History BookEnds / LiveACtionTV

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the Season 1 finale, Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is heard at the beginning and at the end.

** In the pilot episode, Walt is diagnosed with lung cancer, and is given 2 years to live by the doctor. In the final episode [[spoiler: set ''exactly'' 2 years to the date, Walt gets a bullet in his lung, which ends up killing him.]]

''Note that some BookEnds can be a spoiler, so beware.''

*** The second book end is a more meta example. ''The Plan'' ends with an altered version of the opening theme [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage of the show]]. Since ''The Plan'' is the very last ''Battlestar'' episode to air (excluding spinoffs), having the opening theme as the last thing the audience hears has a certain meaning to it.

** Walt and Saul's first interaction in Season 5 is [[spoiler:Saul trying to quit Walt's business after being used by him to poison Brock, and Walt getting a power high after killing Gus threatening him to stand down.]] Their last interaction is [[spoiler: Saul successfully quitting Walt's side after seeing the latter has lost all his power after being exposed.]] Even the dialogue is a good book end, [[spoiler: in the first case, Walt says to Saul that it's not over till he says it's over, and the second case is Saul saying that it is over.]]

** After [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar "A Good Man Goes to War"]], it is apparent that Amy hitting the Doctor with a cricket bat and handcuffing him to the radiator in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour "The Eleventh Hour"]] is [[spoiler:the front book end to River Song punching him and handcuffing him to a pipe at the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead "Forest of the Dead"]].]]

* In somewhat of a reverse BookEnds, the famous "Cataracts?" chain on ''Harry Hill's TV Burp'' ended with Noel Edmonds on the set of ''Deal Or No Deal'' saying "Cataracts?" after getting a phone call from the banker. In the sequel, "Ear Cataracts?", the chain starts with Harry Hill calling the banker, who calls Noel.

** Interestingly, none of the people in that scene did the actual riffing of "The Crawling Eye". By the end of the show, Mike Nelson had replaced Joel Hodgson ("Joel Robinson" as the character), Kevin Murphy had replaced J. Elvis Weinstein as Tom Servo, and Bill Corbett had replaced Trace Beaulieu as Crow T. Robot. The book ends are not just for the movie on-screen, but for the cast as well.

[[BookEnds Then again, when you have a series that's so profitable, why have a final season?]]

** [[Recap/CheersS1E1GiveMeARingSometime The series began]] with Sam Malone coming out of the back room, turning on the lights and opening the bar. [[Recap/CheersS11E25 The series ended]] with Sam locking the bar, turning off the lights, and strolling back into the back room.

** [[Recap/CheersS1E1 The series began]] with Sam Malone coming out of the back room, turning on the lights and opening the bar. [[Recap/CheersS11E25 The series ended]] with Sam locking the bar, turning off the lights, and strolling back into the back room.

* ''{{Series/Probe}}'''s "[[Recap/ProbeUntouchedByHumanHands Untouched by Human Hands]]": The episode starts with Austin telling Mickey about his discovery that there's a limited number of palindromic products, and ends with Mickey asking Austin about [[FunWithPalindromes palindromic primes]].

* ''Series/TheTenthKingdom'' begins and ends with a shot of New York and the voice-over "My name is Virginia, and I live at the edge of the forest."

*** Another Decade and [[LegionOf Doom the final enemies from previous series that he recruited]] ultimately force Sougo Tokiwa to obtain the power of Ohma Zi-O, a PhysicalGod who is capable of creating a BadFuture for Earth.

*** Another Decade and [[BigBadDuumvirate the final enemies from previous series that he recruited]] ultimately force Sougo Tokiwa to obtain the power of Ohma Zi-O, a PhysicalGod who is capable of creating a BadFuture for Earth.

** The first season also begins and ends with a new generation re-acquiring their ancestral CoolPet: the Starks discover a litter of direwolf pups in "Winter is Coming" and Daenerys hatches her dragons in "Fire and Blood".

[[BookEnds There's almost always a first and last season for a series.]]

* The very popular Dutch gameshow ''Wie is de Mol'' (Who is the Mole) started its 18th season with each of the candidates arriving in a hotel, touching down. On each TV is a different show going on until it cuts to black and the presentator explains what they have to do. This is soon followed by TheReveal they're actually in five different countries ('[[WhamLine We are not in Kyiv, my friend!]]'). It ends with the last three finalists arriving in a hotel, touching down, but this time, on each TV is the same show going on (to show they're in the same country this time) until it cuts to black and the presentator explains what they have to do. [[SubvertedTrope Or not]]. Outside of their view, a [[spoiler:timer appears counting down to the Saturday that followed, which is likely the day 'the Mole' will reveal themself]]).

-->"It's a pleasure for me to introduce my first guest. With credits that include ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', the films ''Film/{{Meatballs}}'', ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'', ''Film/WhereTheBuffaloRoam'', and ''Film/{{Stripes}}'', Bill Murray has become one of the top box-office draws in show business, and besides that he's a very funny man, and it's a pleasure to have him [on our first program / as our next-to-the-last show guest]. Ladies and gentlemen, Bill Murray."

** At the start of the first season, Waymar Royce warns Will that he'll be executed if he deserts from the Night's Watch. After Waymar and the others die, Will doesn't listen, resulting in him deserting and getting beheaded. At the end of the series, Sam and a few others from the Night's Watch warn Jon not to desert. Unlike Will, Jon listens.

** Also in the final episode "Taken", Charlie, Lisa, Allie, Tom and John hide out from the government in Sally's old house in Lubbock, Texas. In "Beyond the Sky", Sally found John in her shed and began a relationship with him. Sally's pregnancy with Jacob marked the beginning of the aliens' SuperBreeding program, of which Allie is the end result. Tom was the only human character to be present on both occasions.

* ''Series/Waterloo Road '': In the first episode, the headmaster has a nervous breakdown on top of the roof and English teacher Tom Clarkson goes up to help him. In the finale of series 8, Tom goes on the roof again to stop former bad boy Kyle Stack jumping off after he attacked another pupil. Unfortunately, this one takes a more tragic turn and Tom falls off the roof and dies.

** In the last episode of Season 1, Mike asks Eleven to go with him to the Snow Ball. In the last episode of Sseason 2, she does!

** The first and last episode of Season 1 both begin with the same PanFromTheSky Beginning shot from the night sky onto Hawkins Lab.