the end

last week i finished two of my favorite tv shows; the golden girls and monk. i cried for both of them. i still sing both theme songs. it is too much, really.

watching the last episode of the golden girls was the culmination of a multi year effort to see every single episode that ever aired. i'm proud to say i have them all on dvd and will watch them again and again. the final episode did not disappoint. i always wondered how they would end the show. of course it was sad, but the writers did a great job and i couldn't help but be happy for dorothy, blanche, rose, and sophia. here's a shot from a favorite episode where rose, dorothy, and blanche are arrested for mistakenly being in a brothel (while wearing evening gowns no less) and rather than spring them from jail right away, sophia uses their tickets to see burt reynolds backstage and gets a lunch date the next day. love it.

i can't claim i've seen all of the monk episodes, but i can safely estimate i've seen 85-90% of them and now that we have netflix i'll be sure to finish them off. the two part finale was so touching and i was totally sobbing at the end. good thing aaron wasn't around to see it. something about monk just draws me in. i must finish them all, but, no doubt, will be sad when i do.

next up, gilmore girls!