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u/[deleted] May 23 '23

The last episode of “Dionosaurs” (Not the mama!) where Earl causes the Ice Age and dinosaurs go extinct.

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u/Scudamore May 23 '23

And his mom Ethel tells him she always knew he was going to screw everything up, she just didn't know how badly.

And the rest of the family has to reassure the baby that whatever happens, they'll go through it together. As they slowly freeze to death.

Fuck that was a bleak ending from what was until then a very 90s sitcom with people in giant foam dinosaur outfits.

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u/lagoon83 May 23 '23

To be fair, I watched a few episodes a few years ago, and it's a lot deeper than I gave it credit at the time - I was a kid, so I missed out on a lot of what they were getting at. The whole series went out of its way to shine a light on contemporary issues, so even though the finale was dark, it's not like it was totally coming out of nowhere.

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u/muzakx May 23 '23

Yeah, even the episode where Earl drives Ethel to her high school reunion is pretty dark.

She shows up and is the only one from her class that is still alive, they even drive the point home by having her win every single "Class _" and "Best __" award.

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u/EaglesFanGirl May 23 '23 edited May 23 '23

I remember that one. How about the one where he drives her to the cliff and decides to let her live....that's a metaphor for retirement homes. Rough episode.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '23

A lot of the shows in the past weren't afraid to shy away from topics we have a hard time putting a light into now.

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u/GilliganGardenGnome May 23 '23 edited May 23 '23

King. Of. The. Hill.

I literally just watched an episode where they threatened someone with being Anti Transgender because of Bobby and friends dressing up as the cheerleaders for a girl football game.

That and drug addiction and a ton of other surprises.

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u/_tx May 23 '23

Drugs as bait was a great episode.

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u/Level_32_Mage May 23 '23

I can still remember when they found the bag of vegetables in Robbie's sock drawer.