Thanks for the discussion compliments, Jeff!

Yeah, I've been rather surprised by the negative feedback, particularly from critics. Aint it Cool had a post with snipets from as many reviews of the finale as they could find, and all of them were negative except for Time and USA Today. I was shocked at how eloquent the USA Today review was. Try to check it out if you get a chance (not sure exactly where it is).

I continue to like the end more and more. I honestly don't know where I'd place it in a ranking of all finales ever, but I think it's in top somewhere. There hasn't been much competition for "best finale" because so few shows actually end of their own accord. I've been trying to think about which ones are my favorite, and I can't really rank them because I can't think of them.