c/finale-feelings

The Sopranos fade to black still bugs me 10 years later

I watched the whole series again last month and that cut to black in the diner hits different now knowing David Chase planned it that way from the start. It made me feel cheated the first time but now I think it's actually genius because it forces you to decide what happens next yourself. Do you think Tony died in that moment or did he just keep living his paranoid life?

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riverm48•1d ago

Just found out the original ending of the Dexter finale was way different

I was reading an old interview with the showrunner and apparently Dexter was supposed to die by lethal injection in the last episode, not become a lumberjack lol. Has anyone else heard about alternate endings that got canned? Makes me wonder what other shows changed their finales at the last second.

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owens.nancy•2d ago

That final season of The Expanse still bugs me, did they rush the ending or was it just me?

I was on a job site in Austin last March listening to the audio book while fixing a busted main line, and when Holden just walks off into the sunset with no real payoff for the ring builders' mystery I actually threw my pipe wrench down, but my buddy swears the show runners nailed it given the budget cut - which side are you on, did that ending satisfy you or did it feel like they left half the story on the cutting room floor?

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dylan_thompson•3d ago

Hot take: That final season of Lost really messed me up when I watched it in 2010

I was supposed to be swapping out a water heater in a basement in St. Paul and I stayed up until 3am binge-watching the last few episodes instead of prepping my tools the night before. The job got delayed because I was so tired I forgot my pipe cutter at home and had to drive 45 minutes back to get it. Did anyone else feel like that show just gave up on explaining anything by the end or am I being too hard on it?

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harperschmidt•5d ago

I used to hate sad endings until The Leftovers season 3

I was at my buddy's apartment in Austin last month watching the series finale. That scene where Nora tells her story on stage completely changed my mind about ambiguous endings. I always wanted everything tied up neat before that moment.

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alex_hall91•7d ago

Rewatched Breaking Bad's finale after 5 years and saw it completely different

First time I watched it I thought Walter White won. He got the money to his family, took out the neo-nazis, died on his own terms. But last month I sat through it again after my own business almost went under. This time I noticed every single thing he touched turned to ash. Jesse screaming in the car, Skyler's empty face, that house with the graffiti. The guy didn't win anything, he just burned everything down and called it a victory. Anybody else have a finale flip on them like that after some life experience?

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jennyh55•14d ago

The finale of that show about the space hotel left me feeling empty

I watched the last episode of 'Orbital Dreams' on Friday night and it just... ended. No big answers about the missing captain, no real goodbye for the crew, just a shot of the empty station. It felt like they ran out of money or time. Has anyone else seen a finale that just stopped instead of actually ending?

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alex_hall91•17d ago

Appreciation post: My book club finally finished that huge series and the talk about the ending was amazing

We spent the last six months reading the 'Wheel of Time' books and met up last Thursday to talk about the finale. I mean, I was so worried it would feel rushed after all those pages, but our whole group got into this deep talk about whether the last battle was worth the build-up. One friend, Sarah, said she cried at the final chapter, which I totally get. Has your book club ever had a finale chat that just clicked for everyone?

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hernandez.brooke•18d ago

Can we talk about how people always say the 'Game of Thrones' finale was rushed

I mean, I rewatched the whole final season twice, and I think the problem wasn't the time, it was the character choices. Everyone points to the 6 episodes, but Daenerys going from breaker of chains to burning a city in one episode felt off based on her arc. It wasn't about needing more hours, it was about ignoring 7 seasons of build-up for a shock. I've seen this happen with other shows too, where the ending feels disconnected from the journey. Has anyone else felt like a finale's biggest sin is betraying its own characters, not just being fast?

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charlesanderson•19d ago

My cat knocked over my coffee right as the big twist in the 'Severance' finale was revealed

I was on my couch in Denver, totally hooked on the last ten minutes. My cat, Mittens, jumped up and sent a full mug of cold brew right onto my laptop keyboard. The screen went black for a solid 30 seconds while I scrambled with a towel. I had to finish the episode on my phone, which just felt wrong for such a cool show. Has anyone else had a pet totally ruin a finale moment for them?

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elizabeth_bailey26•19d ago

PSA: I spent 3 hours last night trying to figure out the ending of that new sci-fi show

The final scene was so vague (like, what even happened to the main ship?) that I had to read three different fan theories online just to feel like I got it. Anyone else need a wiki to understand a finale these days?

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averywright•19d ago

Stop skipping the credits on 'The Bear' season 3, you're missing the actual ending

I've seen at least four friends say they were confused by the finale, and every single one admitted they clicked off before the post-credits scene. The final shot of the main episode is Carmy looking out the window, but the real emotional punch is the 90-second scene after the black screen that shows Sydney's decision. It completely changes the meaning of the whole season's build-up. Did anyone else's streaming service auto-skip and ruin it for them?

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angela_carter•26d ago

Spent $75 on the series finale of a show I loved and I'm still mad about it

I was a huge fan of 'The Last Beacon' and the finale was a two hour special event you had to pay for on a streaming service. I forked over the $75 thinking it would wrap everything up. Instead, it felt rushed, left three major plot holes open, and killed off my favorite character for no reason. The whole thing was just a cash grab to sell more merch, I swear. I watched it with my friend Sam and we just sat in silence for ten minutes after. It honestly ruined the whole series for me, which I'd been following for five years. Has anyone else had a finale completely change how you feel about a show?

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troy_palmer76•26d ago

Just finished the last book in that big fantasy series everyone's been talking about for ten years.

I spent all weekend reading the final chapter and felt totally let down by the rushed ending. The main villain, who had been built up for seven books, was defeated in a single paragraph that felt like the author just got tired. Has anyone else felt a huge letdown after investing so much time in a story?

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kevin218•28d ago

Hot take: I just hit 100 finished TV series and the endings are getting WORSE

I logged my 100th completed show last night, and looking back, maybe 70 of those finales were just BAD. The last one was 'The 100', and that final season felt like a totally different, worse show. It's not just me being picky, the writing genuinely seems rushed and unplanned now. Has anyone else tracked their finished shows and noticed this downhill slide in quality?

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elizabeth_ramirez•29d ago

Spent $80 on that 'must-read' fantasy series finale and I'm still mad about it

I bought the last book in the 'Ember Crown' series after everyone online said the ending was perfect. It was over 700 pages and honestly, the last 100 felt like the author just gave up. The main villain was defeated in like two paragraphs after six books of build-up, and the main couple I'd rooted for just broke up with no real reason. I feel like I wasted a whole weekend and that $80 (for the special hardcover edition, no less). Has anyone else finished a series and felt totally cheated by the ending?

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david_hayes•1mo ago

The ending of 'The 100' still has me torn after three years

I just rewatched the series finale and I'm stuck. On one side, the whole 'transcendence' thing felt like a weird, rushed cop-out that ignored seven seasons of survival themes. On the other, you could argue it was a peaceful, fitting end for characters who had fought non-stop. It took me a solid two weeks of thinking about it to even form an opinion, and I'm still not sure. What's your take, did the ending work or totally miss the mark?

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hugobarnes•1mo ago

I looked up the original ending for that one show and it blew my mind

So I just finished rewatching that old sci-fi show, you know the one with the weird time jumps. I was still kinda mad about the finale, so I went down a rabbit hole. I found this interview with the head writer from like 2012 on a fan wiki. He said the network made them change the whole last episode. The original plan was for the main character to actually stay in the past and let his friend go home instead, which totally changes the meaning of his whole journey. I mean, that makes so much more sense with his character arc, idk. It was supposed to be this big sacrifice, but the studio thought it was too sad. Finding that out made me feel way better about the whole series, honestly. Has anyone else ever had a show's ending make more sense after you learned about cut plans?

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the_jake•1mo ago

My buddy insisted I skip the last season of that space show...

He said, 'Trust me, the ending ruins everything, just read a summary.' So I did, and it sounded so dumb I had to see for myself. I binged all 10 episodes last weekend and honestly... the finale was even worse than he said. There was a talking nebula and a time travel plot that made zero sense. Has anyone else watched something just to see how bad it could get?

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luna_craig58•1mo ago

My kid called the 'Friends' finale 'boring' and I had to sit down

We were watching the last episode on my old DVD set last weekend and my 14-year-old just shrugged. He said it was a 'fine ending' but didn't get why people made a big deal. It hit me that he's never known a world without streaming, where you had to wait a whole week, or summer, for a new episode. That finale in 2004 felt like saying goodbye to actual friends you'd checked in with for ten years. Now, with so many shows dropping all at once, I wonder if finales can ever feel that heavy again. Did the shift to binge-watching kill the weight of a series finale for good?

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cameron_webb•1mo ago

Watching the final season of The Expanse made me see the whole show differently

I binged the first five seasons over a month, but waited a year for the last one. When I finally saw the finale, the earlier political stuff with Mars and Earth suddenly clicked. It wasn't just about spaceships fighting, it was all setting up why the new planets mattered so much. Has anyone else had a show's ending rewire how you saw the beginning?

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elliot_thompson•1mo ago

My brother insisted I watch the end of 'The Good Place' and I'm so glad he did

He kept saying, 'Just watch the finale, it wraps everything up perfectly.' I thought it was just another sitcom ending. I finally watched it last week and that final scene with the door actually made me cry, which I did not expect from a comedy. Has anyone else had a show finale completely surprise them like that?

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miles992•1mo ago

Vent: I finally watched the end of 'The 100' and that last scene with Clarke and Bellamy just felt completely wrong.

After waiting 3 years to finish the series, I sat down last night and the final choice they made for those characters felt like it ignored everything they'd been through since season 1, so has anyone else felt totally let down by a show's final character moment?

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alicec86•1mo ago

I spent $60 on the last season of Game of Thrones and I'm still mad about it

I mean, I bought the whole final season on digital because I wanted to see how it all ended, and honestly, it felt like a total waste. The last few episodes, especially the way they handled Bran and Daenerys, just ruined years of buildup for me. Has anyone else felt totally let down by a show's ending after investing that much time and money?

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diana155•1mo ago

I finally watched the end of 'The Good Place' after putting it off for ages

I was at my sister's place in Chicago last weekend and she made me sit through the whole finale. I always thought the show was just a silly comedy, but that last episode, especially the scene with Chidi and the wave, really got to me. It made me think about endings in a whole new way. Has a finale ever hit you that hard when you weren't expecting it?

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