The Neighborhood Showrunners Just Teased How the CBS Comedy Ends

The Neighborhood heads into its eighth and final season, with showrunners teasing a last chapter packed with big shake-ups, fresh starts on the block, and emotional goodbyes on the road to the series finale.
Eight seasons in, CBS comedy The Neighborhood is taking its final lap. The last chapter kicked off October 13, 2025, and it is very much about change: kids growing up, parents figuring out what that means, and one character discovering just how weird free time can get. It all builds toward a proper goodbye instead of a never-ending reset.
Where the block stands in the final season
- Calvin and Tina are officially empty nesters. With Malcolm and Marty moving forward with their own lives, the Butlers are adjusting to a quieter house and whatever comes next.
- Gemma hits a turning point after Grover graduates from Walcott Academy. With that milestone behind her, she starts asking herself some big career and purpose questions.
- Dave gets an AI-driven wrinkle at the V.A. that shakes up his routine. The result: a comedic arc about how he fills the gaps, including an earnest detour into pickling. Yes, pickling.
- Familiar faces pop back in: John Ross Bowie returns as Gregory, Dave's old boss, and Angelique Cabral is back as Lisa, Malcolm's literary agent.
- The showrunners would love to bring back Tina and Dave's parents for a visit — those roles are played by Glynn Turman, Kevin Pollak, and Marilu Henner — but the emphasis stays squarely on the core cast to keep things focused.
How they plan to end it
Co-showrunners Bill Martin and Mike Schiff told TVLine they are writing toward an actual ending this time, not another season. In their words:
"We can finally head toward a climax that we don't have to write our way past. It's nice to be able to just get there."
They want the victory lap to feel close and personal, not oversized for the sake of it. The series finale itself will be a standard half-hour episode — no supersized farewell — with an emotional target in mind: they are aiming for the kind of resonance you think of with The Mary Tyler Moore Show. That is a high bar, but that is the goal.
Between Calvin and Tina redefining home, Gemma confronting what's next, and Dave gamely navigating an AI shake-up (and a brine jar), Season 8 is about transitions and goodbyes. The intention, as Martin put it, is to land on something that reminds you why you liked spending time on this block in the first place.