21 TV Shows That Ended With a Huge Middle Finger to Fans
Ending a TV show is a delicate art. Every character needs to complete their arc, the reason for the show to exist should end amicably, and after who knows how many seasons, there might be a lot of subplots to wrap up. Even the Blitz got a cutaway gag toward the end of How I Met Your Mother. Like, did we really need to check back in on the Blitz?Its precarious nature, however, means that a series finale can go very, very wrong (including that one — we’ll get to that). We’re talking underwhelming reveals, oodles of unresolved tension and killing off characters like a blindfolded J.K Rowling. That’s why one Redditor asked r/AskReddit, “What’s a show that completely betrayed the audience at the end?”
21 The X-Files
20 Veronica Mars
19 3rd Rock From the Sun
18 ALF
17 Merlin
16 The Umbrella Academy
15 Gossip Girl
14 Dexter
13 The 100
12 Supernatural
11 Pretty Little Liars
10 Killing Eve
9 St. Elsewhere
8 The Walking Dead
7 Battlestar Galactica
6 House of Cards
5 Shameless
4 Mindhunter
3 How I Met Your Mother
2 Sherlock
1 Quantum Leap
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