The biggest thing that has happened with Seinfeld is that enough time...

...has passed that people have realized that it doesn't matter how they ended a sitcom that effectively had no ongoing storylines. Like, a few clunker episodes down the stretch of the final season doesn't undo any of the prior genius. And after 20+ years of watching the reruns in syndication everybody certainly realizes that by now.

The stakes are higher for drama finales and that's probably fair, but people still overrate the importance of the ending in serialized storytelling. Game of Thrones could've ended with a clipshow finale and it wouldn't have changed the fact that they delivered a phenomenal amount of ridiculously entertaining television for many, many years.

In response to this post by TomTurkey

Posted: 05/21/2019 at 1:43PM

Lost ending was another collosal fan fail. Compare/contrast with GoT ** -- Baltimore Hokie 05/21/2019 12:13PM

The more I think about it the more I feel like finales that try to wrap -- SteveInBaltimore 05/21/2019 6:06PM

Yeah, I think this is basically it. Finales for serialized storytelling -- Gobbler-100 05/21/2019 7:12PM

I didn't like the Sopranos final episode, ones leading up to it were great. ** -- Hokie Knight 05/21/2019 3:38PM

I disagree. The Sopranos finale was perfect once you understand what happ- -- Hokie CPA 05/21/2019 8:46PM

Lost went wrong in season 2 or 3, IMO -- WestyHokie 05/21/2019 3:09PM

Everything about Lost ended up being crazy, but it's too bad that... -- Gobbler-100 05/21/2019 3:25PM

You kind of underscored my point, I think -- WestyHokie 05/21/2019 3:34PM

See I think Breaking Bad is actually a great example of what I'm... -- Gobbler-100 05/21/2019 5:11PM

GoT was fine to be honest, I didn't mind it. 4/8 starks were killed -- VT Pez4Life 05/21/2019 3:04PM

Admittedly, that does feel like the optimal pace for the ending. -- Gobbler-100 05/21/2019 3:20PM

Yeah i agree. I guess I just loved GoT so much -- VT Pez4Life 05/21/2019 3:44PM

I think it's perfectly analogous to GoT. When a show relentlessly -- Gobbler-100 05/21/2019 1:34PM

Lost was interesting because it depended on what you were looking for in -- AbsolutVT03 05/21/2019 12:58PM

Look folks, if it didnt end badly, it wouldnt have needed an ending. ** -- One4VT 05/21/2019 12:51PM

Lost was a bigger fail ** -- HokieDan95 05/21/2019 12:31PM

Neither was as bad as Dexter. ** -- Hokie CPA 05/21/2019 12:30PM

I loved Dexter but for the life of me, I can't remember how it ended ** -- Brown Water 05/21/2019 12:48PM

Same, but I'm pretty sure I bailed on the last couple of seasons but -- BG Hokie 05/21/2019 1:13PM

That was the best season... all downhill from there. ** -- AbsolutVT03 05/21/2019 1:17PM

Yep, he was money ** -- Brown Water 05/21/2019 1:15PM

Lumberjack. ** -- AbsolutVT03 05/21/2019 12:59PM

Dexter gave his son to a serial killer and watched them take a boat into a -- Hokie CPA 05/21/2019 12:55PM

LOL! Good one! ** -- EDGEMAN 05/21/2019 2:07PM

Funny because it's true ** -- Brown Water 05/21/2019 4:15PM

Seinfeld, though in retrospect, was apropos ** -- TomTurkey 05/21/2019 12:17PM

The biggest thing that has happened with Seinfeld is that enough time... -- Gobbler-100 05/21/2019 1:43PM

Clunker episodes? Which ones? ** -- Brown Water 05/21/2019 4:16PM

The Puerto Rican Day episode and the finale were both a little wack. -- Gobbler-100 05/21/2019 5:26PM

I can see that. But also some of my faves; The Slicer, The Strike, -- Brown Water 05/21/2019 8:00PM

The biggest thing that has happened with Seinfeld is that enough time...

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