I guess the thing for me is I knew a floaty happy ending wasn't coming. I have an avoidance of spoilers, but my mom doesn't, and when things make her nervous, she passes them on to me. (Some people in my life have difficulty understanding what spoiler averse means.) So, I saw quotes from Eastin saying that he thought the finale might make fans hate him and suchlike. And while I tried to block it all from my mind, because otherwise it just freaked me out, of course I couldn't forget it. I was afraid it would end with Peter and Neal in full cat and mouse mode, with Neal never being able to return to his New York life.

So, I guess spoilers worked in my favor, because they made me imagine something much worse.