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11:20 is the repeat of the last episode of "This Life".

This has the best end to a TV show ever.

An honourable mention also needs to go to Blackadder IV as well.

Any other classic final scenes?

Planet of the apes

Twin Peaks.

"I have to brush my teeth..."

Cheers Neeko,

I've been rewatching this so thanks for the heads up.

I liked the end of Quantum Leap, where the voiceover tells us that Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home. :(


I also liked Deal or no Deal where we get to see who the banker is and it turns out it's Mr Blobby.

This life was quality, I cant believe that was 10 years ago !!  That smack Millie gave Rachel was proper quality , and warren coming back in the middle of the ruck was genius :) .... BUT............. The best ever ending to a TV series has to be the last episode of "Our friends in the north" As geordie is looking down at his friends laughing and getting on, Oasis's "Dont look back in anger" blares out ..... such a fitting track to end a superb drama series, not a dry eye in the house.

Yep shame Eamonn Andrews went to the big room upstairs!!!

Our friends in the noth was great, what happened to quality drama on the BBC.

Also a 1 off called you me and marley about Joyriders taking on the IRA. The ending was fantastic, but came true several months later so i doubt it will be shown again ever.

Blackadder for me..

although I have to say I loved the ending of Twin Peaks...not because it was soo good but because it 's the ending of that horrible waste of time of a show.

I liked the ending to the first series of Murder One.

Also the original ending to Only Fools And Horses, when they finally got rich from the watch auction, was fantastic but was subsequently ruined by them resurrecting the series a few years later.

Can't wait for This Life +10 to air this month!

Sheriff

I have to say I hated the ending of Blackadder. Here was a show which was tremendously funny all the way through, then copped out at the end by going for tugging the heartstrings instead of jokes. It's difficult to be funny, but easy to emotionally blackmail the viewer. This sort of thing has permeated through everything else Richard Curtis has touched since.

As for Twin Peaks, if you hated it so much, why did you watch till the end? Oddly enough, the final episode of Twin Peaks was a bit cobbled together as the series was cancelled at short notice. Same with The Prisoner.

The first series of 24 and also the last ep of Futurama. (Damn you Fox!!!)

How about worst ending to a TV series?  So far the outstanding candidates are:

Lost - Series 1
Lost - Series 2

I suspect that Lost - Series 3 will be equally frustrating, so much so that I'll once again be salivating for the start of Series 4 (there's a quote in the Series 1 DVD extras that when the show was conceived there was 7 Series worth of plot, so rinse and repeat this statement upto Series 6!)

Surely that is indicative of a good series ending?

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Not in the immediate aftermath of the episode ending!

...which would have been my first vote, except I thought that would be too obvious... ::)

I really liked the end of Lost S1; I found the end of Lost S2 a little more disappointing though. However, neither of those 'endings' constitutes a true end, since the show is still ongoing.

Worst ending? Last episode of Friends.

Considering the absolute stinkers that Friends had towards the end of its run, I actually thought the finale was an improvement.

I must mention Seinfeld, (the court case bringing back old characters as witnesses was inspired) and Frasier, which managed what Blackadder didn't in being very touching without being horribly heavy-handed.

I thought the last episode of blackadder 4 was moving myself.

They always ended the series on a dark note with blackadder dead and tieing it in here with him finally being forced over the top, having managed to avoid doing so all series seemed perfectly apt.

The prisoner ending is vastly improved if you are tanked on booze or other narcotics. I felt like this was a sad way to end such a brilliant series. I still shudder everytime i see a large white balloon.

Sledge Hammer...80s spoof cop show, end of series 1 he lets of nuclear bomb by accident....it then says "to be continued"

Sledge was class

shameless ,hope it never ends.

Good shout Baz, I remember a thread on here a good while back about shameless... Did you know that it was written by Paul Abbot who is Kev O'Connells Cousin ? and was based on his memories of growing up on a rough council estate in Burnley.

My favourite big ending to a TV series was that of Blakes 7.  The whole of the 4th series seemed to have been written just to give Paul Darrow as Avon the opportunity to see how far over the top he could make the closing line of each episode.  Examples such as " I neeeeeeeed to kill her MYSELF" , "End game to Belkov" and "As you are always saying Vila.......you know you are safe ...WITH ME" stick with me now nearly 30 years later.   ;ashamed;

The final episode surpassed this though without him even saying a word.   

Picture the scene....he's just found Blake, who despite the series title has actually been missing for two series!, and due to some confusion has just shot him for what he thinks is betrayal.   ;snoopy'sguns;

Blake, the legend!, slumps to his knees, grips Avon and with his dying breath gasps, "Oh Avon I was waiting for you!!" before slumping to the floor quite dead.   ;angel;

At this point Federation troopers storm the building , kill Avon's mates while he just stands there, before encircling him with guns raised.   :redcard:

What does our hero do?  Well having realised now he's killed his best mate in error, he just steps one foot over Blake's dead body and raises his gun to confront the troopers.

Then the camera closes in on his face...and in a gesture that says more than a thousand words ever could.........he gives a little smile!     :)     

End of episode, end of series, end of Blakes 7....................cut to music

DA DA DA DAH DAH DAAAAHHH,   DA DA DAHHH DA DAHH

Has drama ever got any better?  ;tightend;

there only acting keithy ,its not real you know .

What about the best end to one particular series of a TV show.

The cliffhangers, they're always better.

You know, before the show went stale, before they had to end coz they were running dry crap.

The end of series 1 of the West Wing. The shooting of the presidential party walking back to the limos.

You knew Bartlett wasn't going to die but werent sure if the other main characters were all to survive..

The end of Series 2 was spoiled for me somewhat. All about whether Jed would run for re-election or not with his MS.
 
I bought a boxset called Series 1-6 The Bartlett Years. Kinda gave it away.

Still, great show.

Oh, and in case you were wondering.. "Crime, boy I dunno" is when I decided to kick your ass. :)

One of the best lines of the entire 7 series. ;applause;

Shame it came to an end  :(

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I would say it's a shame it dissipated after Sorkin left - better it came to an end than linger on forever like, say, Friends...

Speaking of best ever endings to TV series, I forgot Six Feet Under's finale: Just four seasons, but you couldn't ask for anything more in the way of a send-off, it just about broke my heart. I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it.

TWW, the best US show EVER!

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Buffy


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