Top 17 TV Series Finales of All Time

Ending a show is harder than starting one. A few of these landed perfectly, and one of them still has people arguing about a diner.

1

Breaking Bad

"Felina" sends Walter White back to New Mexico to settle every debt he left open.

2

The Sopranos

"Made in America" ends mid-scene in a diner and has been argued over ever since.

3

M*A*S*H

"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" drew one of the largest US television audiences ever recorded.

4

Six Feet Under

"Everyone's Waiting" closes with a drive into the future and every character's death.

5

The Wire

"-30-" resets Baltimore and hands every role to a new face doing the same thing.

6

Better Call Saul

"Saul Gone" lets Jimmy McGill choose the truth after six seasons of avoiding it.

7

The Leftovers

"The Book of Nora" answers the mystery with a story you can choose to believe.

8

Newhart

The 1990 finale reveals the whole series was a dream in an earlier Bob Newhart sitcom.

9

Friends

"The Last One" empties the apartment and leaves the keys on the counter.

10

Succession

"With Open Eyes" hands the company to the one person nobody was watching.

11

Fleabag

The second-series ending walks away from the camera it had been confiding in.

12

Mad Men

"Person to Person" puts Don Draper on a clifftop and then sells a Coke.

13

Cheers

"One for the Road" closes the bar with a last line through a locked door.

14

The Shield

"Family Meeting" traps Vic Mackey behind a desk for the rest of his working life.

15

Halt and Catch Fire

"Ten of Swords" ends a show about technology on a conversation about starting over.

16

Bojack Horseman

"Nice While It Lasted" sits two people on a roof and refuses a happy ending.

17

Star Trek: The Next Generation

"All Good Things..." ends with the captain finally sitting down at the poker table.