A Discussion of the Final Episode of Dinosaurs

I was a kid, when this show was on, it was an awesome show, and last show was said.

A very gutsy and moving episode.


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I hate when comedies try to turn things around and make the audience depressed. Just like the episode of Futurama where Fry's dog waits for him until it dies of old age. People watch these things to get away from the sadness in their lives, not be reminded of it. Imagine if Married With Children dedicated an episode to Peg's mother dying of cancer, how ridiculous.

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Firstly, it rather saddens me that the truly impressive series finale was, apparently, essentially forgotten by most viewers. It's probably the episode I remember the best (along with S1E2 - The Mating Dance). Having said that:

I have to agree with the points you made, beginning with the rarity of "a cliched archetypical family-based sitcom like Dinosaurs to take such an uncharacteristic and brilliant stride to end its run on a meaningful note." It was really an interesting, thoughtful ending to what had (seemingly) been a fairly lighthearted show through four seasons. But the reality is the show had to end at some point (monetarily it simply cost too much to continue making for any real length of time, particularly with viewership waning over time, as it sadly all too often does), and the writers gave that ending real thought. On what other note could the show have ended, given that they had already used a meteor impact in a comedic manner in an earlier episode (S2E2)? The dinosaurs had to face serious extinction, and since they were stand-ins for humans, it had to be something else... and let's face it, the writers knew that at the beginning of the series, otherwise they would have saved that meteor (without saving the silliness of it).

All in all, it was an excellent series ending, even if it felt as if it went abruptly dark (in reality, there were a number of "dark" moments through the series, the finale was simply darker).

I was surprised, however, that your thoughts were so succinct (once I scrolled around the page and found the article - you may want to correct the link in your OP, as well as several links within the blog itself, just fyi).

(Lastly: I'll grant you that you're cute, but the sugar glider may be cuter. ;)

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Interesting thing is it was never intended to be the series finale, and he show was canceled after season 3, with ABC burning off the final season over the summer before pulling the final season.

There were 6 or 7 episodes scheduled to air after this but weren't aired until syndication.