Comments on: Worst Endings Ever, and Sunday’s Lost Finale

By: StoicLion

StoicLion — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:55:02 +0000

Speaking for the Trek finales, at the time, I thought VOY’s finale was the best. But now I have to agree with a poster’s comment about Janeway ex Machina. And DS9’s finale was pretty good, considering the last half of the season was spent setting it up. I remember the feeling as Odo said goodbye to Kira, re-joined the Great Link and cured his people.

After many years, I finally saw Roseanne’s finale and agree with the general consensus here: it stunk like roadkill.

Being an animation fan, I have to add “Avatar: The Last Airbender” to the list of great finales. Three seasons of character development and plot were wrapped up perfectly in oustanding drama and action in spectacular animation. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the finale of “ReBoot” was a letdown. Not because of any flaws of the story, acting or art but because it was a cliffhanger that was never resolved.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:32:11 +0000

Sorry I have to disagree with Quantum Leap’s finale being bad. It was planned to be a season finale with Al’s Picture at the end Morphing into one of Al, his wife and daughters.

The network pulled the plug at the last minute and the last card of Sam never coming home was added. Considering that it was a last minute addition they didn’t do too badly IMO.

By: chene

chene — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:54:22 +0000

Lost is the Coldplay of TV series. They borrow and steal ideas and themes from various elements, fantasy, sci-fi, romance, reality, religion, and throw it together with a dash of great production values. Sometimes the shows ended up great, other times pretty bad and bland. But when asked to come up with a rousing finale, the writers in the end were not imaginative or talented enough to pull it off so they ended the show with sentimental schlock.

When in doubt, deus ex machina.

By: paperboy

paperboy — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:01:44 +0000

The Lost ending was terrible because of the set-up. If the writers claim it was really “about the character’s relationships”, then why the need to hook viewers with the mysteries? Now it seems the only reason they did that was to avoid comparisons to “Gilligan’s Island”.
I’m tired of lazy, unimaginative writers. The head writers were on Jimmy Kimmel, and they just came off as smart-alecky a$$-holes.

By: ShadZ

ShadZ — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:01:50 +0000

Todd: the Legends of the Seeker TV show was first-run syndication (so not on a network at all)

By: Hunt

Hunt — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:59:03 +0000

I wasn’t happy with the ending of “Twin Peaks.” Probably it went on too long.

I agree with somebody up thread about the end of St. Elsewhere–I didn’t like it at the time, but in retrospect I don’t mind it.

By: mitch4

mitch4 — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:05:44 +0000

I liked the ending of Lost, but not entirely. At least the disappointments were just about some plausible choices, not the angry sense of being misled that BSG engendered.

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:37:10 +0000

Tristara: If you want to know the fate of Richard from Legend of the Seeker, I recommend reading the books that the series is based on. I think they’re called the Sword of Truth novels. But the first book is called Wizard’s First Rule.

Although, I personally dropped the series after the third or fourth book. By the way, what network did the series air on? I saw the “Inspiration for the Legend of the Seeker” on the cover of a reprint, but never heard anything more about it.

By: mitch4

mitch4 — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:35:52 +0000

“Six Feet Under” had an excellent ending. Even though their approach was based on the sort-of-conventional trope of “where did the characters go in the future and how did they end up” — it emphasized the “end up” part, i.e. what sort of death did they reach, which was entirely in keeping with the whole series.

By: Woodrowfan

Woodrowfan — Sun, 23 May 2010 12:15:00 +0000

No mention of the Sopranos? I never watched it but you would be hard-pressed to miss the screams about the black out at the end.

“Farscape” WOULD have had the worst ending ever if not for the Made-for-TV movie that tied up all the loss ends…