# Best Series Finales **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-finales/521907 "2009-12-20T01:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-finales/521907/61 "2009-12-23T19:55:47Z")
_Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ ended marvelously with the last episode of Season Five. I’ve heard vicious rumors that there were two more seasons, but I don’t believe them. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-finales/521907/62 "2009-12-23T20:52:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I hated, hated, _hated_ [Twin Peaks’] ending. It felt a _lot_ like the network pulled the plug on the series and didn’t give them the opportunity to wrap things up in any kind of satisfactory way. Hardly surprising that it’s not mentioned here. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-finales/521907/63 "2009-12-23T21:10:15Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > This subject has been done before, but no reason not to bring up what I think was probably one of the all-time best, if not THE BEST series finale: **Six Feet Under** > > The last 5 minutes or so of that finale show was a “movie” unto itself, and truly a beautiful and satisfying end to a fantastic series. I still get choked up thinking about that episode and the last five minutes. I hate when people quote someone and just write “this”, but I have nothing to add that is any better so… This. 😉 Also **Scrubs** was, if not a particularly _good_ episode, at least suitably emotional and a fitting end to a fantastic series. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-finales/521907/64 "2009-12-23T23:42:02Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > In addition to this, each episode of the series began with the death of someone who would come to be serviced by the family’s funeral home. The deaths occurred in a wide variety of ways, some mundane and some bizarre, so showing how the regular characters eventually died pulled it all together. You can see the SFU finale (six minutes) on YouTube. Great stuff, and very moving even on repeat viewings. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-finales/521907/65 "2009-12-23T23:53:48Z")
> [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](#): > > Also **Scrubs** was, if not a particularly _good_ episode, at least suitably emotional and a fitting end to a fantastic series. Unfortunately, they brought it back this year, so the finale wasn’t actually a finale (should have been; saw the first couple episodes of this new season and they were horrible). ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-finales/521907/66 "2009-12-24T02:18:56Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > [Like this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWdYMuo3_B4). hehheh, my gut reaction now to seeing that is “WTF did Dexter do to his hair?” ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-finales/521907/67 "2009-12-25T18:35:36Z")
The ending of the lamentably short-lived **Eli Stone** was a very moving scene between Eli and his deceased father, who told his son how proud he was of him because of the way he’d changed his life after having the aneurysm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-finales/521907.md?page=3)