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Say what you want about the finale, but at least it was bittersweet.

posted 8 years ago by !!!deleted!!! (64867252)
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I don't like how sitcoms tend to wrap things up with no heartfelt goodbyes or closure. It's understandable if the producers are not certain if another season is in store ("The Jeffersons," "Married With Children," to name a few). But if it's 100% the series finale, then a proper sendoff is rightfully demanding. The following sitcoms come to mind, besides "Martin"...

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Cheers
Frasier
The Cosby Show
Boy Meets World
Full House
A Different World
Growing Pains

As opposed to...
Everybody Loves Raymond
Two and a Half Men

While I won't deny that Martin and Tisha's lack of interaction took the finale's ratings down a notch or two, at least the cast put their [sincere and clenching] hearts into saying goodbye to their fans. And Martin's "One love. Martin L." was the icing on the cake. Big shoutout to Kirk Cameron as well for writing "Mike was here" on the Seavers' wall before the closing credits.

[–] Monkeydigital 8 years ago

In my opinion the finale should have been two episodes to tie up all the loose ends with all the extra characters; i.e. Jerome gets new teeth, Elroy Preston gets a record contract, Dragonfly Jones finally whoops somebody's ass and Ol Otis gets contacts lol. I think the writers were rushed to put something together seeing as season 5 was a season that didn't seem like it had any direction whatsoever.

On the flip side, at least Martin got a season finale. Just look at "The Wayans Brothers". They nuked that show in the MIDDLE of a season.

[–] blaque108 8 years ago

OP, I agree with you and my favorite sitcoms that had a nice goodbye was...

Roseanne (it could have been a little bit better, but the finale still make me cry)

Living Single
The Parkers
7th Heaven
Beverly Hills 90210
The Nanny
Fresh Prince
Jamie Foxx
Boy Meets World
A Different World (that finale make me cry too)
Sabrina The Teenage Witch

I agree that Martin season finale was pretty good and I like what Monkey said that they could have brought in all the characters on for one final time. I hate that about The Wayans Brothers I hate that they didn't get a season finale. I hated how Moesha ended to with a cliffhanger instead of just doing a proper season finale.