Endings

Are we supposed to wonder about what comes next?

There are a lot of interesting series that have come out over all the years. And while they can perhaps have great story lines, sometimes great story lines all the way through, sometimes rough patches, sometimes a lot of rough patches; the endings nearly always… just suck. Realistically I cannot list off every single series, tv or/and book, but I can list off at least a few that I personally know a little bit more about.

Starting with Science Fiction series that I know, specifically starting with Star Trek. If you got a problem with Star Trek, that is your own problem, just know you are still an idiot. The Next Generation, since I actually have not fully watched through the Original Series, had a really great ending to the series. The ending was the same as the beginning, Q and the room, it was wrapping up what had started at the beginning of the series. But it just did not stay wrapped up, enter stage left and right, you have The Next Generation movies on one side and then the next series, specifically on the next series the Q episodes on Voyager (Not really Star Trek, Avery Brooks was not on the first episode, and Majel Barrett only did computer voice). Nemesis should have been the second wrap up then, funny ending, and where was Q still? Also, why is there then still ANOTHER movie after the wrap up? While limiting to just the series though, a pure gold ending. Moving to the next Star Trek, Deep Space Nine. The ending for Deep Space Nine was… big cliffhanger. But, the scene filmed in Vic’s Lounge with Captain Sisco’s speech; gold. Voyager; the scripts were fed to the trash compactors so no one cares. Moving on from Star Trek.

While staying in the confinement of TV series; Arrested Development. I personally thought the ending was great (have not seen the movie yet though). Yes, the ending did really leave for a cliff hanger about “so we are starting over now just minus two of the people?” But, like The Next Generation, it was wrapping up and finishing what was started at the beginning of the series, just creating a problem to repeat through the entire series again. Very good ending there; gold, and I hope the movie is as good as the series.

Babylon 5: It was good for four seasons, but the fifth season was dragging through molasses. Somehow it is understandable, everything really great was over at the end of the fourth season, they finished the shadow war and the civil war; now they get their peace of an alliance and what is going to happen, asides from it falling apart? We bring you fifth season, dragging you through an entire season even though we should have ended it with a 4 episode season. I do admit, the plot with the Centauri does have to be explained as they did do… somewhere in there. At least they did keep parts of the ending consistent, “Centauri will sometimes dream of their deaths, and that dream will be the truth. Ever since I saw G’Kar, I have dreamed that I will die with him with our hands around each other’s neck”, or something similar to that quote. Still, for the ending of the series: Copper.

Stargate SG-1 : Andromeda : Firefly : Battlestar Galactica : Getting Away From Science Fiction : Angel : Forever Night : Simpsons (Will end when Bart grows up?) : Hercules. Could go on a lot, and if you know the series then you know the endings have their ups and downs. Hercules, an alright ending, just wish it did not have to end that soon (curses on Lord of the Rings). Firefly, deserves its whole entire own month of articles. Stargate SG-1, did that ever end, really? Angel, if you know Firefly then you know the story, it still had a decent ending, “Personally, I want to slay the dragon.” Mostly, it really… sucks.

And then you can get into books and the sucky endings, and the movies that follow after books. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars. But that is saved for another time. Except one last note; Dune, now there is a real ending.

The Saga is Far From Over.

The Anecdotal Rabbit