What a sad way to end the series having 30 year old spinster Laverne going to sleep alone in her apartment on her makeshift inflatable waterbed. No man, no date, no children and the only contact with the opposite sex is when the fleet comes in down by the docks. It's just so sad and tragic.
How a show that started out with 2 young girls with "High Hopes" trying to find their dreams of love ends with one of them in this state is just too sad for words.
Instead of the long string of bizarre episodes of the pathetic 8th season, they should've set up a long term romance for Laverne so she can have her dream come true too in the end and marry. This was the whole basis of the show and to only have one of the characters get it and the other don't is really sad.
I would've loved to see Shirley return for Laverne's wedding in the final episode, but instead the whole episode is focused on Carmine and his leap into the Sexual Revolution of the late 60's by joining the cast of Hair (gag)....or as Shirley would say----A one way ticket to Smut town.
It looked like they were setting things up for a spin off here and that thankfully never happened. By 1983 I don't think anyone wanted to relive the late 60's/early 70's days of sexual freedom and hippie crap again.
It's just a sad sight seeing our beloved Laverne laying on that inflatable raft all alone in the apartment at the end. The character deserved a much better send off and it's a shame they only gave it to Shirley. Laverne deserved more.
But Laverne will always have the fleet at the docks to keep her company on those long lonely nights I guess. Sad....but thank God the series is over. If I ever rewatch this series again, it will be just the Milwaukee seasons. The rest isn't worth a second viewing....and barely a first!
How a show that started out with 2 young girls with "High Hopes" trying to find their dreams of love ends with one of them in this state is just too sad for words.
Instead of the long string of bizarre episodes of the pathetic 8th season, they should've set up a long term romance for Laverne so she can have her dream come true too in the end and marry. This was the whole basis of the show and to only have one of the characters get it and the other don't is really sad.
I would've loved to see Shirley return for Laverne's wedding in the final episode, but instead the whole episode is focused on Carmine and his leap into the Sexual Revolution of the late 60's by joining the cast of Hair (gag)....or as Shirley would say----A one way ticket to Smut town.
It looked like they were setting things up for a spin off here and that thankfully never happened. By 1983 I don't think anyone wanted to relive the late 60's/early 70's days of sexual freedom and hippie crap again.
It's just a sad sight seeing our beloved Laverne laying on that inflatable raft all alone in the apartment at the end. The character deserved a much better send off and it's a shame they only gave it to Shirley. Laverne deserved more.
But Laverne will always have the fleet at the docks to keep her company on those long lonely nights I guess. Sad....but thank God the series is over. If I ever rewatch this series again, it will be just the Milwaukee seasons. The rest isn't worth a second viewing....and barely a first!