My Top 5 TV Shows That Ended Badly
It’s unfortunate, but it does happen, and more often than we’d
like. I think that if a show has to end, it either needs to be in a ridiculously
happy way, or with such conviction that this is the right course of action that
it’s perfect no matter what. These are the shows that ended badly for me, and
while some of them weren’t actually awful,
they are the shows that I felt should have been resolved differently or at
least given the option to.
*spoilers ahead*
5.
First of all, how could they? A show based on a teenage
private eye sounds quite cheesy nowadays, but the seriousness of the plots,
coupled with often deeply troubled characters and wit that anyone would be
proud of, Veronica Mars is a show to
be remembered. Though the first two seasons were well received, the third seemed
to be missing something; maybe the transition from high school to college was too much for some people?
Maybe it was due to bringing new characters in, while fans missed those who had left?
Personally, I have no idea how someone could dislike such a wonderful, captivating,
complex show. However, the decision was made and the show was taken from us.
While the last episode did tie some loose ends together, the sex tape arc seemed rushed and it left fans emotional in regards to our favourite couple,
Veronica and Logan (Ship name: LoVe), who obviously still had feelings for each
other; that last, long lingering look between the two will always be epic.
However, 7 years, a shockingly successful kickstarter
campaign, and lots of crying later, a Veronica Mars film was released in 2014 and it
literally filled my heart with joy. So, I consider this show redeemed of its badly timed exit from our screens and the hole in my heart has been replaced with happy thoughts of Logan and Veronica's life together.
2. Heroes (2006-2010)
Heroes started out
so well, with a fascinating storyline
that grabbed viewers and took us on an adventure, the show promised to be brilliant, until it wasn't. The first
two seasons made it seem like the show could only get bigger and better but ratings
dropped throughout season 3 because the storyline wasn’t too great, but wasn’t awful. Enter: Season 4. Creepy carnival
folk that want to wreak havoc, Sylar taking over Nathan’s body, and the overall
confusing arc of the season meant that ratings dropped and stayed there. To out
those with superpowers, so dramatically reminiscent of the pilot episode, and to
end on such a cliffhanger, speaks to the true loss of faith in the show by the
end of the fourth season; not even Peter Petrelli’s good looks could
save this series, and that’s saying something. More recently Heroes was reborn,
through the aptly named Heroes Reborn
miniseries, even that was not renewed for a second series.
3. Lost (2004-2010)
A show that hooked us from the start, intriguing us and
making us question every move the characters made, Lost ultimately became a show that we couldn’t wait to see the
back of. Not only did the plot become so mixed up and puzzling I worried the
writers had gotten confused themselves, but it dragged on to the point that
even the most loyal fans had come to resent it. The last season only got
stranger with the introduction of “flash-sideways”, which added to the
mountain of questions already piled up from viewers. The finale gave fans high hopes that we
would get a conclusion that no one had speculated or guessed and that we’d all
come away from the show happy and content. But no, they were all dead. Ultimately,
I felt like I had been cheated out of an acceptable ending for I show that I
had been loyal to for so long. However, considering the direction the show was
taken in throughout the last few seasons, what else could they have done? Looking
back now, years after the show has ended, I can see that the show was about
spirituality and destiny, but at the time, we all just really wanted them to
survive and live happy lives, didn’t we?
2. True Blood (2008 – 2014)
I love this show.
Really, really love it. Sookie, Jason, Eric, Pam and everyone else in Bon Temps
are some of my favourite people. That love however, does not extend to the
series finale. There were ups and downs
throughout the series, but it never deviated from the books by too much or
without reason, and it was always entertaining. On the whole, the final episode
just didn’t seem true to the story; Bill asked Sookie to kill him (and she does
it!), there is an utter lack of Eric Northman (how dare they) and Sookie ends
up with a random human man. There always
was controversy over who Sookie would ultimately end up with, even after the
books ended and Charlaine Harris told us
she married Sam Merlotte, fans argued and some even wished the show would
change it. Well, they did. We weren’t given any information on this person;
just a glimpse during the final scene and then the show was over forever. And,
to add insult to injury, this man wasn’t cast but rather picked from the True Blood crew! While the books ended fairly
well, I felt robbed of a true ending to the show (whether the same or different
from Harris’ novels) after being loyal to True Blood’s dynamic and entertaining
list of prime candidates for Sookie’s love, only for a stranger to sweep in
during the final moments and give the illusion of a happy ending.
1.
How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014)
What
can I even say? This show was a huge part of my life and to have it come to an
end was a huge loss. From the pilot the audience was gripped, determined to discover
or guess who the mother could be and during the final season we were finally
given answers. We were shown how Ted and Tracy (the mother) fell in love, how
similar they are, all the near-meetings they had, and eventually their
marriage. What a perfect ending. If only the show had ended there. This happy
ending given to us, was quickly taken away; we are shown that in 2024 Tracy is
very ill, and she passes away not long after. Though the character was new to
the screen, we had learned more and more about her every episode since the
pilot, so learning of Tracy’s death was heartbreaking. Worse than this, not
that we thought it was possible, is that upon hearing Ted’s long-winded, heartfelt
story of meeting and falling in love with their mother, his children swiftly
inform Ted that he loves Robin and should be with her. What? Sure, it had been
years since his wife passed, but Ted had the opportunity to be with Robin from
the first episode and by the end of the series it actually felt like he had
moved on. So, this twist during the last moments of the show felt like we had
been taken on a journey, spanning 9 seasons and 25 years for the gang, just to end up back
in MacLarens Pub in 2005.
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