IGoodbye (iCarly)

"iGoodbye" is the thirteenth and final episode of the 6th Season of the original iCarly and the 108th-109th episode overall, and is the series finale. It first aired on November 23, 2012 to 6.4 million viewers.

iPlot
When Spencer comes down with a fever on an important night for Carly, he tries to hide his illness from her. Sam restores a motorcycle and Freddie gets an embarrassing new phone.

Carly is ready to accept not going to the annual dance, when someone shows up to take her. Her night takes another unexpected turn when she is asked a life-changing question.

iWhy It Rocks

 * 1) This finale is amazing, as it has notably four sub-plots, but unlike iPear Store, all of them are good and well-written, mainly since this episode is stretched to about an hour, giving each subplot time to flesh themselves out more properly:
 * 2) * The main plot is about the father-daughter dance with Carly, and it was emotional and heartwarming.
 * 3) * The first sub-plot is about Sam helping out Socko, as she fixes a 1964 Sterling motorcycle to give to Socko’s cousin for his birthday, which was very nice of her.
 * 4) * The second sub-plot is about Freddie’s gigantic new phone he got from Mom, and everyone making fun of him because of his phone’s size. This plot is good, since Freddie isn’t tortured like the episodes he’s had where he was tortured, and his phone is an unusually large size, kind of like a mini iPad, so it’s understandable why people would think that a large phone would be funny.
 * 5) * The third sub-plot is about Gibby’s funny replica head model, when he gets his head stuck in the replica machine, which is funny. In the end after getting out, the store owner gives him his replica head and a pet weasel, both for free, which was nice and makes up for Gibby’s head being stuck.
 * 6) The beginning was good and funny as Sam had made a backscratcher which worked on Carly, and when Freddie showed her that he tried it too.
 * 7) Most of the characters in the episode were at their best here. Even Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Benson were passable since they only had short moments each in the episode.
 * 8) Many funny moments in the episode, like how Carly left her apartment in her pajamas, and how Spencer tried to stay strong so he can take Carly to the dance, trying to hide the fact he got sick, as well as Freddie speaking Spanish.
 * 9) Funny moment where Sam and Freddie, while talking on the phone, thought of the idea of getting back together, but quickly pushed that aside to focus on the main issue of Carly not having anyone to go to the father-daughter dance.
 * 10) Some heartwarming moments, like how Spencer, Freddie, and Gibby tried to be Carly’s company to go to the father-daughter dance, even if all of those failed because of Spencer’s sickness and how Carly appreciated everyone’s offer, but she admitted it’s not the same without her dad, and how Sam comforted Carly in her saddest moment.
 * 11) Even after Socko’s cousin and Socko got into a fight and so Socko’s cousin won’t be getting his present, Socko let Spencer keep the motorcycle, and so Spencer gave it to Sam, which was very nice of him, and it would become Sam’s main vehicle in mh:terribletvshows:Sam & Cat.
 * 12) Everyone’s fancy clothes looked amazing on everyone, Spencer, Gibby, Freddy, and Carly.
 * 13) Spencer did get better in the 2nd half of the episode, which was good.
 * 14) Awesome acting as usual, and David Chisum was a great guest star, as he greatly portrayed Steven Shay, Carly and Spencer’s dad.
 * 15) Great emotional and heartwarming moment when Steven Shay showed up, and he, Carly and Spencer happily hugged him, and he nicely greeted Sam, Freddie and Gibby. Then, he and Carly went to the father-daughter dance together.
 * 16) Everyone was having fun with their silly hat party, especially when Carly and Steven came back from the father-daughter dance after having a good time.
 * 17) When Steven revealed that he would be leaving to go back to Italy, he gave Carly the chance to come with him, which was a very emotional moment, and with her brother and her friends’ encouragement, she decided to go.
 * 18) The gang had time for one last iCarly, and just like most of the episodes that had an iCarly webcast, it was fun, hilarious, and filled with comedy. It also had an emotional end where Carly and the others gently told their fans that Carly’s going to Italy with her dad and that iCarly was going to be taking a break for a while, and that they thanked their fans for supporting them all the way.
 * 19) Carly had a great goodbye with her brother, being very emotional, and also had a heartwarming moment with Freddie when they kissed, much to Freddie’s joy and showing Carly still has feelings for him.
 * 20) Everyone, aside from Carly, had a great goodbye with Steven Shay, especially Spencer, and then everyone had an emotional goodbye to Carly, as they did a group hug before Sam accompanied Carly to the first floor in the elevator.
 * 21) Carly and Sam had an emotional goodbye in the elevator, as Sam gave Carly the iCarly remote, and shared a heartwarming best friend hug.
 * 22) There was also a funny and satisfying moment where when Lewbert went into the elevator, Sam scared him off to not interrupt her and Carly’s emotional goodbye, and also what Lewbert deserved after getting Spencer sick.
 * 23) The ending was good and emotional as each character reflected their good times they had with each other, with all of the flashbacks being a great recap of the series. Carly watching some iCarly videos before she and her dad take off in their plane, Freddie remembering the good times with his crush as he looked back at the Shay’s apartment door, Spencer also remembering his good moments with his sister as he brings up the Squirrel Camera from the 1st episode, which hilariously catches on fire, and when Sam was on her motorcycle, remembering the great times she had with her best friend. The series ends with Carly closing her laptop, as her plane takes off, and Sam leaving Seattle, with the hearing of Freddie’s line And, we’re clear.
 * 24) Sam leaving Seattle on her motorcycle is honestly a good foreshadowing of Sam & Cat, when she eventually arrived in Los Angeles and meets Cat.
 * 25) This episode was emotional and heartwarming, and was a great way to end the original series. (It was originally a good way to end the franchise if it didn’t continue past that, until the franchise returned with an awesome revival on Paramount+, with Miranda Cosgrove, Jerry Trainor, and Nathan Kress reprising their roles.)

iBad Qualities

 * 1) Lewbert went into the Shay’s apartment to deliver a part of his sickness, and he sneezed on Spencer, which caused Spencer to get sick too.
 * 2) There was a moment when Freddie was about to reveal why he speaks Spanish sometimes, but he was interrupted by the store owner. Way to tease us but ruin it, writers.

iReception
"iGoodbye" was meet with largely positive reception from critics, audiences and fans of the show, seeing it as a wonderful finale. It has a 9.2/10 rating on IMDb.com, making it the highest rated episode of the series.

iTrivia

 * The license plate on the red car at the end of this episode reads "ICARLY".

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