Actually, a lot of people thought it was a cliffhanger, so they can't be too sad.

Dude, yes. Weren't we all thinking it was going to be renewed until the last moment it got cancelled? So, like Farscape, it ended up being a cliffhanger--and a doozy of one at that.

How much do I love Joss's speech pattern? Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much.

Weren't we all thinking it was going to be renewed until the last moment it got cancelled?

That's not how I remember it. The network gave them enough notice so that they knew it was the last one before they'd written the last bunch of them.

Chalk it up to my memfault, then. I probably *was* confusing it with Farscape.

It was cancelled before the wrote and shot everything after "A Hole in the World," I believe. Which had to be odd, because suddenly they had this new Illyria character to deal with while simultaneously needing to end the series.

Signed,
Wanted More Illyria Time

Dude, yes. Weren't we all thinking it was going to be renewed until the last moment it got cancelled?

I believe the cancellation notice was made public the week after "Smile Time" aired. I think they had to rewrite some of the final eps to bring closure (would that they'd just pitched TGiQ out entirely!), but there was time to adjust the storyline before the last few episodes were filmed.

I want to say we found out Friday, March 13, 2004.

Friday, February 13, 2004.

It was Feb 13th. "Smile Time" aired the following week.

Yep, I was just coming back in, to correct that post.

Huh, I thought the bad news was fresher than that at the Annual Review. Maybe because it was the first time I saw anyone face-to-face after the announcement?

What was the date of the W&H Review, Matt? I was just reading through the Angel thread from that time period (including all my now-embarrassing-to-me ranting about Buffy in TGiQ) and it seemed to me like the party was shortly after the announcment.