I have noticed over the years, it gets hard to say goodbye. I know some of you are looking at me like I am crazy telling me it's just fictional characters grow up. But honestly when you dedicate time of your life to a TV show and the characters in it, if its one, two, or even nine or ten years, you become attached, those people that have become a part of your life in some weird way and sometimes its hard to say good bye. (read my himym finale post where I mention this also).
SPOILER ALERT!
We have all been there, some of us more than others. You become attached to a show, and you hear those horrible words “Season Finale” or even worse “canceled.” Then comes the panic attack and heart wrenching thoughts of “what will I do now on Monday nights? What if I don’t get closer!? What if They never end up together in the end! What the if it is all a damn dream?!” its OK, you aren’t alone. Myself as well as many other people have been there. And well it may not be fun, you may cry a lot, and sometimes, yes sometimes it might be just a dream, but you will be okay. Trust me. If you don’t believe me here is some advice on how to cope, and deal with, one of your favorite TV shows ending.
First off, relax. Don’t sit there and freak out and think it will all end up being a pile of crap. But go into it knowing, you may not be happy with how it ends. Yes chances are the finale season will suck, not every “last season” can be super awesome and clear up every lose end, and tell a happily ever after. Sometimes it’s a dream, others it leaves you sitting there like “what the fuck did I just watch” like on Lost, others it ends pretty great and leaves you sort of happy with the ending like Scrubs (which I think had the best finale ever, no the med school spin off doesn’t count), Breaking Bad, The Office and Psych did. Then then you have something like Firefly, Heroes or Chuck where you wait forever for them to make a damn movie so they can tie up lose ends and make you happy again because it was canceled and you had no way or actually finding out ‘what the hell happened to everyone?” It may not end the way you want it to, you may even feel cheated, (like most HIMYM fans), not every season finale is going to end like Dexter, there will be many good finales that make you cry tears of joy like Scrubs, did.
Second take the time and re-watch the series before it ends, really it helps. Take the time and sort of walk down memory lane with all your favorite episodes and laugh and cry again. It will make the end not so hard, because then you remember, oh I have all these DVDs I paid tons of money for that I can go back and watch again! Its not really over. (expect there will never be any new episodes to watch…) But sitting there and even just a marathon your favorite episodes can really help with the closure, and it really does make everything better.
Lastly, you aren’t alone. When How I Met Your Mother ended I bonded with some of my closest, and not so closest friends about the ending, we discussed what could happen, what may happen, the “if this happens I will be so pissed moments”, some of us even dressed up and had a finale party and watched, and cried together into our pineapples. It made me feel like, hey I am not that much of a weirdo, these people love this show as much as I do, and look they are just as pissed off as I am too! Awesome! But also know those same friends may not agree with how epic you thought the ending was, and if that’s the case, to save your friendship, agree to disagree and just remember the good memories you had with that show.
In the end, you really just need to know, it really isn’t over, like I said before you can relive those moments through DVDs, Netflix and TV reruns. You will always have those damn quotes stuck in your head, and make references to the show that no one else gets but you. It will always hold a place in your heart, and its not weird that you are having a hard time knowing that by the end of the summer there will no longer be any more True Blood, and the last season Sons Of Anarchy is soon approaching, its okay, its all going to be okay. Because you aren’t alone, and soon you will probably fall in love with another awesome show.
I hope you guys really enjoyed this post and the humor and meaning behind it as much as I did writing it, let me know if you like these and I will keep writing!
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