The episode, which aired as an hour-long special on Nickelodeon on November 23, 2012,[1] guest starred David Chisum as Colonel Steven Shay, Carly and Spencer's father.

[2] Carly is expecting her father, Colonel Shay, to arrive in Seattle to escort her to the Father-Daughter Air Force Dance.

Afterward, Colonel Shay informs everyone that he has to return to his base in Italy, much to Carly's disappointment as she was looking forward to spending more time with him.

Carly, Sam, and Freddie head into the studio to film a final webcast where Colonel Shay is presented as a special guest.

On the flight to Italy, Carly views a montage of archived iCarly webcasts on her laptop while everyone reminisces upon many memories over the past seasons.

Club's review found that the finale covered most of the show's usual concerns, about the importance of self-expression, the role of social media in young people's lives, and the background of "war, recession and technology"; although the first half was too slow-moving, it provides closure and the ending where Carly and Sam do one final episode of their webshow is "touching and funny".

[6][7] The episode's debut airing in the United Kingdom attracted 437,000 viewers, the highest ratings that any program on Nickelodeon UK had received up to that time.