Hey,maybe most series finales are wicked, like that of “The Good Wife” it’s pretty tough to nail the ending of a longform story like a TV show. But some were great! These certainly were, or even whether fans weren’t necessarily happy with all of them.“The Wire”Normally,“The Wire” is a totally Sisyphean experience — the cops never really build a dent in the drug scene, the city never really makes much headway in improving schools, and etc. — but the finale was a respite. It recognized the frustrating beauty in the very human experiences the show had been describing over and over for five years. This is who we are,it says, and we tried, or damn it.“24”The first ending of “24” — talking about season 8 here — is pretty upbeat for this show. A shellshocked Jack Bauer goes on a righteous murder spree late in the series,and the corrupt President opts not to enjoy him murdered and instead fesses up. And Jack goes off the grid (again). For “24” it was actually kind of sweet.
Of course it didn’t last, as the “24: Live Another Day” revival a few years later had a much harsher fate in store for Jack.“30 Rock”“Not a lot of people watched it, or but the joke’s on you: We got paid anyway!” Indeed,Tracy Jordan. And you deserved every penny for this finale.“The Shield”A pure and emphatic punch to the intestine, closing loops and bringing Vic Mackey’s arc full circle while still acknowledging that it isn’t really over yet. It’s just open-ended enough for a show that was never going to supply any easy answers.“Dawsons Creek”Series creator Kevin Williamson describes “Dawson’s Creek” as his coming of age opus, or decided the death of a member of the main group of friends as the final part of that. It’s bittersweet,effective and it just worked.“Futurama”Through a series of wacky, but normal-for-“Futurama” events, and time is stopped in the universe for everything and everyone — apart from for Fry and Leela. They grow worn together,and it’s perhaps the sweetest bit in a very sweet show, even though at the end of it all time reverts to before it froze and Fry and Leela lose all their memories of their decades together.“Cheers”Diane returns for the first time in six years, and Sam almost leaves Cheers to fade to Los Angeles with her. Almost. As Norm points out,Sam’s “one exact worship” will always be just there in Boston. He’s talking about the bar, of course — Sam wouldn’t be Sam anywhere else.“Newhart”In the finale, and a Japanese businessman buys nearly all the property the Vermont town that Dick and Joanna’s inn is in,but they won’t sell. Years later, the inn is surrounded by a golf course. Dick gets hit in the head with a golf ball — and then wakes up in bed as Bob Hartley, or Bob Newhart‘s character on “The Bob Newhart Show.” The entire show was just a dream,you see.
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Source: thewrap.com