A Royal Command Performance of The Good Life
A Royal Command Performance of The Good Life As usual in May, I take a look at last episodes of seasons or series. I love doing this because I am fascinated with how TV series end their run. I am curious about how writers decide to wrap up their characters and story lines. Yet sometimes, a series may just end but leaves us, the viewer, with the impression that the character�s lives just go on and on. We get that with the very last episode of The Good Life . There isn�t any real finality to the lives of Tom, Barbara, Jerry or Margo but yet it is one of the most unique final episodes of any TV series and in some ways one that left me a little depressed. What I personally consider the final episode of The Good Life ran in May 1977 with an episode called The Anniversary . It was the two year anniversary of Tom and Barbara deciding to give up their lives as what would be normal suburban life and become completely self-sufficient. This means that Tom gives up his job and both he and Barbar...