TV shows with were great till the end

[fatandwheezing]

With all the strange angry folk petitioning HBO about GoT, I got thinking about long running shows that were as good at they end as they were at the start.

I can't really think of many:
Heros was probably the biggest drop in quality
Lost probably the most widely derided to the point where anything involving Damon Lindelof puts me right off
Walking dead has been up and down in quality a lot over the seasons - although I've not watched the last season
Battlstar Galactica kept the quality up but the ending divided opinion
Sopranos ending the same

Other than the Wire and Breaking Bad, any others?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Killing Eve was OK, until they got to the end & set it up for KE2

[fatandwheezing]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Killing Eve was OK, until they got to the end & set it up for KE2

I didn't mind that really, but I already knew there was a second series in the offing. I guess I mean long running series rather than a single season.

[eldar]

fatandwheezing said:

With all the strange angry folk petitioning HBO about GoT, I got thinking about long running shows that were as good at they end as they were at the start.

I can't really think of many:
Heros was probably the biggest drop in quality
Lost probably the most widely derided to the point where anything involving Damon Lindelof puts me right off
Walking dead has been up and down in quality a lot over the seasons - although I've not watched the last season
Battlstar Galactica kept the quality up but the ending divided opinion
Sopranos ending the same

Other than the Wire and Breaking Bad, any others?

It’s always beeline this. Good idea milked to death.
Porridge, dads army. And many others.

[Nickp82]

Friends (yes, really)

[Zippee]

Not sure if it counts as a TV show, more a mini series, but Band of Brothers was awesome right through.

[EVLATECOMER]

Dexter

[moneymakestheworldgoaround]

Mad Dogs

The ending was utter st

[Mothersruin]

Band of Brothers - not beaten yet in my book. Best TV filmed so far.

ETA - Ah, long running, just read that bit. I suppose it doesn't count then.

[dieselgrunt]

The Shield
7 series of awesomeness.

[jules_s]

Flash forward and Under the Dome spring to mind

[Nickp82]

jules_s said:

Flash forward and Under the Dome spring to mind

Flash Forward ran for one series didn’t it?

[jules_s]

Nickp82 said:

Flash Forward ran for one series didn’t it?

And after a long day/week I read the thread title as great until the end where they then got crap

As you were then

[chris watton]

EVLATECOMER said:

Dexter

Yes, I find it's best to completely ignore the final season.

I can still re watch all other seasons because on the whole, each season had its own story arc with a start, middle and end, meaning there is always a satisfying resolution at the end of each - unlike something like Game of Thrones, which is one long continuous arc.

[anonymous-user]

Six Feet Under
The West Wing
BSG
Between The Lines (BBC police drama from the 80s; only three seasons though I think)
ER

[seyre1972]

dieselgrunt said:

The Shield
7 series of awesomeness.

Yep - got to agree with that !! You’re rooting for the antihero right until the last minute of the last episode.

[GliderRider]

Bluestone 42

Citizen Smith

Love Soup

[deeen]

Fawlty Towers, well, he quit while he was ahead, and Blackadder, the ending was majestic.

[227bhp]

The Bridge, Magic Roundabout, Rainbow, The Clangers, The Wombles.

[Nickp82]

227bhp said:

The Bridge, Magic Roundabout, Rainbow, The Clangers, The Wombles.

Not sure about the Wombles, the way Uncle Bulgaria died was sickening, just sickening.