SEINFELD FINALE SERIES

(ThereвЂ™s a reason why a Rutgers professor is teaching these characters.) Maybe in some way, audiences felt like they, too, were being punished.ДЇriends took the easier way out, the crowd-pleasing one. Larry DavidвЂ™s ending served almost as a punishment for the personalities that collectively represented AmericaвЂ™s uninhibited id. Elaine and Jerry didnвЂ™t get together (although who really wanted to see that?).

Why is that?ДЇor one thing, there was no happy ending. It did everything a good finale should do, and yet that particular episode is much more divisive than the weaker Friends finale. It took risks, it garnered laughs, it wrapped things up. In fact, in a recent Grantland podcast with Bill Simmons, Larry David addressed how much grief he got with the finale from 1998, saying, вЂњI thought it was clever.вЂќДЄnd it was clever. After all, how many times did Ross and Rachel almost get back together only to break up? What made us think they didnвЂ™t break up once they got to Central Perk after the final вЂњkeyвЂќ scene? Surely, they were going to argue over whether to move to Paris or not.ДЄnd yet, the Friends finale from 2004 has remained relatively unscathed from fans compared to NBC comedy comrade Seinfeld. True Friends fans know this was kind of a cop-out. However, as a huge FriendsВ fan, thereвЂ™s one thing thatвЂ™s always bothered me about the series-that being the over-the-top saccharine ending with a chase to the airport and three cliffhangers in a matter of 10 minutes ( Will he get to the airport? Will she get on the plane? Will she get off the plane?).

TheyвЂ™ve surely passed вЂњWe were on a break!вЂќ and are well on their way to RossвЂ™ red-sweater paternity test.

SEINFELD FINALE SERIES

By now, Netflix bingers are well into Friends, after the series was released in its entirety on Jan.

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