I thought I'd open since it's been a week. It still doesn't seem real.

28 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

She could also have been thinking that having Martha reprise the role would have freed up some time for her, that she could've spent auditioning for new roles, since the series was all but over at that point. It would've been a win for her as well.

I think Casey had decided to go to law school at the last minute, which made little sense, given his academic trajectory and the interests he had in music and hospitality. I could have seen him becoming an entrepreneur in the mold of his grandmother, maybe even apprenticing to one day take over a few of her businesses. That would be an aspect of generational continuity.

I don't mind Parker becoming a cop but couldn't they have had written a more 21st century take on it? Maybe a forensic pathologist or forensic detective? CSI was such a huge hit for CBS back then, I'm surprised they didn't try to incorporate any of that shine.

Did Andy ever return? Since Kim actually owned the house (if you remember Bob moved into her house after they married), it should have been handed over to Andy and Chris and Andy could have taken ownership of the house. Maybe he and Denise agreed that while she builds up her dance studio, he would take over custodial parent duties with Hope. To see Andy with his teenage daughter in tow, interacting with her grandparents could have been good. Even better if Hope were interested in medicine. Oh boy, the future clashes between Andy and his father over that one!

 

Sadly Andy never appeared before for the finale. I wish they would've tried to at least get Scott DeFreitas for the last few months even on recurring. What else did they have to lose? We could've gotten a mention that Hope would be attending Oakdale University and is interested in studying Pre-Med which would excite John. 

I remember a scene at Memorial with Kim and John mentioning Andy in which Reid found out that John and Kim were once married with a grown son. Also, if I recall they mentioned Margo was going to surprise Bob and Kim with Andy at their anniversary party. But Hope had got sick and he stayed to care for her. 

16 minutes ago, Forever8 said:

Also, if I recall they mentioned Margo was going to surprise Bob and Kim with Andy at their anniversary party. But Hope had got sick and he stayed to care for her. 

What a cop-out. It's not like they didn't know how to find him.

 

  

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They still look exactly the same! Nice pic.

4 hours ago, slick jones said:

For Lisa's ending, I would have brought Grant Colman back for a case about a week before the end and finally catch up with her in the penultimate episode, inviting her to dinner "for old time's sake".  Over dinner they could discuss Oakdale, complete with some flashbacks including Penny, Don, Joyce, etc. As they are finishing dinner, Kim, Bob, Penny, Ellen and Mary, Don's wife are shown across the restaurant. The ladies , in town to wish Bob and Kim well. The finale opens with the group at the Hughes house.  "Coffee Dear" from the first episode opens, with Kim serving coffee, and various members of the family join and leave...as well as friends.

This is a terrific suggestion for an ending

Sadly in the last months of the series instead of focusing on veterans a whole episode was devoted to a family funeral featuring a new character few cared about 

I didn't mind the endings for Lucinda and Barbara, partly because I just assumed they would still have adventures and lives, partly because I was happy they got  stories in their last year. I really wasn't that fond of Bob and Kim moving, although if they had brought people back to wish them well, instead of just ending on a dollar store globe, I would have been more invested.

15 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I didn't mind the endings for Lucinda and Barbara, partly because I just assumed they would still have adventures and lives, partly because I was happy they got  stories in their last year. I really wasn't that fond of Bob and Kim moving, although if they had brought people back to wish them well, instead of just ending on a dollar store globe, I would have been more invested.

I share this view. While I didn’t love their partners, I am so glad Lucinda and Barbara got their happy endings. 

What do you think about Nancy’s tribute episode?   It was nice they honored her.  I thought it was a bit gimmicky with everyone given a day to do or donate something in her honor.  Almost like a sitcom episode 

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32 minutes ago, TVFAN1144 said:

What do you think about Nancy’s tribute episode?   It was nice they honored her.  I thought it was a bit gimmicky with everyone given a day to do or donate something in her honor.  Almost like a sitcom episode 

I wish they had brought back Penny or Don, or anyone really, but for the most part I thought it was OK. I was glad they remembered her daughter Susan, as that story was what set up the early tensions in the show. 

 

 

 

 

 

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10 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I didn't mind the endings for Lucinda and Barbara, partly because I just assumed they would still have adventures and lives, partly because I was happy they got  stories in their last year. I really wasn't that fond of Bob and Kim moving, although if they had brought people back to wish them well, instead of just ending on a dollar store globe, I would have been more invested.

I minded, namely because Lucinda and Barbara were once feminist icons (daytime, which was not unproblematic, but still) and they ended on such a conventional note-unfortunate, imo. Had they been the characters they ended up being when I first saw them as a little girl, I would never have continued watching that show, tbh. So yeah, as a woman, who grew up watching these "uncommon women" (to quote late playwright Wendy Wasserstein) as a little girl who grew to write drama, the idea of it was disappointing. Thankfully, I waited a year before watching the final episodes on YT, so I wasn't as invested in the series as I would have been when I was a faithful viewer.

41 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I minded, namely because Lucinda and Barbara were once feminist icons (daytime, which was not unproblematic, but still) and they ended on such a conventional note-unfortunate, imo. Had they been the characters they ended up being when I first saw them as a little girl, I would never have continued watching that show, tbh. So yeah, as a woman, who grew up watching these "uncommon women" (to quote late playwright Wendy Wasserstein) as a little girl who grew to write drama, the idea of it was disappointing. Thankfully, I waited a year before watching the final episodes on YT, so I wasn't as invested in the series as I would have been when I was a faithful viewer.

I was ok with their ending simply because I wanted happy endings for characters I liked and I do not know nor trust what the show would have done otherwise. I didn’t love it but…  Having said that,  no way Lucinda surrenders her company to anyone - daughter or not.

If you were given a blank sheet and told write Lucinda and Barbara for the finale, what would you have done?