There is always something bittersweet to me about getting to the end of DS, even though 1841PT is definitely a rough watch for much of the time. One of my favorite sequences in the entire show is the very last one, where Thayer David does a voice over of what happened to the Collins family in the short term. The camera panning around Collinwood and showing the empty sets while he does so is very evocative for me, and almost somber.
I've always thought it was nice that this moment exists because there are too many times where television shows get canceled or end and they don't have the time to try to wrap things up. While this isn't exactly a well though out, well planned and/or extensive wrap up of all the storylines, I think the fact that in 1971 the effort was made to attempt to provide closure for a soap opera is pretty marvelous.
