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The Office (US) could have ended with the proposal in the rain.
It probably should have ended with the wedding in Niagara.
It definitely should have ended when Michael left. Don't give me your Robert California bullshit either. The series was already on fumes and the last two seasons were garbage.
ended too soon, or went on too long
Arrested Development satisfies both of these
Too soon: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Lockwood and Co ended too soon
Too soon
Year of the rabbit
1899
Omg yes I forgot about Year of the Rabbit! Would have been great to have another season or two.
How to with John Wilson. Not too soon for the usual reasons. I believe he decided he had said his piece. But god damn do I want so much more.
Seeing so many people mention Firefly gives me this warm fuzzy feeling inside.
I think Brooklyn 99 went on for too long. It started super strong. Whacky funny detective BUT he's also really good at his job.
When i stopped watching it was nothing but whacky. I liked chelsea perettis character in the beginning and then i think she got pregnant or something and after that she was just that omnipotent annoying character who would lise her job every day of the week.
After Gina leaves it gets a lot more serious. In the final season Rosa has left the force and become a PI over the George Floyd incident. Jake undergoes an arc about internalizing the fact that this doesn't mean Rosa hates him or thinks he's a bad person.
Fyi no h in 'wacky' unless he's beating people :)
Stargate SG-1.
Season 7 finale was perfect… and then season 8 happened. It did get better with seasons 9 and 10, but the Ori arc was just a weird tonal shift from the original Egyptian mythos.
I love the show, but that’s my hot take. Should’ve ended with season 7 and just transitioned over to Atlantis instead of running alongside it.
Too soon:
The Expanse
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Babylon 5: Crusade
I LOVED the Dark Crystal show! The writing, paving, cliffhangers, characters, effects... I was blown away.
I need to watch it again now.
Props for a Crusade mention. 100%
I ferl you on The Expanse but I don't think anyone would have liked it if they'd adapted the last 2 books.
Because of the time jump everyone's middle aged and interested in meetings and things, Amos isn't himself, and people that fans of the show were wondering about (eg Naomi's son Filip) are just not in it, neither is Avasarala.
They could've made the time jump a bit shorter, it would still work I think. What I don't understand though is why they made time for the Strange Dogs story when they knew the series wouldn't continue.... (I want to believe!)
And Avasarala was understandably a lot older. So they would have had to get another actress (blasphemy) or do some weird attempt to make her look very old.
Great books and I highly recommend them. I felt it was a good and proper ending to the series
The worst "too soon" for me was Rome on HBO
Utopia : John Cusack repeating "what have you done today to earn your place in this world"? still gives me chills. Deserved to be continued. Then I watched the UK version, equally good and aborted too
Too soon: dirk gently's holistic detective agency.
Not 100 percent sure. Season 02 was weaker than 01.
It was, but I feel like they could have learned from their mistakes.
I really like both of them. Pacing is maybe a bit weaker, but the worlds building is wonderful, character development is great, I really wanted to know what was next.
Definitely, and both were very... different from the books.