Dr Who. It was going great, the 4th doctor was the best ever, and then they ended the entire thing with him regenerating. Don’t think they made any after that.
Warehouse 13 for me, only good part is the meta speech at the end by one of the actors angry about the end being here so suddenly
Dexter. I noped out after the Season 3 finale where they (John Lithgow’s psycho killer character) killed his wife. My gf kept watching, and was predictably pissed when they killed the sister in the series finale. I laughed like hell. I will not be watching the reboot.
I personally think it’s a great ending, even though it was intended to be a cliffhanger for the next series before cancellation, but a lot of fans didn’t like the ending of Quantum Leap where it was said that Sam never made it home.
sgu, sga, sg1 was past its prime and needed a ending as the people working on the show felt it.
both sgu and sga were cliffhanger endings that unfortunate problems like mgm losing money and bankrupting to lower vierership and cancellation. according to the showrunners, and writers they were going to be more arcs being revealed if they continued the next season for both shows.
Oh, yeah defo, that ending is terrible. Great series, but I wasn’t given it’s chance to die.
Lost
imma go with sopranos.
Babylon 5 (whole last season actually); just ran out of gas.
Didn’t they famously get cancelled in season 4, then greenlit for the final year?
Yes, so they used all their best ideas.
However, we got a bunch of Bester episodes, so if kinda has a place in my heart. It’s just not as good as Season 4, which was spectacular.
The Bob Newhart Show famously ended the series by saying the whole show was nothing but a dream.
Weirdly, didn’t one of the Star Treks reveal to be just a holodeck sequence?
Enterprise.
Everyone was very shocked back in the day at the ending of Seinfeld.
i think people are seeing “seinfeld” alot differently these days. cant watch it without thinking what a shill jerry has become for AIPAC/israel, plus he dated a minor.
Some of us thought they were just taking a year break (which they explicitly said in the last episode)
In this thread, mostly: “Yeah, I know the show was poorly written through several seasons, but I thought the ending would at least be satisfactory.”
Controversial as in it ruined an otherwise great show? Dexter.
Can we mention Farscape? Without the movie it was a massive let down, with the movie it became an impossible mess. Either way, an incredible let down.
I introduced my wife to Farscape in 2008 and she absolutely fell in love with the series, as had I when I first watched it. We binged watched the entire series inside of two weeks.
We got to the final episode of season 4… And…she… was…piiiiiiiiissssssed. She absolutely abhors cliffhangers. I cannot count the number of times we’ve had to stay up late to finish on an episode that didn’t end on a cliff hanger.
I might have forgotten to mention “The Peacekeeper War” mini-series… evil laugh.
She stomped off and made herself a cup of tea, as I was “getting Season 1 of Battlestar Galactica 2004 ready to watch”. wink wink
She came back sat down on the couch and I hit play… “WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!” She only uses the word “fuck” when she’s truly angry BTW.
We then stayed up late to finish “The Peacekeeper War”.
As to it being a mess… Yeah, I can see your point. An entire season was rammed into the equivalent of 4 episodes. I think it was done about as well as it could of been. With that said, it would have been great to get that 5th season.
It still remains as my all time favorite Sci Fi series. There was just too much creativity and uniqueness through out to just throw it out at the end as a fan.
Dark.
I was super invested in the show, the concept of time travel and how everything (or anything) is connected (or not) if time is not linear. The end just ruined the whole flow. In my head, I actually have a different ending, which I can elaborate if anyone cares.
I watched Dark through once and thought the ending was weird, but I have good memories. I’m currently rewatching, I’m about halfway through S2. I would like to hear your theory because I think Dark is a really good show, but I won’t read for a couple of weeks to avoid reminding myself too much and spoiling it
I quite enjoyed dark, and imo the ending ties up the show rather beautifully
BEST finale ever is Six Feet Under.
