On June 10, 2007, David Chase implored us all, “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” as we watch a cat stare at Christopher, see Phil get hit, groan while AJ flounders, enjoy an onion ring with Tony and panic as Meadow tries to parallel park. Cut to black. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

In television, the ending used to mean everything. A series finale could make a break a years-long favorite program. You could tell what kind of person you were meeting just by asking them if they thought Tony was dead, or if Jack and Sawyer and Desmond - were also dead? Actually that’s a bit odd. Was it all a dream? Was it a vision in a snowglobe? Was the chicken really a baby?In “Finale” one dedicated media viewer revisits some of the greatest, and not-so-greatest, series finales. And someone who’s never bothered to watch the show goes along for the ride and decides if it was all worth the effort - or whether we should just skip to the end and get it over with.