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by Sebb767 882 days ago
> That’s probably due to the character over plot idea, as there usually isn’t a storyline I’m dying to finish.

Yes, but how you handle your characters can still be very important. There are shows where the ending is simply a good episode, sending some loved characters off - like The Big Bang Theory. The ending itself is not that great of an episode on the tin, but the viewer has come to love these characters and having a great ending for them is important.

And then there are endings like How I Met Your Mother, which manage to cast the the whole series in a worse light. It would be the counter-example for ruining a comedy with the finale.

Overall, comedy endings are probably simpler than most, but you can still make a lot wrong.