What a Way to Go - R.I.P. Veronica Mars

Tonight was the season series finale of Veronica Mars. Had you not been following the upfronts coverage from the last two weeks and known that Veronica Mars had in fact been canceled and that Kristen Bell had a new series, albeit the role of voice over, Gossip Girl for the CW next year, you might have missed the finale part of the series finale. This comes down to the writers only in part. The CW kept Veronica Mars in limbo until the last moment. The finale had been shot, edited, and in the can for weeks by the time the news came.

Word just a few weeks ago was the creators wanted to come back next season with it being 5 years in the future with a very different cast showing what Veronica became. They weren't given that shot, nor were they given the opportunity to say a proper farewell. I might have even dismissed that if the CW had at least given the traditional farewell through a cheesy montage of moments throughout the years and a thanks for watching after the credits rolled. There was nothing, NOTHING indicating this was the end.

Now don't get me wrong here. The episode was actually pretty good. It was good for a mid-season let's come back next week to resolve this, or possibly even a season finale... but not a SERIES FINALE! As a fan, I am disappointed, no not just disappointed, I'm angry and let down. I kept looking at the clock thinking are there really only 12 minutes left and nothing is tied up, certain, FINAL. The credits rolled and my b.p. kept rising. Then a commercial. Really, a commercial. Seriously, a commercial. At least with Gilmore Girls which was a so/so finale, but at least a finale, there was the heartwarming montage and thanks at the end. With Veronica Mars there was nothing. Have I said yet that there was nothing finale about the Veronica Mars finale?

Honestly, I am not a big fan of the cheesy montage, but the CW is and that is why I am so surprised it wasn't there. I didn't watch the season finale of 7th Heaven, but I would just about stake my television on there being a thanks for watching tagged onto the ending.

I asked before what we would like to see from the writers in a finale. Should they give us the ending we want, etc... Tonight the question goes to the network. What is their responsibility to the fans? If they can't give the show a heads up enough to write a proper series finale, what should be do to appease the masses? Should the cast and crew been given a shot to put together a proper finale aired at a later time?

Breaking News on Entertainment Tonight - '7th Heaven' Comes to an End- FINALLY!

Not so much breaking news as about *!#&(* time news in my opinion. It is finally coming to an end after 11 seasons about 5 of which were good. Jessica Biel bared all and got kicked off, Lucy got married and decided to become a pastor since her whiny nature and indecisiveness would be so well passed on to others, Ruthie grew up, and the birth of the twins... there were so many times and ways that this show jumped the shark, the ultimate though was when they decided to come back after filming their series finale last year. Brilliant move there CW, really. (Yes, my eyes have rolled so many times here that I have spiral vision.) People tuned in not because they thought it was a great show and wanted it on another year (point proven by this year's ratings), but because they were anxious to see it end and see if Jessica would return for the farewell.

Reading that first paragraph you may think that I hated the show... which is not the case. The first few years were fantastic, BUT then it went from a well meaning Christian family show to one that HAD to deal with issues and take a moral high ground and those issues usually took the main characters to places that the initial set-up did not lend them to. The show changed to adapt to society and lost what made it great in the first place. I mean seriously, Ruthie got a tattoo of the guy she was pre-engaged to, what is that?

So, how long is too long? When did you think 7th Heaven jumped the shark and if you didn't watch choose another show that long outlived even its fan's loyalty and tell when you thought that show jumped the shark?