finale

Year: 2015 Compiled by: Dana Stevens Of note: Written in commemoration of the show’s finale, although the Phineas and Ferb movies that have been released since then may necessitate a reassessment.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

But the ultimate reveal of the “Lanterns” finale, besides resolving the mystery established in the series premiere, is that the supposedly infallible Guardians are wrong to view fearlessness as the ultimate virtue.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

But when you watch it a second time after you’ve seen the finale, you realize that there’s guilt there as well because of what she did to him, all in the name of her son.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Krasner’s muscular collages incorporating charcoal drawings made at Hofmann’s school provide a vigorous finale, with the small elements in the abstracted figures enriching the scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

After the big “may God continue to bless America” finale, Laura pressed a button and the screen went black.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

No matter the strengths of AI, a chatbot cannot dream up stories with flawed characters and themes and arcs and failures and triumphs—with ambiguous finales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

But the ones I found most interesting were finales I don’t remember encountering in Baseball Digest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

For more than a decade, “Saturday Night Live” writers Colin Jost and Michael Che have marked breaks and finales with a joke swap segment.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

We’re in an era where flashy or cliffhanger-type finales are big.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025

Cora had not seen him since the first night, but she had heard every speech of the Friday-night finales.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead