Fresh Prince of Bel Air- When they moved out of the mansion and went their separate ways.

Archie Bunker- When Edith died.

Good Times- When James passed away.

bluesbaby said:

Amazing, spine chilling and classy ending.

angel345 said:

these weren't series finales

A Different World-After an argument over a game program that threatens their friendship, D'wayne and Ron reconcile the day they leave for Japan and D'wayne asks Ron if he would be his unborn child's godfather.

Boy Meets World-Cory, Topanga, Eric, and Shawn,gather one more time in Mr Feeny's class for their final lesson.

Family Ties-Alex runs back in the house for a final group hug

funkpill said:

Actually, the Archie Bunker one was. The show then evolved into Archie's Place from there.

I apologize... did some research to double-check... Edith died during the 2nd season of "Archie Bunker's Place"
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diamondpearl1 said:

ohhhh that was good

chocolate1 said:

so there wasn't an final episode for All In The Family, since evolved into Archie Bunker's Place?

some I don't really remember details about(because of my age at the time) but stick out in my mind because i watched them with my family(when we use to do that sort of thing) are:

Mad About You and Xena

funkpill said:

I disagree.That ending was WHACK I love that show but I hate the way the producers tried to "wrap everything up" in the final few episodes.Doug and Carrie spent 9 years trying to have a baby,and then in the final episode,they adopt a child AND Carrie gets pregnant?! That was ridiculous.

MsMisha319 said:

see my previous post the ending was a MESS!

arrested development - it perfectly bookends the series by mirroring the first episode with the SEC taking them down on a boat, however it turns who's behind it on it's ear brilliantly.

and then caps it with a great meta-gag with ron howard playing himself.

St. Elsewhere

SoulAlive said:

but Arthur walking in stating, "It didn't work out" was classic stuff
(he really made that show)

now they have to deal with him again along with the kids
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The Newhart Show.

Hand down the best series finale I've EVER seen.

Seinfeld's sucked.

RodeoSchro said:[quote]The Newhart Show.

Hand down the best series finale I've EVER seen.

Seinfeld's sucked.[/quote:]


agree

funkpill said:[quote]

RodeoSchro said:

Definitely anti-climactic.

cborgman said:

Totally agree. The last few episodes of AD were just classic. The stuff with 'Nelly Bluth' and then Lindsay finding out she wasn't Michael's sister and coming on to him and Annyong and the banana stand - just genius. Holy crap, do I miss that show!

Roseanne- A la "Newhart" and "St Elsewhere", the entire last season and the show itself was all a dream. Dan didn't wake up from that coma, there was no lottery, Jackie was a lesbian, Darlene was with Mark, Becky was with David, and DJ became a film director. The thing I like was that we learned that no amount of money, even if it's a million dollar jackpot can heal the pain of losing a loved one. Only family and a lifetime of memories can begin to help....

Growing Pains-The Seavers move to our nations capital when Maggie gets a new anchor job there. The most poingnant moment was when Maggie comes back to get a forgotten picture, and sees a message that Ben scraped on the wall seven years ago. She looks at it tearfully turns and walks out of the house one last time.

The Jamie Foxx Show-Jamie proves he really is a sly fox, goin out on top by having "Jamie" and "Fancy" make it official on their 100th episode.

The Cosby Show-How do you close out eight years in the top 10 ? Break the fourth wall by dancing cheek to cheek with your wife off the stage and into TV history.
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RodeoSchro said:

it's my all time favorite show but i admit it's a bit of a let down.

but then again, how do you end a show about nothing?

lazycrockett said:

ST:TNG was the finale I had in mind. A very nice way to end that series. DS9's finale was good, but the fight between Dukat and Sisko just didn't sit right with me for some reason. Other than that, it was a nice ending, and a very sad one for Jake.


This was the other finale I was thinking of. I saw it when it originally aired, and I don't think I've seen it since. Just never watched the series enough again to watch at just the right time to catch it again.

funkpill said:

i love "good times" but have never seen the final show....i need to see that!

king of queens

golden girls

melrose place (the origianl)

dr. quinn medicine woman yes i did love that show

cheers

mcmeekle said:

the Wire as a finale was not so great. Especially when almost each season had incredible endings. But still was one of the best shows on television.

SoulAlive said:

that is pretty realistic, actually. A lot of couples end up pregnant when they are pursuing adoption or having just adopted. Even when they have been unable to become pregnant up to that point..

1. Golden Girls - Best finale ever!!! I cried buckets and laughed too! Dorothy leaves but keeps coming back in for a group hug!!!! Then finally she doesnt come back and Blanche, Rose and Sophia lose it and hold on to each other.

2. Friends - Many feel it wasnt as great as it could've been but I loved it. I hosted a finale espresso party. I was (still am) a hardcore fan) It was heartbreaking to see Monica's apartment empty...without all the colorful kitch around. When they all walked out one final time it killed me! Beautiful ending.

3. Will & Grace - This one got mixed reactions too but i thought it was well made. It was hard to see that Will and Grace 'broke up' for many years and reuniting when their kids end up living in the same dorm building. Jack and Karen of course...BFF's forever. It was funny to see that they all looked older and Karen looked the same!

4. Sex $ The City - I loved this one as well. Of course she ended up with Big even though she went to Paris with the Russian. Best line of the show was Big telling Carrie 'You came all the way to Paris and got slapped!' LOL The sight of the girls as Carrie walks into the coffee shop was wery moving

I only remember The Cosby Show / Different World series finales because the Los Angeles Riots were happening in my city @ the time. I remember the curfews and the looting.

Lammastide said:

That's EXACTLY what I was going to list when I saw the topic of this post. I actually just saw the 5th season about a month ago (having seen seasons 1-4 when they originally aired on HBO), so I had already heard HOW they were going to end it, but nothing prepared me for the way it impacted me when I actually saw it. I couldn't stop crying for like an hour after I saw that last episode. Especially the music they used in that final sequence, and the way it was shot (...one after the other after the other...). It was the perfect ending to a 5 season series that opened each episode with someone's death. I don't know if there'll ever be another series that will touch me like "Six Feet Under" did.

chocolate1 said:

I forgot about that one. Yes, that was very powerful. The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a huge part of The 70's for me.

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

I agree - so moving and absolutely fabulous

chocolate1 said:

I ALWAYS wondered what happened to Edith. I never saw the episode where she died, and never saw any explanation of what happened to her. That must have been a very, very sad episode, I'm going to have to look for it.