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generally didn’t understand or that are
commonly misinterpreted obviously a
spoiler alert is now in effect
number 10 Battlestar Galactica after
seemingly biting the dust Kara Starbuck
thrace’s resurrection was one of the
sci-fi dramas greatest mysteries going
into its final season her reappearance
is only made more confusing when she
suddenly vanishes in the midst of a
heart-to-heart with Lee know Lee didn’t
just go crazy and imagine Starbuck while
it remains unclear how exactly she came
back
Starbucks last seen is supposed to
emphasize that she’s been dead this
whole time and returned as a guardian
angel to guide her people to a new home
where are you going having served her
purpose
she’s finally able to move on of course
while the future seems bright for
Humanity it’s revealed that all this
happened in our own past and could
happen all over again
number 9 The Good Wife my wife and I
would like to thank all the people who
have supported us over the years this
legal drama worked up to a controversial
final confrontation between Alicia and
Diane having thrown Diane under the bus
to save her husband Peter
Alicia receives a slap across the face
from her former boss what many people
miss is the parallel between this scene
in the first episode where Alicia
slapped Peter for his deceit in betrayal
despite her frustration with Peter
Alicia played the role of The Good Wife
throughout the series at the same time
Alicia has significantly involved
throughout the show seven seasons going
from the victim to the victimizer
although she may not want to admit it
Alicia’s become more like her husband
thus ending up on the other side of the
slab number eight Seinfeld
see that to me that button is in the
worst possible spot the Seinfeld finale
ups
numerous viewers we can understand why
as shallow and inconsiderate as these
characters were nobody wanted to see
them end up behind bars after nine years
that being said the final scene between
the four is classic Seinfeld rather than
reflecting on their poor behavior Elaine
dwells on her phone call and Kramer gets
the water out of his ear it’s out Jerry
and George’s meaningless discussion
about button placement is a callback to
the pilots first scene where the two
have the exact same conversation which
George is quick to remember it goes to
show that even after being sentenced to
a year in prison the gang has learned
nothing and will just repeat the same
cycles once they’re released oh yeah the
second button is the key button it
literally makes the breaks the shirt
while he hasn’t ruled out the
possibility of a third season Aziz
Ansari currently seems content with
where he left dev in the season two
finale of master of none as vague as
that ending might have been the final
scene between dev and Francesca lying in
bed leaves their relationship open to
people’s interpretation as I’m sorry put
it my favorite endings are films and
especially with the romantic arc
involved er are very ambiguous and
really up to viewer interpretation one
detail that makes the ending more
conclusive than people think however is
the absence of Francesca’s engagement
ring implying that she left her fiance
to be with dev then again since the
ending is intended to be ambiguous you
could also argue that this is a dream of
what could have been in any case their
future together remains up in the air
number six
Frasier the only reason I’m leaving is
because I want what all of you have now
sometimes a single line of dialogue can
change an entire ending such as the case
for Frasier at the beginning of this
two-part finale
Frasier finds himself on a plane
reminiscing about his last days in
Seattle throughout the episode we’re led
to believe that Frasier is on a flight
to San Francisco where a new job awaits
him when the plane lands however the
captain announces that they’ve landed in
Chicago
meaning that Frasier actually chose to
pursue his relationship with Charlotte
ladies and gentlemen welcome to Chicago
since Frasier never overtly announces
his decision and the captain’s words fly
by so fast
it’s easy for viewers to overlook the
show’s final destination in the end
Frasier took a chance on love adding to
the poignancy of his goodbye speech
number 5 the leftovers did I think about
you if you think the leftovers was all
about the rapture you have
misinterpreted the meaning of the whole
show this series was more about how
people cope with tragedy and search for
answers in a world where nothing is
etched in stone nowhere is this better
exemplified than in the final scene
between an aged Kevin and Nora and I
knew that if I told you what happened
that you would never believe me
having been apart for years Nora claims
that she crossed over to an alternate
reality where 98 percent of humanity
disappeared based on Nora’s hesitation
before she supposedly crossed over
however it’s possible that she never
went through with the procedure and
fabricated this entire story in the end
it doesn’t matter as Kevin and Nora have
at last found each other
and in due course have found closure I
believe you number 4 Cheers
you can never be unfaithful to your one
true love
whereas Frasier Crane chooses to start
over in a new city Sam alone decides to
let Diane go
realizing that shears is his one true
love the final scene finds a patron
knocking on the Boston bars door to
which Sam replies sorry we’re closed
while this seems straightforward enough
Sam’s final line led some viewers to
believe that shears had closed its doors
for good
having reflected on how much this bar
means to him though
Sam most likely meant the cheers was
only closing for the night and would
reopen the next day as usual it may be
the end of the series but life goes on
at Cheers
number three madmen mother son we greet
you know thankful for the sweetness of
the earth madmen never spelt out its
underlying themes to viewers and the
finale is no exception
meditating at a retreat center he slight
smile stretches across Don Draper’s face
we then cut to an iconic coca-cola
commercial from 1971 although this
ending left people with question marks
over their heads there are a couple of
different ways to interpret it the most
likely explanation is that Don came up
with this groundbreaking commercial
going to advertising heaven you are
dying and going to advertising heaven of
course it’s also possible that Don
decided to leave his life is an adman
behind and start over as a free-spirited
hippie either way
Mad Men was largely about one man’s
journey of self-discovery and in this
moment Don finally sees where he belongs
in the world the Reverend was a psycho
liar who claimed he came up with the buy
the world a coke commercial number two
lost you died yeah yes I did
given this supernatural dramas various
twists and turns it should come as no
surprise that the ending left more than
a few people scratching their heads as
Jack met up with his fellow Islanders in
a church some audience members jumped to
the conclusion that they’d been dead
this entire time what Jack Kate
based on what Jack’s father tells him
though it’s safe to say everything that
took place on the island actually
happened and that the oceanic 815
survivors have reunited in this
purgatory as a way of letting go you’re
real everything that’s ever happened to
you is real all those people in the
church they’re all real – time moves
differently in this flash sideways
universe allowing everyone to come
together regardless of when they died
yeah even with that explanation the
finale is not the easiest to follow but
what else would you expect from lost
number one The Sopranos eating onion
rings with his wife and son in a public
restaurant as don’t stop believin plays
Tony Soprano awaits his daughters
arrival the front door opens Tony looks
up and cut to black while not the most
conclusive ending several clues indicate
that Tony was killed
you probably don’t even hear the one in
half this room for starters it was
Bobby’s comment in an earlier episode
about how you probably don’t even hear
it when you die hence why the music
stops what’s more meadow fails to Park
her car twice just as Tony has survived
two assassination attempts meadow
successfully parks on her third try but
three doesn’t seem to be Tony’s lucky
number there are other examples of
foreshadowing alluding to Tony’s death
although hardly anyone likely caught
them at first glance do you agree with
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thank you know Star Trek click below to
sign in with your Google or Facebook
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watchmojo.com for this list we’re taking
a look at TV show finales that audiences
generally didn’t understand or that are
commonly misinterpreted obviously a
spoiler alert is now in effect
number 10 Battlestar Galactica after
seemingly biting the dust Kara Starbuck
thrace’s resurrection was one of the
sci-fi dramas greatest mysteries going
into its final season her reappearance
is only made more confusing when she
suddenly vanishes in the midst of a
heart-to-heart with Lee know Lee didn’t
just go crazy and imagine Starbuck while
it remains unclear how exactly she came
back
Starbucks last seen is supposed to
emphasize that she’s been dead this
whole time and returned as a guardian
angel to guide her people to a new home
where are you going having served her
purpose
she’s finally able to move on of course
while the future seems bright for
Humanity it’s revealed that all this
happened in our own past and could
happen all over again
number 9 The Good Wife my wife and I
would like to thank all the people who
have supported us over the years this
legal drama worked up to a controversial
final confrontation between Alicia and
Diane having thrown Diane under the bus
to save her husband Peter
Alicia receives a slap across the face
from her former boss what many people
miss is the parallel between this scene
in the first episode where Alicia
slapped Peter for his deceit in betrayal
despite her frustration with Peter
Alicia played the role of The Good Wife
throughout the series at the same time
Alicia has significantly involved
throughout the show seven seasons going
from the victim to the victimizer
although she may not want to admit it
Alicia’s become more like her husband
thus ending up on the other side of the
slab number eight Seinfeld
see that to me that button is in the
worst possible spot the Seinfeld finale
ups
numerous viewers we can understand why
as shallow and inconsiderate as these
characters were nobody wanted to see
them end up behind bars after nine years
that being said the final scene between
the four is classic Seinfeld rather than
reflecting on their poor behavior Elaine
dwells on her phone call and Kramer gets
the water out of his ear it’s out Jerry
and George’s meaningless discussion
about button placement is a callback to
the pilots first scene where the two
have the exact same conversation which
George is quick to remember it goes to
show that even after being sentenced to
a year in prison the gang has learned
nothing and will just repeat the same
cycles once they’re released oh yeah the
second button is the key button it
literally makes the breaks the shirt
while he hasn’t ruled out the
possibility of a third season Aziz
Ansari currently seems content with
where he left dev in the season two
finale of master of none as vague as
that ending might have been the final
scene between dev and Francesca lying in
bed leaves their relationship open to
people’s interpretation as I’m sorry put
it my favorite endings are films and
especially with the romantic arc
involved er are very ambiguous and
really up to viewer interpretation one
detail that makes the ending more
conclusive than people think however is
the absence of Francesca’s engagement
ring implying that she left her fiance
to be with dev then again since the
ending is intended to be ambiguous you
could also argue that this is a dream of
what could have been in any case their
future together remains up in the air
number six
Frasier the only reason I’m leaving is
because I want what all of you have now
sometimes a single line of dialogue can
change an entire ending such as the case
for Frasier at the beginning of this
two-part finale
Frasier finds himself on a plane
reminiscing about his last days in
Seattle throughout the episode we’re led
to believe that Frasier is on a flight
to San Francisco where a new job awaits
him when the plane lands however the
captain announces that they’ve landed in
Chicago
meaning that Frasier actually chose to
pursue his relationship with Charlotte
ladies and gentlemen welcome to Chicago
since Frasier never overtly announces
his decision and the captain’s words fly
by so fast
it’s easy for viewers to overlook the
show’s final destination in the end
Frasier took a chance on love adding to
the poignancy of his goodbye speech
number 5 the leftovers did I think about
you if you think the leftovers was all
about the rapture you have
misinterpreted the meaning of the whole
show this series was more about how
people cope with tragedy and search for
answers in a world where nothing is
etched in stone nowhere is this better
exemplified than in the final scene
between an aged Kevin and Nora and I
knew that if I told you what happened
that you would never believe me
having been apart for years Nora claims
that she crossed over to an alternate
reality where 98 percent of humanity
disappeared based on Nora’s hesitation
before she supposedly crossed over
however it’s possible that she never
went through with the procedure and
fabricated this entire story in the end
it doesn’t matter as Kevin and Nora have
at last found each other
and in due course have found closure I
believe you number 4 Cheers
you can never be unfaithful to your one
true love
whereas Frasier Crane chooses to start
over in a new city Sam alone decides to
let Diane go
realizing that shears is his one true
love the final scene finds a patron
knocking on the Boston bars door to
which Sam replies sorry we’re closed
while this seems straightforward enough
Sam’s final line led some viewers to
believe that shears had closed its doors
for good
having reflected on how much this bar
means to him though
Sam most likely meant the cheers was
only closing for the night and would
reopen the next day as usual it may be
the end of the series but life goes on
at Cheers
number three madmen mother son we greet
you know thankful for the sweetness of
the earth madmen never spelt out its
underlying themes to viewers and the
finale is no exception
meditating at a retreat center he slight
smile stretches across Don Draper’s face
we then cut to an iconic coca-cola
commercial from 1971 although this
ending left people with question marks
over their heads there are a couple of
different ways to interpret it the most
likely explanation is that Don came up
with this groundbreaking commercial
going to advertising heaven you are
dying and going to advertising heaven of
course it’s also possible that Don
decided to leave his life is an adman
behind and start over as a free-spirited
hippie either way
Mad Men was largely about one man’s
journey of self-discovery and in this
moment Don finally sees where he belongs
in the world the Reverend was a psycho
liar who claimed he came up with the buy
the world a coke commercial number two
lost you died yeah yes I did
given this supernatural dramas various
twists and turns it should come as no
surprise that the ending left more than
a few people scratching their heads as
Jack met up with his fellow Islanders in
a church some audience members jumped to
the conclusion that they’d been dead
this entire time what Jack Kate
based on what Jack’s father tells him
though it’s safe to say everything that
took place on the island actually
happened and that the oceanic 815
survivors have reunited in this
purgatory as a way of letting go you’re
real everything that’s ever happened to
you is real all those people in the
church they’re all real – time moves
differently in this flash sideways
universe allowing everyone to come
together regardless of when they died
yeah even with that explanation the
finale is not the easiest to follow but
what else would you expect from lost
number one The Sopranos eating onion
rings with his wife and son in a public
restaurant as don’t stop believin plays
Tony Soprano awaits his daughters
arrival the front door opens Tony looks
up and cut to black while not the most
conclusive ending several clues indicate
that Tony was killed
you probably don’t even hear the one in
half this room for starters it was
Bobby’s comment in an earlier episode
about how you probably don’t even hear
it when you die hence why the music
stops what’s more meadow fails to Park
her car twice just as Tony has survived
two assassination attempts meadow
successfully parks on her third try but
three doesn’t seem to be Tony’s lucky
number there are other examples of
foreshadowing alluding to Tony’s death
although hardly anyone likely caught
them at first glance do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and be sure to
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