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* On the other hand, the final episode of ''[[Angel]]'' was Grand, but not Final, ending just as our heroes launched into a [[Bolivian Army Ending|doomed charge]] against a demonic army. The message here was not "It's over, go home", but a final statement that the battle would ''never'' end.

* The ending of ''[[Blake's Seven|Blakes Seven]]'' was similarly a curiously open ended Grand Finale, in which all the characters were shot down in a massive gun battle. It wasn't clear whether any of them survived. The show's producers suggested that if a Season 5 were ever made, the survivors would be the characters played by any of the actors who wanted to return. [[Fridge Logic|Since there never was a Season 5, the internal reading should probably be that they all died.]]

* However, the ultimate Grand Finale, in terms of sheer viewership and dramatic power, had to be the final movie-length episode of ''[[MASH]]'' entitled "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen". It ended the Korean war, irrevocably altered several characters, and brought an era of television to a close...''plus'' it holds the record to this day for the highest single-episode ratings of any scripted show ever. The only thing on television to ever get higher ratings was the 2010 [[Super Bowl]].

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' had a Grand Finale both for when it was canceled on Comedy Central (necessitating a [[Post Script Season]] when it returned), and later, when it was canceled on the Sci-Fi Channel.