[CaptainCrunch]

Guys, I really enjoy these lists and the addons from everyone here, so I want to keep it going for a bit.

I'm not going to do it every day, but when inspiration hits me.

Now it would be easy to do somthing like, the best series endings, or the saddest series endings. But how about the outright messed up series endings, where things come out of nowhere and punch you in the face, and you think . . . what the hell was that?

So here we go, the Captain's messed up series endings.

As an add on note, at least two of these series tried to fix these episodes by doing a movie or special later on that reversed the ending, but we're not counting those time lines as they came far after the finale.


1) Angel - This was a really angry response to the cancellation of the show. But they tried to placate Whedon by saying "Hey man, maybe we can do a few Angel TV movies. To which he gave a firm middle finger entry and killed all the characters.

In a way it worked and it was the only way to really end a series that was based around the concept of redemption and the unwinnable war against evil. Angel and his crew was never going to be able to fully stop Wolfram and Hart and their plans for an apocalypse. And Angel was never going to hit that point of redemption and regaining his humanity. So instead they decided to do what you should do to that bully that's bigger and stronger then you, Take your best shot.

In then end with so many of the original characters dead and dying, they did as much damage to Wolfram and Hart and gathered in a back alley for one last doomed to failure stand against Evil. The series basically ends with an evil army marching towards out hero and Angel mentioning that he always wanted to kill a dragon.



2) Little House on the Prairie - Growing up for some reason I loved this show. I was such a big fan of Michael Landon and how he played Charles Ingall's this show tried to go dark on occasion and deal with relevant topics. But this episode which ended the series really dealt with the evil that the rich people do to the wholesome family community of walnut grove. Basically the scheming evil railroad tycoon comes to town and buys up all of the property. When the people protest their eviction the army comes to town to boot everyone out. In the ultimate FU the townspeople blow up their homes and only one home survives as the last scene shows a family of rabbits living in the abandoned Ingalls residence.



3) Dinosaurs - I loved this show, it was quirky, they made Sherman Helmsly scary. The baby was awesome and it was a pure comedy about a dinosaur society that acted human. Until the last episode that is. That episode was way ahead of its time, as the Dinosaurs looked forward to a beetle migration that never comes because the factory killed the breeding ground, which caused vines to go unchecked. When the main character tries to kill the vines he ends up destroying all plant life on the planet. To bring back the plant life they decide to make it rain by erupting volcano but that brings Global cooling. The last scene has Earl the father apologizing to the family for basically ending the world as the snow begins to fall.



5) Alf - One of the darkest endings to a sitcom ever. Basically Alf receives a message from two surviving Malmacians (I think that's how its spelled) that they had a new colony world and they were going to pick him up. The Tanners had a very emotional farewell party for him and Alf goes to the rendevous spot. But just as the ship is about to pick him up the Government's Alien Task Force surrounds him and the picture goes to black, and its assumed that he was doomed to experimentation and dissection and eventual death.



6) Dallas - This one is expecially messed up as it was a flip on its a wonderful life. As JR is shown by an angel what life would be without him, JR is shown that he was basically an enormous dick, and the angel convinces JR that everything would be better if he was dead. Then in the most badass but messed up twist ever the Angel reveals himself to be a demon and we see JR put the gun up to his head. and the series ends with a gun shot and Bobby running into the room and saying "Oh my God" before the fade to black.