I don't get the obsession with Wendy on this board. I like her character too, but the show made it clear a long time ago that she's just the comic relief, the extra piece. Every show has one, and that's literally been her role for six years. The only time her character has ever been explored is the episode where Mary died. I don't magically expect the writers to care about Wendy's story in the finale when they've never cared about her story any other time.
Besides that, the finale was.....fine, I guess. I really think CBS should have given them a two-parter. Very few sitcoms can manage a half hour finale. There are things that could have easily been expanded upon like Adam having cancer and the new AA members. It definitely seems like an episode that was begging to be an hour. And like others said, last week's episode felt more like a series finale than this one.
1 hour ago, Katy M said:
Did they know this was going to be the series finale or were they cancelled unawares? Because as a finale, this kind of sucked. the last scene did seem like a last scene and it's great that Andy and Jill got married. But why introduce 2 new characters and give Adam cancer?
Yeah, they did. The show was cancelled in February, but when the staff found out, they still had a few episodes left to write because COVID pushed back production. I want to believe they had to rewrite some of the stories they had planned due to the cancellation and try making the series finale seem more like an "event."
Honestly, I feel like the writers were screwed over all season. First off, Anna Faris decided to leave more than a week before production started for season eight, so they had to rewrite the first couple episodes quickly and come up with a farewell story for Christy on the fly. Then, COVID pushed back production in Hollywood so there were fewer episodes this season, and CBS decides to cancel it in the home stretch of production so they have to figure out a satisfying ending to a series that has lasted eight years in a matter of weeks. Season eight never had a chance. 😥
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