A series finale is always important for viewers and fans. It is a chance to properly end a show and sort of wrap up outstanding story lines and bring characters back that maybe were there from the start. It's also somewhat of a reunion as well as an ending. For example, shows like Ally McBeal, the X-Files and Felicity brought back original cast members who had previously departed to say goodbye. It's usually bittersweet, at this point (if the show has gone on for too long) a lot of fans have stopped watching. The original casts help draw back those viewers that have stopped watching. Sometimes a series finale can just be so terrible that it ruins the entire show.
A shining example of this would be the show Mad About You which was quite popular and ran for seven years. The show followed Jamie and Paul Buchman and their ups and downs as a married couple. In the final episode they were having problems and found out that through some glitch they were never legally married. They then separated, making all their previous married years obsolete. Will and Grace stopped being friends in a similarly horrible fashion. Another horrible example would be Newhart where he wakes up with the wife from his previous series, making his newer series a dream. So terrible! Why would you do that to fans that have been watching your show for years? I can also recall at least one season of Roseanne that was also a dream (I didn't stick around to watch the end though). We'll see if Lost makes me similarly angry, they have been bringing back all the people that have left or died in some way. I just hope that they tie it up nicely, so I won't have to add it to my list of horrible finales. I'll keep you posted.
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