IGoodbye
2012 television film directed by Steve Hoefer
"iGoodbye" is the series finale of the American television sitcom iCarly. The episode, which aired as an hour-long special on Nickelodeon on November 23, 2012, guest starred David Chisum as Colonel Steven Shay, Carly and Spencer's father.
The episode serves as the season finale of the sixth season and the series finale to the original series. A revival series was ordered by Paramount+ in 2020, which premiered on June 17, 2021.
Plot
Carly is expecting her father, Colonel Shay, to arrive in Seattle to escort her to the Father-Daughter Air Force Dance. She receives an electronic message saying he is unable to come. To comfort her, Spencer asks to take her to the dance, and she accepts. However, Spencer immediately becomes sick after being sneezed on by Lewbert, the apartment building's doorman, and he is unable to attend the dance. Carly is upset by this development, as this is the last year she will be young enough to attend and had been unable to attend the event with her father for the past four years. Sam convinces Freddie and Gibby - who have been at the mall getting Gibby's head re-printed (having sold it in "iLost My Head in Vegas") and saving an abused weasel - to escort Carly to the dance (while Freddie asks if him and Sam want to reunite), but Carly rejects their offer.
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