Watched the "Who will be the Family Wizard" finale of Wizards of Waverly Place. Frankly, the whole thing seemed like a messed up cop-out. Justin won, but abdicates to Alex because she should have won but got distracted helping him, but wait! Professor Crumbs is going to retire and gives Justin his position as the head of the University and makes him a wizard despite years of canon that make having more than one wizard in the family impossible. So what? Justin has been officially adopted by Crumbs now in wizarding terms?
There was a LOT more they could have done with the episode from what I saw. For example, we know the wizards are common knowledge in the future from the future version of Harper that came back in time to sell her books about the Russo family adventures. And I would have thought at least Uncle Kelbo, as the official family wizard for the earlier generation, should have got more than a throw-away mention as an example to not let the junior Russos fall apart the way their father's generation did. Never mind the fact that if Justin won, you have the whole "Alex already won in the altered timeline from the movie" issue that could be brought up.
Frankly, the whole thing felt rushed and ham-handed. There had to be dozens of different ways to play everything that would have made for a better narrative, several of which that would not have left Max out in the cold. Especially since, like Kelbo, he seems to stupid to actually survive without his powers. That was why Jerry gave Kelbo his powers instead of Megan when he gave them up to marry Theresa, IIRC.
For a series finale, I felt it lacking in the extreme.