10 Reasons Why What You Leave Behind Is The Best Star Trek Finale

7. The Way You Look Tonight

Star Trek What You Leave Behind
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The final scene in Vic Fontaine's is one of the most touching tributes to the series as a whole that occurs in the run of the show. With the war finally ended, the main cast gather together in the lounge to hear Vic sing, one last time. They know now that the family is about to break up, so this is a bittersweet moment.

However, if one looks at the tables surrounding them, it is clear that it is a much bigger party than just the main cast standing together. Ira Stephe Behr, Jeffrey Combs, J.G. Hertzler, Casey Biggs - they're all present, out of make up and sitting down, enjoying hearing Vic croon to them all.

This was, in a way, the final scene of the series as we had come to know it. Though there are scenes (extremely important ones!) that follow, this is the moment for the show to pause, to take stock and to calm down after the worst war that the franchise had ever seen. Many were lost along the way, but here in this one final moment, they are together again - happy one last time.

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