5 TV Shows That Ended Perfectly (And 5 That Should Have Been Canceled Sooner)

1. Breaking Bad – The Only Time A Story About Meth Addiction Had A Happy Ending

The tale of Walter White ended exactly as it should have: with death, destruction, and a soundtrack that made you feel weird about cheering for a guy who committed roughly 400 felonies. No reboots, no spin-offs (well, Better Call Saul doesn’t count because it was good), and no attempts to bring Walt back as a hologram for one last cook. A rare example of television executives making the correct decision to not ruin something.

2. The Good Place – A Show About Morality That Had The Decency To End Before Becoming Immoral

A sitcom about the afterlife that actually knew when to die? Incredible. Instead of dragging things out for 12 seasons and forcing us to endure “The Good Place: Miami” starring a CGI Ted Danson, this show wrapped up its existential questions with grace. If only NBC had applied the same logic to The Office, we could’ve been spared those last two seasons where Michael Scott’s absence was filled by an ever-changing carousel of increasingly confused guest stars.

3. Fleabag – The Show That Knew Two Seasons Was Enough, Unlike Every Other Show Ever**

Phoebe Waller-Bridge did the impossible: she made a TV show, ended it before it became stale, and then actually stuck to her decision. No “secret sequel,” no “HBO Max revival,” just a perfect two-season arc that left audiences satisfied and, for the first time in television history, not screaming, “WHY ARE THEY STILL MAKING THIS?”

4. Mad Men – The Only Thing More Perfect Than Don Draper’s Hair Was Its Finale

Don Draper had a revelation, turned it into an ad, and capitalism won. The show ended with the perfect blend of ambiguity and closure, leaving audiences pondering whether Don had truly changed—or if he just realized that inner peace could be commodified. Either way, it didn’t drag on into a 70s-themed spinoff where Peggy becomes the first woman to sell asbestos as a children’s toy.

5. Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Last Good Ending Before Netflix Started Butchering Everything

A children’s show that actually had a well-planned, satisfying conclusion? Practically unheard of. Aang defeated the Fire Lord, balance was restored, and, most importantly, the series didn’t get milked into oblivion with unnecessary extra seasons (looking at you, SpongeBob). Of course, Netflix is currently working hard to ruin this legacy, because God forbid they let something good exist without rebooting it into a gritty live-action disaster.

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5 Shows That Should Have Been Canceled Sooner

1. The Walking Dead – TV’s Slowest-Moving Zombie

At some point, The Walking Dead stopped being about zombies and became a grim exercise in contract negotiations. Every season, a new fan-favorite character would die—not because the story needed it, but because AMC apparently paid their actors in exposure. This show had so many “final seasons” that even the zombies were like, “Oh my God, just end it already.”

2. Dexter – The Serial Killer Show That Refused To Kill Itself**

Imagine a show that had a terrible ending. Now imagine that same show coming back years later, saying, “No, no, we can do worse.” That’s Dexter. The original series finale was so bad that fans begged for a do-over. The reboot, Dexter: New Blood, proved that sometimes it’s better to just let bad things stay dead—kind of like Dexter’s entire hobby.

3. How I Met Your Mother – Nine Seasons Just To Say “Nevermind”

A sitcom that spent nine years building up to a big reveal… only to immediately undo it in the last five minutes. The final season was essentially one long wedding episode, followed by a twist so ridiculous that even Lost was like, “Wow, that’s bad storytelling.” And for some reason, Hollywood thought this deserved a spinoff. (How I Met Your Father—because if there’s one thing we learned from the original, it’s that audiences love wasting their time.)

4. Riverdale – A Show That Began As A Murder Mystery And Ended As A Drug-Induced Hallucination

Remember when Riverdale was just about a high school murder mystery? Neither do the writers. By season four, the show had introduced cults, bear attacks, and a plotline where Archie fought in a war that did not exist. It was as if the writers ran out of ideas and just started writing fanfiction about their own show.

5. Grey’s Anatomy – A Medical Drama That Itself Needs Life Support

This show has outlived multiple main characters, multiple hospital disasters, and—presumably—the patience of its own writing staff. Grey’s Anatomy has run for so long that at this point, Meredith Grey should be retiring, not still dramatically whispering about surgery. If ER had the dignity to end, why can’t this one?

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Final Thoughts: Just Let Shows Die Already

We get it—Hollywood is physically incapable of ending things when they should (see also: Fast & Furious 27). But maybe, just maybe, TV networks could stop reviving everything like a necromancer with an HBO Max subscription.

Or at the very least, if they insist on keeping certain shows alive, they should take a lesson from The Walking Dead—and make sure those shows come back as actual zombies, because at least then we’d know what we were getting into.

What show do YOU think should’ve been canceled sooner? Let us know before Netflix revives it for no reason.

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