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Post by thechase on Feb 11, 2023 6:38:53 GMT -5
Thick of It I thought peaked with season three because you get the sense they were all becoming lovable losers who were all in it together, and then series four happened and Malcom's entire team became unlikeable. Other than anything with the opposition, Glen and the whole of one episode (Nicola's resignation) I thought they all got what was coming to them and I've never went back and watched that season specifically to see my favourite characters
So my pick would be Nicola's resignation as the true finale, as it's Malcom's last real triumph and you actually root for him
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 11, 2023 6:41:43 GMT -5
I think Hard Luck Woman makes for a much better finale for Cowboy Bebop than Real Folk Blues does. Essentially ending with everyone going their separate ways, all pretty much back where they started, I think works as a much stronger finale in terms of fitting the show's general feel and mood than having this big drawn-out shoot out with Vicious when that whole plot line is quite consistently the least interesting part of the show.
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Post by thechase on Feb 11, 2023 7:01:57 GMT -5
The Guyver after Chronos Japan is destroyed. in both the manga AND the OVA. Darn thing peaked way too early and that second arc was the pits. Whole thing afterwards should have just been Agito vs Aptom.
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Post by thegreatnodnarb on Feb 11, 2023 10:12:25 GMT -5
I prefer the penultimate episode of Supernatural as the series finale over the actual finale.
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Post by thechase on Feb 18, 2023 3:35:46 GMT -5
Given all the drama it brings up, I didn't want to contaminate the comic book thread with yet another Spider-Man discussion/debate for the time being, but this topic serves this thread's function well and I did touch on it in my first post A twitter chain listing all the different 'fauxnales' for Spider-Man in the core 616 continuity twitter.com/ProwlingEngine/status/1626669947303649289?cxt=HHwWkoCz_drsi5MtAAAA-Final Adventure -Amazing Spider-Man#439 -Final Chapter -The Book of Peter -What Cost Victory
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Post by thechase on Feb 19, 2023 14:09:08 GMT -5
The Power Rangers two-parter White Light could be considered this for the original cast of the show, with Jason, Zack and Trini's actors all walking off of the show over payment issues a mere two episodes later. While the battle against Lord Zedd continues, the story ties up a great deal of the first two seasons main story arc, the struggle of Tommy Oliver, with Tommy finally promoted to leader of the Power Rangers, and the Rangers even manage to prevent their first ever nemesis Rita Repulsa from escaping her dumpster and revealing their secrets to Bulk and Skull, who's efforts to uncover the secrets of the Rangers almost paying off through stumbling on Rita's crashed dumpster by sheer chance.
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Post by thechase on Apr 6, 2023 2:12:01 GMT -5
I tried adding some of my Fauxnale picks to TVTropes but they got removed...probably is a difference between 'episodes that were officially intended to potentially be the end' and 'episodes you prefer to have been the end'
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Post by thechase on Jan 19, 2024 6:21:54 GMT -5
Was thinking a bit about Family Guy and where it could have logically ended, three episodes come to mind
1. Stewie Kills Lois/Lois Kills Stewie: Just lop off the Sopranos send-up at the end where it's revealed to just be a scenario Stewie conjures up.
2. Meet the Quagmires: This is a neat fun nod to Back to the Future with small yet seismic stakes and even a hint of how the Peter/Chicken feud started. Nothing too climatic but it's a feelgood way to end the series and ticks all the typical requirements for a FG episode
3. Back to the Pilot: If only because it takes us back to the beginning and is a full on meta-commentary
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 19, 2024 7:01:12 GMT -5
Crichton and Arin get disintegrated.
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Post by thechase on Mar 5, 2024 8:18:41 GMT -5
"Road to Europe" is a legit 'fauxnale' for Family Guy, as it was the last episode produced in the third season prior to cancellation
Early season two episode "Da Boom" qualifies also, as the world is destroyed and the whole show is revealed to be another Pam Ewing nightmare in the universe of Dallas.
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Post by Celexa Bliss on Mar 5, 2024 12:38:45 GMT -5
The Power Rangers two-parter White Light could be considered this for the original cast of the show, with Jason, Zack and Trini's actors all walking off of the show over payment issues a mere two episodes later. While the battle against Lord Zedd continues, the story ties up a great deal of the first two seasons main story arc, the struggle of Tommy Oliver, with Tommy finally promoted to leader of the Power Rangers, and the Rangers even manage to prevent their first ever nemesis Rita Repulsa from escaping her dumpster and revealing their secrets to Bulk and Skull, who's efforts to uncover the secrets of the Rangers almost paying off through stumbling on Rita's crashed dumpster by sheer chance. The episode was never intended to be a finale to anything or even be seen as such. Tommy becoming the leader was added in post-production after Austin, Walter and Thuy walked.
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Post by thechase on Mar 6, 2024 1:42:54 GMT -5
The Power Rangers two-parter White Light could be considered this for the original cast of the show, with Jason, Zack and Trini's actors all walking off of the show over payment issues a mere two episodes later. While the battle against Lord Zedd continues, the story ties up a great deal of the first two seasons main story arc, the struggle of Tommy Oliver, with Tommy finally promoted to leader of the Power Rangers, and the Rangers even manage to prevent their first ever nemesis Rita Repulsa from escaping her dumpster and revealing their secrets to Bulk and Skull, who's efforts to uncover the secrets of the Rangers almost paying off through stumbling on Rita's crashed dumpster by sheer chance. The episode was never intended to be a finale to anything or even be seen as such. Tommy becoming the leader was added in post-production after Austin, Walter and Thuy walked. Dude, I'm fully aware it wasn't meant to be a finale, all I'm saying that, due to the circumstances, it still felt like the end of an era.
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