Tis the Season...

With the kickoff of the Sopranos final episodes, it got me to thinking about finales. Sure, you can probably rattle off some great (and sometimes controversial) endings. Bob Newhart: "It was all a dream"; Sex and the City: Carrie goes to Paris/ends up with Mr. Big. The Seinfeld Trial.

But what about SEASON finales? Which ones left you thinking, HOW can I wait all summer for the answer??! Of course, I'm talking beyond Who Shot J.R.? I was thinking about this for awhile, and Friends really cornered the market on great cliffhangers. Just think, going all the way back to THE ONE WHERE Rachel rushes to see Ross at the airport once she finds out about his feelings for her...and he's getting off the plane with new girlfriend, Julie. But that was the kiddie pool compared to THE ONES WHERE: Ross says Rachel at his wedding to Emily; Chandler and Monica decide to elope in Vegas and discover a very drunk Ross and Rachel have beat them to the chapel and, finally, THE ONE WHERE everyone thinks Monica is pregnant as she marries Chandler, only to reveal in the final few seconds that RACHEL is the one who is pregnant.

Junior runner up: Felicity must decide: Noel or Ben?

But, I don't want to be TOO stuck in the past, so thinking about the shows that are, like, still airing, that's no contest. Screw Lost. Grey's, you still have me won over in that department. Season 1's surprise introduction of Derek's WIFE after a season long courtship of Meredith was just the warmup for Season 2's explosive affair between Derek and Meredith at the hospital "prom". And if that weren't enough, Izzy risks everything (including unknowingly, Burke's life) to get Denny his heart. After a successful operation and one spontaneous marriage proposal to her (paging Florence Nightingale), he kicks it anyway.

I gotta get me some more of that good tv!!!