The TV Shows with the best endings in history
'The Leftovers'
Damon Lindelof redeemed himself from 'Lost' with a beautiful, existential, and deeply human conclusion. No one understood everything, but everyone felt something. An underrated gem.
Photo: HBO
'Breaking Bad'
Walter White died as he lived: on his own terms. The finale was tense, bloody, flawless. Vince Gilligan reminded us that the ending is as important as the first step.
Photo: AMC
'Six Feet Under’
Literally. The series about the family of funeral directors gave us a devastating and poetic epilogue: watching everyone die one by one has never been so moving. Pure art.
'The Sopranos'
Black screen. Silence. The finale that enraged half the planet and that was later vindicated as a master stroke. Did Tony die? It doesn't matter. What matters is that you're still thinking about it.
'The Americans'
The Jennings left without fanfare, but with a crushing emotional weight. The train scene. The bench. Moscow. What a sober and brutal way to end.
Photo: FX Network
'BoJack Horseman'
There was no magical redemption for the depressive horse. Just acceptance. A calm, uncomfortable, and honest final episode. Few animated series dared to do so much.
Photo: Netflix
'The Good Place'
Can a comedy about the afterlife leave you existentially disarmed? Yes. The last episode was so elegant that it almost makes you want to behave. Almost.
Photo: NBC Universal
'Better Call Saul'
The younger sibling of 'Breaking Bad' ended with more humanity than the mother series. Jimmy surrendered, and with him, his ego. A sober farewell, no fireworks.
Photo: AMC
'Mad Men'
Don Draper meditating on the edge of a cliff, smiling, imagining an advertisement. Ambiguous, elegant, and with an advertising nod still debated in forums.
Photo: AMC
'The Wire'
It was not emotional. It was realistic. The city remains the same, as do the issues. A closure that doesn’t close, but says everything. Baltimore as a reflection of an endless system.
Photo: HBO
