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[My3Sons]

It is a shame cause I thought the first season was just horrible and uninteresting. I feel like the books are much better

Did you like Sandman?

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem was a great fun movie. If you have kids take them to see it 100%. If you don't have kids but want to feel like a kid and enjoy a classic we grew up with than go see it still !

 

[Billdo]

So I've been binging Suits, solid show.

 

[njdevil26]

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I just binged LOST from start to finish. Had never seen it before. I was kind of mad after the finale... then I watched a Youtube video explaining everything and now it makes sense... but they definitely did not do a good job explaining everything in the finale.

 

[HBK27]

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I just binged LOST from start to finish. Had never seen it before. I was kind of mad after the finale... then I watched a Youtube video explaining everything and now it makes sense... but they definitely did not do a good job explaining everything in the finale.

I mostly watched LOST live at the time (maybe started after season 1) - was a really good show for a few seasons, but by the final season (or 2) I was basically hate watching. I had already put in so much time that I had to see where it went, but that was overall probably the most disappointing conclusion to a series that I ever watched.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

I mostly watched LOST live at the time (maybe started after season 1) - was a really good show for a few seasons, but by the final season (or 2) I was basically hate watching. I had already put in so much time that I had to see where it went, but that was overall probably the most disappointing conclusion to a series that I ever watched.

You didn't watch Game of Thrones?

 

[Satans Hockey]

The original Dexter finale for me was the worst finale of a show. I haven't watched the newer series yet.

 

[HBK27]

You didn't watch Game of Thrones?

I did watch Game of Thrones - much better overall series than Lost. The best parts of GOT was significantly better than the best parts of Lost and the ending did not suck nearly as much.

The end of GOT was annoying, but the end of Lost was infuriating.

 

[njdevil26]

I mostly watched LOST live at the time (maybe started after season 1) - was a really good show for a few seasons, but by the final season (or 2) I was basically hate watching. I had already put in so much time that I had to see where it went, but that was overall probably the most disappointing conclusion to a series that I ever watched.

That's kind of what I just went through. Seasons 1-4 were fantastic. It got so out of control in the last two seasons. All the stuff/theories/characters/storylines that came out of nowhere had no payoff. It kind of wrapped up similarly to Game of Thrones. A final few episodes that was like "Oops, it's over! Thanks!"

 

[Devils731]

The original Dexter finale for me was the worst finale of a show. I haven't watched the newer series yet.

I made the Trinity Killer season finale my series finale and I’ve never heard of a reason to regret that decision.

 

[Satans Hockey]

I made the Trinity Killer season finale my series finale and I’ve never heard of a reason to regret that decision.

Absolutely would have been the perfect way to end the show.

 

[Ripshot 43]

I made the Trinity Killer season finale my series finale and I’ve never heard of a reason to regret that decision.

Yvonne Strahovski gave me reason enough to keep watching

You did decide to end at the top of the mountain though.

 

[My3Sons]

I mostly watched LOST live at the time (maybe started after season 1) - was a really good show for a few seasons, but by the final season (or 2) I was basically hate watching. I had already put in so much time that I had to see where it went, but that was overall probably the most disappointing conclusion to a series that I ever watched.

Seems to me that button is in the worst possible location.

 

[Ripshot 43]

Seinfeld is another candidate for worst series finale.

 

[Billdo]

Seinfeld is another candidate for worst series finale.

I mean the entirety of the show was essentially pointless, beloved as it was, so I kind of don't think they needed some massive send-off or some shocker finale.

One of the best finales though was the finale of Better Call Saul which for my money is a top 5 show of all time and it isn't 5.

 

[My3Sons]

I mean the entirety of the show was essentially pointless, beloved as it was, so I kind of don't think they needed some massive send-off or some shocker finale.

One of the best finales though was the finale of Better Call Saul which for my money is a top 5 show of all time and it isn't 5.

The Seinfeld finale seemed lazy though. Larry David just brought back the side characters for one last rehash of the same stuff they already did. If there was anything that made Seinfeld great it was the writing and they just didn't try that last episode and it showed. It deserved better.

 

[Bleedred]

I think we're mostly all in agreement that The Sopranos is likely one of the worst, which has been talked about endlessly.

I recently watched the Sopranos scene again where Christopher had the intervention. One really scary and sad thing that Christopher predicted (he was slightly off) was that Tony would have a ''heart attack by the time he's 50 with the way he eats''.

 

[MadDevil]

I did watch Game of Thrones - much better overall series than Lost. The best parts of GOT was significantly better than the best parts of Lost and the ending did not suck nearly as much.

The end of GOT was annoying, but the end of Lost was infuriating.

The end of GOT was executed terribly, but I didn't actually have much of a problem with where everything ended up. I think the major points are more or less where the source material was headed. They just got there by tripping and faceplanting across the finish line.

 

[Satans Hockey]

I think we're mostly all in agreement that The Sopranos is likely one of the worst, which has been talked about endlessly.

I recently watched the Sopranos scene again where Christopher had the intervention. One really scary and sad thing that Christopher predicted (he was slightly off) was that Tony would have a ''heart attack by the time he's 50 with the way he eats''.

I liked the Sopranos ending, thought it was a rather good way to end the show.

 

[Bleedred]

I liked the Sopranos ending, thought it was a rather good way to end the show.

It was okay. I don't hate it anymore, but I don't love it either.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

That's kind of what I just went through. Seasons 1-4 were fantastic. It got so out of control in the last two seasons. All the stuff/theories/characters/storylines that came out of nowhere had no payoff. It kind of wrapped up similarly to Game of Thrones. A final few episodes that was like "Oops, it's over! Thanks!"

HIJACK on apple tv had that same sudden ending vibe. Was a great slow burn then the final ep felt like they skipped 2 ep and jammed 2 others into one and pulled the plug.

 

[njdevil26]

HIJACK on apple tv had that same sudden ending vibe. Was a great slow burn then the final ep felt like they skipped 2 ep and jammed 2 others into one and pulled the plug.

I'm not going to pretend it's easy to wrap up a show... I always laugh thinking about how in Game of Thrones if you needed to go from Winterfell to Kings Landing it took 6 episodes... then in the final season John Snow is getting from the top to the bottom of the map like he's in a private jet.

 

[Devils731]

I'm not going to pretend it's easy to wrap up a show... I always laugh thinking about how in Game of Thrones if you needed to go from Winterfell to Kings Landing it took 6 episodes... then in the final season John Snow is getting from the top to the bottom of the map like he's in a private jet.

I’ve definitely softened on bad endings for tv shows as I’ve gotten older.

After seeing so many mediocre to bad endings to good shows, I’m now always of the mind that the ending likely won’t be as good as the beginning/middle and that’s just how telling an epic story goes. It’s epic and then the show normally has to answer everything, leave no loose ends, and have the world in a state where there aren’t any major changes on the horizon. It’s hard to be satisfying.

 

[Ripshot 43]

I haven’t watched the show but I’ve always heard the Mad Men finale is one of the best.

 

[njdevil26]

I’ve definitely softened on bad endings for tv shows as I’ve gotten older.

After seeing so many mediocre to bad endings to good shows, I’m now always of the mind that the ending likely won’t be as good as the beginning/middle and that’s just how telling an epic story goes. It’s epic and then the show normally has to answer everything, leave no loose ends, and have the world in a state where there aren’t any major changes on the horizon. It’s hard to be satisfying.

I think one of the best endings to a show ever (if you ignore the failed spinoff) is the end to Scrubs.