The Simpsons final episode.how to finish a never-ending show. An analysis video essay

[@avsevens]

What do you think the Simpsons final episode should look like? let me know

[@MTTT19]

I’m no writer but I think it would be funny if the last episode revolves around the family at home each coming up with things to do but they each point out that they’ve already done that and they all wonder where they go from here. Homer then thinks back on all the things they’ve done over the years and says that he believes that there will always be new and exciting things to come. It then ends with Marge telling Homer they’re late for Bart and Lisa’s Christmas Pageant and they leave the house.

[@Timothan]

I think homer should eat donut, lisa become first woman president. (in future.). bart jump spingfrield gorg... possibilities. are endless

[@FunnyClementine]

Honestly, Barthood was my pseudo-finale of choice - so I'd want an extended version of a similar premise. I like the idea of re-focusing the story back on the family for a season, with time passing between each episode and resolving ongoing supporting character threads as they go. Have an episode opener take place at Lenny and Carl's wedding, that kind of thing. I'm part of a generation that grew up at the height of Simpsons-mania. It would be nice to see The Simpsons grow up and grow old too.

[@doododaadoo8673]

If I were to make the finale, it'd probably revolve around the Simpson's darkest hour. Bart gets expelled, Homer gets fired, Marge's passions are rejected(?), Lisa could have to repeat the third grade, that kind of thing. We see the Simpsons at their lowest point, and see how they get back up.

[@Lexilove2016]

It'll probably be a random episode they didn't intend to be the last, due to main cast member dying.

[@MaveriKat]

I remember at one of the early 2000's SDCC, (probably 2001) when Matt Groening was asked how he would end the series if the time ever came, his response was that it would be a Christmas Season episode leading up to the final moments being Marge nagging Homer to hurry up, they were going to be the late to their kid's Christmas pageant. ...Yes, the same Christmas Pageant as in the very first episode. The Simpsons would be working on a Loop.

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

I'm usually not a fan of this type of ending, it's very overdone and feels pretty lazy because no show that has done it has had it relate to the central theme of the show. But I guess it could work for The Simpsons.

[@sweetbabyrodney]

@@randomguyontheinternet7940 I mean it worked for Futurama.

[@wellesradio]

I don’t know that it can be done on a loop as there isn’t much of a timeline between episodes or even seasons. Other than cultural references (especially in later seasons when they replaced jokes with celebrities playing themselves), you can’t say episode #275 happened “before” episode #312 or that the original Christmas special happened before the Babysitter Bandit episode and not vice-versa.

[@SeasideDetective2]

So that would mean that "The Simpsons" TRULY never ends.

[@Z_MIB]

@@sweetbabyrodney The ending of Futurama wasn't really a loop, since they would just end up at the point where time was frozen, which would be after all the events of the series.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

The Simpsons discover that an evil monster has trapped them in a time loop for over thirty years, they all band together to stop the time loop. In the final scene, we see Bart’s 11th birthday, showing that the forces keeping them from maturing are finally dead.

[@EggFighterXB-]

That sounds like Timmy's secret wish lol

[@Lyendith]

They could make it a Higurashi parody.

[@mitchfletcher2386]

Clearly the Simpsons are battling the Time Trapper.

[@EggFighterXB-]

@@mitchfletcher2386 Or it's like that fairy Odd Parents special

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

the evil monster looks like a fox like creature which then transforms rodent like features near the end.

[@skippylizardfernando8290]

I say that they should have two movies, one that ties up all the loose ends around springfield, and one focused on the Simpsons family. It would be expensive, but I feel the simpsons deserves it the impact on the world they made.

[@ThatGuy-ky2yf]

Wholly agree

[@tylerd1297]

Sounds like something they wouldn't see the need to put that much effort into because they're lazy.

[@dogtownoon9791]

I would like one movie from wiggum perspective and the towns people

[@wellesradio]

What “loose ends”? The Simpsons doesn’t have a recurring plot and it SHOULDN’T have a recurring plot. It should go out on a bang, epically farcical. If anything it should end with Springfield’s power plant exploding, destroying the planet, and Kang and Kodos taking over only to realize that humans made the planet polluted and inhospitable.

[@HardDanceism]

Last simpsons Movie had a great turnout

[@Jim-Tuner]

Any ending is completely redundant. They have completed the story arcs of even just about every minor character over the years. When you get to the point where you are marrying off comic book guy and moe, there is just nothing left to say or do. You also can't timeskip because they have done that like ten times as well. They have done marriage episodes, family reconciliation episodes, death episodes and just about any other kind of episode. There is just nothing left to do or say with the characters.

[@Militchick]

There's always more stories to do, they'll be repetitives and not new, but there's always stories to do. Maybe that's the trouble with modern Simpsons, they keep altering the past and relationships too to make new stories, so a FIX TIMELINE episode would be perfect on the final season on continuation of another one to FIX TIMELINE, specially talking about the past. I don't even know what's the true first time that Marge and Homer met, they change it almost always. If you can't make more stories, just fix all contradictory stories instead to create more, that way the simpsons team could re-do those stories making sense, like a remember episode or something, and at the end they remember something from a past nearby which the audience doesn't know guiding to the present, and from there the making simpsons older to death, and making dream in a coma the beggining of the first chapter of season one, to follow the loop of Matt Groening I saw in the commentary from here.

[@aleximalmgren5301]

@@Militchick Unattractive man Comic book guy may be he does run a successful business and has a real passion for his trade . So he is not quite the loser people make him out to be . Same is true for Moe I mean he too runs a successful Businesses . Moe is more likeable

[@dugonman8360]

What about doing end of evangelion but with the simpsons instead?

[@brandonjanicki1601]

I feel like there's two ways to go about ending the Simpsons and they've already done it both ways. One: They end it focusing on just the Simpsons, showing what they've learned from their misadventures and what life looks like for each of them in the future. Like they did at the end of Season 23. Or option 2: They end it not just focusing on the Simpsons, but as Springfield as a whole. Putting the town in some kind of peril where they all have to work together to overcome it. Like they did with the Simpsons movie. In my opinion, both would be acceptable as long as they are done well.

[@jessicastrike5640]

I love the idea of a 22 episode season long arc, skip forward a few years every few episodes to give us some different status quo’s I also am a fan of the idea that the finale should lead into the start of simpsons roasting on an open fire so it makes the whole show feel like one long cycle

[@joshuaW5621]

I won’t be surprised if Matt Greoning won’t live long enough to see the Simpsons end.

[@supremeghost7950]

I won't be surprised if the Simpsons is the first show, which will outlive it's whole original voice cast.

[@userdetails1]

@@supremeghost7950 German Homer and Marge have died and been replaced

[@supremeghost7950]

@@userdetails1 I know.

[@emanuelep5747]

@@userdetails1 italian Homer too

[@SeasideDetective2]

He is now in his late 60s, and the average American male lives until his late 70s, so we still have a ways to go.

[@ShadowWarriorLuke]

You know how "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" ended with Homer watching TV while the credits rolled? That, but with the entire family for pretty much the full episode.

[@40088922]

there's a damn good chance The Simpsons will never end, and when the VAs retire and/or die, Disney will just use text-to-speech and some funky AI stuff to have the character keep their voices... sounds grim and dystopian, but is it really absurd? they already got Carrie Fisher in The Rise of Skywalker with stock footage and did some digital de-aging at some points of the Sequel Trilogy, so... yea, they pretty much already did this anyways

[@supremeghost7950]

It will be horrifying, but pretty realistic at the same time.

[@divemissile8928]

considering how hard disney went out of their way to not make new voice lines or footage for carrie fisher in the rise of skywalker, i doubt they would use technology to extend the show forever. the show is already infamous for being on for too long and doing something tasteless like that would be really bad press

[@ajzeg01]

The creators say that the final episode will end with going to a school Christmas pageant, bringing the series full circle.

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

Homer's Enemy, The Secret War of Lisa Simpson, Behind The Laughter, HOMR, Barthood, and Holidays of Future Passed could all be argued as alternative finales.

[@cathallynch1]

Homer's Enemy? Explain?

[@Quillion-lq4bx]

I honestly like your idea as it sounds like the kind of unique ending a show like this should have. A final season to pay respect to the wide cast of characters. I think if that season were treated with the same care as holiday's future passed and kept in mind the comment of the creator. It'd be a truly memorable way to go out.

[@KRBrickBot]

I'd like to think they have a finale script/draft already written that'll be broken out of the glass whenever at any time.

[@userdetails1]

They'll need to when the voice actors start dropping dead. Julie Kavner is in her 70s

[@as4180]

when you said they should do a final season instead of a final episode, my mind immediately to Futurama and how they used the last season to wrap up storylines. I think that'd be a great way to go about ending the show.

[@shonenbag6478]

I haven't seen enough Simpsons to really jump into the conversation, but I really love your analysis!

[@avsevens]

Thank you

[@HuskyDog88]

@@avsevens The Simpsons should try what Arthur did for its series finale.

[@ChryI]

How does this not have millions of views? Great video, thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@carlrygwelski586]

I grew up watching this show every sunday night, and I have seen it grow stale over the years... but thinking about the show ending still makes me sad 😔

[@jam9852]

They could also pull off a poochie The Simpsons died by going back to there home planet with the original life in hell rabbits saying hey that wasn't supposed to happen.

[@OperationBlueprint]

I wonder if a final episode was actually made during the 90's and it's just sat in the vault waiting to see the light.

[@WakeUpUniverse66]

Another great video man, keep up the good work!

[@avsevens]

Thank you

[@tomlazoriksuccessfitness]

Really stellar rationale for the episode picks, and I too have thought that a movie would be an appropriate way to go out. Really fantastic essay, man! Not sure why you don’t have more subs 🤔

[@andreasantoni6896]

The SImpsons needs to come to a complete and abrupt end one and for all. I don't care when it does, I just want to show to come off the air once and for all.

[@StevenSmith-mk5fg]

The idea of a feature length movie came to my head as I started to watch this. A movie just seems more definitive than a season. I think a safe idea would be to write a movie that payed tribute to the golden era while bringing back that comedy style that made the golden era so memorable and ending with a glimpse into what the future holds for them all. What makes this tricky is the fact that the characters have not aged

[@HuskyDog88]

Like what the Arthur series finale did. We saw what the future held for Arthur and his friends. They brought back Michael Yarmush to voice Arthur one last time, as he was Arthur's original voice actor when the series started in 1996. And we learned that Arthur made his own graphic novel and the first page was a scene from the very first episode, Arthur's Eyes.

[@woos057]

the only thing bothering me about that future episode is that it confirms that Milhouse is Lisa's endgame.

[@nextgenstudios4878]

I think that in the final season we should start to see weird occurrences throughout all of the episodes. Like Santa’s little helper disappears and Maude Flanders returns. Also the animation slowly gets worse as the season goes on. Then at the very end of the series we see that the show is a time loop that “never”ends, and the last scene is the family driving to the Christmas pageant. However, I’m still not sure how I would want the finale episode as a whole to play out. Though I wouldn’t want this episode to be the end completely. I would still like for there to be a 2nd Simpsons movie that serves as the true ending. The time loop ending alone to a show like the Simpsons wouldn’t be satisfying enough. My Idea for the 2nd movie would involve a glitch in one of the time loops, where the characters find out that they are cartoons and accidentally break the time loop. Springfield has to ban together to fix their mistake and find their true purpose. While the movie would give the entire town their moments, there would still of course be a bigger focus on the Simpsons. I picture something both epic and emotional. Maybe it’s explained that the future episodes and past episodes are all canon, as their never is a true ending. A very meta explanation, like the writers are in full control and whatever they want to be reality is reality. I’m not sure how I would end the actual movie itself and I get there would be a lot of pressure for the writers. However if they try their best and manage to pull it off then I would be very satisfied, because it needs to be ambitious. It’s the Simpsons we’re talking about.

[@JustJulyo]

I'm shocked how profitable The Simpsons is, like if they make the same model for other cartoons it would benefit so many people instead of making other Simpson clones

[@brandongovreau9218]

Bart Simpson went from generation X to generation alpha through 32 or 33 years don't really know which

[@Lexilove2016]

The show will end when one of the main voice actors dies.

[@LukeWarm05]

It's 1974 and Homer wakes up in his high school biology class having dreamed the entire series during a particularly boring lecture about mitochondria. That...or deaths, deaths, and more deaths!

[@helix254]

I like the idea Homers been in a coma since the April fools episode. He wakes up to everyone older. You then continue the series aging the characters, retiring voice actors and hiring new ones.

[@KevinLuper99]

I've never gotten into the simpsons but if they really did do another movie that brought everything back around full circle and was more reminiscent of the classics that I have seen vs the modern episodes I've seen, that shit would make me emotional.

[@MrJeffcoley1]

Have time traveling Bart from 1997 arrive in 2022 and tell them they should have quit 25 years ago but a time traveler from 2022 convinced them to continue but it was a terrible mistake

[@tajklair]

*Truly a brilliant question. I have also wondered how will it end.*

[@Victimxofxprogress]

I like to think if they are ever going to finish the series for good, they should release one final movie. The plot of which is the nuclear plant melting down and Homer desperately trying to save it. The last scene is the core meltdown followed by Homer's terrified scream before the explosion destroys the entirety of Springfield . And then it just fades to black and the credits

[@Akanio_Vatheros]

Maybe it could just be a simple slice of life story of a particularly uneventful day, nothing happens, just life in Springfield, it can represent how they just genuinely ran out of ideas.

[@jarredcarlson2479]

Marge saying “either shit or get off the pot” was probably the first time I hear that expression and I still use it.😊

[@MidwestSouthernwriter08241]

I would say if they have to do one. Do an " End of Year" episode , I like " Holiday of Future's Past". Then you would wrap up the main cast and the townspeople lives wrapped up. For " The Simpsons", they should end it on a christmas episode and Homer waking up from a coma at the beginning. Then jumping to the present of Bart and Lisa's families, Meggie's, and Homer and Marge just being funny. 2 more movies to wrap it up works too.

[@CocoHutzpah]

I'd end the Simpsons as a parody of endings to other shows, probably over a few episodes to try and make a big deal out of it. For example, Moe's shuts down like how Cheers ended or Fat Tony sits down at a diner like the Sopranos. Or, there could be an episode that ends with Homer waking up on the day of the Christmas pageant and talk about his crazy dream, which will probably please no one.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

I got the best finale for The Simpsons: they’re put on trial for everything bad they’ve done and then go to jail.

[@fixedfunshow]

@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 already done, 100% real

[@matthewtroughton4173]

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[@supremeghost7950]

It will never end, but if it really does, it won't go down with a bang but a whimper.

[@JewishKeto]

For me: I’d like to see the finale be a movie, and around the end it shows the family all had a dream… it pans to each of them smiling… the alarm goes off and Marge is reminding Homer about the Christmas concert at the school to book end the first episode.

[@Doctor_Odin]

I do agree the timeline needs to stop floating and the kids need to grow up. Maybe with them starting middle school and Maggie starting elementary school as a start. But the ultimate and Lisa and Bart have to metaphorically see things through their parents perspective. (Considering the original premise was ideals and reality don’t necessarily align. Which is what led to the dramatic but also funny moments.)

[@wheelzwheela]

Bring back the best writers and make the humour like that of the golden area.

[@bradhorowitz2765]

I like how you pointed out that making a movie to end the series would require no new episodes to be produced for tv. I think if Ed edd n Eddy and how the. Creative team decided that a movie was needed. The show actually has some similarities with the simpsons; exaggerated violent humor, lovable characters that were exaggerations of human traits, and ultimately a slow decline. I don’t mean to say the final episodes of ed edd n Eddy were as bad as the modern day simpsons, they weren’t-they were funny at times but the show…lost some of that hmph. So to end the series, the team decreased the tv episodes-delayed the movie to get it right-and released a surpassingly funny, heartwarming ending that no one could have expected a cartoon from 1999 to give.

[@HuskyDog88]

Example: Clifford's Really Big Movie as the film finale to the Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000) series.

[@viniciusdg8899]

I can't watch a modern episode since I grew up watching the Golden episodes in repeat.

[@SlapadelicMusic]

season-long finale that takes place in the original cannon - so the characters will be aged up but it's the current year. one can always hope

[@Tr1ckypants]

Finale Episode Premise: The Simpsons buy a new couch.

[@speakingmoistly9912]

At this point they should do Matt Groening’s “Marge has bunny ears and Homer is Krusty” series ending. Might as well go surreal.

[@aleximalmgren5301]

They grow up I mean its obscene I was born in 88 Maggie was "born" in 87 she is a baby 1 year older than me .

[@135monster]

The thing is they've had so many years to come up with a satisfying conclusion that at this point they've lost the opportunity to do so. if the simpsons went off the air today i wouldn't even notice.

[@LeonWick526]

I love the idea of the final season being serialized.

[@SeasideDetective2]

Simplest way to end "The Simpsons": KILL EVERYONE! Russ Cargill, now completely deranged, nukes the power plant, and this time succeeds. The only survivors - in a subterranean bunker - are Mr. Burns and Smithers, with Burns now the preserved cyborg head we saw at the end of "Rosebud." More seriously, I think a perfect way to end the show would be to bring back EVERY celebrity guest star from the show's history. They'd have to get a lot of impersonators for celebrities who were dead or otherwise unavailable, but it could certainly be done. There could be a whole season of the celebs staying in Springfield for several weeks, drawing worldwide media attention as they compete in a tournament wherein, "political debate" style, they argue over who most deserves to be the town mascot, now that Jebediah Springfield has been "canceled" for trying to assassinate George Washington. The winner is George H. W. Bush, who finally patches up his feud with Homer. He celebrates his victory by hosting a massive barbecued ribs banquet for the town, along with fellow Stonecutters Orville Redenbacher, Jack Nicholson, and Mr. T. Homer is reinstated as the Chosen One. And then everyone gets drunk and plays ping-pong.

[@yusukeelric]

0:40. I have seen that dude getting choked a million times. And not just because the same dude appears recolored in the same loop. that scene with the black dude getting choked appear often in brawl scenes in the first 10 seasons of the series.

[@richardgadberry8398]

Here's how I would not only end "The Simpsons", but also keep it going: 1) End the original series with "Behind the Laughter." 2) Continue airing "Treehouse of Horror" specials every October (not necessarily Halloween because of the World Series). 3) Air a Christmas special every few years. 4) Produce at least two movies. 5) in 2019, just in time for the 30th anniversary, a "Simpsons" reboot/sequel.

[@MegaMaxiepad]

IN the year 10000, long after humans are gone, a solar-powered smartphone loaded with a Simpsons random script generator app will still be churning out crap episodes on a weekly basis. And cockroaches will be fed up as well.

[@Faulty720]

It probably won't. They'll just get new voice actors possibly. Also Holidays of future passed was supposed to be the actual finale apparently.

[@asinglebraincell6584]

Good Ending: Each of the Simpsons has some sort of experience that brings them closer as a family Bad Ending: Suddenly in a nuclear meltdown

[@only1chicityarson]

When that day comes?!😂 that day came and went 20 years ago…

[@SRPC21]

The TV seasons as we know it will end some time, but I think as films/one off episodes and other spin offs, The Simpsons will live forever.

[@matthewfunk6435]

I want the nuclear plant to go critical and everyone has to move out of Springfield leaving it perfectly preserved like Chernobyl and everyone gets a fresh start somewhere else

[@xolotte]

I haven't watched the newer Simpsons episodes, but I would be interested in seeing another movie!

[@andrewwinton4608]

Most likely it will finish when one of their main voice actor dies or retires, one that can't be replaced like the voice of Homer or Bart, for example.

[@DoofSenpai]

At this point I don't think it will ever end. Or even if it does end I think they'll just do an actual timeskip where we follow Bart and Lisa as adults, with Homer and Marge being more of a side character. I just don't see it ending.

[@The_Loathsome]

Have a season ret coning everything up to the Tanzarian part. Even make the animation look older again.

[@tylerd1297]

Glad someone else enjoys behind the laughter, I usually see it being criticized.

[@Adamatronamus]

I would accept a single frame apologising for all content afrer 1999, declaring it non cannon.

[@moonbeamskies3346]

I believe the show will continue with sound-alike voice actors until the 1000th anniversary season 2989-90. But they might decide to go beyond that. I heard they are already planning for the possibility of the show continuing for 1 million seasons. They know humans will likely evolve physically over that time so the characters will have to mimic those evolutionary changes. Language will also evolve, so the reruns will have to be redubbed periodically.

[@michaelreilly6874]

If Disney does cancel The Simpsons, I hope the following 2 things will happen * They let the creative team know in advance so they can plan a proper finale * We finally see Ozzie Smith's escape from the Springfield Mystery Spot.

[@lewisclark1122]

Who knows what adventures they'll have between now and the time the show becomes unprofitable?

[@Bingo_the_Pug]

God forbid one of the main voice actors like Hank Azaria or Yeardley Smith dies & they’ll have to retire several characters or find a replacement to imitate their voice. The longer Simpsons keeps pumping out more episodes the likelihood of this happening increases

[@jam9852]

It Honestly needs to end now 30 seasons is way too much I thought season 25 was pushing it and I fully gave up watching by season 27 modern simpsons only has a handful of good episodes each season not enough to be considered great. I Dont speak for all fans but im sure Most fans can agree we don't need more episodes , maybe all we need is the second movie and thats it no more simpsons episodes and while we're at it fox needs to end family guy as well. Golden years were seasons 1-10 Silver years were seasons 11-15 Bronze years were seasons 16 -20 Zombie simpsons years were 21 - and still on going simpsons changed the most when Nedna became a thing.

[@rosethesickoLIVE]

only 16 views?😨

[@NemFX]

Time loop? Basically just recreate the first episode, Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire. Or. OR. Inexplicably make it become Futurama.

[@songwriterjj6022]

Nuclear meltdown, everyone dies. Except Gil.

[@Vanessinha91Pucca]

I think it should end not in a future episode but a regular episode that the family go to make something amazing with huge consequences for Springfield. But at the end instead of everything reset... like idk Bart and Homer become a better person maybe

[@Armedus]

The Simpsons won't die until Springfield disappears. Whatever the finale is, Springfield should erode quickly or slowly and cause the cast to abandon it. Nothing bad like a cataclysm, something as simple as the town slowly sinking into the Earth due to it being built on swap land or some similar premises. Whatever the reason, Springfield must be unsalvageable. From this premise, the townsfolk can ban together to try and save it but eventually they accept their fate. Each episode would be a mixture of a bittersweet sendoff and a fond goodbye as characters moves away one-by-one. The Simpsons family would be one of the last to go, with Bart, of all people, taking it the hardest. He doesn't want to leave, not so much because he will miss Springfield but because the event has caused him to have anxiety about change. Lisa would comfort him as the Simpsons move, watching Evergreen Terrace slowly disappear. Cut to a year later and we see how the cast does in their new homes, wrapping up loose plot threads and showing the towns folk having good lives. To finish it off, each one suddenly gets a text on their phones and they jump in their cars going to the same place. The former townies of Springfield gather up and have a giant picnic, where they catch up with each other and laugh about old times, cry about those who have passed, and excitedly talk about doing this again next year. We see each character has matured and moved on with their lives. The final shot will be a group photo that Homer messes up at the last second , followed by the last word of the series, "D'oh!"

[@oxwah]

They already killed Springfield once when Homer was the sanitation commissioner, they just moved the whole town down the road.

[@Armedus]

@@oxwah Doh! I guess you can't kill what's already undead. R.I.P. Simpsons

[@JaredGriffiths2000]

Interesting ideas on how it could end.

[@tursiopss]

I hope they give an end to the simpsons before one of the main casts pass as otherwise I believe that would put an end (a force end!) to the serie as I don't think people would be happy about keep watching the serie if one of the main voices changes (and we have already seen that when one of the voice actor dies, the character is remove from the show so it would be weird that they remove one of the main character instead of finish with the show)

[@axelwulf6220]

The Simpsons were finished with their main story arc, they're just doing side missions now

[@nippazhobbies]

It already had an ending. It was called Homer's Enemy. That was the series finale.

[@JReed1985]

The Simpsons should end where the Simpsons grow older where Bart, Lisa and Maggie move out of the home with their own career paths to go to. Homer and Marge unable to afford where they are living move into a retirement home (or smaller accommodation) where they wait for their children to visit so they can have happy family reunions again. In other words it should be a prequel to "Holidays of Future Past" but have it non canon and not with the same outcomes.

[@ItsChristianDraws]

The Simpsons should end at a milestone, like 40 or 50 years

[@TheBlackProject13]

the simpsons will never end. even once the original series ends, there will certainly be a movie and several spinoffs. it’s the pure embodiment of modern media and its refusal to let anything die and it will remain faithful to that to the never coming end.

[@snailtrail6667]

Marge dies in a car accident on way to talk to Skinner cuz of barts antics.. Homer falls into a deep depression.. Lisa Kills herself. Homer Kills Bart...jumps from suicide bridge.. Maggie is left alone.."suck suck" the end

[@gjtrue]

That future episode would have been (should have been...) the PERFECT spot to end the series then and there.

[@shadowleon659]

The show already had it's final episode with Behind the Laughter. Almost everything has just been terrible noncanon fan fiction rubbish.

[@crs2385]

The Simpsons should've ended about 5 or 10 years ago. It really has ran its course. The actors, and actresses of the characters are at least 60 now, maybe some pushing 70, and Marge's voice actor can barely voice her character anymore. The only reason why it's still going is to profit from the brand, and that's it.

[@JonTalksEverythingPodcast]

it got renewed for 2 more seasons so its not ending anytime soon

[@ty-seansenior6660]

The Simpsons should wrap up with another movie, but I personally think it should end the way it began (in a spiritual sense at least). The show started with Bart as the main character so it should end that way. I already have a story for it: 13-Year-Old Bart Simpson meets a young girl named Gina Amorales. After hanging out with her for a while, he learns she's just like him: playing pranks, skateboarding, Itchy & Scratchy, and has a complicated relationship with authority figures. Over the course of 6 months, Bart forms a bond with Gina thanks to the relationships he has with everyone else, and he's able to mature and become his best self because of it. He will also start to understand more and more where he wants to go in life and tries to be the best version of himself.

[@Handlelesswithme]

Does anyone want the last episode to be a side show bob one He’s probably the closet to a antagonist. If you seen the episodes one by one he does have an arc of sorts

[@jimmyb8522]

I don't think it needs a big finale. I'd be happy with a regular episode.

[@danielmatyi4195]

How we can end simpsons?

[@LosSantosCity]

The final season needs to be set in the future with an overarching storyline. Then the final ever Simpsons content should be a movie and maybe the Simpsons hit and run 2 game

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

Honestly I think someone high enough up will drop dead before the show ends leading to an abrupt cancellation around 2026-2032

[@xinlu2806]

I think maggie should have the last word in the final episode

[@yusukeelric]

If Disney decides o finally put this show to sleep. Let Groening write a fitting ending (or any of the series veterans), make it two parter, And make the ending emotive. And i mean Homer looking at the sky emotive. And a more personal preference, end it in a time skip the show promises is definitive. Even if it doesn't continue, free the Simpsons from this painful loop. Or just go for Groening original ending and just reveal marge has bunny ears under her hair and the entire town is Life in Hell characters.

[@muruamd]

I think The Simpsons will end when enough voice actors of the main cast are not willing or are not able to continue working on the show

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

Holidays of future past was gonna be the finale

[@radmarshmallowanimations7084]

Matt Growning: *Interesting*

[@CineScarborough]

I'm bored waiting for The Simpsons Movie 2. I wish it would happen sometime soon.

[@preahko]

Good observations. Sadly, the longer the show goes on, and the worse it gets (those two things seems to go hand-in-hand), the less likely it becomes that the finale will be anything but a steaming pile of crap.