Season 3 Finale as the Show Finale?

[Odo]

I was thinking about the season three finale, and I wonder if it works as a finale for the whole first three seasons of the show, and that we could just stop right there.

I started season four, and it’s OK, but I was wondering if some people feel as though we could just stop at the season, three finale, or if they really like how the show ended in season five.

To be clear, I have my criticisms of the season, three finale, but there’s a bit I like

 

[Phoenix219]

Season 5 actually wraps things about as well as can be expected, to be honest. Season 5 was a step in the right direction.

 

[Dukhat]

I was thinking about the season three finale, and I wonder if it works as a finale for the whole first three seasons of the show, and that we could just stop right there.

Agreed 100%. The show should have ended at the end of season 3, and it should have been left to the audiences' imaginations as to what happened after that. The rest of the seasons were just redundant nonsense.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

I would've been disappointed if they'd given us a series about Burnham redeeming herself and becoming a captain, and we never got to see her being a captain, so I'm happy we got two extra seasons.

In fact, I would've been happier to stop at the season 6 finale.

 

[Tosk]

The show should have ended at the end of season 3, and it should have been left to the audiences' imaginations as to what happened after that.

If you're happy to have an open ending, season two is the best place to stop.

 

[NCC-73515]

Episode 3 was the best place to stop

 

[Alexander Corrino]

If you're happy to have an open ending, season two is the best place to stop.

This is why I'm glad I stopped watching after season 2, haha.

(Nah, j/k, I simply lost interest since I only liked Lorca and then Pike and not really much of the rest of the show.)

 

[StarMan]

Looking back at it all - S2 finale, IMO.

 

[The Wormhole]

Season 4's finale felt the most like a series finale to me.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

As far as I'm concerned, it started out so-so, hit bottom with the gratuitous "scoop" of eye-scream in "The Red Angel" (even if Leland had it coming), then got better and better once the show arrived in the 32nd Century, with Season 5 the best yet.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Season 10's finale was a much better ending

 

[Turtletrekker]

Season 10's finale was a much better ending

But only when put in context with Star Trek 17: The Search for an Ending. Without that context, season 10's finale is frankly just bizarre.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

But only when put in context with Star Trek 17: The Search for an Ending. Without that context, season 10's finale is frankly just bizarre.

At least season 10 ended on an ending. The 17th film had to go and end on a cliffhanger. That's not to say that Star Trek 18: The Undiscovered Beginning wasn't without its merits.

 

[Turtletrekker]

At least season 10 ended on an ending. The 17th film had to go and end on a cliffhanger. That's not to say that Star Trek 18: The Undiscovered Beginning wasn't without its merits.

On that, we agree entirely.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Have you two somehow been exchanged for doppelgangers from the alternate universe in which "Requiem for a Martian" wasn't a hoax?

 

[Turtletrekker]

Have you two somehow been exchanged for doppelgangers from the alternate universe in which "Requiem for a Martian" wasn't a hoax?

Hoax, you say? I won't fall for any of that conspiracy theory nonsense.

Requiem for a Martian

Requiem for a Martian was the eightieth Star Trek episode produced. It is considered to be unspeakably bad anywhere, on any planet, in any dimensional plane. It is in fact, so unabashedly and ineffably putrid that it turns up in ninth- and tenth-generation video copies on the convention circuit.

uncyclopedia.com

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I was an early contributor to that Uncyclopedia article.

I also wrote a short-short DTI fanfic in which multiple doppelgangers of Dulmur, Lucsly, and Roberta Lincoln work to stop the script from getting submitted. Structurally, it jumps from one reality to another (with slight name changes escalating into gender changes) with every paragraph, leaning heavily on Robert Coover's renowned short story, "The Babysitter" (which, like Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," should be required reading for everybody).

 

[The Wormhole]

Star Trek 17: The Search for an Ending.

The 17th film had to go and end on a cliffhanger.

How the hell have y'all seen the 17th film? That's not likely to be released until the actual 32nd century.

 

[Turtletrekker]

How the hell have y'all seen the 17th film? That's not likely to be released until the actual 32nd century.

I saw it with my friend Carl.

 

[somebuddyX]

I was thinking about the season three finale, and I wonder if it works as a finale for the whole first three seasons of the show, and that we could just stop right there.

I started season four, and it’s OK, but I was wondering if some people feel as though we could just stop at the season, three finale, or if they really like how the show ended in season five.

To be clear, I have my criticisms of the season, three finale, but there’s a bit I like

How did you feel when you got to the end of Season 3 before watching Season 4? Did you watch it before knowing there would be a Season 4? Did you want more at the time? I'm only asking because I think that idea of wondering what could come next or "what if" is a bit harder to overcome than having it come to fruition and then wishing it hadn't happened. Once someone announces something I'd rather they just make it and get it over with rather than development hell. At least it's something tangible to enjoy or dislike rather than just a concept.