deeply effected by finale....

I've never been a person who watches TV shows but I happened to stumble on to this show one day while browsing through Netflix. I had never heard of the show yet I was hooked almost immediately. I had the same feeling as many people here, the family was just real. I found myself being jealous of the characters wishing my family life could be like theirs. The premise of the series was actually secondary to watching the family grow together. Joe and Allison were a wonderful couple and their kids grew up before our eyes. I found myself feeling like part of the family. The fortunate part about watching it on Netflix was I didn't have to wait till next week to watch the next episode, the problem with that is I found it difficult to turn the TV off.
I had mixed feelings about the final show. First of all it was all ending too soon, I wanted more. I feel the same as some other posts where I wish someone had picked up the series so it could continue. As far as the ending, having Joe die was just unnecessary. I liked the guy, how could they just kill him off. How could they leave us with 41 years of unknowns, what happened to the family during those years. Having Allison sitting alone in a nursing home when she died left me sad, how could they leave her like that after showing us 7 years of wonderful family life. It's not often that I get hooked on something as much as I did this show. I will miss it.
Overall.....Great job guys!

I hear you. Felt the same way.

I have wanted to rewatch the whole series for the last two years but knowing what happened in the finale has been stopping me. Every time I see something about the show for just a second I think "That would be a good show to binge through" then I remember Joe.

With a few special exceptions I just don't like it when a show kills loved characters in their finale. It's emotional blackmail.



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Just finished watching it on Netflix (been watching the whole series for the past month or so). My eyes are wet. I was trying not to cry, but it just happened. I do feel that the episode was a bit rushed at the end, could've been a two parter, but we all should be happy that it did get the chance to have a proper send off. There are shows that have been on that didn't get the chance. I do like how they showed the cast at the end, thought that was a neat little send off. Overall this was a very good series, and I have a few favorite episodes.

Least a better "ending" than some that just dont and at least there were more than just 1 season as some great shows just vanish, because "they" are shoving reality crap, that and really do wish people would wake up and realize that the so called ratings are null and void, and that is from 2 people who have worked within, could add more to why ratings are the "inside joke" but would get to "wordy".

Will re watch, as I own the show and refuse to watch reality crap and dont see the point in spending a lot more for more tv channels unless could really choose what ones and not be forced to have one more that do not want, that and wish the reality crap would have its own channel or 3 like sports or movies or even old time tv show channel have...hmmm guess if they did that then the truth would be revealed...

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I just thought it was ironic that a family who has 4 sensitives/psychics couldn't have foresaw that his planes would crash. What good is a "gift" if you can help the ones you love the most?

It was sad, very sad to find out that Joe really did die. I don't like being teased like that, give the audience hope to just pull the rug out from under us. I thought since Joe never entered any of his children or wife's dreams, which I think the teenage Marie was alluding to and why she was so mad at her father, I thought he was still alive. I think what Joe did was really mean, give his wife hope that he survived the plane crash to then discover that there were no survivors.

I just finished watching the series on Netflix. I was unaware of this show when it was actually on tv and was not sure I was going to like it at all. However, all the characters were so real. I loved the family. I loved the humor and I loved the unique set ups (such as the white room with the two neurons in red and the Bad cells in black when Joe's mother was dying. It truly was a unique show. Very touching many times. I cried with many of the episodes.

I watched the final episode last night. I am haunted with sadness today by the end of the show. Yes, I was happy that Joe and Allison will be together forever and I was happy to see that Marie went on to have a husband and children and Bridgette went on to be an author but that Joe died and they had to go on without him for 41 years that is just too sad to bear.

The one question I had about the finale is Why/How when Allison died, did she get to be young instead of her current age and appearance? And how did she get to wear different clothing?

For the series there were a few errors I noticed such as in one season Ariel drives her father somewhere and then at the beginning of the next season there is an episode that is based on the premise that Joe wants to teach her to drive.

Over all however, I loved it and will suggest it to family/friends. But for now I am sad.

I just finished watching the whole series straight through, and all I can say is that last episode jumped the shark big time.