Best TV Series Finales of All Time

The endings that delivered on every promise. These finales stuck the landing, honored their characters, and left audiences emotionally wrecked in the best possible way.

2005 9.7
Drama

#1 Six Feet Under

"Everyone's Waiting" — The most emotionally devastating finale in television history.

2005 Drama
2013 9.5
Crime Drama

#2 Breaking Bad

"Felina" — Walter White's final reckoning. A masterclass in earned closure that set the gold standard.

2013 Crime Drama
2008 9.3
Crime Drama

#3 The Wire

"−30−" — Baltimore's cycle of power, corruption, and survival comes full circle.

2008 Crime Drama
1983 9.2
Comedy Drama

#4 M*A*S*H

"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" — The most-watched finale in television history. A bittersweet farewell to the 4077th.

1983 Comedy Drama
2008 9.1
Crime Drama

#5 The Shield

"Family Meeting" — Vic Mackey's sins finally catch up with him in the most devastating way possible.

2008 Crime Drama
2007 8.8
Crime Drama

#6 The Sopranos

"Made in America" — The cut to black that changed television forever. Did Tony live or die?

2007 Crime Drama
2013 8.7
Comedy

#7 The Office

"Finale" — A heartfelt love letter to Dunder Mifflin and the people who made it home.

2013 Comedy
2023 9.0
Drama

#8 Succession

"With Open Eyes" — The Roy siblings' final power play ends in devastating, earned tragedy.

2023 Drama
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