set for release late this year or earlier next year. "Stargate: The Ark Of Truth" & "Stargate: Continuum". "Ark" will wrap up the actual series storylines from the last two seasons, and "Continuum" will be a new story focusing more on the storylines from earlier in the show.

[Superbonbon]

SWEET!

OK, I guess I will not hate them for the final show then. But I came close.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

You're like one of those savant types, only with TV.

A TV savant?

There's another phrase for that: Couch potato

[The Dude]

A TV savant?

There's another phrase for that: Couch potato

Or waste of flesh.