I had no idea that in the final episode I would be watching how they all die. I should have figured, but after 5 years of watching them, the final episode was shocking and very sad. Not sure I would have watched it that night if I knew. I just was not ready to see that. Still sad.

It isn't indicated if only one of DAvid and Keith's sons had children. It could have been both, since we do see Durell (I think, he looks older) with a pregnant wife and other child, but Anthony could have adopted a child just as KEith and David did.

One more thing: Its' possible that Claire was past her childbearing years when she married Ted. If the clips were shown in order, that would mean although Ted and Claire met up again at Ruth's funeral. It was over four years later, after Keith's murder, that they wed. Claire would have been at least 46, and I doubt she was the type to want a menopausal motherhood.

I think that just because Brenda's obituary didn't list any grandchildren, doesn't mean she didn't have any. Some of the obituaries had more information than others. I think it just might mean that the writers hadn't hashed out the futures of Maya, Willa and Forrest.

Great post! Here are a few more nitpicks: Ruth has moved out of Fisher & Sons during the finale. She tells Claire that she's moving into Sarah's house in Topanga Canyon, and her reaction to the "100% gay" remodeling suggests she's been out of the house for some time by the end of the episode. Billy is talking at Brenda when she dies, so it's pretty obvious he's a survivor. In the Alan Ball Fresh Air interview, he said he thought Brenda remarried twice, but I don't think there's any way to get that out of the episode or her obituary. Her second marriage must have been a quick rebound thing, as her son has the same surname as the man she was married to at her death.

My guess is Maggie was doing pharmaceutical rep. thing. She was dressed very nicely.

what was Maggie doing at a doctor's office when Ruth reached her on her cell phone to ask if Nate was happy the night he collasped? Had she resumed her career as a pharmaceutical rep. or was she visiting a obgyn to see if she's carrying Nate's baby?

I believe that Claire was already dead and her life was flashing in front of her. Remember what Nate said to her you can't take a picture its already gone.

One of the reasons the furnishings don't seem futuristic is that we are seeing them in Claire's imagination, not in the actual future. At least that's how I saw it.

i thought they made it pretty clear (in the episode, prior to the deat montage) that ruth moved in with sarah and started the doggy-day care biz.