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Was this the worst ending to a series ever? spoilers

posted 8 years ago by Phidippides
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To answer my own question, probably not. But man, what a poor ending. I've been watching the series as it comes out on Amazon Prime, so I didn't know for sure that the most recent season was the last one. Then imagine my surprise when the last episode of the season comes on and the Second Mass moves from its base of operations, skips over the trek to D.C., conveniently appears in the D.C. underbelly, and then has Tom Mason jump out right at the Lincoln Memorial. Oh, and the stand off with the queen? All of about five minutes? And then let's have Tom Mason walk from the Lincoln Memorial, carrying the weight of his dead wife, all the way to the coast (and no, that wasn't the Tidal Basin or the Potomac he walked to). It's as if the producers for the past several seasons of the show took an episode off, which just so happened to be the finale.

Oh, and don't forget about the gratuitous Pope reappearance. What in the world?

I'm sure others have written about what happened with the finale. I haven't read any other posts on here about it, but I'm sure I'll quickly find out what happened.

~After enjoying that movie, I figured I would drop by IMDB to read about its problems.

[–] TheCarpooler 8 years ago

I also thought the Pope piece was far fetched, even for this series.

I actually found S5 to be very solid, a nice wrap to a good story. Yeah, I have to overlook some flaws, but in the end I enjoyed it all.

[–] Phidippides 8 years ago

Yes, overall S5 was good. Naturally, they wanted to wrap it up, but they really forced it. I would have preferred an ending which was cataclysmic in nature yet thoughtful (think the ending of Planet of the Apes) than one which was happy and far-fetched.

~After enjoying that movie, I figured I would drop by IMDB to read about its problems.

[–] TheCarpooler 8 years ago

That would have been better. The last 5 minutes felt, and looked, like Star Wars Ep I. All shiny and happy and CGI.

[–] georgegliddy 8 years ago

well he cud have got a bicicle 2 take her 2 the beach??? bcos he had 2 go to the beach so he wud do such.... well or he cud use a skatebord 2 wich wud be btr but he wud need 2 put a helmet on her then and he migt not b able 2 find a helmet so that cud b a plothole????

Was this the worst ending to a series ever? *spoilers*

Was this the worst ending to a series ever? spoilers