The final episode is a continuation of the previous one where Blair is the new Headmistress of Eastland dealing with a student who wants to get kicked out of school. Instead of studying for a make-up exam, the student and a few friends go to the Chug-A-Lug. I liked this story when they did it the first time - when new student Jo dared Blair to go with her.
NBC did our girls dirty wasting time on a pilot for a spin-off - an inferior show to the original. There is no proper TFOL finale with a heartwarming and nostalgic send-off. No walking down memory lane with the gang after 9 seasons of this beloved sitcom. Fans of this show were deprived of a finale to send the girls on their way after 9 years.
After 3/4 of the episode is taken up by the Eastland story, we get less than 5 minutes of the actual show we care about: Tootie announcing she got into the Academy of Dramatic Arts and is moving to London, Rick comes back to surprise Jo. Natalie isn't even there - she calls in for 30 secs from Soho - why is she missing from the finale? Apparently, you can pack up your life and fully move in 1 episode (Natalie was deciding what to pack in the previous episode). Blair walks in just in time to be in a group photo. The final picture has Pippa instead of Natalie. It's just all wrong.
There are many TV shows with bad finales, some are cancelled before they could film one, and others combined a finale and spin-off, but this is the most non-finale, finale of a show I've ever seen. What a disappointment. The fans deserved better.
NBC did our girls dirty wasting time on a pilot for a spin-off - an inferior show to the original. There is no proper TFOL finale with a heartwarming and nostalgic send-off. No walking down memory lane with the gang after 9 seasons of this beloved sitcom. Fans of this show were deprived of a finale to send the girls on their way after 9 years.
After 3/4 of the episode is taken up by the Eastland story, we get less than 5 minutes of the actual show we care about: Tootie announcing she got into the Academy of Dramatic Arts and is moving to London, Rick comes back to surprise Jo. Natalie isn't even there - she calls in for 30 secs from Soho - why is she missing from the finale? Apparently, you can pack up your life and fully move in 1 episode (Natalie was deciding what to pack in the previous episode). Blair walks in just in time to be in a group photo. The final picture has Pippa instead of Natalie. It's just all wrong.
There are many TV shows with bad finales, some are cancelled before they could film one, and others combined a finale and spin-off, but this is the most non-finale, finale of a show I've ever seen. What a disappointment. The fans deserved better.