10 Of The Greatest Ever TV Pilots — And 10 Of The Worst Finales

“Aside from Dean’s truly ridiculous death, they erased 15 years of his character development, turning him into a caricature who breezily dismissed Castiel and just wanted to eat pie and drive aimlessly around Heaven… [it] was the worst fanfic ever written.”

—a4bf93d1e5

“I was years late to watching The Sopranos because I thought it was gonna be something like Goodfellas (I know people love that movie, it’s just not my taste). I don’t like violence, but my God, did this show rope me in! Tony and those ducks, man.” 

—Anonymous

“It’s like seven seasons didn’t happen between the first two seasons and the last episode. Ted made all this progress in finally moving on from Robin and had a symbolic letting her go where he imagined letting her fly away like a balloon.

Then, one episode later, she divorces Barney because both her and his character arcs are thrown in the bin for Ted to chase her again and for them to end up together. Spent all those seasons finding out who the mother is, and then they kill her in the next episode. I hated it so much that I have struggled to watch any episode since, despite loving it so much before then. I wish I had never watched the final two episodes.”

—cuteclcactus91

“You get a real feel for the characters without focusing too heavily on any one of them, and I will forever call crepe paper ‘creepy paper’ now. 😆”

—jessethecowgirl

—rachway

—rachway

“It took me years to watch the show, mostly because I didn’t think I would care for the premise. Now I’m a superfan!” 

—Jeff

“Rachel should have stayed on the plane. I would have loved to have seen her fulfill her dream in Paris, making a name for herself. She and Ross were absolutely horrible together, and I feel like 10 seasons’ worth of character growth was just tossed out the window.”

—krisfunk27

“I agree!! So frustrating in hindsight. Or why couldn’t Ross have relocated? He had to be away from one of his children regardless. It would have been an opportunity for him to really demonstrate his support for Rachel and her career, compared with his childish behavior in earlier seasons.”

—shrinktalk

“I must’ve seen the first episode five times, and it immediately puts you right in that town. I was even a fan of Season 2 (I think it’s grown on people). 

Nothing can prepare you for the movie.”

—Anonymous

“I hate to say it, but the last season almost ruined the whole show for me. That said, not the writers’ fault. IDK how I could’ve ended it better given the circumstances.”

—Anonymous

“I get that they wanted a whole redemption arc for Negan, but not allowing him to go full Negan on that a-hole who took over at Alexandria was the biggest letdown of the season. It would have been just as redeeming to have him pull a classic Negan to save all of those people. They could have still given it an altruistic spin. I feel cheated.”

—Anonymous

“It was all about Paris and the fashion extreme and it was completely deprived of real friendship goals in a harsh city like NYC. 

I watched it ’til the end because I was such a fan of the premise and needed closure for the characters, just to be completely disappointed. Oh, and let’s not talk about the movies… a complete waste of time and money.”

—Anonymous