"Seinfeld" Star Wayne Knight, AKA Newman, Shared His True Feelings About How The Series Ended

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Seinfeld star Wayne Knight (aka Newman) is sharing his true feelings about how the series ended.

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Back in 1998, the show concluded with the cast being put on trial for unknowingly violating a "Good Samaritan law" — and literally everyone they've ever met came to testify.

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The two-part episode serves as an homage to all the characters from the past nine seasons, but its lack of humor really didn't sit well with fans.

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And while the show ended over two decades ago, people are still talking about the unsatisfying ending — including Wayne.

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"I think I'm like the rest of the public as far as the finale goes. I don’t think you can end that show in a way that would work," Wayne said during an appearance at Pennsylvania’s Steel City Convention (via comicbook.com).

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He added that the "idea of doing a retrospective winds up feeling like a clip show," but the concept was to honor all the guest stars that had taken part in the show.

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"I think that they tried to pay tribute to all of the people who had walked through that set, all the great performances, all the great people," Wayne shared.

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Wayne also noted that creator Larry David wanted to showcase that the foursome were "not deserving of any glory."

The cast stand up to get their sentencing
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In the end, it all "didn’t quite land in the way that they wanted."

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"He wanted them to have the worst time possible. And as a concept, that works, but I don't know if it works as a finale," Wayne said.

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Unfortunately, most of the show's longtime viewers seem to agree.