The one thing I will admit that I found more preferable about the S7 finale compared to the S8 finale, is the acknowledgement of Prue. Prue's astral projection power was used to help save the day b/c she created a potion that could imitate it and gave it to Leo. Prue's power allowed the other sisters to follow through on their plan successfully. And we got the traditional 'door closing' scene at the end which I interpreted as Prue looking over them. Those 'nods' to Prue were better to me than the few 'name' mentions we got thrown in the S8 finale.
