I was talking with a client about the cancellation of a tv show she liked; she had *really* identified with the main character and was similarly upset that she would never know how her story ended.

"How would you want her story to end?" I asked, in my best therapeutic way.

"I would want her to be safe and go on to live a normal life," the client replied with passion. "She deserves to have a normal life!"

She paused.

"Huh," she continued. "That would probably be really boring tv."

"Huh," she continued. "That would probably be really boring tv."

Snort! She's absolutely right, but there's a middle ground there, too: some of my favorite series endings have indicated (but not necessarily shown) a way in which the chief characters' lives can resolve into peace and contentment.

For example (and obviously SPOILERS ahead) In "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," all the potential slayers, who would otherwise have led their current lives uninterrupted until Buffy died, are called to serve as slayers; their potential is realized ahead of schedule and en masse.

It doesn't eliminate the trials that we've watched for seven seasons, and it doesn't mean Buffy herself gets to be "normal." But it does distribute the weight of that responsibility among a huge pool of slayers, a worldwide team of immensely powerful individuals who will presumably learn to rely on each other. It changes the entire premise of the show: that in each generation, there is one girl who fights alone until she dies, unknown and hidden. Honest to goodness, I'm getting teary-eyed just thinking about it.

We're currently re-watching "Six Feet Under" (but NO spoilers are ahead) and I'm already looking forward to the series finale, which left me sobbing when I first saw it.

*grumble grumble*Lie to Me*grumble grumble*

I'm starting to get pretty worried that Abed and Troy will be in community college forevvvvvvvvver. (I'm not nearly so anxious about the others, who seem like they'll find an exit strategy or settle down into permanent academia.)

The end of Millenium always makes me cry, but there's certainly room open for non-badness. And the end of Buffy always makes me cry too.

I rewatched Six feet Under. I can't believe it was so long ago or how well I remember all of it. Still amazing.

Abed and Troy *better* be in community college for ever, because what would I do without Troy and Abed in the mooooorning....?

They can move to cable access. That's what you do in college, it's part of experimentation.