I just caught the last part of "All Good Things..." that was just on cable TV. 10 years on and it's still a fantastic episode. Infact - I would have to say that All Good Things... is probabaly in my opinion - the best "Finale" of any series... ever.
DS9, Voyager, B5 (probably 2nd), Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, The X-Files... even things like Cheers and Seinfeld.
"5 card stud and the sky's the limit"
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
Babylon 5's "Sleeping in Light" is first for me, easy. But I'll admit I haven't followed that many TV series so I haven't caught all that many finales. The one for M*A*S*H was wonderful. And DS9's "What You Leave Behind" was also really damn good. I like all three of those better than "All Good Things..."
--Jonah
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
"Voyager"
Go wash your mouth.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
Agreed with B5, DS9 and MASH (even though I never really liked that show). due South had a great finale, though it's of course not sci-fi.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Cheers! The piano-only end theme makes me cry.
Posted by Proteus (Member # 212) on :
Quantum Leap always makes me cry. Expecially when it says he never gets home.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Sports Night ... "Dan, Casey..." and their reactions. Of course, I don't think that was written to BE the finale, but alas!
... gotta agree with Liam also, Sam waving the guy off with, "Sorry, we're closed..."
Loved the ending for Quantum Leap, even though I never really got into the series a whole lot. Just seemed to fit the character.
Didn't really care much for the finale of Highlander, but the orchestral "Bonny Portmore" set to scenes from the series was beautiful.
Northern Exposure ...
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Quantum Leap's finale was amazing and very suprising that it wasnt a happy end.
For Trek, I have to say DS9 has the best finale. Then TNG. Fuck, even TOS' last episode is far better than Voyager's!
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
The last episode of "Earth: Final Conflict" was good. And by that I mean the one at the end of the first season.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
Speaking of X-Files, I wonder what Chris Carter is doing these days...
Posted by Treknophyle (Member # 509) on :
What happened in the finale of QL?
Posted by Woodside Kid (Member # 699) on :
It's not sci-fi, but the best series finale ever?
Newhart. Hands down.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
I never really liked series' finales, when I was fond of said series because then I didn't want it to end. ;-)
As far as sci-fi series go though, I think TNG has the best finale.
Overall, of all the series I know, hard to say.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Quantum Leap Series Finale: The series finale of Quantum Leap has Sam leap into a bar on the day of his birth. He appeared as himself, not as someone else, and, as a result, Al had a very hard time finiding him. It turned out to be some kind of weird nexus or something where hw ran into a bunch of people that looked exactly like people he had met over the past years of leaping, like Jimmy and Frank.
The bartender seemed to know what was going on with his leaping and in the end revealed to Sam that he himself was controling his leaps, and would only continue to do so as long as he wanted to. He also told him that the leaps were about to get more difficult, but gave him a chance to do something before it began. Sam then leaped into the home of Al's first wife moments after the end of the episode from the first season that featured her. He told her that Al was alive and that he was coming home, thus changing history so that she never remarried. She and Al are still married. The text-over at the end of the show informed us that Dr. Sam Beckett never returned to his own time.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
I saw that ep. From your description, it would have made more sense had I seen the whole show, too. Posted by Manticore (Member # 1227) on :
Yeah, he ended up living in the 22nd century on board Earth's first warp 5 starship.
Man, that would be a neat series ending...seeing Al pop up (he's already shown that he's willing to do ENT ), and then Scott leaps out, letting us see what Archer really looks like. Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
You'll notice, they got the term "imaging chamber" from QL into Enterprise as Phlox's little CAT scanner type thing.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
They already had Dean Stockwell on too...
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Yah, I know. I was slightly disappointed that he didn't walk through glowing blue, sliding door at some point during the episode.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I was just hoping he'd have an assistant named "Gushy".
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
The Prisoner - 'Fallout'
But then, I found the DS9 ender kindy cheesey, so what do I know. I'm on the fence with AGT.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Omega: The last episode of "Earth: Final Conflict" was good. And by that I mean the one at the end of the first season.
OMG - so true. 1st season = best.
Just to clarify a few things about my first post...
I'm saying TNG beats any finale of ANYTHING - it's not specifically Sci-fi.
DS9 is my fav series - but the ending just... wasn't right... the reuse of footage - the complete bore that was The Fire Caves, The tacky 'memory' scenes.
The saving graces: Vic Fontaine, Kira and Odo and the spectacular pull-back from DS9 with Kira and Jake echoing "The Visitor".
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I also loved the end of the BBC "The Chronicles of Narnia" Series.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Was that live action?
Posted by Spike (Member # 322) on :
I liked "All Good Things..." best. Mainly because the crew stayed together.
The Buffy finale was horrible. I wasn't even sorry that the show had come to an end. I felt almost relieved.
Due South and ER also had great finales, although I normally don't like sad finales.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Hang on, when did ER finish?
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: Hang on, when did ER finish?
It hasn't, there was a new episode just last week:
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