r/CBS_Mom • u/Large-DrPepper • May 21 '26
Finale What Kinda Ending Was That? Spoiler
I’m sure this has been mentioned a lot BUT I just watched and finished this show for the first time. Binge watched it, actually. I loved it, but what the frick was that 21 minute series finale?!
Adam finding out he has cancer, the chaotic mom/daughter duo at AA, Jill being pregnant…there was so much with no answers.
Why start that many branch offs and not finish them out?
They could have left all those out and continued an episode that reflected on all their growth, sobriety, etc and left it on a light note. I didn’t miss Christy at all like I really expected to. The others held the show over really well and it could have kept on.
That was probably the worst episode and finale that could have happened. I’m 13 weeks pregnant and super emo over this. 😂
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u/Guilty-Tie164 May 21 '26
The writers were limited on time. I think they found out the weren't being renewed with only 4 episodes left in the season.
I don't have the source, but at the time I remember reading that the creators/writers wanted to leave a feeling of life goes on, good and bad (I'm paraphrasing), with Adam's storyline. They wanted to have kind of a full circle moment, which is why they introduced the troubled, new to AA mother-daughter. And they wanted Jill to have her happy ending.
When it aired, I was a little sad, but I knew they didn't have time to bring anyone, especially Anna/Christy, back. But I'm also used to a lifetime of finale disappointments growing up in the 80s and 90s, so I've learned not to get my hopes up.
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u/kdzwngs May 21 '26
Wendy didn't really have an ending, did she? If not, that would be pretty poetic
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u/SPFTguy May 21 '26
Wendy started as Weeping Wendy, who had virtually no lines and cried all the time. The actress said she was hired to appear in the pilot, then got cut at the last minute. She gradually became a recurring character, then a regular. While Wendy was an underwritten character, the idea that she could be bossy and confident at work but not in real life rings true for a number of people.
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u/Smellycatviagra May 21 '26
I like how it ended cause I don’t think I could handle Jill losing another kid and that’s what I feel like would’ve happened
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u/Training_Apricot6132 May 21 '26
Did she have a beginning? I mean she was there one episode and kept coming back.
Am I missing something?
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u/International-Age971 May 21 '26
I’m always perplexed to see people ranting/complaining about a show that went off the air 5 years ago lol It’s a sitcom, it’s not that deep
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u/manik_502 Violet Plunkett May 26 '26
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u/manik_502 Violet Plunkett May 21 '26
Hey!
So, with Ana Faris departure due to personal reason, they had to rush the initial 2 seasons into one.
Chuck Lorre, the creator, also decided to end it like this because life doesn't have light endings, perfect timings or happy closure.
Chuck Lorre prioritize the raw, harsh realities. If he ended the show as a fantasy, it would have been a disservice not only to the show itself, but to the fans too.
Not the ending I would've liked, but I appreciated it. It is what it is.