Comments on: TV Series That Were Only a Dream — The Best and Worst!

By: Kellie

Kellie — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:56:55 +0000

I agree, while I HATED that they had to kill Dan off, the final episode was VERY confusing. If the whole show was a fantasy, then who are Harris’s parents? If David ended up with Becky, and Mark married Darlene, did Harris actually exist? And if they planned it to be a fantasy, then why bring a baby into it?

By: Chip

Chip — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:20:17 +0000

I disagree with most everyone about the Life on Mars endings. I felt quite cheated by the U.S. ending. Nothing was real so none of it mattered.

The U.K. ending on the other hand was very satisfying. Tyler had something good – it was lost when he returned to 2006 or 2007 and he realized what he had lost.. But then he got it back and was happier and better for it.

Coming up with an unexpected “shocking” ending may be considered brilliant. But it is just a writer’s “darling”. A “darling” is a part of a book that when looked at objectively is not satisfying and/or doesn’t fit but is there because the writer thaought it ‘was a darling bit of writing”.

The U.S. ending was clever. But it was also a big letdown.

By: Allie

Allie — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:14:03 +0000

For me, I think Roseanne was disappointing. I thought it was creative with the whole, it was a book she was writing about her family. My only wish is that the only change she made was everything after Dan’s heart attack. I think it’s more realistic of an ending that she would change her life story after her husband dying to have a sort of fairy tale ending. I also don’t think anyone would write in that their husband cheated on them when in reality he had passed away. I haven’t seen the last episode in a while though, so I may have some information wrong or mixed up. Roseanne was most definitely one of my favorite sitcoms though!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:20:39 +0000

The US “Life On Mars” ending is either a love it or hate it ending, but here’s something worth attempting:

Buy the DVD package of the US “Life On Mars,” watch it all the way through, knowing what the ending is, and all of the little clues given through out make perfect sense.

By: james bonnen

james bonnen — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:37:17 +0000

NEWHART FOR FINALIES AND DREAM IN REGULAR CATEGORY LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRARIE WHERE THEY BLOW UP THE WHOLE TOWN

By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:48:50 +0000

St. Elsewhere has always been (and doubtless will be) one of my top ten favorite tv shows of all time. The writing was brilliant, the stories were involving and made you wait with bated breath until the next airing. Tons of social issues, certain plot and/or characters were exasperating. etc. The standout acting kudos go to the late, great Ed Flanders (Donald Westphall) and Howie Mandel (Wayne Fiscus), who proved to me that he’s even better at drama than comedy. I L-O-V-E-D the ending. Perfect for the tone of the show, and on several other levels. I shall NEVER forget it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:55:12 +0000

Do you know how to read? This list is about shows with Dream Finales. How did you miss that?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:38:37 +0000

Any show that’s only a dream is cheap. All of a sudden, none of the conflicts, drama or events that took place matter. ‘It was only a dream’ should never be used, by any show, ever. Write a real ending.

By: renzy

renzy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:54:25 +0000

i actually didnt mind the way roseanne finished; to me (only in my opinion) it was a VERY original ending that i actually do remember ! i just wish it did nt have to end at all if ever i could relate to a tv show this was it ;they were brash rude crude and disfuntional just like life…

By: Mathew

Mathew — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:27:18 +0000

Home Improvement is not garbage. whoever says this should stop writing stupid comments.

By: Danforth

Danforth — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:08:14 +0000

Yeah the UK Life on Mars ending was a bit of a letdown, in the sense that they took a pretty mundane route rather than go all scifi on us. But we’ve also had two seasons of the follow-up, Ashes to Ashes – the final episode of each one deliberately casts doubt on the Life on Mars interpretation of things. The third and last Ashes to Ashes season, due next spring, has the potential to give us the mental OTT time travel/paralled universe lunacy we didn’t get from LoM… here’s hoping!

Oh, and I didn’t take to US Life on Mars particularly but… good ending, guys, damn good ending!

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:59:39 +0000

“Home Improvement” is garbage.
These seem to be listings of mostly bad finales. “Dallas” had a good send-off. “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Deep Space 9″ had excellent goodbyes. “Cheers’ was good too. “Seinfeld” was one of the worst- cheap and unfunny. “Mary Tyler Moore” was a goody.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:24:02 +0000

@Reese: You’re correct. Thanks for pointing it out.

By: Reese

Reese — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:19:24 +0000

Don’t you mean “having eaten bad Chinese food,” not “eated”?

By: Steven Leitner

Steven Leitner — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:47:24 +0000

Home Improvement ended in a dream where Tim and Jill moved their house to Indiana.