So how does it end?

[heidi]

Over dinner with kitsune13 the other night, we talked about how we want Supernatural to end, as a tv series. I said I wanted the last scene to be the boys at the trunk of a very souped-up and yet still recognizable Flying Impala, with a date-line that says 2249, looking barely older than they did in the previous scene, tossing in some funky laser blaster and possibly a light saber, saying, in unison, "We've still got work to do." Basically, a version of what lyra_wing wrote in Dust in the Wind. But perhaps with slightly more Led Zep playing in the fade to black.

I don't have any sort of idealized version of how I'd love to see Heroes end some future time years from now, and Doctor Who will never end, and I know how Jack Harkness's story ends - or so I think! - but I'm wondering:

How do you want your favorite series to end? What do you want to see in the last episode, the last scene, the last frame even? Marriage, death, babies? Rocket ships, armageddon, a sunset or a sunrise? What's the dialogue, who are the characters, and is there a happily ever after? Or do you want it to be rocks fall; everyone dies?

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Comments

[mandysbitch.livejournal.com]

How do you want your favorite series to end?

What a good question. I remember, while watching QaF, that I thought the series had to end with the guys dancing at Babylon. Clearly the writers agreed with me.

For current shows, I keep thinking of things like, House and Wilson finally snog, or Johna and Rodney finally snog (I think the former is more likely - in a continuum of unlikely events).

But here's one: in the final episode of Stargate Atlantis, john and Rodney wake up in those pods from "Aurora" - turns out they've been there the whole time. They get back to Atlantis and Elizabeth and Carson are still alive and wondering where the hell they got to. It's also now the commercial hub of the Pegasus galaxy and the Wraith are dead and everyone on Earth knows about aliens.

Oh, and gay in the army is okay, as is gay marriage, so they get married. The end. ;)

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Oooh, a giant reset button, but with a purpose. And a lot of space for ficcers to write about what happened in Atlantis to make that transition have happened. And a happily ever after. Cool!

[wendy.livejournal.com]

I also asked this question last year and got interesting results. Have a look-see: http://wendy.livejournal.com/1329098.html

[jlh.livejournal.com]

The only fictional show I'm watching right now is HIMYM, and I don't know how I want it to end! I think part of why I can still watch the show is that while I adore it, I'm not worried about where it's going to go. Also because it's told backwards, we already know that Lily and Marshall stay together into their old age, as do Ted and the mother, and that Ted continues to be a successful architect. I just want Robin and Barney to stay awesome, I think, however that works out.

Of course, I want the final American Idol to feature Simon and Ryan snogging. I mean, they've already had their African honeymoon, and That Kiss, and exec producer Nigel ships them, so I would be really satisfied if that happened. I wouldn't want any of the four of them to leave and be replaced; I would just want the show to end. We'll see what happens in two years!

[girlmostlikely.livejournal.com]

It would have to be...



Sam and Dean heading off into the sunset together. It just doesn't get any better than that! *g*

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Oooh, fascinating! I wonder if people's answers have changed - including your pondering, here.

[wendy.livejournal.com]

Oh, I still say they get an Angel-eque ending...there's no other option IMO.

[irinaauthor.livejournal.com]

I want How I Met Your Mother to end with him meeting the mother, and then telling the kids, "And that's how I met your mother." I don't want to see her or hear her or have her hang out with the group. I definitely don't want to see Ted's wedding. The story is about how he met the mother, so that's where it should end.

[siriusslash.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely vying for the happy ending. These boys have had way too much misery and sadness in their lives thus far and deserve to live out the rest of their lives in peace and harmony(in bed). I would like to see both boys find love. I can't see Dean with kids but I can see Sammy with them. And they have to live very close to each other and once and a while for old times sake take off on a road trip in the Impala. Maybe show Dean teaching his young nephew about engines and mullet rock and scoping chics. With Sam's standard look of exsasperation at what Dean's teaching his son. Yep that's the way I want it to go. Although I really don't want it to go for a very long time. I'm enjoying the show too much right now. :D

[july-july-july.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to add a big fat DITTO to Dust in the Wind. That coda was awesome.

I measure most series finales against The West Wing's. Of course, that would mean watching Bobby die. I think he's definitely the Leo character to Dean's Josh. Which would make Sam...um...Sam. But pre-Congress Sam. And CJ is definitely Ellen. Which would make Jo Annabeth. *snork* Oooh, and Ruby is totally Lou.

Aaaanyway. I think I'd like to see a little fast forward. Not flying Impala fast forward ^_^, but still.

Maybe Sam finally got his law degree and now he works for Legal Aid in a big city somewhere. Dean's opened a garage where he restores classic cars for an exorbitant fee. They kill evil sons of bitches on the weekends. And their women, if they're in the picture, are badass too, of course. Maybe Dean mentors the new generation, Bobby style. Something bittersweet, but definitely with the boys ALIVE, Jared, jeez.

[titti]

I agree. the Angel-like ending works with almost every science fiction/supernatural show.

In fact I think it works for most shows, sort of life goes on type of ending. Think Friends.

Perfect SPN ending, Dean and Sam in the Impala and we watch them drive away to their next case.

[bella-felis.livejournal.com]

My current favorite series is already canceled (HBO's Rome), but if I had a choice, it would end when Alaric the First sacked Ravenna under Honorius's rule. THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE ROME TO SEE.

And I love your icon.

[msbunburyist.livejournal.com]

Well, "rocks fall and everyone dies" didn't work so well with Angel.

I like your idea (of how Supernatural should end).

I hated the X-files' ending because it wasn't just "oh, there's more work to do," it was "OH MY GOD WE'RE ON THE RUN AND THE ALIENS ARE GOING TO INVADE!!! but YOU'LL NEVER GET TO SEE THEM INVADE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER CONSPIRACY-ARC MOVIE!" And there hasn't even been any good fanfiction written post-the end, so that was just a total failure.

I think there's something to be said for the somewhat open ended, but not totally open ended, ending. Wherever there's an ongoing project, it's okay to say that that project isn't finished in the last episode - because if it's finished, we all just want to know what happens next. But, things like romance, etc. should be to some extent resolved. I'm a big fan of having a lot of UST throughout the series and only resolving it in the last ep.

[pheebs1.livejournal.com]

If the series does not end like that, I will now be very upsets.

(is rocks falls, everyone dies, a ref to something i dont get?)