The Good Place
Oh god yes. So good that it'll be hard for me to watch again
Take it sleazy.
Breaking bad.
And better call Saul
Star Trek The Next Generation has one of the best, if not the best, finale to an ongoing episodic tv series ever. I don’t want to compare it to the kind of shows that are just one big story split up into hour long chunks, because that’s a totally different style of show and many have good endings. But for shows that are mostly separate, TNG did it better than any show I can think of.
It did a fair, but not gratuitous amount of fan service, and it was all in service of the actual plot. And it still somehow felt like a good episode of the show. But it also perfectly bookended the show back with the very first episode of the show. It was as close to perfect as you can get.
So, five-card stud, nothing wild. And the sky's the limit.
Marvellous finale.
Man this quote is just so good.
The Wire
Rome
I mean, The Wire was virtually perfect TV. Everything about it was good.
Rome was cut to 2 seasons to make way for GoT, which is a shame, they needed more time.
Rome nailed so much, that's what we need, a new historical drama that works.
Justified.
Fringe (I like season 5, sue me).
Farscape (the miniseries has some bumps but the actual end is solid).
In a couple months I hope to be able to say The Venture Bros. 🤞
Fringe is an absolute masterpiece beginning to end and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. NO NOTES.
It was uneven, but s2 and s3 were incredible pieces of television, and I even loved s1.
Amen on all.
The last few episodes of farscape were incredible, need to get a clean copy and Starr again.
Six Feet Under
Satisfying and tear-inducing. I know people that still tear up to this day when they hear the ending song. Great show.
Midnight Mass. Only 1 season but truly amazing.
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We dug coal together...
Just watched the first episode of Justified and it was ok but not phenomenal. I've seen so many recommendations for the show - when does it hit the sweet spot that makes you say "Ooh yes, this is goooood?"
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Justified is all about the amazing characters more than the story. Which is pretty much in line with its source material. The first episode adapts a short story and then it flies on its own and it is amazing.
I'm so looking forward to the sequel "Justified: City Primeval".
Dark
Better Call Saul
Sopranos
Mad Men
Quantum Leap (original series)
Star Trek TNG
The ending of Quantum Leap was not supposed to be the final episode, they changed Al's destiny and added a text over a back background. That qualifies as a "good finale"?
- Person of Interest
- Breaking bad
- Better call saul
- Dark
- Black Sails
- Killjoys
- Psych
- Leverage
- In Plain Sight
- Burn Notice
- Ash Vs Evil Dead
- Black Lightning
- Cloak and Dagger
- The Man in the High Castle
- Undone
Succession
Avatar the Last Airbender
Cowboy Bebop (the anime, obviously.) You're gonna carry that weight.
House MD.
Person of interest (even though the series was cut short)
I loved Person of Interest!
Frasier
Futurama. It has at least 3 very satisfying endings.
I would like to participate in this thread, but I'm too big a fan of unsatisfying endings...
a lot of people hated it but i personally liked How I met your mothers end
No, I totally agree! A standard "happily ever after" would have been so boring. The ending we got gave context to why Ted was sharing the story with his kids. I was "surprised" at first, but really I think if people consider how the alternatives they wanted would have played out, it wouldn't have been meaningful.
Regular show
12 Monkeys
Just starting s2, the series is dense, in a good way but still.
Bad Sisters
Claes Bang was the MVP of that show. The performances were all great, but he was just so perfectly 'the prick' that the entire show held together. If he hadn't nailed that character we'd have felt a whole lot more shitty about cheering on attempted murder.
Friday night lights
FLCL
