![]() ![]() We all had to recall that Bran was declared the king of Westeros. Many bad feelings were dredged up in the process. Maisel, and maybe even Ted Lasso-coming up, The Ringer decided to delve into the fickle world of series finales and determine which ones from the 21st century truly stand above the rest. With the series finales of a handful of impactful shows- Succession, Barry, The Marvelous Mrs. All finales are inherently somber, but the good ones send you off with a feeling of closure, discovery, or satisfaction from lessons hard learned, while the bad ones have the power to sully even the fondest memories of a TV show-to make you feel like all those hours of watching were wasted. Which is why so much hinges on whether a show can satisfyingly-or even competently-wrap up its story. This micro-phase of your life is now over, and you have no choice but to move on. So when the screen cuts to black and the credits roll for the final time, it’s an emotional experience. You spend entire seasons of TV getting to know them-hours upon hours of your life growing close to fictional people who have won you over, disappointed you, betrayed you, or maybe even taught you a little something about yourself. Read on to see where the tragedy of the Roys fits in. That was the mode we were in at that time, “god damnit we spent a few thousand dollars on this, we’re going to get value out of it.Last week, ahead of the Succession finale, we ranked the best TV finales of the 21st century. We spent quite a bit of money making that SHODAN head. I have a feeling we put SHODAN and the ship on the cover because they were the coolest pieces of art we had. So we actually decided that we were going to do the box cover ourselves, which wasn’t our job. I remember one of them, for some reason, had a picture of a piece of rope on it, like a hangman’s noose or something. It was EA’s job to do a cover for the game and they sent us a bunch of five or six cover concepts and they were some of the worst cover concepts I’ve ever … Well, actually I’ll say they were THE worst concepts I’ve ever seen. Tim: Is that something that came as a surprise to you guys? ![]() ![]() Tim: Yeah, SHODAN’s reveal in the game was kind of a surprise, but sort of ruined by the fact that SHODAN’s face is … Peter: I think Tim, you were wondering about having SHODAN on the box art? ![]()
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