Jonas (M. Emmet Walsh, "Blood Simple") is a cranky man forced into retirement who's not really relishing all the freedom and free time he's about to have. What makes matters worse is the fact that his wife Anita (Audra Lindley, 'Three's Company') has gone a little loopy from many years of loneliness, and she's always inviting a menagerie of animals onto the property. This drives Jonas crazy until he thinks he's figured out how to solve the problem and find himself a new hobby.
'Collection Completed' offers a generous amount of black-comedy fun, with a wonderfully irascible performance by the great character actor Walsh and an endearing turn by the delightful Lindley. Moreover, the various animals in the episode are appealing as well. Written by Battle Davis, Randolph Davis, and A. Whitney Brown, and directed with a sure hand by Mary Lambert of "Pet Sematary" fame, this follows an enjoyably grim / amusing path, leading to a final twist that is completely appropriate if not exactly unpredictable.
This episode brought the first season to a close in style.
Eight out of 10.