Someone should alter the Discworld/I Shall Wear Midnight entry - The Shepherd's Crown continues the Tiffany Aching storyline, and is the real finale. I have not yet read it, so I don't know what to write about it.
Metal Gear Solid 4 serves as the ultimate conclusion of over ten years of Metal Gear lore (twenty if one counts the early MSX 2 games as well). Of course, while there has been at least one new game in the series released since MGS 4, and another is currently scheduled, both are prequels.
That should be taken down as it is a complete and utter lie. Metal Gear Solid 4 ignores to much of the past story to qualify as finale.
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Are you high? Metal Gear Solid 4 consists entirely of discussing, resolving, or nodding to the entire Metal Gear franchise.
Where is MASH? It is the epitome of the grand finale, resolving all story lines and becoming America's most viewed TV episode for the next 30 years. Still is if you don't count those silly 'foot'ball games.
M84: This isn't a comment on any specific entry per se, but what does everyone here think constitutes a good Grand Finale? What sort of elements need to be included in the final entry of a series in any medium to make it a perfect ending? And is there really such a thing as perfect ending in the first place? If this isn't the right place to ask these sort of questions, that's fine.
"The Good end happily, the Bad end unhappily. That is the meaning of Fiction" from the Importance Of Being Earnest.
Real life: Especially printed media, as they became obsolete and lost market, often had a last hurrah
Then, last call and stuff from losers in war. How did admiral Donitz announce the end?
Also, last rites, which are set in detail for the Catholic Church, for example
Then, and I'm sure it exist somewhere already, famous last words or actions