Why does Incredible Hulk TV series end up so abruptly? [closed]

This is about the 70s show.

When you watch the last episode, something feels wrong, it doesn't look like an ending at all. Rather, something they decided to make as ending at last minute.

So, what does one has to understand with that weird ending?

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Best Answer

As Paulie_D noted in the comments, the show was abruptly cancelled partway through production of Season 5. The seven completed episodes from that season were aired, but the producers simply didn't have the opportunity to develop a proper finale, which is why the final episode ends the same way all the other episodes do: with Banner fleeing to resume his search for a cure.

However, between 1988 and 1990, a trilogy of made-for-TV movies were released that continued the series' storyline and eventually gave it a proper ending. So the reason it doesn't feel like an ending is that it quite literally is not an ending - you have to watch the movies (or at the very least, the third one) to see how Banner's story ends.

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Why did The Incredible Hulk get cancelled?

CBS initially did not want to continue with the series for the fall of 1981, even though the show's ratings were still respectable. Kenneth Johnson claimed that Harvey Sheppard, then head of CBS programming, felt that the series had run its course, and canceled it.

What happened to The Incredible Hulk TV series?

The Incredible Hulk ran on CBS for four successful seasons, but the show was destined to end as tragically as David Banner's journey began. Concerned about rising costs and falling ratings, CBS abruptly cancelled the series, leading to an abbreviated fifth season of just seven episodes.

What was the last episode of The Incredible Hulk?

He follows the Hulk wherever the creature is spotted, although it is not until the season two episode "Mystery Man" that he finally learns that the Hulk metamorphoses from a man. On several occasions, he tries to stun the Hulk with a tranquilizer gun, but his attempts always go wrong.

The rise and fall of the Incredible Hulk (series retrospective/review)

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