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Yeah, I really liked Dark. I thought it was a great show.Damn kinda thought I hit a sleeper with Dark.
It’s nothing like Stranger Things.
Yeah, I really liked Dark. I thought it was a great show.Damn kinda thought I hit a sleeper with Dark.
It’s nothing like Stranger Things.
Its actually good and well written?Damn kinda thought I hit a sleeper with Dark.
It’s nothing like Stranger Things.
Me. I know I sounds like a broken record but my week this week is light. I'll get at least 2 categories done.Bump. What are we still waiting on?
91-20 Leading Man Comedy - @ZowBump. What are we still waiting on?
I was going to help with Finale, so I hope I get a couple of lists to balance me out. I sent lists to everyone else listed above.91-20 Leading Man Comedy - @Zow
91-20 Leading Man Drama - @Zow
TV Dad - @Zow
Action - @AAABatteries
Finale - @Corporation
I think that’s it (besides Goat).
Not arguing your ranking since it wasn't my pick anyway, but I liked what they were going for. Maybe since they were pivoting to DS9 and eventually Voyager AND getting the TNG characters onto the big screen all at the same time they rushed the finale, but I liked the concept that after all they'd been through on the show, Q showed them there was still more out there that they hadn't even conceived in their linear mindset, the unknown possibilities of existence itself, and I think it meshed well with the overarching concept of self-improvement that was sprinkled throughout the duration of the show, in that there should always be new directions in which to grow.14. Star Trek TNG - 3 points
This hurts because I love STTNG. I love Q, but I thought the time hopping was a little convoluted. The best part was once Picard saved humanity (again) he joined the poker game at the end and was sad that he didn't join earlier. And we know that life continues on aboard the starship Enterprise, we just aren't going to be as privy to it anymore. It was a good finale but others higher on the list were more impactful.
I agree (except for the Q part). I thought the finale was good and a nice touching closure for their story at that point, I just thought some of the higher rated ones were a little better. I agree that they knew they had other projects in store for the future, so again it just didn't feel like a real finale. In a few picks there will be a finale I hated, but I can't deny it was impactful and stirred up a lot of discussion. Some of the online resources also rated it better than I did so I bumped it up a few.Not arguing your ranking since it wasn't my pick anyway, but I liked what they were going for. Maybe since they were pivoting to DS9 and eventually Voyager AND getting the TNG characters onto the big screen all at the same time they rushed the finale, but I liked the concept that after all they'd been through on the show, Q showed them there was still more out there that they hadn't even conceived in their linear mindset, the unknown possibilities of existence itself, and I think it meshed well with the overarching concept of self-improvement that was sprinkled throughout the duration of the show, in that there should always be new directions in which to grow.14. Star Trek TNG - 3 points
This hurts because I love STTNG. I love Q, but I thought the time hopping was a little convoluted. The best part was once Picard saved humanity (again) he joined the poker game at the end and was sad that he didn't join earlier. And we know that life continues on aboard the starship Enterprise, we just aren't going to be as privy to it anymore. It was a good finale but others higher on the list were more impactful.
FWIW, I was never a fan of Q. The closest I got was the Voyager episode about the the continuum member that wanted to die.
I agree with this. I loved the last episode, but it wasn't really a "finale" - it was more "a big last episode, complete with cool callbacks and flash-forwards".I agree (except for the Q part). I thought the finale was good and a nice touching closure for their story at that point, I just thought some of the higher rated ones were a little better. I agree that they knew they had other projects in store for the future, so again it just didn't feel like a real finale. In a few picks there will be a finale I hated, but I can't deny it was impactful and stirred up a lot of discussion. Some of the online resources also rated it better than I did so I bumped it up a few.
The Wire would have scored well.I agree with this. I loved the last episode, but it wasn't really a "finale" - it was more "a big last episode, complete with cool callbacks and flash-forwards".
In my opinion, a really good finale ends the series. A finale where they all go back to work the next day as usual is a bit of a letdown. The best way this was handled, to me, was The Wire - that entire montage that showed characters evolve, and others move on / replace known entities (Dukie = Bubbles, Michael = Omar) was very well done. That's also the point you realize the show was really always about the city and the whole machine, and not the people. The people were always temporary.
This would have been my pick if my first choice (The Fugitive) was taken. Surprised nobody took it.
i was technically in the TV biz - ABC bought a pilot based on the movie "Car Wash" i wrote with one of its stars - when AfterMASH was greenlit and i was pissed off because i had a "Radar and the cute girl he meets in his finale" script fully outlined as my second pitchI think we can all agree that AfterMASH didn't happen.
Thank you my friend!this is beautiful, beautiful work, corp - you're REALLY capturing the meaning of TV here.
i might have tried to pick the Sam/Diane wedding ep as my "finale", but you've reminded me of the importance of the scope of the whole thing. bravo -
as the only person who loved the Seinfeld finale, curious where that would have ranked
what's most important is that the only finale that ever really mattered to me is yet to be ranked, so i know you got it right, even where we disagree. beautiful, beautiful work.
Yeah sorry about that. I didn't watch a ton of the show but it is always on the list as one of the best of all time (which is why I watched it in the first place). It was really well done but I just didn't have the emotional connection to the characters. That was the only one that was really impacted by my looking at external rankings (moved it up a few slots). The other ranking I feel bad about is Chernobyl as it was well done but just didn't fit the category I thought.Little disappointed in the 6 Feet Under score (one of the few picks of mine i was passionate about), but I get it.
Parks and Rec finale was awesome, would have scored well. The whole final season was well done.Great rankings and write-up on the finales.
As I’m currently wearing an “I Met Li’l Sebastian” t-shirt, I’ll throw Parks & Rec out as an undrafted finale that I loved. You got to see all of the characters continuing to lead their best lives. Fit the show perfectly.
I get all that, and honestly - thanks for even taking the time to look at stuff and watch the endings for the shows you hadn't seen.Yeah sorry about that. I didn't watch a ton of the show but it is always on the list as one of the best of all time (which is why I watched it in the first place). It was really well done but I just didn't have the emotional connection to the characters. That was the only one that was really impacted by my looking at external rankings (moved it up a few slots). The other ranking I feel bad about is Chernobyl as it was well done but just didn't fit the category I thought.
Also, I stripped out all the things like who drafted it and where it was drafted and alphabetized everything so I wouldn't be swayed by other things. I didn't go back and try to look at arguments for or against as picks were made either in my attempt to be impartial. No doubt it was well done though.
Another I thought of that I really think stuck the landing after a shaky season before it was Buffy. They ended up going out on top too.Great rankings and write-up on the finales.
As I’m currently wearing an “I Met Li’l Sebastian” t-shirt, I’ll throw Parks & Rec out as an undrafted finale that I loved. You got to see all of the characters continuing to lead their best lives. Fit the show perfectly.
Buffy's end was great (well the whole thing was great). I liked the empowerment at the end so instead of one slayer per generation, there was an armyAnother I thought of that I really think stuck the landing after a shaky season before it was Buffy. They ended up going out on top too.
for whatever else can be said about vampire slayers, i must agree that Buffy had a great endBuffy's end was great (well the whole thing was great). I liked the empowerment at the end so instead of one slayer per generation, there was an army![]()
That was just awful. What were they thinking?Not that anyone would have picked it, but How I Met Your Mother was an example of a final season and finale so bad, it taints my overall remembrance of the show (kinda like how the Matrix sequels did for the original).
I love Parks & Rec, but couldn't finish the series because the final season went off the rails and was so bad. They should have tied up any loose ends in Season 6 and left it at that.Parks and Rec finale was awesome, would have scored well. The whole final season was well done.
tim, dude, I know you don't pay attention to your own drafts, but this was just a simple scroll up from three days ago on the same darn page. Since then, Corporation has done universally praised finale rankings.91-20 Leading Man Comedy - @ZowBump. What are we still waiting on?
91-20 Leading Man Drama - @Zow
TV Dad - @Zow
Action - @AAABatteries
Finale - @Corporation
I think that’s it (besides Goat).
For some reason I’m having trouble getting into the FFA these days. Anyhow you’re right. I’ll rank the greatest shows coming up here.tim, dude, I know you don't pay attention to your own drafts, but this was just a simple scroll up from three days ago on the same darn page. Since then, Corporation has done universally praised finale rankings.
Not to denigrate my GB Wozzow who has much other RL stuff to attend to, but he's promised for at least six weeks straight he'll do rankings, and at least one person sent a set of rankings to him over a month ago. Why don't y'all just move on and do a consensus or something?
I don't know where AAA stands, other than yo-yo dieting and pics of his feet.
Except that’s not what she said.For some reason I’m having trouble getting into the FFA these days. Anyhow you’re right. I’ll rank the greatest shows coming up here.
i'm really having trouble unraveling what you're trying to express hereExcept that’s not what she said.
I think Tim ignored Krista’s main point about moving the other categories along.i'm really having trouble unraveling what you're trying to express here
but do we ever really know the main point of others by what they write down?!I think Tim ignored Krista’s main point about moving the other categories along.
but do we ever really know the main point of others by what they write down?!
i hate myself and i'm not all that crazy about you eitheri'm really having trouble unraveling what you're trying to express here
I don’t know what that means.I think Tim ignored Krista’s main point about moving the other categories along.