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What show has had good or bad post-ending specials? (leminal.space)
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I was watching Moral Orel's special Before Orel: Trust and thought it was pretty decent. It wasn't like some of the other post-cancellation or ending specials I've seen that seem like crowdfunded nostalgia cash-ins or like they could have been a "where are they now" voice over during the ending like The Sandlot, Stand by Me, or Fast Times at Ridgemont High had. I'm wondering what specials stood out to people. I'm not talking about shows that were cancelled and returned or spun off into another series. I was going to put best or worst in the title but a lot are just mediocre.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Dexter managed to utterly fuck it's ending up, come back, redeem itself, then utterly fuck the ending again. And now it's getting both a prequel and another sequel series, the former of which seems to be getting good reviews so far.

I want to see if it can pull off the "fuck it up, redeem, fuck it up" trick for four consecutive shows in a row. I believe it can.