You know how the season finale is always the best episode of a season? Loose ends get tied up, major characters die or get married or have kids, big sets get destroyed, people move out of town, cherished vehicles explode, heroes turn into villains, villains turn into heroes. And it all ends in a glorious cliffhanger.
Then, the resolution is never satisfying.
So, why bother with the rest of the season? I propose an entire TV series of season finales! Each episode is a season finale. It starts as if you've seen the previous 22 episodes, and ends as if you're going to have to wait a year for the next episode. But you don't have to wait a year. You only have to wait one week. But when that week's over, you don't get the following episode -- you get THE NEXT SEASON FINALE!
Guest stars show up, people leave the show, people make triumphant returns to the show, natural disasters strike, helicopters crash into things -- week after week after week! Every time you tune in, you'd get an updated opening credits sequence featuring clips from episodes you've never seen, and a "Previously, on Season Finale..." update featuring even more stuff you haven't seen!
All the episodes would be Part I of a II parter, but we'd never see the second part! The box set would look like this:
SEASON FINALE -- Season 1
Pilot -- To Thine Own Self Be True, Part I
101 -- Dead Men's Bones, Part I
102 -- An Idea Like a Ghost, Part I
And so on.
A special thank you to William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and God Himself for the pretentious episode titles.
Oh, and TV excecs, you're welcome.
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