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    "Sanctuary for None" as a series finale?

    I haven't seen the Season 2 finale nor Seasons 3&4, but I'm curious... can the finale stand as a series finale? I haven't read up on the episode, but I do know the Sanctuary goes up in flames followed by the revelation of an underground facility. It seems like a nice way to cop off the series, no? It reminds me of how Star Trek: Voyager ended...

    Spoiler:
    In the final episode, Voyager returns home. The final scene is Voyager escorted to Earth by a fleet of ships. We don't see them all return to Earth, but we can imagine. The episode radically changes the entire premise of the show, ending the journey.

    Reminiscent, no?

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      #3
      I agree it could be a show ender...or could be a stopping point for a reboot. It ended with finality and promise.
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        #4
        i can see the ending be a series finale. but there is so much more they could do with it. as for comparing to voyager i don't see it. voyager ends kind of abruptly (while i love the show) it would have been great to see another 10 minutes of them actually getting home and reuniting with people. as for sanctuary without spoilers it is open ended and makes you wonder now what, but it'll need a lot more then 10 minutes to fulfill that curiosity .
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          #5
          I agree about voyager. THat lack of hugs and kisses pretty much ruins the finale for me. After 7 years of wanting to go home, we kinda needed to SEE them going home.
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            #6
            Did we really need to see a mushy reunion? Voyager was first and foremost about the starship Voyager, the crew, and the long journey home. The final scene of Voyager escorted by a fleet of ships toward Earth was the perfect ending. They did it. Anything more than that would have been tacked on. If I could have added anything, it would have been Voyager landing near San Franciso. The main characters climb down one of the landing struts... Captain Janeway picks up some soil, rubs it in her hand, and lets it pour through her fingers as she turns to her staff, "We did it."

            Maybe there wasn't time nor budget, but still... I think seeing them on Earth rather than in orbit would have been more interesting.

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              #7
              yeah, that's what I meant. Sorry. I didn't need a person by person reunion...but them landing in san francisco and walking out of their ship to a crowd of family with the few 'running towards their loved ones' bits....that would have been a great ending. Actually landing ON earth, not just popping into orbit.

              Been a few years since i've seen it.

              howver.....dragging back to the topic

              Sanctuary for none words as a season finale, ready for a reboot, or it works as a series finale, shutting some things down while still leaving enough plot threads dangling for a movie or such in the future.
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                #8
                What do you mean, ready for a reboot?

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                  #9
                  I mean, say the show were to take a couple of years off, Sanctuary for None puts it at a good place for them to dive back in and set a show, movie or series either directly after or say a year after Helen's 'death' and start over.

                  A time span that would allow for any recasting that'd have to happen and hte new setting allowing for any new props or weapons.
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                    #10
                    voyager, yeah when i said 10 minutes, i would have been okay with just seeing them actually land on earth, still better then the way it did end.

                    at least with where the sanctuary finale ends, they can pick up right after the events (which is what i'd would want) or a few years down the road.
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                      #11
                      If the show isn't renewed for a fifth season, I can't see it coming back at all. Take a couple of years off? Name one show that has done this. I can't think of any.

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                        #12
                        Yeah, all momentum they might have now would be lost. People are always looking for new/shiny. Once it's done, it's done.
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Snowman37 View Post
                          If the show isn't renewed for a fifth season, I can't see it coming back at all. Take a couple of years off? Name one show that has done this. I can't think of any.
                          Well, there are several examples of shows getting some form of continuation after they had been canceled.

                          Firefly got a Serenity.
                          Farscape got the Peacekeeper Wars.
                          SG1 got Ark of Truth and Continuum.
                          Star Trek got several movies and spin off shows long after TOS had been canceled.

                          So it's actually not completely unthinkable that Sanctuary might continue in some form, even if the show is not renewed for a fifth season.

                          Honestly I don't hold much hope for this though. If there is no fifth season I sadly don't expect to hear from the show again. While a tv movie would always be an option I think the show already got more closure with the S4 finale than many other shows out there.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by suse View Post
                            People are always looking for new/shiny.
                            The thing about Sanctuary is that it's obscure. A revival would effectively be new to the masses. It has more to do with the actors and the production team. It's always easier to do a spin-off than to revive a cancelled show. As far as I'm concerned, the spin-off is the revival.

                            Originally posted by Selina View Post
                            Well, there are several examples of shows getting some form of continuation after they had been canceled.

                            Firefly got a Serenity.
                            Farscape got the Peacekeeper Wars.
                            SG1 got Ark of Truth and Continuum.
                            Star Trek got several movies and spin off shows long after TOS had been canceled.

                            So it's actually not completely unthinkable that Sanctuary might continue in some form, even if the show is not renewed for a fifth season.
                            I was talking about returning for an additional season. Lots of TV shows have had movie continuations. These movies have served to either bring the series to the silver screen or provide closure. Of your examples... Firefly didn't return to TV. Joss Whedon tried to revive the series as a movie saga, but Universal passed on doing a sequel to Serenity. Would you call Farscape's miniseries a return to television? It's two 90-minute episodes. Technically a mini-series, I don't see it as being any different than a pair of TV movies. Regardless of what you call it, the run time would be equal to that of four episodes. When a season spans 22 episodes, that's not really a revival... it's just an ending. Now we come to SG-1... movies, not an eleventh season. Of your examples, the only thing that comes close is Star Trek, but each spin-off series begins an entirely new adventure with all new characters. None of the spin-offs make any real attempt to continue the ended/cancelled show. If you wanted to argue that the show could return in a few years as a TV movie or miniseries... OK, I might buy that. For a fifth season? Na... everyone will be scattered to the wind. Going back to SG-1, the only reason why the movies happened at all is because they were made immediately after the series ended. Had the producers waited, they'd never have happened at all.

                            Originally posted by Selina View Post
                            Honestly I don't hold much hope for this though. If there is no fifth season I sadly don't expect to hear from the show again. While a tv movie would always be an option I think the show already got more closure with the S4 finale than many other shows out there.
                            Syfy does a lot of TV movies, no? If the show does not continue, would it not be smart for Syfy to try to capitalize on the built-in audience with one or two TV movies a year? Sanctuary has far more of a chance at TV movies than Stargate: Atlantis ever did.

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                              #15
                              I actually agree with you for the most part. I don't really believe that sanctuary will return for a fith season in a few years. Either it gets renewed "now" or we will most likely not see it again (except maybe in TV movies), but (and that's the point I'm trying to make) it's not completely impossible as you seem to suggest.

                              Just for the record, there is one show that pulled off exactly what you call impossible: Doctor Who

                              Admittedly that show is special in so many regards that it makes a bad example, but it still illustrates that nothing is impossible as long as "people" want it and there is a market for it.

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