Spoilers TV Shows with Great Endings

[DrunkonDuty]

I could not get into Aqua Teen Hunger Force. I think I hit generation gap.

But I'm glad to hear it finished on a strong note.

 

[TheHand]

I thought What We Do In the Shadows ended well. I was sad to see it go, but I’m glad they decided to finish the series before it got too long in the tooth (pun probably intended).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I thought What We Do In the Shadows ended well. I was sad to see it go, but I’m glad they decided to finish the series before it got too long in the tooth (pun probably intended).

It had a great fake-out double ending, too, that really showed the creators (and characters!) understood the importance of a good ending.

Pretty close to a near-perfect show that, like The Good Place, really stuck the landing and went out in just the right way.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

Oh yeah, What We Do in the Shadows was excellent from start to finish. Love that show.

 

[chuckdee]

Superman & Lois had not just a great ending, but one of the best endings for Superman's story I've ever seen.

 

[Vael]

Since this got bumped ... Andor really synched up nicely into Rogue One, and served as a solid ending to itself. Would I love to see more from the characters that survived? Yes. But I am ... satisfied with what I got.

 

[jian]

Most Korean dramas do this pretty well because they’re planned as one season stories and the writers are very clear about the premise and the ending. They can be a bit iffy about the middle, especially if the network wants more episodes. Netflix is actually very good at not doing this.

Good examples of well-delivered endings include:

- Sky Castle: An excellent conclusion for all the characters and their themes. Almost all the main characters have had significant development and a hell of a journey in some cases. Not all happy endings by any means, but all well considered.

- The Greatest Love: Perfect ending and a beautiful reversal of the two protagonists’ positions.

- Crash Landing on You and Vincenzo are more workmanlike (and the latter is unexpectedly gory) but both great for the main characters.

 

[Jim Cummins]

Lucrative, legal AND highly respected, in their culture. Mal's judgment of her was way out of the norm, in retrospect.

It has been a while since I watched Firefly, but going off memory, in the episode with the sword fight, Inara and Mal are talking because Inara was confused about why he reacted the way he did, after all he always insulted her, and his reply was that he never insulted her only her profession. The impression that I had was that he was violently opposed to people selling themselves to earn a living. Even if it was socially respected and legal. Just because something is socially acceptable and legal, does not make it morally correct.

His problem was with the profession and that it was respected and legal was just another reason to hate the Alliance.

 

[Ryujin]

It has been a while since I watched Firefly, but going off memory, in the episode with the sword fight, Inara and Mal are talking because Inara was confused about why he reacted the way he did, after all he always insulted her, and his reply was that he never insulted her only her profession. The impression that I had was that he was violently opposed to people selling themselves to earn a living. Even if it was socially respected and legal. Just because something is socially acceptable and legal, does not make it morally correct.

His problem was with the profession and that it was respected and legal was just another reason to hate the Alliance.

And yet it gave women agency over their own bodies. While Mal had convinced himself that it was about not liking people having to literally sell themselves to survive, it was more likely just his own jealousy.