Worst series ending concepts

[Elf Witch]

Different tastes, I suppose, because I loved the end of Forever Knight. He fails in his quest to become human and everyone dies. Bold and well done. Made me want to watch the series over again and again.

I did not consider it bold it was a cop out. That is how I felt and judging from the hundreds of fanfic and all the chatter on the boards and email lists that I belonged to at the time a lot of die hard fans felt the same.

It was supposed to be tragic and all. But to me it felt like a slap in the face. Now I assume everyone pretty much dies in the finale of Amgel you know Wes is dead and Gunn is on his way out in about ten miinutes. But that ending never bothered me. They had just slammed evil one hard and were going out like heroes. In Forever Knight it was just depressing there was no point other than Nick was not as strong as Janette and could not pull away from Natalie in time.

If earlier in the season they had not shown that it was possible for a vampire to become human then maybe it would not have been such a let down.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

The series ending with B5 getting demolished after being out of use and no longer supported was bad? :\
"Well they would have created a bigger navigational hazard with all that debris...". Maybe that debris was then collected...or who honestly cares?

 

[Kahuna Burger]

In Forever Knight it was just depressing there was no point other than Nick was not as strong as Janette and could not pull away from Natalie in time.

If earlier in the season they had not shown that it was possible for a vampire to become human then maybe it would not have been such a let down.

yeah, basicly the guy who's been practicing self control and growth for nigh on these many years accidentally drained the woman he loved completely of blood. Where did that come from? I guess some could enjoy it as a tragic ending for a tragic character, but it didn't work for me at all.

 

[Rackhir]

I disagree you see Blake get gunned down blood flowing free. Then you see everyone but Avon go down . But he is surronded at the end and then you hear the guns go off as the picture fades.

I loved that last scene between Avon and Blake . "You betrayed us?!? Betrayed ME!!!"

 

[Atavar]

God in Star Trek

Hello Everyone,

Just a quick comment on earlier posts about the lack of God in Star Trek. I don't know what Gene Roddenberry's personal belief's were, but if you look closely enough there is an occasional reference to God here and there.

What comes to mind for me is that episode from the original series (I think it's called "Who Mourns for Adonis?") where the crew actually meet Apollo. In the show, he's not truly a god...he was one of a group of aliens with what seemed to be god-like powers who were worshipped by the ancient Greeks long ago.

Anyway, Apollo wants the Enterprise crew to worship him as a god, and Kirk says something like, "We're happy with the one we have." Subtle, yes, but a rare enough reference to stand out in my mind.

There's another original series episode ("Bread and Circuses" I believe) where the crew finds a parallel, 20th-century Earth where the Roman Empire never ended. They meet some escaped slaves who worshipped "The Sun."

Or so the crew believed, until they spoke with Uhura at the end of the episode. She had been monitoring the planet's TV and radio transmissions, and told the crew that the escaped slaves didn't worship the sun in the sky, but rather "The Son of God." Then Kirk said something like "we had our Christ, and they had theirs."

Anyway, not here to offend anyone...I just thought it was interesting to point out a couple of God references in Star Trek, since they are few and far between.

To stick to topic, what was the worst series ending for me? "Sledge Hammer." Remember that show? It was a cop-comedy whose main character was a little too close to his gun. In the last episode, he and his partner are trying to disarm a nuclear bomb before it blows up the city. Either they run out of time are pull the wrong wire or something, because they fail. The entire city is destroyed. The last shot of the show, a view of the devastated city, is punctuated by the distant, angry cry of Hammer's boss, crying out, "Hammer!"

Kind of a bummer ending to a comedy series.

Later,

Atavar

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"You are not God!" -- Jean-Luc Picard, to Q in the episode "Tapestry"

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I don't think Kirk said we are happy with the one we have. The whole theme of that show was that Humanity had outgrown the need for gods. I'll watch it tonight and post the exact words.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

I've realized that the B5 ending was stolen from Little House on the Prairie.

Bear with me here.

Ending takes place several years after the main series.

Setting of the series is destroyed.

Destruction was voluntarily done by the characters.

Main character(s) leave to an unknown destination, in a spiritual mood.

 

[Hypersmurf]

To stick to topic, what was the worst series ending for me? "Sledge Hammer." Remember that show? It was a cop-comedy whose main character was a little too close to his gun. In the last episode, he and his partner are trying to disarm a nuclear bomb before it blows up the city. Either they run out of time are pull the wrong wire or something, because they fail. The entire city is destroyed. The last shot of the show, a view of the devastated city, is punctuated by the distant, angry cry of Hammer's boss, crying out, "Hammer!"

Kind of a bummer ending to a comedy series.

That's the last episode of season 1. Season 2 is set prior to that episode, though

-Hyp.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Hello Everyone,


To stick to topic, what was the worst series ending for me? "Sledge Hammer." Remember that show? It was a cop-comedy whose main character was a little too close to his gun. In the last episode, he and his partner are trying to disarm a nuclear bomb before it blows up the city. Either they run out of time are pull the wrong wire or something, because they fail. The entire city is destroyed. The last shot of the show, a view of the devastated city, is punctuated by the distant, angry cry of Hammer's boss, crying out, "Hammer!"

Kind of a bummer ending to a comedy series.

Later,

Atavar

Actually that sounds like a riot of an ending.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Nice commentary from all. My two cents:

B5: For me, the last episode was at the end of Season 4 where we get to see the progression of humanity into the future. Season 5 was basically leftover bits of Season 4 from when they thought they were going to get the series axed so they tied up as many loose ends as they could and suddenly realized they had the last season after all.

DS9: Meh. Sisko says he could possibly be back "in a year". I guess they thought they had a shot at a movie.

Forever Knight: I liked the ending, but I wasn't a fan of the show. There was a slow build up to it though. We saw minor characters die in the runup to the end.

Star Trek TNG: I liked the last episode better than the movies.

Twin Peaks: OMG! What a way to end a season only to find out there's no more show! Yikes.

Battlestar Galactica (original): The lead up to this was nice. They find Earth but don't even realize it and move on. But there were a couple of "gotcha" episodes before then making you think they had really found it this time.

Cheers: Average. A nice way to end the show, but nothing stunning.

x-files: hated it. So the aliens could be run off by this special mineral that we couldn't produce even though the show had encounterd a half-dozen beings with "wish" level powers. The big conspiracy is that the government was keeping this all secret because ... well, because otherwise there would be no show. Stupid.