Distant Finale: Difference between revisions

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

 

 

* ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' ("Everyone's Waiting," {{spoiler|follows (almost) all of the main characters to their deaths years in the future.}})

* ''[[Mad About You]]'' ("Final Frontier," 22 years later, with [[Flash Back|flashbacks]])

* The CW TV series ''[[Life Unexpected]]'' was [[Too Good to Last|cancelled in its 2nd season due to low ratings]]. To prevent ending the series without closure for the fans in an already short 2nd season, there is a random 2 year time skip at the end of the final episode, taking place after {{spoiler|Kate runs into Ryan's ex-girlfriend Julia, who it turns out '''WAS''' pregnant from her brief affair with Ryan when he and Kate were separated. Kate returns to break the news to Ryan, and suddenly a "TWO YEARS LATER" title card appears and we are at Lux's graduation, where she is ''Valedictorian'' of her class, and we are slowly revealed that Julia and Ryan are now a couple, as are Math and the radio show producer, who is now pregnant. After the speech and the group posing for a photo op, the show ends with the big reveal that Kate and Baze are finally a couple (We watch the two of them share a long passionate kiss), thus giving Lux a real family with her real mom and dad.}}

* ''[[Smallville]]'''s final scene takes place in the Daily Planet in the year 2018, with [[Lex Luthor]] elected as the US president.

* ''[[Third Watch]]'' ends with Office John "Sully" Sullivan giving an epilogue on the fates of all the characters—marriage, children, jobs, etc., including himself, retired and living upstate.