it's so hard to say goodbye this is
harder than I thought it would be
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
most memorable TV series finales I'm the
luckiest son of a [ __ ] on earth for
this list we've chosen the concluding
episodes of shows that got people
talking for better or worse what and it
should go without saying but since we're
giving away the endings of all these
shows
spoiler alert hey where's beltron number
10
family meeting this shield if I bring
him and the drugs in at least let me
talk to Corinne so I can see my kids you
can't please everyone but you can try
the shield largely succeeded at this by
both punishing and not punishing its
central antihero we want a beltron about
his goddamn chauffeur okay now the only
thing I want is to be finished with you
after seven seasons of violent corrupt
cop antics
Vic Mackey loses his family and friends
for my kids you [ __ ] mine off without
talking to me and is sentenced to a desk
job because of his confessed crimes you
told them all of it
Ronnie you made a deal for yourself and
you're sending me to prison it's up to
viewers to decide whether that's better
than jail
and we're victim that ass goes next
number nine hog [ __ ] last lunch 30 rock
you know I'm reminded of something Yoda
once said hmm Oh dark times are these
joke callbacks original songs celebrity
cameos and quirky but moving farewells
made this finale a hit with longtime
diehards because the human heart is not
properly connected to the human brain I
love you and I'm gonna miss you Liz
Lemon had it all Jack got the corner
office someone leaked you new salary
Occupy Wall Street is having a
conniption really Kenneth was running
NBC and everyone else was equally happy
you changed your name to aardvark that's
insane
but they saved the best for last this
last episode is gonna be a hot mess
how so echoing the infamous st.
elsewhere finale where the entire series
takes place inside the mind of an
autistic boy the series peeks into the
future so the whole show just takes
place here at 30 Rockefeller Plaza is
that right miss lemon yes sir it's based
on stories my great grandmother told me
number 8 the finale
Seinfeld if you are thinking of
instituting an open-door urination
policy let me disabuse you of that
notion right now my friend we said
memorable finales not universally loved
finales his soups not all that good
anyway what did you say the show about
nothing concluded it's 9:00 season run
before 76 million viewers and we figure
about 40 million of them we're not why
is it memorable
the endless parade of peripheral
characters popping in to punch Jerry
George Elaine and Kramer in the gut we
find the defendants guilty many consider
their jail sentence hit or miss with
some saying it's a fitting end and
others claiming they run out of ideas
don't we had this conversation before
you think I think we heard number seven
valina Breaking Bad do it you can't
often say a show lived up to the hype
but fortunately for fans of this five
season AMC drama the end of Walter
White's story was satisfying Walt goes
on a suicide mission
the say goodbye to his family and to
ensure they're happy futures before I go
may I see her by doing justice to the
show's legacy and by rigging a memorable
MacGyver machine gun setup Polina became
the highest rated breaking bad episode
ever
number six made in America The Sopranos
never before has a journey song been so
effective in another controversial but
talked about finale tony soprano and
friends leave so many loose ends hanging
fans are still frustrated somebody's
giving grand jury testimony on something
so carla has flipped for six seasons The
Godfather of TV anti-heroes lived a dual
existence as a mob boss and a family man
see I never could please my mother the
show's ambiguous ending left fans
wondering if those worlds had collided
and Tony got whacked story resolution is
for suckers
number 5 everyone's waiting Six Feet
Under
but I'm gonna miss you so much it takes
a lot for newer finales to feel
satisfying but this HBO tragic comedy
pulled it off big time look this is not
the first time it's happened it's
fitting that a series so focused on
death centers its final minute on the
demises of its characters
with a melancholy song punctuating the
flash-forward montage every member of
the Fisher family meets their makers
offering viewers the ultimate closure
and a haunting but oddly positive
outlook on the future
number four the last show The Mary Tyler
Moore Show thank you for being my
inspiring the likes of friends and more
this memorable mushy but gratifying
finale saw the entire crew fired from
their jobs at wjm Ted your stain and the
rest of you guys I'm going to have to
let go with the exception of lovable
buffoon Ted Baxter I've got a wife and
two kids live this easily could have
devolved into a sob fest but Mary Tyler
Moore was known for its range of
emotions and the finale was no exception
well you look so sad when you left on
Friday then I took some money out of
petty cash and I bought you a little
gift
Oh mr. grant the team reunites for one
last hug ending the emmy-winning 168
episode with a song it's a long way to
tipperary it's a long way to go number
three the last new heart new heart with
his second sitcom Bob Newhart produced
the most metaseries ending ever we're
not selling our in okay we build around
you
the Vermont innkeeper and his wife are
miserable when the town is sold to a
Japanese businessman and turned into a
golf course
Ohio Tomodachi Ohio things get weirder
and weirder until Bob wakes up from his
dream beside his wife from his first
sitcom hey wake up you you won't believe
the dream I just had
the it was all a dream gimmick was
eventually done to death but Newhart did
it best I was an innkeeper in this
Crazy's little talent or not I'm happy
for you good night
number two one for the road Cheers
you want to know what I love beer nan
yeah capping off the 11th season of this
beloved Boston barroom sitcom this
episode offered closure to loyal viewers
which is something many sitcoms since
have strived for to varying degrees of
success thanks for staying guys same to
you wouldn't be the same without you Sam
but it paid off for Cheers 84 million
watched Sam and Diane rekindle and re
end their romance while the rest of the
gang moved on with their lives
can't Samia came to conclusion it wasted
too much time in this bar like a couple
of decades the episodes closing line
thumbs up the vibe perfectly sorry we're
closed
number one goodbye farewell and on men
mash but for the first time in over
three years
the end of this bloody road that we've
traveled seems only steps away after two
hundred and fifty five heartbreaking and
hilarious episodes BJ says he's gonna
make a ring out of his first kidney
stone this Korean War drama D said its
final goodbye farewell and on men with a
record-setting 125 million watching and
I can't say that I've loved you all
either
well I've loved as many of you as I
could this remained the most-watched TV
event until 2010 for good reason during
the two and a half hour episode emotions
soared as characters lost their minds I
didn't mean for it to kill it
haha
made life-changing decisions and
ultimately went their separate ways
there's nothing here I'm gonna miss
except you it's impossible not to cry
when Hawkeye sees a friendly message as
he's flying home
do you agree with our list which TV
series do you think said the best
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