Newhart (TV Series) The Last Newhart (1990) User Reviews

Perhaps the greatest final episode in television history

[mjp90069 · 10/10 · 20 July 2006]

This final episode of this wonderfully funny series is perhaps the greatest concluding episode of any television series in history.

Japanese businessmen have become so charmed by this small Vermont hamlet that they offer to buy each and every home for $1,000,000 apiece. All in the town readily agree to sell, except for Dick, who holds out on principle.

Fast forward five years. Dick is now miserable...the Stratford Inn in now in the middle of a golf course (that's what the Japanese businessmen turned the town into) and is constantly dodging golf balls. Joanna has become "too Japanese" for Dick's taste. When the town residents all return for a five year reunion, they hatch a plot to return to the town and live at the Stratford.

That's the last straw for Dick, who in disgust walks out on the loonies of Stratford, getting hit by an errant golf ball as he leaves the Inn.

The last 60 seconds are pure television magic, totally unexpected and hilarious. If you're any fan of Newhart or television, you'll roar with approval when the "lights come back up."

Best Ever - No Doubt

[gazelam · 10/10 · 15 September 2009]

The shock value of seeing this episode sticks with me to this day. There is no question that this is the best final episode of any comedic TV series to date. All others, no matter how excellent, just have not been able to live up the simple, disarming, and utterly convincing ending as he wakes up. The increasingly bizarre behavior of the cast over the years as the series matured, and especially the last couple of episodes, really sealed the deal.

Hearing Suzanne Pleshette's voice and seeing her and Bob in the bed was just way too hysterical. I laughed until I cried. I was watching it with my family, and everyone just went to pieces.

Well Played Sir!

The finest ending of a series ever!

[msamanda · 10/10 · 10 June 2012]

There couldn't be a finer ending than the last episode of The Newhart Show. It was absolute brilliance to incorporate his previous sitcom. The bizarre happenings in the show situated in Vermont, only added to the absolutely convincing dream idea that he had to end the show. Besides the fact that he was a psychiatrist in the first show and he ends the second show with a dream that makes all the antics and characters of Vermont possible, he then awakens with his leading lady from the first series to validate it. Who would and who has, since that show, ever dreamed of accomplishing anything that clever?! I would expect no less from Bob Newhart!

Greatest, Most Creative Series Finale Ever

[tsbrownie · 23 April 2018]

Without spoiling, really this is the most interesting, creative and best closure EVER in TV history. Go out of your way to see it if you have not.

Best Series Finale Ever. Ever

[tomas-554-243321 · 10/10 · 26 February 2021]

All I have to say is this:

We NEVER saw this coming. Absolutely perfect.

The fact that they hid from the public so well....

Thanks, guys!

Glad to Have Been There

[Hitchcoc · 10/10 · 12 April 2023]

Nearly everyone knows the ending so I won't comment on that. The final season was really a bust, but this one wrapped all eight up pretty well. The Japanese (who at this time had money to burn) decide to tear down the town and build a huge golf course and entertainment center. Dick and Joanna won't sell and end up stuck with the Inn. This is a chance for all the principles to return one last time, five years later. That part wasn't as funny as I originally thought. This is the first time I've watched it since it was on back in 1990. There is a sense of sadness all around, but I feel I received a gift by this show having been on and enjoying it for all those weeks. Bob Newhart is a comic genius.

Amazing Surprise - Like a Cracker Jacks Box

[joave · 10/10 · 16 April 2020]

Being a big fan of the original Bob Newhart Show and watching it religiously for the years, in comparing the 2 shows I never really thought this one lived up to the creativity or the warmth and humor the former had.

Until this episode. Y'all knows what happens so I won't say it. But know this was the very best episode by far of this series.