The Worst TV Show Finales

I almost threw my phone across the room when I saw Scrubs on this list, but then I saw that they used season 9 as their basis for the "ending," which, of course, is preposterous.

Wait, no lost? Ah kids these days.

What happened to myth busters?

This is nice, but I'd like more to see the opposite, where the series went out on a perfect note. Like Breaking Bad or M*A*S*H (imho).

And Dexter completely fucked it TWICE!

Where is the HIMYM hate? I never had an ending piss on the viewer more than how that train wreck ended. Made essentially 48 hours play over an entire season that meant nothing, and as an extra shocker even the twist meant nothing and only served as a reminder that the whole season meant nothing.

I think they included Scrubs "9th season" which was actually a prank that didn't happen, the real finale looks pretty highly rated

Honestly both surprised but not at all surprised that Promised Neverland is #2

Surprised because it's an anime in the #2 spot. Not surprised because it is SUCH A BAD ENDING

Supernatural, blacklist, and castle were really rollercoasters of good and bad episodes and seasons lol

Game of thrones was not mentioned in a single comment (at the time of writing this comment).

I guess it wasn’t soo bad on an objective scale but just fully killed the relevance of the show.

Surprised Battlestar Galactica isn't on there.

I was shocked to see that scrubs made the list because the finale (that I remember) was a heater! But then I counted and saw that it was for season 9, so no surprises there (not that I even gave it a fair chance tbf, I’ve just heard it’s mid)

What the hell happened to Myth busters?

How is Mythbusters on there? It’s not like there was some kind of plot to follow, loose ends in the storyline, or some kind of contrived plot device to finish everything off.

this is not the worst finales, it's the finales that had the worst ratings vs series average. if anything this is about series that fell off near the end. there are many shows that were popular near the end, so people tuned in to the finale (which would mean a high rating) and hated the finale anyway. Seinfeld is the most popular example, even though i don't really agree with the consensus myself.

The last season of Ozark was great imo. My only gripe was the last scene with their son. Why the complete 180?

The Man in the high castle was really just the last minute that's so absurd. Aside from that it was not bad. Which is telling how bad that last minute was.

I don't recall thr ending of misfits to be bad though, have to look that up.

Hell yeah, Enterprise! Only #17! Lol

How the fuck is Star Vs. The Forces of Evil not on this list?

Star betrays her own established character and kills billions because of a forced ship.

Scrubs ended in May of 2009 with My Finale: Part 2, tied for first as the highest-rated episode. “Season 9” aka “Med School”was a cash grab continuation merging the silly web series spinoff “Scrubs: Interns” that ABC absolutely fucked. There’s no reason to continue watching past My Finale: Part 2, which is how that phenomenal show ended up anywhere near this list.

I expected to see The Sopranos on here.

How is My name is Earl not on the list? 4 years and they don't even have the respect to give a damn finale.

This graph just highlights the problem with popular TV shows that had no real plan for where they would go.

You do a season, it's popular, people want more. Eventually your quality declines, people lose interest and they just end weakly, if they even get that rather than abruptly cancelled.

If we only had one season of Heroes, we'd still be talking about it in the same hushed tones as Firefly, but it didn't and so we don't. It's just another in a long line of shows that started interesting, and quickly became mediocre. For that reason I'm kind of glad Firefly only got one.

I really don't want a show that lasts for 10 seasons. That's a massive time commitment. I want a story in as few episodes as it takes to tell it well. At least have an outline of what's going to happen, even if you haven't written it all out in full.

That fucking supernatural ending, that shit sucked

Damn, Seinfeld didn't even make the cut. At the time, it was considered one of the worst of all time, especially for a show that was choosing to end while it was still going strong.

Wasn't Fear the Walking Dead shit from the beginning?

"The show was dead but they kept going" is visible in a lot of these. Two And A Half Men, you can see exactly where ol' tiger blood left the show. Mythbusters, you can tell which season tried being all B team... without the B team. I scrolled through and knew which one was Scrubs without even looking at the labels. House Of Cards-- no kidding.

I liked the last episode of Enterprise because that entire series was trash and making it Rikers holodeck saves it from itself.

I watched the ending to the promised Neverland season 2 on TV, it felt like a slap in the face and I didn't even read the manga. The entirety of season 2 felt like an insult and a disappointment.

Scrubs

Okay, but that last season? If we disregard that, the show is damn near perfect.

Supernatural

I get that this is weighing in at #30, but that graph is pretty consistent. They end on a low note, but it's not too far outside the normal range overall.

I wonder if people just rate the finales badly because they don't want it to end. I can't imagine Ozark being panned on the final episode.

I'm surprised that Ozark is not on the list.