• @[email protected]
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    Star Trek The Next Generation has one of the best, if not the best, finale to an ongoing episodic tv series ever. I don’t want to compare it to the kind of shows that are just one big story split up into hour long chunks, because that’s a totally different style of show and many have good endings. But for shows that are mostly separate, TNG did it better than any show I can think of.

    It did a fair, but not gratuitous amount of fan service, and it was all in service of the actual plot. And it still somehow felt like a good episode of the show. But it also perfectly bookended the show back with the very first episode of the show. It was as close to perfect as you can get.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        DS9 turned into an ongoing story that was just broken up into hour long chunks though. So it’s ending isn’t really comparable to TNG that stayed episodic all the way through.

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          11 year ago

          Only at the very end, and the beginning of S6. Other than those, it was still an episodic show with each episode telling its own story against the backdrop of the war.

    • Hossenfeffer
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      31 year ago

      I mean, The Wire was virtually perfect TV. Everything about it was good.

    • @InverseParallax
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      11 year ago

      Rome was cut to 2 seasons to make way for GoT, which is a shame, they needed more time.

      Rome nailed so much, that’s what we need, a new historical drama that works.

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    Justified.

    Fringe (I like season 5, sue me).

    Farscape (the miniseries has some bumps but the actual end is solid).

    In a couple months I hope to be able to say The Venture Bros. 🤞

    • @Kingofthezyx
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      71 year ago

      Fringe is an absolute masterpiece beginning to end and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. NO NOTES.

      • @InverseParallax
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        21 year ago

        It was uneven, but s2 and s3 were incredible pieces of television, and I even loved s1.

    • @InverseParallax
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      21 year ago

      Amen on all.

      The last few episodes of farscape were incredible, need to get a clean copy and Starr again.

    • Memento Mori
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      41 year ago

      Satisfying and tear-inducing. I know people that still tear up to this day when they hear the ending song. Great show.

    • Hossenfeffer
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      11 year ago

      Just watched the first episode of Justified and it was ok but not phenomenal. I’ve seen so many recommendations for the show - when does it hit the sweet spot that makes you say “Ooh yes, this is goooood?”

      • @InverseParallax
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        21 year ago

        Last episode of s1 is incredible, then s2e1 absolutely takes it home.

        S2 on the whole is a masterpiece, anchored by beloved character actress Margo Martendale.

        • Hossenfeffer
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          21 year ago

          Last episode of s1 is incredible

          Do I really have to watch the whole of the first series before it becomes obvious that it’s good?

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Justified is all about the amazing characters more than the story. Which is pretty much in line with its source material. The first episode adapts a short story and then it flies on its own and it is amazing.

        I’m so looking forward to the sequel “Justified: City Primeval”.

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    Better Call Saul

    Sopranos

    Mad Men

    Quantum Leap (original series)

    Star Trek TNG

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      The ending of Quantum Leap was not supposed to be the final episode, they changed Al’s destiny and added a text over a back background. That qualifies as a “good finale”?

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    • Black Sails
    • Killjoys
    • Psych
    • Leverage
    • In Plain Sight
    • Burn Notice
    • Ash Vs Evil Dead
    • Black Lightning
    • Cloak and Dagger
    • The Man in the High Castle
    • Undone
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    71 year ago

    Cowboy Bebop (the anime, obviously.) You’re gonna carry that weight.

    • anon6789
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      41 year ago

      I loved Person of Interest!