I see via Twitter that the dying episodes of Game of Thrones are continuing to upset quite a lot of long time viewers. So someone asked "what TV series ended for you in a satisfying way", and people are nominating things I don't agree with (the ending of MASH left me cold, but I had stopped caring much about the show long before the final season) or shows I haven't seen at all (The Shield).
And it's true, so few lengthy TV series do end in a satisfactory way. Most people were underwhelmed with Seinfeld's final episode; even worse, it seems The X Files make a final series which everyone simply ignored after the poor quality of the penultimate come back series. Most sitcoms go on for about 3 seasons too long, and I stop watching them long before the end anyway.
I continue an old devotion to the Mary Tyler Moore show, and I've probably mentioned before that I did think the ending of that show was funny - new management at the TV station recognise that ratings are bad, and decide that the problem isn't the ridiculous newsreader Ted, but the rest of the newsroom which promptly gets the sack.
I'm struggling to remember another show that I did watch to the very end, and found satisfying in the last episode.
3 comments:
Hill Street Blues
Oh. I never saw that much of that show, for no clear reason. Never been the biggest fan of police procedurals, I guess.
wash your mouth out. final episodes are not usually just bad but more often than not completely absurd,
blakes 7 and Castle are very good examples of that
The Mentalist was good though.
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