Rules of Engagement

It's safe to say that I didn't get as emotional with the series finale of Rules of Engagement as I did with The Office. Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly loved the show and will always remember Baked, the show's cookie episode. It's always sad to see a recurring favorite exit the airs, even if it was relatively unknown and always on its last legs. I'm very glad it made it this far and was able to end it on its own terms, even if they didn't know for sure they were getting cancelled, I think they might have known it was going to happen.

In the series finale, 100th, we got to see two weddings, a birth and a death!

The entire episode, save a few seconds, takes place in a hospital. You guessed it. Brenda is giving birth to Jeff and Audrey's baby, Shea! They're finally parents after all these years. It kind of reminded me of the Friends finale with Chandler Jeff making jokes to the surrogate. However, Audrey threw up! So that was good humor. The last remnants of Adam's idiocy was also good humor. The greatest humor of all was yet to come.

Timmy and Russell have still yet to make up in their longstanding bromance. Jen and Adam have also yet to get married after seven seasons of being engaged! Sure enough, a priest walks by and they know it is meant to be. They nab the priest once the patient he's there to see dies (death mentioned earlier. Don't worry it wasn't Russell). He marries the two of them, finally, and then marries another couple. Russell marries Timmy so he can be kept in the country instead of being deported! Such a touching, but hilarious moment. It had to happen, didn't it?

Then, we get a little moment with Jeff and his child, showing how he's matured through the years (or maybe not?) Audrey comes in and tells him some news. She's pregnant! Oh, if they had just waited nine months! Maybe if they get it just right, the kids will be in the same grade? It's possible, I assume. Then, Russell, Timmy, Adam and Jen come into the room and we zoom away on their interactions as Closing Time plays. Yeah, they definitely knew it was the end.

But that scene wasn't the end! Jeff gets the last line as the final scene takes place in his and Audrey's bedroom. "Maybe after I take care of the baby, you can take care of Daddy." He says to Audrey. Then, it's over. A fitting end to a funny show.

Farewell, good Rules of Engagement, you great show!