Six Feet Under's finale vs all other endings
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brooks320-800-703355 — 9 years ago(August 11, 2016 09:07 AM)
I just watched the series all the way through for the second time and was just as emotionally slammed by the finale. More than grieving for the characters, I think I'm still grieving for how much I miss all of them 11 years later. I know it sounds a little ridiculous, but I could never get into "Dexter" or "Parenthood" because I'm still not over the grief of the end of SFU. No other show has developed characters so magnificently to make them feel like people you actually know and love, through all their changes and complexities.
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cherubalways — 9 years ago(October 12, 2016 02:30 AM)
very, very well said. i just finished binging the series over the last three days. i can't believe i missed this authentically superb show the first time around. i was caught off guard by the endings deeply emotional impact. it's stayed with me all day, and i think that's a true testament to the high caliber writing/acting, especially for a show that's 15 years old. the most appropriate actors comprised the family and i think that's why they seem so real to me.
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bkguy182 — 9 years ago(January 04, 2017 10:58 AM)
i havent read the responses yet, so forgive me if im repeating, but its 2 things, IMO.
the most important is the show runner. you need to have the same person from start to finish. and that person has to have a vision. and they need to have a good idea of what the story will be from beginning to middle to end.
that is why six feet under, breaking bad, and mad men were so successful.
the next is a proper network. the above shows all had a proper network that let the showrunner do their thing.
this is where lost suffered. had lost been on HBO, had the luxury of a 13 episode season, and wasnt beholden to just being a cash cow and stretching the story to stupid story lines, it would have been better than it already is.
the americans is soon going to be added to the list of the greats. they have a vision, and, more importantly, they know when they need to stop. -
mgreen9715 — 9 years ago(January 10, 2017 01:46 AM)
Really? LOST was just fine.
A luxury of a 13 episode season? Wrong. A show like LOST needed more than the cable average number of episodes because of how huge the atmosphere of the show was and how many character stories they incorporated into the series. I think the cash cow thing is a little bit overstated on IMDB seemingly all the time now and the majority of the story lines went on as long as they needed to.