Giving this thread a new life for a good reason, and I am surprised nobody brought this up yet.
Yesterday, after nearly 26 years, we've finally reached the final chapter in the Arthur saga. The finale, with "All Grown Up" as the final segment, aired yesterday. I saw that final segment on YouTube, and I must say, they handled the final production really well, like they had wanted it. The series went out on a good note, with the Sugar Bowl now renamed the Sugar Bowl Cafe, and Arthur and some of his classmates now 28 years old, many with new occupations. Myffy's job may be a callback to "The Election", and Binky's job may be a callback to "The Blizzard" and/or "Shelter from the Storm"; and D.W.'s job may be a callback to "D.W. Blows the Whistle" and maybe "Nerves of Steal" as she was enforcing the law. Sadly, we don't know what became of Brain nor Sue Ellen as adults, so I would guess that they left Elwood City to work elsewhere, though unmentioned on air. The guy suggesting a book which contains interesting methods of drawing was likely an animated version of Marc Brown, author of the Arthur book series for nearly 50 years, and Arthur reconsidered borrowing the book as he suddenly has inspiration for creating a graphic novel. At the very end, we see Arthur reading a graphic novel he created starting from the first story, "Arthur's Eyes", which was also the first segment in the cartoon series. A very appropriate way to close out the series, without anything emotional.
I must say, even though I discontinued watching the show in 2007 due to loss of interest and commitments to work, I was motivated to see a few episodes many months ago after learning on a Facebook group that Arthur is ending after 25 seasons. I decided to get back into watching the show, and by golly, I couldn't believe some of the stuff I missed out on due to my job. I was more interested in seeing the segment "All Grown Up", and I finally got that chance.
What do you think of the final chapter of the Arthur series?