Top 5 Worst Series Finales of All Time
Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
by Edmund Winston
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You know those shows you grew up watching? The ones that were great, until you heard they were coming to an end. You were sad to see them going off the air, so you watch the final episode hoping to see them go out with class. But what do you get? You get one of the biggest "WTF?" moments of your life.
They didn't resolve anything, or they threw out a ridiculous twist, or they tried for a "WTF?" ending, but epically failed.
4. Full House. One of my favorite shows as a kid, but what a sh*t way to end it. Michelle falls off a horse and gets amnesia... Need I say more? (she does recover, though it would have been better if she didn't.)
3. Laverne & Shirley. Well, basically, just Laverne. As Shirley was no longer on the show for the majority of the final season. But the thing that made this finale horrible, is that it was about Carmine. A supporting character, that I really didn't like, so I assume no one else did either. It came off as more of a spin-off pilot than series finale, because Laverne was only in it at the beginning, and the end. And Shirley was "overseas with her husband" (and the only mention of her was actually in the title "Laverne and Shirley". How can you call it Laverne and Shirley if there is no Shirley?). Anyway, Carmine finally gets a part on Broadway, and moves away, and that's it. How can you give the supporting character a big goodbye in the finale, but not even mention a title character? (granted, she was tied up in a $20 million lawsuit with the producers, but still.)
2. Family Matters*. This one deserves an asterisk. The show was canceled before they were given a chance to film a finale. But, there's a reason the show was canceled abruptly. The last aired episode, was a 2-part featuring Steve in Space. Not the good kind of "WTF?" moment shows go for. The absolute worst season in the show's history. Steve and Laura are in love. No one wants to see that. The thing that made the show popular in the first place is how Laura would blow him off, and he wouldn't give up. I mean, don't end one season with it, and start a new worthless one about them being in love. The season should have never started production, the previous season had a decent ending that would have worked as a series finale. And the original cast was still intact. Both Harriet and Judy were replaced for the final season (after Judy went missing for 5 years, with no mention of her whatsoever between then and her return). It was just bad.
1. Roseanne. This show, wasn't that great to begin with, but I watched almost every episode anyway when I was growing up. In the last season, it "jumped the shark." Dan has a heart attack, and starts having an affair with the nurse... Darlene has a baby... Roseanne wins the lottery...
The Lottery? Seriously? A blue collar show about a poor family... and they're rich?
But that's not even the bad part. The series finale was one of the worst shows in Television history... As it turns out, every episode in every season up to that point was just Roseanne's imagination. Dan died, her daughters were married to each other's husbands, Her sister was actually gay, her mom wasn't really gay, and everything was just a story she was writing.
So... It was a story, in a story, in a story, based on a stand up comedy act? That doesn't work for me.
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