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Sadly How I Met Your Mother, Hercules: The Legendary Journey, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise and Frasier didn't make your list.
Fun Fact: In 1983 when the MASH season finale aired it had the highest watching audience with the sole exception of the Super Bowl. Which was going on around that time. College Students actually dressed as characters in the series while watching the finale. What an awesome tribute to this great series.
It's still in the top 15 in the US even 40 years later. No other episodic tv show is in the top 30. With all of the options today I doubt any other show will come close.
I always thought ER had the perfect ending. Over the season we got to see past characters in their new lives after leaving County General and the actual last scene where Dr. John Carter and medical student Rachel Greene (the late Mark Greene's daughter) run in to get ready for the intake of new emergency patients was so reminiscent of the first scenes where Dr. Greene gets medical student Carter started on his first emergency patients. Life and death and love and disaster in the ER goes on, which was the over arching theme of the show in all 15 seasons.
i kind of liked the alternative ending where it turns out hal from malcolm in the middle dreamt it all up, but i guess that was a silly take on newharts show
I'll be honest, season ten feels about 10x more series finale The show's ending alwase felt more like a season finale. There were just too many new open ended concepts introduced right at the end As to the angel finally, that is just pure luck, seeing as it wasn't written or shot as the series finale. ...also the dragon's name is Cordelia, and he is seven kinds of awesome.
The *_MASH_* finale was happy, sad, and beyond intense. Alan Alda's chilling portrayal of a PTSD induced mental breakdown amplified by something horrible done when all he wanted was something that should have been easy to do just reminded us all that he especially never should have had to be there.
I did my annual rewatch over the last two months- this time it took longer because my mom started with me for the first time. So we watched it all together, I've never watched it with someone else for their first time. It made it even more emotional knowing what was happening and seeing her reactions through the whole series. She loved Leo so it was a rollercoaster, she was so upset any time he and piper were apart. I think that finale walk up the stairs gets me as much as Rachel's I got off the plane in Friends
Gotta give it to the Wonder Years finalie . R.I.P. Jack Turner . I find it so heartbreaking Kevin and Winnie didn’t wind up together . Even though it did make it moe realistic . Also the finale of Clarissa Explains It All where Clarissa goes to New York for a journalist internship
My favorite final would have to be Friends, still brings me almost to tears with them leaving the apartment, and seeing it empty, forever the best series. 😭
If you haven't seen it, search for the finale of "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson". They recreate the Newhart finale, except that Craig wakes up in bed with Drew Carey (with Craig in the role of his "The Drew Carey Show" character Mr. Wick). It's hysterical.
@@pattierotondo1108 Because the Craig Ferguson finale mimicked the Newhart finale in BRILLIANT fashion, that's why. Ferguson's show was outstanding and won awards including a Peabody Award - so I'm afraid I can't give your opinion too much credence.
I love the finale of Fringe, such a wonderful show. They closed the story with a beautiful lesson on sacrifice and being accountable for your actions. Walter Bishop will be forever in my heart.
Scrubs will always be my favorite show of all time, and the finale was heartwarming, emotional and funny. Dr Cox telling not only sunny but the audience about how he really felt about JD always gives me goosebumps and brings a tear to my eyes. Fantastic acting throughout the series. Thank you WatchMojo for taking me down memory lane.
I feel that the Mr. Robot finale should've had at least an honorable mention. Truly a phenomenal show with a fitting, yet shocking finale that was worthy of a very good TV show. One of, if not the best in recent years.
I loved the show "Monk" but I did not love the last episode. Monk was told who the killer was by his wife on a video instead of figuring out on his own. I would have loved to see the world's greatest detective actually solve his wife's murder.
Top 10 Best TV Endings Imo, 1. Breaking Bad 2. Better Call Saul 3. Sopranos 4. Mr. Robot 5. Six Feet Under 6. Avatar: The Last Airbender 7. Succession 8. Dark 9. The Leftovers 10. The Wire :)
The coolest thing about the ending of Lost is the very last shot: the extreme close-up on Jack's eye as he closes it. That's the exact way the series starts in episode 1, except Jack is opening his eye.
The ending of Lost was disappointing, but then so was most of the last season or two. They failed to resolve far too much and then, having them all be dead all along was a giant "Screw You" to the audience.
Everybody Hates Chris...It ends the same way The Sopranos did. But if you wondered if Chris passed his GED test, it's answered when you see his name as Executive Producer.
The Good Place is quite possibly the best series ever made. It never dragged on or got boring, each episode is funny and important, it made us laugh and feel for these people, and it ended exactly how it should’ve when it should’ve. It checks every box.
It doesn't get noted often but I'd like to point out "Sleeping In Light" from Babylon 5. One of the quietest and most gently emotional scifi finales out there. If I make it past the toast to absent friends then I never make it past John and Delenn's goodbyes without a tear.
I watched the last episode of MASH as a child when it first aired and I knew even then that I would never see a better show and now that I am 50 I still haven't seen a better show. I feel the same thing now as I watch it as I did then.
My fave series ending was Benson. In a gubernatorial race between Gene Gatling & Benson comes to an end where the two combatants sit in front of a TV as the news reports the outcome of the election. Just as the results are about to be announced, the screens fade to black. It was absolutely perfect.
well producers thought the show was going to be picked up for another season. I believe the Governor would have run the race and Benson would be his Lt. Governor
I remember my dad being upset that the MASH finale was so sad. Of course now it makes sense that I am older why it made him upset and why it was a perfect ending. I wish him and I could have that conversation about that episode.
Maybe one of my favorites that weren’t listed was The Americans. The Americans' finale was hot a happy one. Perhaps not even bittersweet can be used to describe it. It was essentially a melancholic ending for a series that could never end on a happy note. Phillip and Elizabeth made it through six seasons, which was surprising in itself. Still, their survival aside, Phillip and Elizabeth’s ending was a rather sad one, as they had to leave Paige and Henry behind. For spies, missions come to an end, but for parents, you’re parents for life. Not every story ends neatly, but The Americans found an ending that fits very, very well. A bold, visually interesting episode, The Americans’ ending belongs in the list of best finales of all time.
Thank you for including "The Fugitive" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Too many of these listmakers seem to think that nothing of any importance or quality happened before they were born.... In this case, you HAVE to include shows from before it was decided that "final episodes" had to be A THING.
The point was that he was ALWAYS a good friend to Wilson, even when it seemed he wasn't. In the episodes around Amber's death. you see that he feels guilty about her death even though she did it to herself. House almost kills himself trying to figure out what happened. He would never have done that if he was selfish. Even Wilson can't continue to take it out on him because he knows that's the truth.
I was in 7th grade when MASH ended, and we had a math test the next day, but convinced the teacher to put it off another day because nobody would be studying that night, we'd all be watching the MASH finale.
I was in middle school too. I didn't watch MASH but the next day, my teacher asked who watched the series finale of MASH. The entire class raised their hand except me
They aren’t the same show but there was that crossover episode that St Elsewhere did with Cheers which confirmed it being in the same universe so that’s probably why the mistake
Person of Interest has quite possibly the best series finales I have ever seen. If they gave me an unlimited budget and full creative control, I still don't think I would've changed a thing.
Some other memorable finales for the right reasons: - Weirdmageddon (Gravity Falls) - CI (Samurai Jack) - Papa’s Goods (Sons of Anarchy) - To Right the Wrongs of Many (Orphan Black) Some memorable finales for the wrong reasons: - The Iron Throne (Game of Thrones) - Last Forever (How I Met Your Mother)
I’m glad it got the finale it deserved. Such a small but vocal fanbase that really got the show to have a second season and even though the ratings were so low they were able to have a proper finale.
The Good Place should have been in the top five. It was absolutely perfect. Certainly higher on list then The Sopranos, a finale for which many express diappointment.
I wish this type of list included the last episode of La Femme Nikita. (Most fans don't count those awful extra episodes after the main series ended.) In it you get a multiple major twists no one saw coming.
I still think about the good place finale and it makes me cry. Thats how you know it was a good finale, it still makes me emotional after all this time
I'm genuinely surprised to not see Mr Robot on here. Not even has an honorable mention. The finale reveal was one of the best I've ever seen and it completely re-contextualizes the entire show, begging for a rewatch that is just as satisfying, if not moreso
It's surprising to me that some people still misinterpret the ending of LOST. I have a co-worker who just two months ago, told me they ended up not liking the show "because nothing on the island happened." I chose to explain to him the very simple ending, and unsurprisingly, it changed his perception of the final season and the show as a whole. The Leftovers is so good. It has been years since the finale, and I've been itching to re-watch the show.
I tapped out of Lost about halfway through. I got fed up with them piling on dozens of new questions without ever answering any of the old ones. Given the finale, I'm glad I did. I would've been pissed if that's all I got after that slog of endless "....wait, _what??"_
Biggest misconception ever. The ending isnt about how everything on the island never happened. spoiler ahead in the last episode we find out what characters left the island and what characters stayed at it. The final scene in the afterlife is a flash forward that shows that when in the far future all characters die they meet themselves in the afterlife because they remembered all the memories that they wemt through on their time together and how that gave them the purpose in their life "The most important part of your life was the time that you spent with these people."
@@enio3698 What's funny is you think in order for me to have not thought the finale was good or worth watching the entire series for, I must not have understood it. I understood it just fine. I'm still glad I didn't waste my time. My parents DID watch the entire series when it originally aired, and they weren't satisfied with the finale, either. They were also frustrated by how many questions were still left unanswered.
@@kriscynical Well i did though that because its a huge misconception people have. In my opinion I loved the final and its one of my favourite shows of all time but its completely fine if u think otherwise. I just though you just heard what people though the ending was about and just decided to drop it because of that
Angel the Series. for anyone who deals with addiction. the "fight" never ends. and the four of them, in the rain, facing down Hell's legions. yeah, that's a good ending. #LetsGoToWork
People will talk all this shit about GOT final season and finale for being rushed but out the same mouth dare say House of the Dragon is equal or better, while it fast forwarded through like 20 years in one season.
GOT, yet again, embraced the Darkness. So many had hoped for a Happy Ending with Jon Snow & the Mother of Dragons walking off into the sunset of wise rule & personal fulfillment. That would not to true to the context of the show. Perhaps there no way that a satisfying ending could have been achieved. In any event I will look forward to reading the finale of the last novel…if it ever gets published.
There’s this misconception that the only ending making sense for this series is some kind of miserable shocking ending but that’s not true at all. What GRRM wanted was an ending like Lord of the Rings which is perfectly bittersweet.
Person of Interest - Sumartian goes all out to Destory the Machine & Resse & Root sacrifice themselves to stop it. & we learn The Machine has more assets than we thought.
The recent finale of season, three of “Picard” is absolutely one of the greatest finales TV history. My top 5 finales 1. Breaking Bad 2. Star Trek - Picard 3. Angel 4. Star Trek - TNG 5. The Shield
I'm in the other camp on this one. I never saw it as a train wreck and I thought they were quite clever in giving us what we were always going to be given and more. Meeting the Mother was always going to be the end, yet they not only gave us a complete introduction of her (via a full season, not just a final episode), they allowed us to fall in love with her and not want it to end. It was brilliant.
HIMYM had the best finale of any network sitcom of the century up to that point. It fit perfectly with what the show was actually about. The people who are upset about it just assumed it was going to be Happily Ever After even though the show never operated in that manner.
There were other under-rated shows that had a more decent ending and deserved a bit of recognition such as Arrow, Gotham, The Walking Dead, The Expanse, The Wire, Barry, Frasier, New Amsterdam, Bosch, Suits, Goliath, Full House, Fuller House, Burn Notice, Homeland, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Vikings, The Last Kingdom, The Marvellous Mrs Maisel, Snowfall, The Ranch and Wu-Tang: An American Saga. But fair enough to say there were too many to mention especially for a top 20 greatest but if there was a top 50 greatest then the above would get mentioned.
The Six Feet Under final really touched me, very powerful. The St. Elsewhere final is the most mind blowing by far. But the Golden Girls final has my heart.
The St. Elsewhere ending was a huge disappointment. Making everything in the series be the imagination of an autistic kid destroyed the meaning of the entire series.
I think that Spartacus deserved an honorable mention, I always get emotional when he say “Do not shed tear for me. There is no greater victory than to fall from this world a free man.”
The Big Bang Theory finale always makes me cry. With sheldon finally pronouncing his love for his friends. Howard's and Bernadettes kids. And Lenard and Penny having there first child. Then the last moments make me tear up
I always loved the Justified series finale. Raylan and Boyd talking one last time. Raylan delivering the news of Ava's death to protect her and Boyd's son that he didn't know about.
The F.R.I.E.N.D.S finale was perfect. And probably the best ending ever, shame it was so far down the list. Avatar, though, that’s on a whole other level. Sheer perfection, absolute and utter perfection. Number 1 slot if ever I found it. MASH though, will always been the best live action ending.
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Carry On didn’t make the list.
Guess you didn't watch The Americans.
The final episode of the Goldin Girls.
Sadly How I Met Your Mother, Hercules: The Legendary Journey, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise and Frasier didn't make your list.
Thank you for putting MASH as number one on this video. It's so beautifully done.
Fun Fact: In 1983 when the MASH season finale aired it had the highest watching audience with the sole exception of the Super Bowl. Which was going on around that time. College Students actually dressed as characters in the series while watching the finale. What an awesome tribute to this great series.
It's still in the top 15 in the US even 40 years later. No other episodic tv show is in the top 30. With all of the options today I doubt any other show will come close.
@@Eticket109---Awesome. Thanks for responding.
Yes, there were Mash toga parties going on everywhere that night!
Plus that was filmed earlier in the season the time capsule episode was the final one filmed overall.
Walter, Jesse, & Saul all got satisfying conclusions in the Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul universe
Yup it’s pretty incredible what they man two masterpiece shows with two amazing finales in the same universe
I always thought ER had the perfect ending. Over the season we got to see past characters in their new lives after leaving County General and the actual last scene where Dr. John Carter and medical student Rachel Greene (the late Mark Greene's daughter) run in to get ready for the intake of new emergency patients was so reminiscent of the first scenes where Dr. Greene gets medical student Carter started on his first emergency patients. Life and death and love and disaster in the ER goes on, which was the over arching theme of the show in all 15 seasons.
I agree!
The end was fine, but ER will never have a better episode than dropping a helicopter on the obnoxious and pompous Rocket Romano.
THAT was perfect.
I always get teary eyed when the six friends leave their keys on the countertop, and the camera pans around the now empty apartment.
Joey: "Has this place always been purple?"
You know Ross and Rachel broke up again probably multiple times after the finale
Felina is definitely a perfect ending to Breaking Bad.
Breaking Nad 😂
@@lawofgravity1979 Opps, I make a grammar mistake. Sorry.
And done. Fixed.
Felina was EXCELLENT...period. Now I wanna watch the whole thing again.
i kind of liked the alternative ending where it turns out hal from malcolm in the middle dreamt it all up, but i guess that was a silly take on newharts show
@@Legendary_sartorian ok that's hilarious
Six feet under finale makes me cry every time, freaking brilliant, it had to be #1
Agreed best finale ever by far
Absolutely
Buffy the Vampire Slayer had a marvelous series finale. No longer having one slayer, but an army of slayers. And Buffy finally able to rest. Amazing!
It really was perfect! ❤
Personally think Angel's was even better. When Illyria tells Wesley "would you like me to lie to you now?" Ugh, fucking tears everytime.
It was one of the BEST finales! Such a GREAT show. And a perfect way to end it, too. And I also agree that Angel’s finale was spot on.
I'll be honest, season ten feels about 10x more series finale
The show's ending alwase felt more like a season finale. There were just too many new open ended concepts introduced right at the end
As to the angel finally, that is just pure luck, seeing as it wasn't written or shot as the series finale.
...also the dragon's name is Cordelia, and he is seven kinds of awesome.
yeah.... that wasnt good lmao
I think Six Feet Under should have been number one. That ending was beautiful.
Yes totally agree
Absolutely. That was how you do finales right.
Omg i UGLY cried. What an ending.
Agree! It was totally beautiful and makes me cry every time.
Just the initial tinkling of Sia's piano sends me. . .
The *_MASH_* finale was happy, sad, and beyond intense. Alan Alda's chilling portrayal of a PTSD induced mental breakdown amplified by something horrible done when all he wanted was something that should have been easy to do just reminded us all that he especially never should have had to be there.
I'm a Millennial, but that's my favorite show. I cry every time.
Charmed had one of the most emotional and satisfying series finals ever. It always gets over looked!!
I did my annual rewatch over the last two months- this time it took longer because my mom started with me for the first time. So we watched it all together, I've never watched it with someone else for their first time. It made it even more emotional knowing what was happening and seeing her reactions through the whole series. She loved Leo so it was a rollercoaster, she was so upset any time he and piper were apart. I think that finale walk up the stairs gets me as much as Rachel's I got off the plane in Friends
love that show
Anytime a show I like ends, I say to myself “don’t be sad it’s over, be glad it happened”
Can I have some crackers and wine to go with that cheese?
That's what I say when I poop 💩 😅
@@davidblank420 can you have a glass of stfu?
That's a Great Thought.
Unless it’s GoT
Newhart seriously was the hands-down funniest and most ridiculous twist in TV history. Absolutely genius writing lol
How do you not include Blackadder Goes Fourth, easily the greatest most emotional ending to any show
Gotta give it to the Wonder Years finalie . R.I.P. Jack Turner . I find it so heartbreaking Kevin and Winnie didn’t wind up together . Even though it did make it moe realistic . Also the finale of Clarissa Explains It All where Clarissa goes to New York for a journalist internship
My favorite final would have to be Friends, still brings me almost to tears with them leaving the apartment, and seeing it empty, forever the best series. 😭
The Newhart finale still knocked me into a loop.
Me too. I love Newhart. I still watch it.
If you haven't seen it, search for the finale of "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson". They recreate the Newhart finale, except that Craig wakes up in bed with Drew Carey (with Craig in the role of his "The Drew Carey Show" character Mr. Wick). It's hysterical.
@@exile220ifyWhy watch that rather than the real thing? All the Late shows stink so why act like they don't?
@@pattierotondo1108 Because the Craig Ferguson finale mimicked the Newhart finale in BRILLIANT fashion, that's why. Ferguson's show was outstanding and won awards including a Peabody Award - so I'm afraid I can't give your opinion too much credence.
It really should be ranked as the best ending ever. I don’t know how you top it. It was just so unsuspected. But fit so well.
I love the finale of Fringe, such a wonderful show. They closed the story with a beautiful lesson on sacrifice and being accountable for your actions. Walter Bishop will be forever in my heart.
One of my favourite shows ever. 🖐🏼
Best series ever.
Fringe was exceptional, from the beginning to the very end
@@StephaneHoule-bb2cq yes it was. 😊
Scrubs will always be my favorite show of all time, and the finale was heartwarming, emotional and funny. Dr Cox telling not only sunny but the audience about how he really felt about JD always gives me goosebumps and brings a tear to my eyes. Fantastic acting throughout the series. Thank you WatchMojo for taking me down memory lane.
To me, nothing beats Kelso saying thank you to Ted when he retires
Between The Good Place and Six Feet Under, I don't know how much I cried when I watched their finales. Perfection.
I feel that the Mr. Robot finale should've had at least an honorable mention. Truly a phenomenal show with a fitting, yet shocking finale that was worthy of a very good TV show. One of, if not the best in recent years.
I expected Mr. Robot to be in the top 20, at least an honorable mention. The show had memorable episodes, and the cinematography was phenomenal.
Mr robot is one of my favorite shows.
It's pretty underrated, I think.
I don’t think watchmojo has ever mentioned Mr Robot on any of their vids. They might not know it exists
Agreed. Expected Breaking Bad to be #1. When it wasn't, the only other I could think of to rival it was Mr Robot.
Mr Monk and The End.
I miss that show, but it ended perfectly
Really glad that was included on the list. Always enjoyed that series and thought it was given a fairly classy send off.
I loved the show "Monk" but I did not love the last episode. Monk was told who the killer was by his wife on a video instead of figuring out on his own. I would have loved to see the world's greatest detective actually solve his wife's murder.
I can't believe it, a best series finale countdown that actually included The Shield. Bravo!
Top 10 Best TV Endings Imo,
1. Breaking Bad
2. Better Call Saul
3. Sopranos
4. Mr. Robot
5. Six Feet Under
6. Avatar: The Last Airbender
7. Succession
8. Dark
9. The Leftovers
10. The Wire
:)
The coolest thing about the ending of Lost is the very last shot: the extreme close-up on Jack's eye as he closes it. That's the exact way the series starts in episode 1, except Jack is opening his eye.
The ending of Lost was disappointing, but then so was most of the last season or two. They failed to resolve far too much and then, having them all be dead all along was a giant "Screw You" to the audience.
Schitt's Creek had quite the finale too. Thought I might see it somewhere on the list
Everybody Hates Chris...It ends the same way The Sopranos did. But if you wondered if Chris passed his GED test, it's answered when you see his name as Executive Producer.
The "sure , where ?" And the soundtrack showing all the six keys always is heartbreaking and memorable in friends 😢
The Good Place is quite possibly the best series ever made. It never dragged on or got boring, each episode is funny and important, it made us laugh and feel for these people, and it ended exactly how it should’ve when it should’ve. It checks every box.
How can you not include All Good Things from Star Trek: The Next Generation?
Picard sitting down for Poker always makes me tear up.
To me that’s a top 5 of all time final episode
"These Are the Voyages" from "Enterprise" cancels it out...😉😁
Agreed but then again this is Watch Mojo where they will make content just to have something. Definitely quantity over quality.
I came here to ask the same thing. Sure the MASH episode should be #1, but all good things should be somewhere on this list.
Big Bang had a great ending. That sheldon speech was amazing
It doesn't get noted often but I'd like to point out "Sleeping In Light" from Babylon 5. One of the quietest and most gently emotional scifi finales out there. If I make it past the toast to absent friends then I never make it past John and Delenn's goodbyes without a tear.
I watched the last episode of MASH as a child when it first aired and I knew even then that I would never see a better show and now that I am 50 I still haven't seen a better show. I feel the same thing now as I watch it as I did then.
Was waiting for fresh Prince 😭
"You. Are. My. Son. " 😭😭😭😭
Everytime
Golden Girls was left out can't believe it. Such a memorable ending to me for sure.
didnt it have a spin off
@@jeremiahthepisces5493yeah it was called the golden palace
@@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 thought so.thanks
@@jeremiahthepisces5493 it only lasted one series(or season)
My fave series ending was Benson. In a gubernatorial race between Gene Gatling & Benson comes to an end where the two combatants sit in front of a TV as the news reports the outcome of the election. Just as the results are about to be announced, the screens fade to black. It was absolutely perfect.
well producers thought the show was going to be picked up for another season. I believe the Governor would have run the race and Benson would be his Lt. Governor
The finales for Better Call Saul and The Americans are the best I've seen.
Should have put Gravity Falls finale Weirdmageddon on this list. I am still haunted by its shocking moments! Best Disney villain ever!
1000 times better end than Lost.
The Newhart ending is the most brilliant last episode ever.
Despite a disastrous final season of That 70s Show, the finale was a redeemer and a fitting end to the show.
I feel the same way, being as it literally ended right when it became the '80s.
Agreed!!!
The Good Place should be higher! It's best finale I've ever seen. Boy Meets World should have been included. "I love you all. Class dismissed." 😢
Chuck! Sara lost her memory and Chuck is telling her about their story. It was so memorable
I thought that ending to Chuck wasn't really that great...I mean her losing her memory. Eh!
I remember my dad being upset that the MASH finale was so sad. Of course now it makes sense that I am older why it made him upset and why it was a perfect ending. I wish him and I could have that conversation about that episode.
Maybe one of my favorites that weren’t listed was The Americans. The Americans' finale was hot a happy one. Perhaps not even bittersweet can be used to describe it. It was essentially a melancholic ending for a series that could never end on a happy note. Phillip and Elizabeth made it through six seasons, which was surprising in itself. Still, their survival aside, Phillip and Elizabeth’s ending was a rather sad one, as they had to leave Paige and Henry behind. For spies, missions come to an end, but for parents, you’re parents for life. Not every story ends neatly, but The Americans found an ending that fits very, very well. A bold, visually interesting episode, The Americans’ ending belongs in the list of best finales of all time.
IMO it was the best finale in the history of all entertainment.
@@SpeedyKQI’d give that title to six feet under but the Americans definitely had one of the best endings.
Thank you for including "The Fugitive" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Too many of these listmakers seem to think that nothing of any importance or quality happened before they were born.... In this case, you HAVE to include shows from before it was decided that "final episodes" had to be A THING.
I liked the ending to 'House', for once he is not selfish and is an actual friend.
The point was that he was ALWAYS a good friend to Wilson, even when it seemed he wasn't.
In the episodes around Amber's death. you see that he feels guilty about her death even though she did it to herself.
House almost kills himself trying to figure out what happened. He would never have done that if he was selfish.
Even Wilson can't continue to take it out on him because he knows that's the truth.
The good place gave me faith in humanity and I’m glad it became a part of my life.
I was in 7th grade when MASH ended, and we had a math test the next day, but convinced the teacher to put it off another day because nobody would be studying that night, we'd all be watching the MASH finale.
I was in middle school too. I didn't watch MASH but the next day, my teacher asked who watched the series finale of MASH. The entire class raised their hand except me
Blackadder goes forth should be in the list
Okay now I know where Brian Cranston got the joke where he wakes up as his Malcolm in the Middle character believing breaking bad was all a dream. XD
nothing like labeling the clip from St. Elsewhere as "Cheers" lmfaoooooooo. well done, editors
They aren’t the same show but there was that crossover episode that St Elsewhere did with Cheers which confirmed it being in the same universe so that’s probably why the mistake
I clicked because I saw the Leftovers on the thumbnail amazing underrated show
Buffy, Angel, and Mortal Kombat: Conquest all had fantastic final episodes.
"Felina" and "Made in America" are 2 greatest show endings ever from 2 greatest shows ever. Brilliant masterpieces.
How did Supernatural not make this list... it would have to be one of the best endings ever
I felt the finale was rushed
Person of Interest has quite possibly the best series finales I have ever seen. If they gave me an unlimited budget and full creative control, I still don't think I would've changed a thing.
I didn’t want them to die, I loved Reese
Same... but it was so perfectly bitersweet.@@dengxiong9658
What about the House series finale. That's deserves to be on here or a honorable mention. I think we need a pt. 2.
Some other memorable finales for the right reasons:
- Weirdmageddon (Gravity Falls)
- CI (Samurai Jack)
- Papa’s Goods (Sons of Anarchy)
- To Right the Wrongs of Many (Orphan Black)
Some memorable finales for the wrong reasons:
- The Iron Throne (Game of Thrones)
- Last Forever (How I Met Your Mother)
Timeless was another series that did a great after-the-fact ending that wrapped up the show so well.
I’m glad it got the finale it deserved. Such a small but vocal fanbase that really got the show to have a second season and even though the ratings were so low they were able to have a proper finale.
The Good Place should have been in the top five. It was absolutely perfect. Certainly higher on list then The Sopranos, a finale for which many express diappointment.
I wish this type of list included the last episode of La Femme Nikita. (Most fans don't count those awful extra episodes after the main series ended.) In it you get a multiple major twists no one saw coming.
I think the finales of Fringe, Battlestar Galactica, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer are definitely top 20
Blackadders over the top, was the greatest ending to a tv serie...not even mentioned
I still think about the good place finale and it makes me cry. Thats how you know it was a good finale, it still makes me emotional after all this time
I'm genuinely surprised to not see Mr Robot on here. Not even has an honorable mention. The finale reveal was one of the best I've ever seen and it completely re-contextualizes the entire show, begging for a rewatch that is just as satisfying, if not moreso
It's surprising to me that some people still misinterpret the ending of LOST. I have a co-worker who just two months ago, told me they ended up not liking the show "because nothing on the island happened." I chose to explain to him the very simple ending, and unsurprisingly, it changed his perception of the final season and the show as a whole.
The Leftovers is so good. It has been years since the finale, and I've been itching to re-watch the show.
Also what about 24 and regular show?
I tapped out of Lost about halfway through. I got fed up with them piling on dozens of new questions without ever answering any of the old ones. Given the finale, I'm glad I did. I would've been pissed if that's all I got after that slog of endless "....wait, _what??"_
Watching that show was torture. I also quit halfway in.
I stuck it out. You would have been furious. That ending does not belong on this list. Should be on the worst finales list.
Biggest misconception ever. The ending isnt about how everything on the island never happened.
spoiler ahead
in the last episode we find out what characters left the island and what characters stayed at it. The final scene in the afterlife is a flash forward that shows that when in the far future all characters die they meet themselves in the afterlife because they remembered all the memories that they wemt through on their time together and how that gave them the purpose in their life
"The most important part of your life was the time that you spent with these people."
@@enio3698 What's funny is you think in order for me to have not thought the finale was good or worth watching the entire series for, I must not have understood it.
I understood it just fine. I'm still glad I didn't waste my time. My parents DID watch the entire series when it originally aired, and they weren't satisfied with the finale, either. They were also frustrated by how many questions were still left unanswered.
@@kriscynical Well i did though that because its a huge misconception people have. In my opinion I loved the final and its one of my favourite shows of all time but its completely fine if u think otherwise. I just though you just heard what people though the ending was about and just decided to drop it because of that
My most memorable TV Series Finale will always be that from Dinosaurs. Geez, it was so grim...
The leftovers probably has the best ending I have ever seen
Lol the magic cup, the sacred song and the worst character development?
Agreed, utterly beautiful. It’s unfortunate how some people can’t read between the lines.
I've watched it many times. Brilliant.
Angel the Series.
for anyone who deals with addiction. the "fight" never ends.
and the four of them, in the rain, facing down Hell's legions. yeah, that's a good ending. #LetsGoToWork
The Good Place is my all-time favorite finale.
The Good Place as number 11? That's a top 2 for me
Succession should make the next list.
That MASH finale is so damn heart breaking! Even still today.
Game of Thrones, for all the wrong reasons.
HIMYM, also for being disappointing.
People will talk all this shit about GOT final season and finale for being rushed but out the same mouth dare say House of the Dragon is equal or better, while it fast forwarded through like 20 years in one season.
GOT, yet again, embraced the Darkness. So many had hoped for a Happy Ending with Jon Snow & the Mother of Dragons walking off into the sunset of wise rule & personal fulfillment. That would not to true to the context of the show.
Perhaps there no way that a satisfying ending could have been achieved. In any event I will look forward to reading the finale of the last novel…if it ever gets published.
There’s this misconception that the only ending making sense for this series is some kind of miserable shocking ending but that’s not true at all. What GRRM wanted was an ending like Lord of the Rings which is perfectly bittersweet.
For the pitiful disappointment it was
Person of Interest - Sumartian goes all out to Destory the Machine & Resse & Root sacrifice themselves to stop it. & we learn The Machine has more assets than we thought.
The recent finale of season, three of “Picard” is absolutely one of the greatest finales TV history.
My top 5 finales
1. Breaking Bad
2. Star Trek - Picard
3. Angel
4. Star Trek - TNG
5. The Shield
Mash finale was fantastic and classic but I loved the finale to sons of anarchy
MASH seasons were never a year-to-year account. It was day-to-day.
Just finished a rewatch of the Good Place last night and bawled through the last half of it.
It’s so beautiful.
Did I miss Sons of Anarchy? That was quite an ending.
Yes it was!!! It was sad but it ended really the only way it could!!! Man I cried for hours after I finished it
I can argue Lost is low but honestly I'm just glad to see the finale get good press for once, 13 years later
I’m surprised they didn’t give How I Met Your Mother a dishonourable mention - it was a train wreck but it was definitely memorable
I'm in the other camp on this one. I never saw it as a train wreck and I thought they were quite clever in giving us what we were always going to be given and more. Meeting the Mother was always going to be the end, yet they not only gave us a complete introduction of her (via a full season, not just a final episode), they allowed us to fall in love with her and not want it to end. It was brilliant.
HIMYM had the best finale of any network sitcom of the century up to that point. It fit perfectly with what the show was actually about. The people who are upset about it just assumed it was going to be Happily Ever After even though the show never operated in that manner.
There were other under-rated shows that had a more decent ending and deserved a bit of recognition such as Arrow, Gotham, The Walking Dead, The Expanse, The Wire, Barry, Frasier, New Amsterdam, Bosch, Suits, Goliath, Full House, Fuller House, Burn Notice, Homeland, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Vikings, The Last Kingdom, The Marvellous Mrs Maisel, Snowfall, The Ranch and Wu-Tang: An American Saga. But fair enough to say there were too many to mention especially for a top 20 greatest but if there was a top 50 greatest then the above would get mentioned.
The Six Feet Under final really touched me, very powerful. The St. Elsewhere final is the most mind blowing by far. But the Golden Girls final has my heart.
The St. Elsewhere ending was a huge disappointment. Making everything in the series be the imagination of an autistic kid destroyed the meaning of the entire series.
@@pattierotondo1108The entire ending of that show sucked and that was years before Seinfeld, and Sopranos had bad endings
The Shield, the wire, as well as avatar, the last Airbender and Jackie Chan adventures will always have a special place in my heart
I think that Spartacus deserved an honorable mention, I always get emotional when he say “Do not shed tear for me. There is no greater victory than to fall from this world a free man.”
11:11 Best finale of Avatar The Last Airbender.
Six feet under the best!
the good place really hit hard hey
"Always" The Friday Night Lights finale
The Big Bang Theory finale always makes me cry. With sheldon finally pronouncing his love for his friends. Howard's and Bernadettes kids. And Lenard and Penny having there first child. Then the last moments make me tear up
8:47 cut to an ad break right here I screamed with laughter. If you get it you get it.
I always loved the Justified series finale. Raylan and Boyd talking one last time. Raylan delivering the news of Ava's death to protect her and Boyd's son that he didn't know about.
That opening, with one of the funniest lines from the final episode of The Office 😂
A lot of good series finales, but the list is incomplete without 'All Good Things...', the series finale to Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The only finales I have watched on your list are Lost, Newhart, Cheers, and MASH
Out of all the t.v. shows that I watched, I was only able to see three series finales. Two of which are on this list.
The F.R.I.E.N.D.S finale was perfect. And probably the best ending ever, shame it was so far down the list. Avatar, though, that’s on a whole other level. Sheer perfection, absolute and utter perfection. Number 1 slot if ever I found it. MASH though, will always been the best live action ending.