what's gonna happen to the books in the library? pat's stump? fanny's pet cemetery?

okay, fine, have alison and mike move out. that was probably gonna happen since the very start, it's a very typical sitcom ending. but to me, the obvious answer was always a museum. they could've introduced some kooky but well-meaning wealthy preservationist in season 5 that says offhandedly that the house would make a wonderful museum. And then that's when Alison realizes. That's what they could've done this entire time.

Because holy shit, there's just so much history in that house, showed to us time and time again. It's not just any average wealthy manor- people have lived and loved and died in there. It's such a perfect encapsulation of the gradual changing of Britain as a place and nation. From the Black Death to the Georgian extravagance to the Edwardian Glamour to the WW2 Haste and then to the 90's Charm. It's Button House. A little manor on the corner of England that has lived to see it change and grow over thousands of years. But now it's a hotel.

So the actual ending that was displayed to us just feels.... bleak. Like, this place can have thousands of years of history but still get swept up by the next highest bidder. It's a hotel, and now it's probably gonna remain a hotel for the rest of its existence.