| abstract | - When a show ends without a Grand Finale -- likely if it was cancelled without enough warning to the producers to film a proper ending -- the producers may instead wrap up any loose ends in an episode of another show set in the same Verse. Conceptually, this is the Opposite Trope of a Poorly-Disguised Pilot. The Poorly-Disguised Pilot is effectively the first episode of a show on a different show; the Fully Absorbed Finale is effectively the last episode of a show on a different show. Like the Poorly-Disguised Pilot, the main characters from the "absorbing" show may take a back seat in the episode, with the focus on the characters from the "absorbed" finale. If the ended show was launched with a Poorly-Disguised Pilot on one show, the Fully-Absorbed Finale will usually be an episode of the same show (assuming, of course, that the parent show is still in production). Alternatively, things might get wrapped up in The Movie. Examples of Fully-Absorbed Finale include:
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