Was the TV series supposed to end like it did? I mean, it was just a big 
ol' whirlpool of Shinji's Freudian analysis. Weird. But then the movies 
(Rebirth & Death, and EoE) seem to be more "ending minded" and seem to 
resolve all of the themes and issues that the series focused on. I'm new 
to the whole Evangelion phenomenon (if it can be called that), so I 
don't know if the TV series end was meant to be a preface to the Finale 
Movies, or if the TV series was abruptly cancelled by the network (which 
is prone to happen to even the best of TV series---e.g. Farscape) and 
that maybe the movies were a way to get the proper ending.