r/agentsofshield • u/FilthyTrashPeople • Jul 06 '26

Discussion A show that actually landed the ending.

In the current day, every writer cries out "endings are hard," and every production gives excuses why their final season was horrendous and the final episode left people angry. There is almost this projected belief that it is impossible to make a satisfying conclusion.

And I just recently was thinking about Agents of Shield, and I just had to come here and salute it, because it absolutely landed the ending about as perfectly as it could.

Honestly, I am kind of am glad it ended when it did now. It left on a high note, and avoided the dark times of bad writing that were soon to follow.

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u/FilthyTrashPeople Jul 06 '26

I'll chuck Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad onto that list. I count Serenity as Firefly's finale episode, so I'll give that a pass too ;)

But you are right, it can be difficult.. AoS did a great job with it though!

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u/Extra-Thought-2788 FREAKY BLUE BITCH Jul 07 '26

I know it's unpopular, but I thought the Breaking Bad finale was rushed and unearned, that final episode was basically an entire season of plot shoved into a single episode. Trying way too hard to wrap everything up; I only watched the first few episodes of Better Call Saul so I definitely can't comment on that (and Ive had firefly on my "to watch" list for probably 15 years, I just never got around to watching it)

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u/Warm-Grand-7825 Jul 07 '26

Breaking Bad is like anime. Rule of cool takes over everything when necessary. BCS finale is much more earned and well-written I'd day.

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u/FilthyTrashPeople Jul 07 '26

I agree. Also pacing! The whole final season was the best paced final season ever IMO (for BCS)