# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 465
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9281 "2025-09-19T21:36:53Z")
**LOST characters** 1. Hugo Reyes (Hurley) 2. Kate Austen 3. John Locke 4. Jacob 5. Charlie Pace 6. Jack Shephard 7. Smoke Monster 8. A polar bear 9. Stuart Radzinsky Worst character on the island. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9282 "2025-09-19T22:34:43Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > **LOST characters** > > 1. Hugo Reyes (Hurley) > 2. Kate Austen > 3. John Locke > 4. Jacob > 5. Charlie Pace > 6. Jack Shephard > 7. Smoke Monster > 8. A polar bear > 9. Stuart Radzinsky > 10. Syid Jarrah Shows (not canceled mid-stream) that had disappointing endings 1. Lost Spent 6 seasons building an elaborate series of mysteries almost none of which were resolved. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9283 "2025-09-19T23:01:52Z")
**Shows (not canceled mid-stream) that had disappointing endings** 1. Lost 2. Battlestar Galactica (the 2004 reboot) The story meandered in the final season, and became increasingly metaphysical; even if “the Cyclons have a plan,” it was clear that the showrunners didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9284 "2025-09-19T23:40:24Z")
**Shows (not canceled mid-stream) that had disappointing endings** 1. Lost 2. Battlestar Galactica (the 2004 reboot) 3. My Name Is Earl It wasn’t cancelled mid-season, but at the end of the season, the last episode of which was a cliffhanger. Grrrrrr. Great show otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9285 "2025-09-20T00:09:05Z")
**Shows (not canceled mid-stream) that had disappointing endings** 1. Lost 2. Battlestar Galactica (the 2004 reboot) 3. My Name Is Earl 4. How I Met Your Mother An almost universally despised final season and final episode. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9286 "2025-09-20T01:20:04Z")
**Shows (not canceled mid-stream) that had disappointing endings** 1. Lost 2. Battlestar Galactica (the 2004 reboot) 3. My Name Is Earl 4. How I Met Your Mother 5. Dinosaurs They looked up from their backyards and saw the asteroids coming. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9287 "2025-09-20T14:16:26Z")
**Shows (not canceled mid-stream) that had disappointing endings** 1. Lost 2. Battlestar Galactica (the 2004 reboot) 3. My Name Is Earl 4. How I Met Your Mother 5. Dinosaurs 6. Quantum Leap Sam never lept home. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9288 "2025-09-20T16:04:11Z")
> [@](#): > > **Shows (not canceled mid-stream) that had disappointing endings** 1. Lost 2. Battlestar Galactica (the 2004 reboot) 3. My Name Is Earl 4. How I Met Your Mother 5. Dinosaurs 6. Quantum Leap 7. Cagney & Lacey The 2-hr finale was supposed to suggest they were going on to better positions in the police force and life in general, while leaving an open window for a reunion movie (which were popular in the 80s). It was complicated, confusing, and the major guest actor just wasn’t very good. It really wasn’t very interesting, or original, and a bad send-up for a ground-breaking show. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9289 "2025-09-21T04:13:01Z")
**Shows (not canceled mid-stream) that had disappointing endings** 1. Lost 2. Battlestar Galactica (the 2004 reboot) 3. My Name Is Earl 4. How I Met Your Mother 5. Dinosaurs 6. Quantum Leap 7. Cagney & Lacey 8. Star Trek The final episode, “Turnabout Intruder,” wasn’t all that good, and there was no sense of closure to the series. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9290 "2025-09-22T15:35:40Z")
**Shows (not canceled mid-stream) that had disappointing endings** 1. Lost 2. Battlestar Galactica (the 2004 reboot) 3. My Name Is Earl 4. How I Met Your Mother 5. Dinosaurs 6. Quantum Leap 7. Cagney & Lacey 8. Star Trek 9. Seinfeld ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9291 "2025-09-22T20:22:07Z")
**Shows (not canceled mid-stream) that had disappointing endings** 1. Lost 2. Battlestar Galactica (the 2004 reboot) 3. My Name Is Earl 4. How I Met Your Mother 5. Dinosaurs 6. Quantum Leap 7. Cagney & Lacey 8. Star Trek 9. Seinfeld 10. Star Trek: Enterprise They killed off a major character, had two TNG actors with no link to the series whatsoever make a guest appearance, and didn’t show any of Capt. Archer’s big, historic speech that helped lead to the founding of the Federation. Bleccccccch. Next up: **Particularly good series finales** 1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show “It’s a long way to Tipperary…” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9292 "2025-09-22T20:40:30Z")
**Particularly good series finales** 1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Odo helps end the Dominion War, and Sisko sends Dukat to the Pah-Wraiths. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9293 "2025-09-22T21:03:36Z")
**Particularly good series finales** 1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender Aang has a final showdown with Ozai but can’t bring himself to kill his foe. Instead, he removes the Fire Lord’s bending abilities. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9294 "2025-09-23T01:23:08Z")
**Particularly good series finales** 1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender 4. Star Trek: The Next Generation Picard saves humanity… and then sits down for a poker game with his friends and shipmates for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9295 "2025-09-23T01:50:56Z")
**Particularly good series finales** 1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender 4. Star Trek: The Next Generation 5. Breaking Bad Walt returns to tie up all loose ends. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9296 "2025-09-23T02:22:43Z")
**Particularly good series finales** 1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender 4. Star Trek: The Next Generation 5. Breaking Bad 6. Cheers “I’m the luckiest son of a bitch on earth.” ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9297 "2025-09-23T13:41:06Z")
**Particularly good series finales** 1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender 4. Star Trek: The Next Generation 5. Breaking Bad 6. Cheers 7. The Big Bang Theory Totally eleventh-hour, but Sheldon finally, FINALLY learns his lesson. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9298 "2025-09-23T17:08:48Z")
**Particularly good series finales** 1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender 4. Star Trek: The Next Generation 5. Breaking Bad 6. Cheers 7. The Big Bang Theory 8. Friends Everyone’s moving on, in one way or another… but there’s still time for one last cuppa joe down at Central Perk. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9299 "2025-09-24T16:52:48Z")
**Particularly good series finales** 1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender 4. Star Trek: The Next Generation 5. Breaking Bad 6. Cheers 7. The Big Bang Theory 8. Friends 9. Bones After a number of season finales which tried to make it look like the team was never gonna be together again, only to have them back by E3 of the next season, the series ended with everyone more-or-less happy, and still a team. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9300 "2025-09-24T22:12:31Z")
> [@](#): > > **Particularly good series finales** 1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender 4. Star Trek: The Next Generation 5. Breaking Bad 6. Cheers 7. The Big Bang Theory 8. Friends 9. Bones 10. Mom Pass [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=464) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=466)