# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1598
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31944 "2014-12-12T19:03:29Z")
Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - last episode was better than the cast’s first movie 3. Newhart - the best ending ever! 4. The Chicago Code 5. M_A_S\*H - Well. Solid finale to a good series. 6. Breaking Bad - wrapped up almost all the loose ends and was very emotionally satisfying 7. Quantum leap 8. Good Times- Well. It was totally Deus ex Machina, but everybody got out of the ghetto, so I’ll put it in the plus column. (Though this being the Evans family I’m sure something landed them back there the next day, this time with three extra family members and one less bedroom.) ---
**Author:** ![Jabaski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@Jabaski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabaski)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31945 "2014-12-12T19:08:43Z")
Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - last episode was better than the cast’s first movie 3. Newhart - the best ending ever! 4. The Chicago Code 5. M_A_S\*H - Well. Solid finale to a good series. 6. Breaking Bad - wrapped up almost all the loose ends and was very emotionally satisfying 7. Quantum leap 8. Good Times- Well. 9. Scrubs - Would have had a well ending if they cut it off at 8, but ABC picked it up for a 9th amid the writers strike and the dynamic didn’t translate as well. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31946 "2014-12-12T19:13:28Z")
Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - last episode was better than the cast’s first movie 3. Newhart - the best ending ever! 4. The Chicago Code 5. M_A_S\*H - Well. Solid finale to a good series. 6. Breaking Bad - wrapped up almost all the loose ends and was very emotionally satisfying 7. Quantum leap 8. Good Times- Well. 9. Scrubs - Would have had a well ending if they cut it off at 8, but ABC picked it up for a 9th amid the writers strike and the dynamic didn’t translate as well 10. Will and Grace- bad W&G stop speaking for 18 years, and J&K live on a fortune received when Beverly Leslie is killed. (Beverly was pathetic bud didn’t really do anything to deserve falling to his death and having his money go to a rentboy who didn’t even put out, plus it’s bad writing that he’d even name him his heir that fast.) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31947 "2014-12-12T19:14:54Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > 1. Quantum leap > > The promo NBC ran said “All your questions will be answered” in the series finale. Well, 1) I had dozens more questions about the characters, and 2) Sam never got home. I missed the original airing of the finale but caught it in syndication, funny thing is, they ran the series premiere immediately after it, so I got the whole story neatly wrapped up in 2 episodes. 🙂 [quote=“Sampiro, post:31944, topic:549173”] Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - last episode was better than the cast’s first movie 3. Newhart - the best ending ever! 4. The Chicago Code 5. M_A_S\*H - Well. Solid finale to a good series. 6. Breaking Bad - wrapped up almost all the loose ends and was very emotionally satisfying 7. Quantum leap 8. Good Times- Well. 9. Will and Grace- bad W&G stop speaking for 18 years, and J&K live on a fortune received from the death of Beverly Leslie is killed. (Beverly was pathetic bud didn’t really do anything to deserve falling to his death and having his money go to a rentboy who didn’t even put out, plus it’s bad writing that he’d even name him his heir that fast.) 10. _My Name is Earl_ - bad 'cause it was cancelled and didn’t have one… except the producers snuck in the “real” series finale disguised as an episode of _Saving Hope,_ which was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31948 "2014-12-12T19:15:13Z")
Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - last episode was better than the cast’s first movie 3. Newhart - the best ending ever! 4. The Chicago Code 5. M_A_S\*H - Well. Solid finale to a good series. 6. Breaking Bad - wrapped up almost all the loose ends and was very emotionally satisfying 7. Quantum leap 8. Good Times- Well. 9. Scrubs - Would have had a well ending if they cut it off at 8, but ABC picked it up for a 9th amid the writers strike and the dynamic didn’t translate as well. 10. Will and Grace- bad W&G stop speaking for 18 years, and J&K live on a fortune received from the death of Beverly Leslie is killed. (Beverly was pathetic bud didn’t really do anything to deserve falling to his death and having his money go to a rentboy who didn’t even put out, plus it’s bad writing that he’d even name him his heir that fast.) 11. My Name is Earl - bad 'cause it was cancelled and didn’t have one… except the producers snuck in the “real” series finale disguised as an episode of Saving Hope, which was hilarious. 12. Dark Shadows - the soap opera. It ended with the timeline rebooted, nobody under a curse, everybody having a happy ever after, and then, one of the women is attacked by a bat. IIRC: “For the first time in the history of Collinwood the attack by a bat was only that. She recovered fully, and the lovers married and spent their days in peace and love forevermore.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31949 "2014-12-12T19:46:17Z")
Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - last episode was better than the cast’s first movie 3. Newhart - the best ending ever! 4. The Chicago Code 5. M_A_S\*H - Well. Solid finale to a good series. 6. Breaking Bad - wrapped up almost all the loose ends and was very emotionally satisfying 7. Quantum leap 8. Good Times- Well. 9. Scrubs - Would have had a well ending if they cut it off at 8, but ABC picked it up for a 9th amid the writers strike and the dynamic didn’t translate as well. 10. Will and Grace- bad W&G stop speaking for 18 years, and J&K live on a fortune received from the death of Beverly Leslie is killed. (Beverly was pathetic bud didn’t really do anything to deserve falling to his death and having his money go to a rentboy who didn’t even put out, plus it’s bad writing that he’d even name him his heir that fast.) 11. My Name is Earl - bad 'cause it was cancelled and didn’t have one… except the producers snuck in the “real” series finale disguised as an episode of Saving Hope, which was hilarious. 12. Dark Shadows - the soap opera. It ended with the timeline rebooted, nobody under a curse, everybody having a happy ever after, and then, one of the women is attacked by a bat. IIRC: “For the first time in the history of Collinwood the attack by a bat was only that. She recovered fully, and the lovers married and spent their days in peace and love forevermore.” 13. Lost. Well… _I_ liked it, because I never approached it as a thing to be solved. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31950 "2014-12-12T19:47:26Z")
New Topic… Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31951 "2014-12-12T20:06:15Z")
Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? 2. “I’m thinking about declawing my cat…” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31952 "2014-12-12T20:34:18Z")
Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? 2. “I’m thinking about declawing my cat…” 3. What’s with all the [GAMES] in the Game Room? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31953 "2014-12-12T20:45:07Z")
Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? 2. “I’m thinking about declawing my cat…” 3. What’s with all the [GAMES] in the Game Room? 4. Do gun laws work? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31954 "2014-12-12T20:50:01Z")
Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? 2. “I’m thinking about declawing my cat…” 3. What’s with all the [GAMES] in the Game Room? 4. Do gun laws work? 5. Do you wear your shoes in the house? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31955 "2014-12-12T21:00:27Z")
Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? 2. “I’m thinking about declawing my cat…” 3. What’s with all the [GAMES] in the Game Room? 4. Do gun laws work? 5. Do you wear your shoes in the house? 6. What ethnic group makes the worst neighbors? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31956 "2014-12-12T22:52:05Z")
Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? 2. “I’m thinking about declawing my cat…” 3. What’s with all the [GAMES] in the Game Room? 4. Do gun laws work? 5. Do you wear your shoes in the house? 6. What ethnic group makes the worst neighbors? 7. There are too many sub-forums. Why not just put all the threads in one forum for all the good they do? eta - that is not _ **my** _ personal opinion - just a topic of contention among Dopers ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31957 "2014-12-12T23:07:46Z")
Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? 2. “I’m thinking about declawing my cat…” 3. What’s with all the [GAMES] in the Game Room? 4. Do gun laws work? 5. Do you wear your shoes in the house? 6. What ethnic group makes the worst neighbors? 7. There are too many sub-forums. Why not just put all the threads in one forum for all the good they do? 8. Does .999… = 1? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31958 "2014-12-12T23:27:50Z")
Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? 2. “I’m thinking about declawing my cat…” 3. What’s with all the [GAMES] in the Game Room? 4. Do gun laws work? 5. Do you wear your shoes in the house? 6. What ethnic group makes the worst neighbors? 7. There are too many sub-forums. Why not just put all the threads in one forum for all the good they do? 8. Does .999… = 1? 9. Is it safe to eat food past its best by date? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31959 "2014-12-13T00:02:09Z")
Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? 2. “I’m thinking about declawing my cat…” 3. What’s with all the [GAMES] in the Game Room? 4. Do gun laws work? 5. Do you wear your shoes in the house? 6. What ethnic group makes the worst neighbors? 7. There are too many sub-forums. Why not just put all the threads in one forum for all the good they do? 8. Does .999… = 1? 9. Is it safe to eat food past its best by date? 10. Paul Verhoeven adaptation of “Starship Troopers” is proof he’s a talentless hack. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31960 "2014-12-13T01:27:22Z")
Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? 2. “I’m thinking about declawing my cat…” 3. What’s with all the [GAMES] in the Game Room? 4. Do gun laws work? 5. Do you wear your shoes in the house? 6. What ethnic group makes the worst neighbors? 7. There are too many sub-forums. Why not just put all the threads in one forum for all the good they do? 8. Does .999… = 1? 9. Is it safe to eat food past its best by date? 10. Paul Verhoeven adaptation of “Starship Troopers” is proof he’s a talentless hack 11. Fatties or smokers: who has less will power? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31961 "2014-12-13T01:39:41Z")
Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? 2. “I’m thinking about declawing my cat…” 3. What’s with all the [GAMES] in the Game Room? 4. Do gun laws work? 5. Do you wear your shoes in the house? 6. What ethnic group makes the worst neighbors? 7. There are too many sub-forums. Why not just put all the threads in one forum for all the good they do? 8. Does .999… = 1? 9. Is it safe to eat food past its best by date? 10. Paul Verhoeven adaptation of “Starship Troopers” is proof he’s a talentless hack 11. Fatties or smokers: who has less will power? 12. How do you feel about tattoos? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31962 "2014-12-13T02:53:49Z")
Topics of Cancers (aka inevitable thread-war) 1. Tipping, yay or nay? 2. “I’m thinking about declawing my cat…” 3. What’s with all the [GAMES] in the Game Room? 4. Do gun laws work? 5. Do you wear your shoes in the house? 6. What ethnic group makes the worst neighbors? 7. There are too many sub-forums. Why not just put all the threads in one forum for all the good they do? 8. Does .999… = 1? 9. Is it safe to eat food past its best by date? 10. Paul Verhoeven adaptation of “Starship Troopers” is proof he’s a talentless hack 11. Fatties or smokers: who has less will power? 12. How do you feel about tattoos? 13. Obama or Bush: who was worse? Less Famous Members of Santa’s Reindeer Herd Who Were Not Considered Right For Pulling His Sleigh 1. Slasher ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31963 "2014-12-13T02:59:53Z")
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