21 TV Shows That Ended With a Huge Middle Finger to Fans

Ending a TV show is a delicate art. Every character needs to complete their arc, the reason for the show to exist should end amicably, and after who knows how many seasons, there might be a lot of subplots to wrap up. Even the Blitz got a cutaway gag toward the end of How I Met Your Mother. Like, did we really need to check back in on the Blitz?

Its precarious nature, however, means that a series finale can go very, very wrong (including that one — we’ll get to that). We’re talking underwhelming reveals, oodles of unresolved tension and killing off characters like a blindfolded J.K Rowling. That’s why one Redditor asked r/AskReddit, “What’s a show that completely betrayed the audience at the end?”