If SNW only gets 5 seasons as well

[Firebird]

That was only one plot point, though. The extra ending scene seemed to indicate that it was a hastily tacked-on ending that wouldn’t have been added if the show was still continuing.

Which "extra" ending scene?

 

[Dukhat]

Which "extra" ending scene?

From Trekmovie:

McMahan describes the last show as carrying through the same humorous tone as the rest of the series, though he admits to re-writing portions of the script when it became clear that Lower Decks would not be renewed…In order to accommodate the extra story pages needed to resolve all those plotlines (and possibly open a few new ones for the future) the crew recorded an extra-long, story-dense finale that Tawny Newsome described as “a double-stuffed Oreo of an episode.” Still in the editing stage, the runtime is currently eight minutes longer than a regular Lower Decks episode.


So not an extra scene, but last-minute rewrites to accommodate the fact that the show was not getting renewed.

 

[Tosk]

So kinda the opposite of a "hastily tacked-on ending".

 

[Dukhat]

So kinda the opposite of a "hastily tacked-on ending".

I admittedly used a poor choice of words. Nevertheless, I believe the point has been made. Or not. You tell me.

 

[Firebird]

I admittedly used a poor choice of words. Nevertheless, I believe the point has been made. Or not. You tell me.

Given the long production leadtimes on animation, I don't think anything about the series finale was "hastily" done.

 

[Dukhat]

If you say so. To me, 90% of the episode did not come off on me as ‘series finale,’ probably because it wasn’t originally meant to be. Only the last eight minutes or so felt like they needed to quickly wrap stuff up. YMMV.

 

[Nerys Myk]

If you say so. To me, 90% of the episode did not come off on me as ‘series finale,’ probably because it wasn’t originally meant to be. Only the last eight minutes or so felt like they needed to quickly wrap stuff up. YMMV.

If it was Doctor Who, we would have gotten close to 30 minutes!!!!!

 

[Dukhat]

If it was Doctor Who, we would have gotten close to 30 minutes!!!!!

I’ll take your word for it. I haven’t watched Doctor Who since David Tennant’s first year.