The End of Harvey Birdman

[ZariusTwo]

Just as the original series comes to DVD (HA HA! "C.."), AS's acclaimed Harvey Birdman ended it's run on AS's official website, and with the penultimate episode being aired. The series finale will eventually also air rather than debut on the site, but bottom line? It's over one way or another.

The finale left a sour taste in my mouth, but at the same time it was everything the show had always been, and there were even a few moments of triumph for Harvey, and even Potimus before the return everyone saw coming led to the final nail in the coffin.

Spoiler:

The Bear switching the lights off in the firm could not have been a better tribute to Cheers

I think I'll pretend the series ended with "Incredible Hippo", the best parody of the Bixby Hulk series I have ever seen (not even Family Guy parodied the confrontation between Banner and Mcgee "Equinox", THAT is attention to detail), and the third season was the best. Once the show-stealing Colbert left, taking with him the show's most memorable character (ironic given the series title), the series went into complaicent mode until the time came to comfortably axe it.

So ends another of the "old guard" of AS, where once there stood Space Ghost, Sealab, The Brak Show, and Birdman, remains only Aqua Teen Hunger Force. AS's biggest draws besides that are the ever infrequent and overlooked 12 Oz Mouse (the second episode of the third season is taking longer to air than Birdman's seasons put together) and of course, it's current flagships, the excellent Venture Bros and overrated Robot Chicken