Endless Eight Ends

The title's a little bit oxymoronic, don't you think?

The screenshot above is the last scene from the ninth episode of the second season of anime Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, which ended the eight episode Endless Eight arc.

For those who doesn't recognised the hand above or never played poker before, it's called the royal flush, the highest ranking standard poker hand.

Many fans heave sigh of relief over the end of this arc, as it had been a pain-stakingly gruelling eight weeks of watching the same thing over and over again. KyoAni is surely treading dangerous ground coming up with this one...

You could read the translated light novel version here.