# Post your favorite season or series finales. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134 "2016-03-25T16:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/1 "2016-03-25T16:09:51Z")
My first submission: DS9: season 2. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/2 "2016-03-25T16:35:13Z")
I thought the finale of \*\*Justified \*\*was great, especially the last bit of dialog between Raylan and Boyd: _“We dug coal together”_. ---
**Author:** ![CatastrophicFailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@CatastrophicFailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatastrophicFailure)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/3 "2016-03-25T16:42:53Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I thought the finale of \*\*Justified \*\*was great, especially the last bit of dialog between Raylan and Boyd: _“We dug coal together”_. Only one reply to the thread and you beat me to it - I just loved that last scene. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/4 "2016-03-25T16:51:18Z")
“The Gift”, last episode of Season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That was the last episode they ever filmed, there was really nothing left to say after that. La, la, la, la, I can’t hear you. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/5 "2016-03-25T17:04:09Z")
_Community’s_ Season 6, and probably series, finale really hit the spot, with a self-referential heaartfelt goodbye. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/6 "2016-03-25T17:19:33Z")
The series finale of **Six Feet Under** , which was beautifully and satisfyingly done. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/7 "2016-03-25T18:18:50Z")
The first two that come to mind are both generally disliked by fans of the shows: the series finales of XENA and QUANTUM LEAP. The fifth season finale of BUFFY was actually the perfect place to end the series, except that stopping the show there would cost us “Once More with Feeling.” The first season finale of ANGEL was great enough to overcome my genial dislike of season-ending cliffhangers. Likewise the DS9 season finale when Sisko & crew lost the station and the Dominion War began in earnest. The series finale of FRASIER is elevated to greatness by the scene in which Frasier gathers his family to tell them he’s about to move to San Francisico and they mistakenly (but believably) think he’s dying. ETA: DS9’s series finale would belong on the list if they’d ended it before the Sisko-Dukat duel. Really, the whole Dukat/Kai Winn part of the final arc was ill thought. I blame whomever I’m scapegoating this week. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/8 "2016-03-25T19:51:44Z")
_Newhart_ _One Foot in the Grave_ ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/9 "2016-03-25T20:01:19Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The series finale of **Six Feet Under** , which was beautifully and satisfyingly done. This. I’ve never seen such a great final episode. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/10 "2016-03-25T20:22:54Z")
The final episode of _Angel_ was perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/11 "2016-03-25T20:24:58Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > _Newhart_ Game over. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/12 "2016-03-25T20:29:58Z")
I disagree. The _Newhart_ final episode, while undeniably great and my personal favorite, requires the viewer to be aware of the previous series at least to the degree of recognizing Suzanne Pleshette. That flaw makes the episode less than perfect. The perfect ending shouldn’t require any outside viewing, just the series. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/13 "2016-03-25T20:38:39Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The final episode of _Angel_ was perfect. I’m conflicted about this one. On the one hand the ambiguous ending works, but I’m not convinced it was meant to be ambiguous. It feels more like something that was meant to be a cliffhanger. Also I never forgave them for killing off Fred. > [@silenus](#): > > I disagree. The _Newhart_ final episode, while undeniably great and my personal favorite, requires the viewer to be aware of the previous series at least to the degree of recognizing Suzanne Pleshette. That flaw makes the episode less than perfect. The perfect ending shouldn’t require any outside viewing, just the series. Stop saying things I agree with, you bastard. It freaks me out. This is your only warning. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/14 "2016-03-25T20:40:38Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > _Newhart_ > [@kunilou](#): > > Game over. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/15 "2016-03-25T21:42:35Z")
My favorite season-ending cliffhanger was the _King of the Hill_ episode with the propane explosion at the Mega-Lo-Mart. In the following season’s premiere, we learn that Hank and Luann are safe, but Luann’s loser boyfriend died. He was the idiot who was dragging around a propane tank by the valve. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/16 "2016-03-25T21:46:12Z")
I’m surprised nobody mentioned **Breaking Bad** yet. When Badfinger’s “Baby Blue” played I got goosebumps. > [@](#): > > “Guess I got what I deserved…” mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/17 "2016-03-25T23:10:30Z")
Some (perhaps all?) of the season finales of Breaking Bad were great as well. In particular, I liked the fourth season finale, which ended with Gus walking out of that room. And the second season finale ended with that plane crash. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/18 "2016-03-25T23:15:27Z")
The second season of Millennium ended with a riveting cliffhanger that promised to take the show in a new intriguing apocalyptic direction. The beginning of the third season then proceeded shit all over it. I stopped watching the show after that. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/19 "2016-03-25T23:16:04Z")
The finale of Blakes 7 was a good one. > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > The first two that come to mind are both generally disliked by fans of the shows: the series finales of XENA and QUANTUM LEAP. The Quantum Leap finale wasn’t liked? I thought it was a very nice way to wrap things up, Dr Samuel Beckett’s urge to help anyone he can overcoming the physics trying to pull him back home. It was unexpected and didn’t leave me feeling that anyone was given a bum deal really. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134/20 "2016-03-25T23:18:55Z")
I don’t want to rehash a discussion of the series finale of Lost (which was, at best, deeply flawed) but some of the season finales were fun. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134.md?page=2)