series finale

English

Etymology

The term came into use in American television in the early 1990s, as a variation of the term season finale. Prior to that, closing episodes were originally called the "final episode" or "last episode."

Noun

series finale (plural series finales)

1. The promotional or advertisement term used to describe the final episode of a television program, usually a situation comedy or a drama.

Usage notes

As a common use-term, the term series finale is used to refer to a planned final episode, which includes resolution. The term last episode is used to refer to the last episode of a television program that was canceled after that episode was filmed.

Translations

the final episode of a television series

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 系列結局／系列结局

• Dutch: reeks conclusie
• Finnish: päätösjakso
• French: conclusion de série f
• German: Reihe Zusammenfassung
• Greek: συμπέρασμα σειράς (sympérasma seirás)
• Italian: finale di serie
• Japanese: シリーズフィナーレ (shirīzu fināre)
• Korean: 시리즈 종악장 (sirijeu jong'akjang)
• Latin: conclusio serei televisionis f
• Portuguese: final (pt) f
• Russian: заключительная се́рия (zaključitelʹnaja sérija)
• Spanish: conclusión de la serie f