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This episode will make you cry, specaill yhe last scene where appa and Aumma goes closing the store.

DESERVED ATLEAST 2 MORE SEASONS.

Typically, when sitcom writers know the show will be ending, the finale is written to close up storylines in a happy way that will leave fans content with the way they've watched the characters grow and their relationships evolve. Most of Kim's Convenience felt like that, and I figured in the final season we'd see our 6.5 main characters all end up happy with themselves and each other--as in, Jung and Shannon's slow burn relationship would end on an uptick, like actually going on the Astounding Trek together, or even just happy; Kimchee finally feeling confident as AM at Handy, or finding something that made him happier; Janet and Gerald finding impactful things to do with their photography degrees we watched them spend 4 years working towards; Appa and Umma retiring, or opening another store, or getting some opportunity to travel like Umma mentions multiple times throughout the series.

Instead, Jung and Shannon break up, and Jung is still working as a backboy at Handy despite having his degree now; Janet is volunteering at some place since it's the only way she can even kind of use her degree, and Gerald is back working at KC, also not using his degree; Umma has a debilitating disease, and Appa really does nothing.

In all, the viewers spend years watching Shannon and Jung fall in love, Janet get her degree and try to find herself, Gerald gain some confidence, Kimchee...moving up the ladder? Appa and Umma are fairly stable characters and oftentimes it's that stability and wisdom that helps the younger characters deal with their own issues. At the end of all of that, literally everything feels like it was, more or less, for nothing. It's a very disappointing ending for characters I'd grown to care a lot about.

I also felt that, for a show that owes so much of its heart to the very real, charming, consistent side characters that pop in as customers at the store, this final season and especially the last episode was lacking when it came to scenes and storylines with these characters.

Honestly just a weird ending. Like the writers watched every single beloved and revered sitcom ending and said "Okay, now don't do any of that."

Also surprised that the final words weren't "See you!" but maybe that would have been a bit much.

I will start this off by saying I truly enjoyed the first 4 season of this show and was excited once season 5 was released.

During the first episode if the 5th season I could already feel something off about the show. It didn't feel like the normal atmosphere is presented and a lot of the storyline felt rushed. I didn't actually realize the series was cencelled and wouldn't be getting 6th season so when it watched the 5th season not knowing it would be the end.

After watching the last episode family and friends i was puzzled as to why so much was packed into the episode and at the same time, poorly executed. Everything seemed rushed in this season but the last episode felt even more so rushed.

Kimchee all the sudden had a desire to learn about his father who walked out on him even though I can't recall him expressing any desire throughout the entire series. I don't really even remember much conversation about his dather period. The last episode saw shannon an jung talking about a game show marriage /engagement which really made shannon made and then all the sudden she wants to split for no real reason. Jung talks to his parents about revitalizing the store out of nowhere and then all the sudden the Kim's are ready to retire. Seriously none of this made sense. Jared's character was completely ignored this entire season including the connection between him an janet at the end of the 4th season. So many things where left unanswered and new questions arose with no hopes of getting an answer. No indication of any characters future or the store's future

In my opinion, this was a completely terrible series ended on par with lost and Game of Thrones. My guess is once the show was known to be cancelled the writers / directors weren't interested in anything other than finishing up filming and moving on. Such a shame as this was a great clean tv series the whole family could watch together and enjoy. Now its 4 seasons of a good show with a terrible chapter. I was looking forward to owning the bluray set but I will never rewatch this series knowing how terribly it ended.

My family and I watched it on Netflix (as a family) and the show itself was really funny and had great character archetypes. That is until the writes failed to wrap anything up.

Personally, I watch tv to escape my real life problems

The whole thing with kimchee at the end just hurt and wasn't satisfying, while it works for comedic relief it was not a satisfying ending.

I had high hopes that since they created this whole Jung and Appa butt heads storyline that we would see some kind of conclusion other than everyone just hating on Janet.