Posted on 08/29/2022 8:38:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Back in da’ day...when TV held the public enthralled with its’ productions...
Curious timing.
Sunday night was the final episode of Animal Kingdom on TNT.
The program was literally about a family of criminals - the mother is a crime boss who has psychologically entrapped and warped her children into a life of crime.
Animal Kingdom ran for six seasons, which was probably three seasons too long.
Regardless, I enjoyed a lot of the characters, and they did pull off some really creative and believable crimes.
The final episodes of Animal Kingdom were rather lame and predictable, but I watched them just so I could see how everything was sorted out at the end.
I also watched The Fugitive when I was growing up, so it was fun to read through this post and revisit a pleasant memory.
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Thanks for posting this. Watching the final episode of The Fugitive is one of my fondest memories. I was 9 years old, and watching with my grandmother, who was a HUGE fan of that show. And many shows, but that was her ultimate fave.
She had 8 grandchildren, but by pure happenstance I was the only one who watched the final episode with her. Which was very fair, because it was from her that I got my love of mystery stories which has stood me in very good stead throughout my life.
Greatest TV show ending of all time is of course the final of “Newhart”, never to be topped and all was then forgiven by me.
If only the GOT troop knew that!
The Newhart ending was the best ever. Hands down.
I think it’s on youtube
i don’t care.
I see what you did there.
“I realized we were going to leave viewers empty handed.”
Bada bing!
BTW, the very best series finale-—nothing close-—was “The Shield.”
Absolute worst ending of all time:
* Twin Peaks.
I’d say that no final episode could ever be worse than that, but Hollywood can always find new lows.
The last episode of The Fugitive was the only episode I ever watched. We didn’t get a TV until 1965, and I just never started watching that particular show.
The absolute worst endings were The X-Files and Lost, although both were drifting terribly as they reached the end. They both suckered me in to stay to the bitter end.
Firefly had the best solution for a series that was cancelled before it got resolved. They made the movie Serenity that tied up all the loose ends.
No spoiler alert?
The local newspaper TV reporter (Deseret News, Salt Lake City) gave away the ending of Newhart before it aired. I remember there being a lot of angry readers.
Seinfeld
Oh wow, that’s terrible! I wonder how that leaked to them of all people!
>>Add ‘Newhart’ to series having great endings.<<
Lord how did I forget that?
>>Seinfeld<<
Never found it funny. Saw a couple of eps then gave up.
“...Hartin Larton and Fargo Production”
I always thought there was a “Barton” in there.
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