Why Endings Matter 

Everyone that watched Prison Break past season 2 gets it

What a video! And thanks so much for using examples such as the pathetic final seasons of Game Of Thrones or the horrible latest seasons of the initially amazing Westworld, it's super satisfying to watch this one.

This is why Mr Robot is the greatest show ever made. I have never seen a show stay so tight to main message and develop and crescendo so perfectly. It’s a perfect show with no padding, which is so so so rare.

Westworld first season is so unbelievably good

The 100 had the best ending ever. Character growth, consequences for actions, a real life lesson that a person can strive to emulate. It had it all. I give it a 100.

Great breakdown! Makes sense that money keeps it going. The Creed follow up to the Rocky franchise worked really well! A good example of getting it right.

Good man for giving a much deserved shout out to "Black Sails". What a criminally underrated show that is, all because of a shaky first season where you can see it trying to match Game of Thrones with all the sex.

Am really waiting for your In a Nutshell for House of the Dragon episodes 6-9.. pleeeease..the shakes are terrible 😔

Your editing is great and you used a lot of examples that made sense. I starting watching cuz I just finished game of thrones so I’ve binged your videos lol can’t wait for more content

Great video, man. Good points, we’ll-articulated, well-edited. Subscriber gained.

Every time a story ends, it's an opening for a new story, a yet unadapted book to make it to adaptation but the show makers would gamble with it because that opening is for everyone not just for the franchise owners.

Well done fellas. All good points!

Very late to the party on this video but since no one else seems to have said it, I feel compelled to point out that while the Hobbit novel came before the Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson adapted The Lord of the Rings first; the Hobbit trilogy came years after. His Hobbit movies also took significant liberties, like including Legolas.

Agreed. Some shoes for on too long like the walking dead, that fantasy series that Jeffrey dean Morgan used to be in, grey's anatomy and stranger things etc. It's like damn just end already, because if the story goes on longer than it should then each season just gets weaker and weaker then it gets endings like Lost, Dexter and How I met your mother.

Where did you come from dude? lol. I'm really glad I've found you, cause you always hit on stuff that resonates so well with me. I rarely enjoy youtube reviewer content anymore, cause I feel like a lot of them tread the same ground, and kind of feel... compromised? But you're a breath of fresh air. Every video of yours I've watched so far I've enjoyed immensely. Keep up the good work man!

Very nice video. Totally agree 👍👍

I agree, but I have no anime references to access, so I'm just waiting for the GOT/WW content.

Sad u didn't talk about westworld in this, but also i think you should do a video on fear the walking dead. The original show runner had a 7 season plan and story outline, but it was scrapped after season 3 when je was replaced and tjen the story went everywhere and has been a complete train wreck ever since

I thought Breaking Bad was going to be over after they had the planes crash. Even though the foreshadowing with the stuffed animal in the pool was really good, I just thought a New Mexico 9/11 would be the furthest the concept behind the show could take them. But the writers must have had a plan, cuz BB pretty much had the most perfect ending ever

What you said around 10:08 is a great example of how to expand a universe instead of just cash grabbing. Animatrix is my favourite example of that. Shows/films that should have ended to preserve their legacy off the top of my head: The Simpsons South Park Zoolander Pirates of the Caribbean Red Dwarf Westworld Shrek (after no. 2) etc.... I think Toy Story did a good job, and Pixar in general has been pretty consistent with good sequels. Disney on the other hand... The live actions are awful! Really great take!! I'm so sick of the sequels and prequels that are rushed and just there to make money. You're right, all they do is callbacks and add characters noone cares about. Great video guys! 👍 Keep it up! PS: love love love The Last Airbender 😃

💯 under every word. I don’t know most of the shows you mention in the video but all these recent big franchises are just clinging onto past cringe mixes of everything remakes, why is good writing not relevant anymore? Ugh

Whats wrong with Attack on Titan? Pacing is still good. It just sucks that they made a 3 part season.

Well Korra was meant to be just season 1 then they made the tragedy that is season 2 then they got permission for 3&4 so that's why those are good because they knew they had both seasons to make a story with

I disagree with the criticism of The Legend of Korra. That world rapidly evolved by science and technology that brought peace and trade. It is like saying that the Modern Age lost the thread and the substance of the Middle Ages. They are different times and contexts.

é o que eu sempre falo, deixa as coisas acabarem, senão acontece o que voce disse, sequencias ruins e sem a essencia do original, nas melhor que star wars, dragon ball, avatar, naruto como exemplo, ate mesmo jogos que nunca tem fim como assassins creed

You lost me when you showed Mission Impossible. If there's one Franchise that doesn't feel rehashed and get better over time it' this one.

Wait, how did Attack on Titan go on for too long?

You included Star Wars and Attack on Titan cause you assume the ending already happened. They didn't. Attack on Titan, its progressing as it should, for the most part it IS following the manga as closely as possible. And yeah, the end is approaching, but the studio translating it from manga to anime are taking their sweet time to release it. That whole bit where Eren goes on a Titan rampage on the rest of the world? That happens in the manga! Star Wars having 9 episodes? GEORGE LUCAS HAD PLANNED THAT FOR DECADES. He just didn't think Disney would betray his vision and quite literally destroy it. As for the rest of Star Wars, the Legends bit of it, the comics go back dozens of thousands of years and go way past the death of Luke Skywalker - Lucas admittedly hated the fan fiction but he tolerated them cause they didn't prop themselves up as canon. You should do better research before lumping good shows in with destroyed shows. Even Game of Thrones was intended to last 13 seasons at the very least, til Dumb & Dumber decided to rush it & trash the show at the very end.

hmmmmmmmmmmm did this dude see the last season of black sails? it was not very good.

ATTACK ON TITAN, PLEASE. ANIME ORIGINAL ENDING 😩😭🙏🏾

game of thrones was the worst. I'll never forgive D and D. I hope they don't ruin anything else.

Enjoyed the video and agreed on all points except that The Mandalorian is forgettable. Most of what has come after the prequels, besides Clone Wars, has been hollow cash grabs that didn’t add much to the story, but The Mandalorian is actually adding to the world of Star Wars and I have enjoyed it very much as a grounded take on the aftermath of the original trilogy rather than the soulless mess that was the sequels.

Guys get rid of Media from your name. Just like facebook got rid of the 'the'. You'd sound more cool, and less like a company from the early 2010s.

I think Westworld is missplaced in this video, because this show still had things to say in its future seasons. Season 2 was about the importance of haveing a choice, season 3 was about the importance and capability of free will and season 4 was about adaptability. There was story and the "they just wanted money"-agument also doesn`t work here, because Westworld just lost viewers since the start of season 2. They kept going with the show, because the showrunner had their story to tell. The problem with the show, in my opinion, is that the execution lacked on effort since season 3 (I actually found season 2 pretty well!) They allowed themselfes more and more logicflase and executed characterarcs, which are mostly good to great on paper, realy poorly.

Yes, yes and yes to everything you stated. I was screaming that’s right capitalism and Hwood laziness. It seems it has gotten worse over the last decade. Overcooked shows that dribble on to rebooting franchises that no one asked for or wanted. Do we not have talented, original content making writers in the states? Anywhere? 🙄 the last series I liked that was original content was Dark. The creators have new series 1899 premiering next month. And don’t get me even started on shows canceled on a cliffhanger…..ugh.