“Our memories I’ll treasure forever” The end of Moonlighting, E.R. and Ally McBeal

TV Series imply an intimate knowledge of their characters and a strong emotional connection with them. This paper studies series which are aware of the process of their own ending, and build a discourse which accompanies the audience during their last episodes for the viewers to grieve. It can happen through the exploration of the memory of the series, through the return of main characters or through the theme of mourning.