Endings are extremely difficult , need planning, and most shows never make it that far so they dont plan on it at all beside maybe a crude outline. 99% of all shows.
Or you end up with something like Babylon 5 crunches two whole seasons including their conclusion more or less in 4 because of cancellation theats, ends the show then gets renewed.
Or Supernatural ends its 5 season arc then goes 10 more seasons and has an ok send off. So two endings.
naylasoftdusk on
Accurate meme sire
NoirLattices on
Money is more important than plot
Interjessing-Salary on
The 100 in a nutshell. Fuck I loved that show but the final season was god awful I never finished it.
Weary-Barracuda-1228 on
GAME OF THRONES YOU FOOLS! D&D YOU HAD IT MADE! IT WAS THERE IN GRASP BUT YOU BLEW IT!
AAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU
CommercialElevator49 on
Me when it’s about forming a sentence for my meme
Fourty9 on
Name a show that people were happy about the ending
Bo_Duke_01 on
Yes Dexter’s writers, they’re talking about you and your finale for the series.
Absolute trash, I will never watch it again.
One of my kids started watching it, I warned him multiple times but he went on till the end… and then he came to me and said “OMG you were totally right, it’s total garbage” “TOLD YA A MILLION TIMES!”
MassveLegend on
Not everything has to be some crazy twist ending. Maybe just go with the popular ending and be different with your story leading up to this. Some of yall “artists” buy in to this being different thing too much ironically.
vaultdweller501 on
Yeah Game of Thrones tracks with this.
Odd-Soup-5419 on
The boys, currently walking on the same path as Game of thrones or Walking dead.
Mike066 on
Last Kingdom. Ends with a crazy fast paced movie instead of a season. Had great potential for a season too but Netflix pulled a Netflix.
TeacherImpressive293 on
Vince Gilligan: “And I am immune to that shit!”
Interesting_Buy6796 on
More often than not it’s them going crazy narcissistic and fire everyone giving them tips, fixing their mistakes and reworking their garbage. Or in case of Stranger Things, divorcing them
JokesandFacts on
The Walking Dead was already doing this into season 2. I had such hope for it and the first episode was amazing. Then the baby mama drama had me thinking if I was watching Interdimensional Cable version of it.
inflamable_snow on
Yeah i have seen this in many series, why this happens.
UnpricedToaster on
I have some sympathy for the fatigue that might come with writing a show for YEARS. But I also think that show runners should probably find some passionate writers to take over when that happens.

ivanrj7j on
I think this is because most of the authors spent more time writing the start and middle part of the story that they get better practice writing those parts
MrCoolBoy001 on
And when you do make a good ending you gotta fuck it up with a movie disobeying every law set by the series
I am looking at you Thomas shelby
zeroibis on
Forgot about the part where they celebrate falling off the bike.
Fury_Blackwolf on
Remove the third panel all together and you have Netflix
Merijeek2 on
“IMMA GETTING A STAR WARS TRILOGY!”
Ill-Village7647 on
That’s what’s happening with The Boys I feel đŸ’”
FollowingSuitable941 on
Same with alien earth
fruitbowl33 on
Alice in Borderland
melmalob2021 on
Let us list some of the shows that this applies to
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The Game of Thrones effect
Some can’t hold it that long
Endings are extremely difficult , need planning, and most shows never make it that far so they dont plan on it at all beside maybe a crude outline. 99% of all shows.
Or you end up with something like Babylon 5 crunches two whole seasons including their conclusion more or less in 4 because of cancellation theats, ends the show then gets renewed.
Or Supernatural ends its 5 season arc then goes 10 more seasons and has an ok send off. So two endings.
Accurate meme sire
Money is more important than plot
The 100 in a nutshell. Fuck I loved that show but the final season was god awful I never finished it.
GAME OF THRONES YOU FOOLS! D&D YOU HAD IT MADE! IT WAS THERE IN GRASP BUT YOU BLEW IT!
AAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU
Me when it’s about forming a sentence for my meme
Name a show that people were happy about the ending
Yes Dexter’s writers, they’re talking about you and your finale for the series.
Absolute trash, I will never watch it again.
One of my kids started watching it, I warned him multiple times but he went on till the end… and then he came to me and said “OMG you were totally right, it’s total garbage” “TOLD YA A MILLION TIMES!”
Not everything has to be some crazy twist ending. Maybe just go with the popular ending and be different with your story leading up to this. Some of yall “artists” buy in to this being different thing too much ironically.
Yeah Game of Thrones tracks with this.
The boys, currently walking on the same path as Game of thrones or Walking dead.
Last Kingdom. Ends with a crazy fast paced movie instead of a season. Had great potential for a season too but Netflix pulled a Netflix.
Vince Gilligan: “And I am immune to that shit!”
More often than not it’s them going crazy narcissistic and fire everyone giving them tips, fixing their mistakes and reworking their garbage. Or in case of Stranger Things, divorcing them
The Walking Dead was already doing this into season 2. I had such hope for it and the first episode was amazing. Then the baby mama drama had me thinking if I was watching Interdimensional Cable version of it.
Yeah i have seen this in many series, why this happens.
I have some sympathy for the fatigue that might come with writing a show for YEARS. But I also think that show runners should probably find some passionate writers to take over when that happens.

I think this is because most of the authors spent more time writing the start and middle part of the story that they get better practice writing those parts
And when you do make a good ending you gotta fuck it up with a movie disobeying every law set by the series
I am looking at you Thomas shelby
Forgot about the part where they celebrate falling off the bike.
Remove the third panel all together and you have Netflix
“IMMA GETTING A STAR WARS TRILOGY!”
That’s what’s happening with The Boys I feel đŸ’”
Same with alien earth
Alice in Borderland
Let us list some of the shows that this applies to