pretty amazing ending. it definitely felt like a series finale to me.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/...s&seid=auto
Q.
I have to say that this season finale almost felt like a series finale, with all of the story lines that it appears to wrap up. Was that by design?
A.
That is on purpose. We weren’t sure that we would have a fifth season when we were plotting out the end of Season 4. So we wanted to make the end of Season 4 as satisfying and as complete as possible, not knowing what the future would hold. Having said that, there are a couple of big, outstanding questions still in play. But I agree with you, if the show had not gone on past the end of Season 4 – although I’m very happy to say that it indeed will – but if it weren’t to go forward, I think I could be satisfied on some level, by that episode.