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* Used in many episodes of ''[[Third Watch]]'', often with the same song playing at the beginning and end of the episode.
** Not only that, the ''entire series'': The first sequence in the first episode concludes with {{spoiler|Sully}}'s trademark "{{spoiler|Crap}}". The last scene in the last episode does, too.
* In the ''[[GreysGrey's Anatomy (TV)|Greys Anatomy]]'' episode "(As We Know It)", a scene with George viewing Christina and Izzie {{spoiler|washing 'splodey bits of bomb-squad-guy Dylan out of Meredith's hair}} was a bookend for the opening scene of the two-part episode -- wherein George has a wet dream of the same three women showering together.
** Also, one episode opened with Meredith dreaming of a threesome with her two love interests ended with her and her two friends lounging on the bed eating ice cream. Another started with McDreamy pulling Meredith out of a bathtub, which turned out to be foreshadowing for a dark and dramatic ending.
* Especially well done in ''[[MashM*A*S*H (TV)|Mash]]'' "A War for All Seasons." The episode opens with a boisterous New Year's Eve party, which turns quiet when Col. Potter makes his toast. "Here's to the new year: may she be a damn sight better than the old one, and may we all be home by the end of it." The episode takes place over the course of a year, and ends with the next year's New Year's Eve party. Poignantly, Col. Potter makes the same toast he did at the previous party.
* ''[[Homicide Life On the Street (TV)|Homicide Life On the Street]]'' begins and ends with a conversation between two detectives just as they're about to perp sweat a suspect. The conversation is the same in both cases ("If I could just find this damn thing, I could go home...") and one of the detectives appears in both.
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', "Army of Ghosts/Doomsday": "This is the story of how I died...".
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** The first episode (after the battle of Serenity Valley) opens with a man floating through space, the final episode also ends with a man floating through space.
* ''[[Malcolm in The Middle (TV)|Malcolm in The Middle]]'' concludes both the first and last episodes with the background song "I've Seen Better Days".
* The ''[[NoahsNoah's Arc]]'' TV series opens and ends on the beach (with the beach not being seen all too frequently in between). Theres a definite juxtaposition between the happy, carefree nature of the start of the first episode, and the end of the last episode being packed with so much drama.
* ''[[The West Wing (TV)|The West Wing]]'' did this a few times - for example, in "17 People," which begins and ends with the sound of Toby bouncing his rubber ball.
** Also, the entire storyline begins and ends with Josh springing Sam out of a meeting of lawyers to come work for the president, and Sam promptly [[Lampshade|lampshades]] it:
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* ''[[Nikita (TV)|Nikita]]'': [[Magnificent Bastard|Percy]] begins season 2 locked up in a prison cell at the bottom of a missile silo, having been deposed by [[The Starscream|Amanda]]. In the season finale, {{spoiler|Nikita [[Disney Villain Death|drops him down that silo]], and he ends up smashing right into the cell.}}
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[[Book Ends|Then again, when you have a series that's almost]] [[Crack Isis Cheaper]], [[Book Ends|why have a final season?]]
 
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