Shows endings=big disappointments!!

[Frischman_Fan]

There were alot of shows that had disappointing endings. Like on I Love Lucy. It ended just like that with no telling what would become of them. And The Honeymooners(classic 39) ended like that too. I was hoping they'd have Ralph finally win money or get a promotion or something like that. What shows endings brought you disappointment?!

[Madame X]

There were alot of shows that had disappointing endings. Like on I Love Lucy. It ended just like that with no telling what would become of them. And The Honeymooners(classic 39) ended like that too. I was hoping they'd have Ralph finally win money or get a promotion or something like that. What shows endings brought you disappointment?!

You're right, VVFan. I Love Lucy ended on a very weak episode and was disappointing. I too would have liked to have seen Ralph Kramden have some good luck, or maybe Alice winning new furniture or something like that.

One ending that left a bad taste in my mouth was from one of my favorite shows, Roseanne. :(

[dawsongirl]

Hogan's Heroes. Ended with a normal episode. Which always sucks.

[comedyfreak]

Maybe Lucy didn't have an ending because it was continuing as 1hr specials for the last three seasons from 57-60.

[APPLEI]

There were alot of shows that had disappointing endings. Like on I Love Lucy. It ended just like that with no telling what would become of them. And The Honeymooners(classic 39) ended like that too. I was hoping they'd have Ralph finally win money or get a promotion or something like that. What shows endings brought you disappointment?!
a good final episode for the Honeymooners would've been Ralph and Alice getting a better apartment.

i agree Roseanne's final episode sucked

i wish that The Jeffersons,Archie Bunkers Place and Different Strokes had final episodes

[comedyfreak]

a good final episode for the Honeymooners would've been Ralph and Alice getting a better apartment.

i agree Roseanne's final episode sucked

i wish that The Jeffersons,Archie Bunkers Place and Different Strokes had final episodes
Along with Soap and Mork & Mindy

[Madame X]

I guess sometimes a show doesn't have a good ending because they don't know that they are ending until they are cancelled.

[JulieSomoski]

I loved Roseanne's ending. I thought it was a great way to show how Roseanne took control of her show and made it her own.

The ones with the bad endings were definitely Full House, Grounded for Life, Step by Step, and Family Matters

[Pus$y Galore]

I hated the way Mad About You ended. Showed them in the future and how they had split up. WTF is that? The whole show was about how much they loved each other, what best friends they were through thick and thin and then they do a two-part finale about them breaking up. It sucked.

I'm still deciding whether the Sopranos finale sucked or not. Seemed like a bit of a copout at the very least.

[comedyfreak]

I forgot to mention that Benson didn't have an ending, they left it up in the air.

[waichingliu81]

i was so peed off with the ending of the last episode of season 4 of caroline in the city. i have only watched that episode twice, since i bought the dvd last october because it was so sad and i found it painful to sit through it. i hated the bit especially when caroline and richard split up in the airport. just terrible writing. bloody terrible. i mean yes it was cancelled and so if the writers and the producers knew at the time, CITC would be cancelled, then they would've skipped all that randy crap and give the fans the happy ending they wanted to see:mad: .unfortunately though, they didn't, although most of the fourth season was lousy to say the least anyway

[snl 70s show fan]

i hated the final ep of will and grace it was stupid

[waichingliu81]

i hated the final ep of will and grace it was stupid

yeah i agree with you. WTF was all that about eh? will and grace have a argument, they no longer become friends, then fast forward a couple of years later and will's son- from his marriage to his boyfriend- and grace's daughter from her marriage to her boyfriend- get together and help reunite the two and thus they make up and become friends again? it was such a stupid storyline that it was totally unneccessary and pointless

[buggsrabbit]

I was disappointed with the ending for Three's Company--Chrissy didn't show up for the wedding, and the show had jumped the shark several times by then. MASH's ending was disappointing too, because by then it had pretty much become the Alan Alda Show.

[Tubehead]

I didn't like the ending to quatam leap. it show him leaping around in time. but never did say he got to go home. I would like to see him leap home or go back to his own time.

[AB]

I hated the ending of Invasion, the show got cancelled and it left you wondering about the fate of many of the characters. The networks should give them enough time to write a decent ending to a show.

[Dennis Dubois]

For me it was Family Matters, after I loyally watched the entire series for nine years to have no real finale.

Also, I wish The Golden Palace (spin-off of Golden Girls) was given some closure after it was cancelled. I was upset to never know what happened to Blanche and Rose. At least we knew what happened with Sophia. It should have at least been mentioned on Empty Nest.

[Scoobiedoo30]

I did not know That Lucy did not have an Ending

[Shine]

The original Star Trek ended with a terrible episode called "Turnabout:Intruder". The two part series finale of The Facts of Life called "The Beginning of the End" and "The Beginning of the Beginning" is a major let down too. It would have been okay if it had been a regular two-part episode but it was no way to end nine seasons. The X-Files ended badly too. However, that was a show which had been going down hill for three or four years.

[dawsongirl]

I guess sometimes a show doesn't have a good ending because they don't know that they are ending until they are cancelled.
Yeah, that's how it was with Hogan's. And Lois and Clark. They thought they were coming back until ABC cancelled it last minute. Jerks.

[Frischman_Fan]

Maybe Lucy didn't have an ending because it was continuing as 1hr specials for the last three seasons from 57-60.

That's what I mean. It turned into the Lucy-Desi Comedy but the last ep still didn't lead us anywhere. The last ep was "Lucy Meets the Moustache"and it was a typical ep.

[Stuck In The '70's]

I didn't like the ending to quatam leap. it show him leaping around in time. but never did say he got to go home. I would like to see him leap home or go back to his own time.
I agree with you. It was confusing too. I think that's my least favorite episode of the whole series.

[Stuck In The '70's]

My favorite show Dallas had a very bad final episode. It was a spoof of It's A Wonderful Life and it ended in a cliffhanger. They did at least resolve it in a reunion movie but still that was no way for a former #1 ranked show to end.

[treky]

I agree with you. It was confusing too. I think that's my least favorite episode of the whole series.
the finale of QUANTUM LEAP was intended as a cliffhanger. But after it was filmed, NBC cannceled the show so they reedited it and filmed a new ending.

I agree, though. It was disapointing. I heard years ago that Don Bellsairio (the creator) was also disapointed with the ending, and he wants to revive it, and give it a proper ending. But, I haven't heard anything else in years, so, unfortunately, I think they've dropped the idea.:( :(

[treky]

There were alot of shows that had disappointing endings. Like on I Love Lucy. It ended just like that with no telling what would become of them. And The Honeymooners(classic 39) ended like that too. I was hoping they'd have Ralph finally win money or get a promotion or something like that. What shows endings brought you disappointment?!
in the 50s, and 60s, shows very rarely, if ever, had finales. They really started that practice in the mid 70s. THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW and THE FUGITIVE had one but those were RARE exeptions. I DREAM OF JEANNIE was going to, but ended up not having one, but that's a long story.
If it's any consolation though, the last HONEYMOONERS special in the 70s ended with Ralph finally getting a promotion, and the Kramdens coming into more money.

[James]

The Wonder Years fits this category for sure!!!

How do I hate this episode? Let me count the ways*:

1. Kevin loses his car gambling at that resort where Winnie is working
2. Kevin and Winnie don't get married
3-100. LOTS of loose ends and unanswered questions, like what happened during their senior year of high school?

This has also had me thinking, Winnie marrying Wayne (you read that right, YES I SAID WAYNE, as in Kevin's "butthead" brother) would have been a better ending! :lol:

* - With all due respect to Elizabeth Barrett Browning!

[Ant-Lox]

Married ... With Children was the first Finale I'd seen, and it didn't give me any closure.

Mad About You's ending was kind of weird, but It wasn't that bad.

Seinfeld's Ending could have been a little more exciting, I really wanted them to die or something like that, lol!

[megamanj2004]

Night Court - had Bull being invaded by aliens or something like that.

ALF - Had ALF being captured by the gov't.

Full House - had a really stupid 2-part ep. where Michelle falls off a horse, gets amnesia and regains her memory! Laaaaaame!

Gimme a Break!

The majority of '80s sitcoms did not have proper series finales.

[treky]

The worst finale I ever saw was MASH.

[Frischman_Fan]

Full House - had a really stupid 2-part ep. where Michelle falls off a horse, gets amnesia and regains her memory! Laaaaaame!


Totally lame. I thought the girls would atleast be able to find more info on their mother or something like that.

[blue4t]

Full House. They knew it was the last episode so they could've added some kind of last episodeness.

[blue4t]

The Wonder Years fits this category for sure!!!

How do I hate this episode? Let me count the ways*:

1. Kevin loses his car gambling at that resort where Winnie is working
2. Kevin and Winnie don't get married
3-100. LOTS of loose ends and unanswered questions, like what happened during their senior year of high school?

This has also had me thinking, Winnie marrying Wayne (you read that right, YES I SAID WAYNE, as in Kevin's "butthead" brother) would have been a better ending! :lol:

* - With all due respect to Elizabeth Barrett Browning!
I definitely have to agree with Kevin and Winnie NOT ending up together.

[Mikado]

Hogan's Heroes.....the show just stopped being produced, sad because, wouldnt it have been cool to see the war end and the prisoners freed for good? ( I can see Shultz at the Nuremburg war crimes trails yelling: "I knew NOthing, I saw NOthing!!!!!" )

[Mikado]

in the 50s, and 60s, shows very rarely, if ever, had finales. They really started that practice in the mid 70s. THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW and THE FUGITIVE had one but those were RARE exeptions. .
THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW had a special ending?? I dont remember anything about that...cant recall an ep that resolved all the loose ends at all, what was it about? :eek:

[Mikado]

The worst finale I ever saw was MASH.
A LOT of people would dissagree....personally, i thought the Cheers ending sucked! ( Sam and Diane part AGAIN, and the second half of the show is the characters sitting in the bar, talking about the meaning of life..WTH??????? )
The BEST ending I ever saw was the final of the Mary Tyler Moore show, where everyone has a tearful group hug, then, after the break, Mary, now alone, closes the lights of the newsroom; CLASSIC!!

[dawsongirl]

That's what I mean. It turned into the Lucy-Desi Comedy but the last ep still didn't lead us anywhere. The last ep was "Lucy Meets the Moustache"and it was a typical ep.
It was eerily an ending though. You just could tell.

[dawsongirl]

Full House. They knew it was the last episode so they could've added some kind of last episodeness.
Apparently having Michelle have to relearn her past was their idea of a finale, since they spent half the episode retelling all the major events of the last 9 years. Good idea in retrospect, but executed poorly.

[dawsongirl]

Hogan's Heroes.....the show just stopped being produced, sad because, wouldnt it have been cool to see the war end and the prisoners freed for good? ( I can see Shultz at the Nuremburg war crimes trails yelling: "I knew NOthing, I saw NOthing!!!!!" )
:lol: And they'd have believed him too.

[Mikado]

:lol: And they'd have believed him too.
:lol: :wave:

[blue4t]

Apparently having Michelle have to relearn her past was their idea of a finale, since they spent half the episode retelling all the major events of the last 9 years. Good idea in retrospect, but executed poorly.
Definitely poorly executed!

[Mikado]

Apparently having Michelle have to relearn her past was their idea of a finale, since they spent half the episode retelling all the major events of the last 9 years. Good idea in retrospect, but executed poorly.
I never watched the show but, at least the whole 9 years didnt turn out to be her dream*, when she was knocked out, right? :crazy:
*A lot of shows seem to end with the "it was all a dream" thing.....it only really worked once.... with "The Wizard of Oz"

[dawsongirl]

I never watched the show but, at least the whole 9 years didnt turn out to be her dream*, when she was knocked out, right? :crazy:
*A lot of shows seem to end with the "it was all a dream" thing.....it only really worked once.... with "The Wizard of Oz"
:lol: No, but that may have been a real twist. If it turned out Michelle really didn't exist....hahahaha

[galveston]

I detested the final episode of Oz (actually, I pretty much detested the final season of Oz). Ryan reconciling with his father? Didn't buy it. Keller killing himself like a wimp? NOT BUYING IT. Beecher's sanctimonious speech at the end because he's morally offended that Keller killed the man who'd arranged the murder of Beecher's child? Omar White dying? Cyril back to being executed after his emotional last minute reprieve just two episodes earlier? All that time wasted on that little nothing of a character, Lemuel Idzik who'd murdered Said?

Bad bad bad bad BAD.

[Mikado]

:lol: No, but that may have been a real twist. If it turned out Michelle really didn't exist....hahahaha
We could only hope :lol: ;)

[EmoJoe]

obviously any show that just ended on a normal episode.

the Full House ending was terrible. a decent idea but like Cathy said they really did not execute it well at all. then again, look at the show it was ending lol.

i actually liked the Mad About You finale, even if it was odd. didn't they get back together at the end of the finale?


Three's Company sucked, all those years of Jack and Janet lerve and they end with them marrying other people.

[Mikado]

Three's Company sucked, all those years of Jack and Janet lerve and they end with them marrying other people.
Actually, you can blame the English original show ( Man About the House ) for that.....it ended with the main character ( Robin Tripp ) marrying his GF and opening a restaurant; which became a spin-off show ( Robin's Nest ).....The American show was trying to do the same thing ( But it didnt work! ).