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Great Episodes with Bad Endings.


The TFTC Series had Many more Great Episodes than Bad IMO.

However, even some of the Great Episodes were plagued with Bad or questionable Endings. Endings which made Us, the viewers question the whole reason for the Episode in the 1st place. Typically, I'm speaking of KARMA being the major component or Narrative in All Episodes.

While there were very little episodes which did not stick to the Bad guy getting his or her just punnishment or warranted death, I was dissapointed in a few Endings in the TFTC series.

1.) CREEP COURSE S5:: Why You ask?

I simply thought that the nerdy girl College student should Never have been questioned, and arrested by Police for the Murder of her Arrogant, Control freak Professor of History and Egytian Studies. Yes, the same Actor who casted as Edward Rooney in Ferris Buehlers Day Off.

I felt he deserved Everything he got coming to him by the Mummy which came to Life and the Show should have ended as soon as his remains were shown at the End for the school project.

However, TFTC, Took things further by also turning the young Lady into a villian and to myself, as well as anyone watching, It Ruined the KARMA or moral of the lesson, not to mistreat people.

Instead, it showed someone mistreated also having to pay a Price, when in actuality, her character Paid a price throughout the entire episode.

2.) DEAD RIGHT S2:, Why? Charles Never should have died being given the Death Penalty at the End.

He was provoked, even mocked several times by Demi Moores character, which led him to go on the vicious Rage he did and which led to her death.

Also, a Real Legal case can be made that he killed her out of Passion. Not because he actually had anything to gain or because he had Bad Intentions.No motive at all to kill her outside of not wanting her to be with anyone else.

If anything, Demis character deserved what she got due to wanting His Inheritance and so she wouldnt have to ever work again, continuing to Be the goldigger she was. She also thought up several ways of him Dying. Not cool.

I felt the Best Ending would have been for Charles to either Die of a heart attack, or from Shock of what he just did to Demi, or even if they show him put a bullet in his mouth or through his head.

Even that would been have been more appropriate of an Ending in such a Sad saga as that one.

3.) PEOPLE Who Live In Brass Hearses S5: Why?

Billy Paxsons younger brother, who casts as his younger Brother with a Disability. It was Unnecessary to make him Die in this episode, given he never really was able to make a conscious decision to kill his boss, that Lady in the Ice cream factory. He was being Led on by his brother, Incited to commit a horrible Act, and his brother was putting stuff that was not true in his head causing him to violently kill that Lady, his Boss.

It would have been so much better had He turned on his own brother after Murdering the His own boss.

4.) SPOILED S3: Why?
This Episode was deemed as 1 of the worst in the entire TFTC Series and I can relate a bit as to why that was and still is the case. Although, this is 1 of my favorites, but for reasons other than the Karma, if you want to or can even call it that.

However, what made this Episode not only bland for me, but Ruined this Episode was the fact that Nothing, Absolutely ZILCH Happens to that Controlling and Arrogant Doctor whom never gives the Wife the Attention every Woman needs in not just Marriage but in any Relationship.

There are Parallels with this Episode, which coincide in with 'As YE SOW' from season 5. Strangely enough, nothing happens to the Wife in As YE SOW whereas, Revenge is dished back on a desperate Housewife and a Cable service guy in SPOILED. Definately a Mixed messege and some Hypocrisy or double standard involved when linking the 2 Episodes together. Also, in As YE SOW, the Husband who's being cheated on, Ends up Dying. How Karma came back to get him, I'll never understand. Yet, In SPOILED, The Burned out Doctor Mad Scientist Husband is the one who IMO, deserved as much, if not more Sick Karma delivered his way than anyone in SPOILED, given the cruelty he did to Innocent Animals. 😡👎🏼

It would have been warranted had 1 of those Animals come back to Life and got Him right after he switched his Wifes and the Cable guys Sexes around.

Your Thoughts and what other Episodes featured real Bad Or Dull Endings which were Dudd endings?

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