The Simpsons, much like Jeopardy! or The Walking Dead spinoffs, may seem a TV inevitability. But the show won’t go on forever, and an end-all-be-all series finale could happen in the near future.
The animated Fox institution aired what it dubbed a “series finale” episode to premiere Season 36 on September 29. This experimental move left viewers shook, and many thinking about what the end of the show would actually look like.
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