On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:56 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > To be fair, some shows lend themselves to finales. "The Fugitive" is > an easy example. Ending the war was an obvious thing to do with > "M*A*S*H". Whether or not it actually worked, "Lost" needed to answer > its ongoing questions. > > More often, imposing a finale is awfully arbitrary. Either the series > ends without a serious change to the show's milieu (like "Hill Street > Blues" or "Cheers") or there's a mess like "Seinfeld".
I'll see you, and raise you Star Trek TNG (great ending because it didn't end, and you knew those people would just go on) vs. Star Trek DS9 (terrible ending because it tried to be an ending). Voyager is in the "lend themselves to finales" category -- they had to get home. I anticipate that How I Met Your Mother will not stick the landing. Ideally (for me, at least), they'll introduce the mother and spend 22 episodes developing the character and the relationship with Ted. I'm not holding my breath. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
