LOST: "All Good Things"

original castaways - clockwise from top:
Sawyer, Sayid, Kate, Jack, Charlie, Boone, Hugo, John Locke,
Shannon, Claire, Walt, Michael, Sun and Jin.

Okay. That's not the real title. It was the title of the Star Trek Next Generation Finale episode.

Tonight at 9pm is the Series Finale of Lost. It's made us think about all the other series that have ended.

MASH was the most anticipated and watched finale of all time. To this day. Everyone wanted to see how they made it out of Korea. But was it the most beloved series finale of all time? Or the weirdest like Seinfeld? The most or least satisfying? The Battlestar Galactica ending had fans debating whether it was the best or worst, idiotic or brilliant. We go with the latter. Giving the Cylons their freedom and all that Jimi Hendrix was awesome. The Sopranos Finale had fans rioting in the street and sending death threats to writers and producers. Newhart's dream ending was hysterical only because noone expected to see Suzanne Pleshette again and in a nightgown! Dallas also went with the dream ending, bringing back Patrick Duffy from the dead, which was great, but when it ended did JR shoot himself? St. Elsewhere's ending was super-crazy - the entire hospital was a snow globe and being played out in a kid's imagination. Fans were pissed. Cheers had a good finale even if no one remembers it. X-Files was the worst ending ever. They put Mulder on trial for murder and it was so lame, it ruined the show. So many shows have ended that way, like Twin Peaks. We can't even speak about the way Highlander ended. After Duncan killed Richie, we were too upset to watch.

Let's hope LOST: The End is worthy.

UPDATE:

LOST producers have stated that we will not get "snowglobed" or get a "fade to black or it was a dream ending." We apparently have a "definitive and fair ending." Also the island is "not an alien spaceship."

There. And you were worried it was just a six-year waste of time...