Looking Back
Snakkle Flashes Back Through Television’s Best and Worst Series Finales
It may be unfair to judge a once-beloved show by its final few moments, but let’s face it: In today’s short-attention-span society, it’s the last impression that lingers the strongest. So for better and for worse, a show’s series finale may just prove to be its most important episode. Snakkle looks back at some of the best—and worst—in television history. By Danielle Turchiano
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Best: The Bluth Family in Arrested Development
Though series creator Mitchell Hurwitz will be revisiting the Bluth family for Netflix soon, the acclaimed Arrested Development did receive a proper send-off on Fox with a final episode (“Development Arrested”) that finally allowed closure in George Michael’s potential incest fantasies and Buster’s rivalry with a seal, and revealed the true mastermind behind the company’s legal troubles.
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- Actor
- Adrian Grenier
- Alan Ruck
- Arrested Development
- Bob Newhart
- Celebrity
- Chadwick Boseman
- Cheers
- Daisy Betts
- David Duchovny
- Donald Faison
- Entourage
- Gillian Anderson
- Hot Galleries
- Jason Alexander
- Jason Bateman
- Jeffrey Tambor
- Jeremy Piven
- Jerry Ferrara
- Jerry Seinfeld
- John Goodman
- Julia Duffy
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Kate Lang Johnson
- Kevin Connolly
- Kevin Dillon
- Kirstie Alley
- Lauren Ambrose
- Looking Back
- LOST
- Mary Frann
- Matthew Fox
- Michael Richards
- Most Popular
- Newhart
- Persons Unknown
- Peter Scolari
- Roseanne
- Roseanne Barr
- Sarah Chalke
- Scrubs
- Sean O'Bryan
- Seinfeld
- Six Feet Under
- Ted Danson
- The X-Files
- Tina Holmes
- Tom Berenger
- Tom Poston
- Zach Braff