Call me a romantic, but I want my positive shows to have a positive ending. Leave the ambiguous/realistic endings to shows like Lost or Prison Break.
Like I said, it doesn't have to be so Doom and Gloom. Look at the finale to the office. Andy doesn't succeed but he still gets a silver lining. Creed gets arrested which is completely in character. There are still little bits of drama and imperfection in what otherwise is a happy ending, which I think gives it more depth.
You don't need to change the tone of the series. For example, having Tom's Restaurant fail but rather than have him become rich writing a book have him show that he learned his lesson from all of the earlier seasons. Rather than get depressed like he used to, have him say that the restaurant taught him a lot of valuable lessons and he has some new ideas that he thinks will be even more successful. Have a scene with jean-ralphio's entire family on the Maury Show screaming at each other because they have gone broke or something like that.
lol, that would have been made amazing.
Good points, overall. ---
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