About Headline Season 2, Episode 0 :

Many TV series rode off into that big series finale sunset for 2013 but grading this year’s series finales, Breaking Bad and Dexter are probably two of the many series which stood up this year even if the shows already ended and left all their fans behind. Breaking Bad and Dexter made great impressions and gathered excellent comments and reactions. Most of the series made it far more than imagination, better storytelling, and viewer-friendly surprises and these include the two I have mentioned above. Below is the list of some of series included in the top 10 Series which were graded with A for its series finale: 1. Breaking Bad – Grade A: Add to that viewers’ obsession with imagining every potential ending, and the series finale couldn’t possibly live up to the hype, right? Except, it did. Surprising (Walt’s gun-in-the-trunk contraption and the return of Gretchen and Elliott), hopeful (Jesse escapes!), redemptive (because Walt saves him), and satisfying (bye, Uncle Jack and creepy Todd), the finale was everything we hoped it would be: a perfect ending. 2. The Big C – Grade A: Just thinking about the series finale already makes our eyes water. In the final episode, Cathy’s insurance has run out just as she’s nearing the end of her battle with cancer, which means she has to go home to die. 3. 30 Rock – Grade A: 30 Rock’s series finale was also graded with A. It had it all: Liz and Tracy back at the strip club; Jenna and her “Rural Juror” song; Jack and Liz repairing their odd but endearing friendship; Pete’s temporarily successful attempt at faking his death and starting a new life; Jack’s idea for the see-through dishwasher (which made us want one); and, of course, Kenneth’s reign as network president, and his futuristic interaction with Liz’s granddaughter. 4. Fringe - Grade A: This year’s “Meanwhile” episode is the one we’re talking about because it was very satisfying even if it may not have been the best of all those series finale episodes. 5. Burn Notice – Grade B+: Grade B+ was the score given to Burn Notice as of the entire seventh season only revolved to one person and that is around Michael Westen and his pals running a CIA operation to bring down another CIA alum who’s running a dangerous freelance terrorist business. That a previously burned Michael was still involved with such shenanigans was a big sign he probably needed to step away from the spy game altogether, but the fact that his family and friends continued to be dragged into it as well was definitely a reason for him to extract himself from CIA-related activities. 6. The Office – Grade B: After a couple of seasons that were seemingly as bad as the first few seasons were classic, the series finale reminded us of all the reasons we once loved the show. There was this moment of Dwight and Angela’s upcoming wedding, Michael’s surprise return, and Pam’s Jim-like secret plan to allow her hubby to follow his dream career. These served as throwbacks to some of the show’s most beloved moments and characters. 7. Private Practice – Grade C: There was plenty of closure, so you gotta give ‘em that, but there were no surprises. Well, no good surprises, in a finale which included two marriages (Addison and Jake, and Naomi and Sam, take two), lots of babies (Charlotte and Cooper’s triplets and an unexpected pregnancy for Naomi), an impending death (Miranda, whose cancer sparks Sheldon to quit his job to take care of her), and a book called “Private Practice” which Violet wrote stating about her friends. 8. Dexter – Grade F: Lumberjack, that is probably the best word to describe the series finale of Dexter. Dexter ended up in Alaska, alone and miserable and working as a lumberjack, after absolutely no prior hint of this outcome anywhere in the series’ preceding 95 episodes, felt like a big, out-of-the-blue cheat.