What are your favorite TV shows that have finished?
I just wrapped up the 5th and final season of The Last Kingdom and would give it a 10/10. Amazing storylines from start to finish, and the series finale is a perfect ending. I’d put it in my top 10 and possibly top 5 all time.
There are a lot of shows that have great seasons but then fall off, and others that have good and bad seasons mixed in. Not many shows are great start to finish - also think a major problem is many shows aren’t willing to wrap up a series that’s doing good as they want it to keep printing money.
With streaming now taking over, another issue is that some shows will get cancelled even if they’re doing well. Mindhunter on Netflix is an example of this.
House Of Cards was great but turned into trash. Walking Dead had ups and downs.
24 seems like it could fall in the “perfect throughout” category but I haven’t seen it in forever. Same with Breaking Bad.
The Americans was great.
Lost was great but the ending wasn’t 100% on point.
The Sopranos and The Wire are both 10/10 from start to finish.
Stick to HBO “one season” shows and they’ll never fall off. I think it’s so rare that tv shows have an actual good story to tell across 95 hours of episodes. I think 6-10 hours for a full story is the sweet spot.
Eg, The Night Of, Sharp Objects, The Outsider, Undoing, True Detective Season 1, Big Little Lies season one, etc
Westworld fits this as well. Great first season and fortunately it stands alone as its own show in one season. The rest? meh
They're called miniseries, and yeah, HBO does a lot of great ones. I'd add Chernobyl to the list.
Futurama
Frasier
Dexter
Lost
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24 is definitely re-watchable but unsurprisingly it isn't as good as when I was a kid. Seasons 1-3 (maybe 4?) are really good and then it kinda isn't as good, but still worth a watch if you are a fan.
Would recommend the Walking Dead comics if you haven't read them already; I liked it more than the show.
Friday Night Lights is still pretty good.
The Pacific is better than Band of Brothers IMO.
House of Cards
House of cards first two (?) seasons were elite, they should've ended it when he became president
Something that has a similar feel but was much more intense imo was The Young Pope, Jude Law's character as Pius XIII was very similar to Frank Underwood, but it's a much more dark show. Only 2 seasons also so no unnecessary bullshit with dragging it out.
"The Wire" - and it's not even close.
There is a pretty decent show called Person of Interest. It is a bit dated now with the tech angle but the show premise is wildly on point and actually get more and more accurate with each passing day. It drags on a bit too long but if you aren't really put off by that I would recomend it. It is has some of the best writing and story telling for a near future, at the time, but modern day tech dystopia in a show I have ever seen.
Game of Thrones was really good imo
Yea I really enjoyed it. Most of the show is the best tv I've ever seen, which outweighs the "meh" ending imo
that last season though, what the fuck was that
Generation Kill
I love me some November Juliet
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Attack on Titan, though it is wrapping up shortly / on its final season
Entourage, Eastbound and Down, Seinfeld
all of those are amazing
How has nobody mentioned breaking bad
I said Breaking Bad bruh 😎
Firefly
Sopranos
Entourage, Game of Thrones, and Trailer Park Boys. Can't believe nobody here's mentioned that one
Trailer Park Boys was legit. RIP Lahey.
smallville
I concur with the users suggesting Entourage. I'd recommend Archer. Brooklyn 99 was awesome (it gets a little preachy in the last two seasons, but they're still enjoyable). The first season of Macgruber is on Peacock now and I loved it.
Nip/Tuck
Oh god Mindhunter was so fucking good I'm appalled they canceled it.
I'm a basic bitch and loved Scrubs. The Sopranos was also amazing. The Wire seemed to slow down a bit in those last couple seasons but all around also great.
Vikings is always a good shout
yeah really good the actors defo make it, and then make sure to watch Vikings valhallah which is the sequel
I was certain everybody on this forum would say Suits. Apparently not.
The wire
The sopranos
Game of thrones (until the end of course)
Seinfeld
An earlier poster really nailed the answer though. Anything HBO does as a limited series is always good.
Mad Men is a longtime personal favorite of mine
surprised that wasn't mentioned yet, Mad Men was incredible. Is it streaming on anything without ads?
Lost
Battlestar Galactica
Mad Men
Avatar: The Last Airbender
For some comedy, Nathan For You was fantastic
Another in that vein is How To with John Wilson.
Yeah that one is amazing too, really enjoyed that
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Narcos and Narcos Mexico
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