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As much as we would like all of our favorite television shows to continue on for forever, rarely is this possible (Dr. Who being the exception). Most shows stay on because the public enjoys it, but when is it enough? Sometimes those shows stay on way past their expiration date (I’m looking at you Grey’s Anatomy), while others are cancelled before they have a chance to thrive (Firefly or Trophy Wives). Here are the top shows that had a good run and ended at the right time, and that you should sit down and watch.
When Ann Perkins (Rahsida Jones) and Chris Traeger (Rob Lowe) left in the middle of the sixth season, Parks and Rec seemed to lose some the magic it originally had. Leslie Knope just wasn’t the same without her best friend. So when the series ended after the seventh season, it felt very much like the right, and showed how all of the characters found their way back to each other despite all of the change they’ve had in their lives.
As Walter White (Bryan Cranston) coped with his illness, he got roped up with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). Together they started cooking meth so that he could pay for his medical bills. As his plans spiral out of control, his wife and son despise him, and he continues his cancer battle, the show ends with Walter exiting on his own terms, exacting revenge on those who turned against him. The show, in the tradition of The Sopranos, leaves the viewers wondering what happened to Walter.
Nate’s funeral director father died, leaving him to take care of the family business. It was a typical family sitcom, but where the show set itself apart was the topic of death and its presence in every day life. Where most viewers don’t have a sense of closer at the end of a series, Six Feet Under doesn’t leave its viewers hanging. Every regular character is given a fitting conclusion, leaving the majority of people satisfied.
The show centered around personnel working at a military hospital during the Korean War. It was described as a dark comedy, for depicting dramatic events, and later became more moralistic in tone. The final episode title “Goodbye, Farewell, Amen” aired as a television special, meant to say goodbye to some of televisions most beloved characters. After 11 seasons, the characters were beloved by the country, and were sad to see them go.
In one of the most loved and hated series finales ever, people still wonder the fate of title character Tony Soprano. The entire episode is charged with anticipation, and each interaction makes the viewer wonder if this is the moment Tony will die. The Sopranos, like many other TV shows reached its peak during its third, fourth, and fifth seasons, deciding to end things when they were on the up.
After seven seasons, viewers began to wonder just how much more Buffy (Sarah Michelle Geller) could endure as the Slayer, and when she would finally defeat The Evil One. They weren’t disappointed when they watched the final episode “Chosen” and say Buffy fulfill her role. After destroying the Hellmouth, the only question left was what Buffy and her gang would get up to next.
Betty (America Ferrera), a naïve, but lovable young woman, is thrust in high fashion New York City whens he starts working for Mode. Throughout the four seasons, Betty overcame all of her encounters with the vindictive Wilhelmina Slater (Vanessa Williams). After the show’s ratings dropped during the third season, the show was relegated to Fridays, and was later revealed that the fourth season would be its last. However all of the character’s stories are wrapped up, each finding what they had been searching for since the beginning.
Madison Avenue advertising executive Don Draper (Jon Hamm) was on top of the world. He had the women, the money, and the life that everyone else could only dream of. The series concludes by closing in on Don at the Esalen Institute with a little smirk gracing his lips. He has his pitch ready; he always has his pitch ready. What follows is a look at the rest of the characters that made Mad Men, well mad. It shows their growth, where they are going, and who they are becoming.
These shows graced our screens for four, five, six years, and it’s sad to see them go. However it’s better for them to go out on their own terms, for the story to come full circle, and see the characters we love so dearly get the ending that they deserve. If you’re in the market for a new show, check out the ones that don’t hang on by a thread.
