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Some series finales leave us wanting more, while others leave us wishing we could forget what we just watched. Join us as we explore beloved television characters whose legacies were forever tarnished by their show's final episodes. From heroes turned villains to character arcs that completely unraveled, these once-great characters met unfortunate ends that left fans disappointed and frustrated.
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00:00Shaka Rehachis and Han, Rehachis and Dudley!
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at once great TV characters whose reputations
00:12were forever tarnished by the time their final episodes aired. There will be spoilers.
00:18It would be understandable, given the past traumas the two of you have shared,
00:23for you to develop complex feelings for him.
00:26Number 10, Siler, aka Gabriel Grey. After the first season built him up for several episodes,
00:35Siler emerged as a scene-stealing big bad with a star-making turn from Zachary Quinto.
00:41I can fix it. It's an evolutionary imperative.
00:46After season one, though, this downward spiral of a show could never figure out what to do with
00:52the character. He went back and forth between being a hero and a villain, depending on what
00:56popped into the writers' heads that week.
00:59What I saw was inside your twisted mind. That wasn't your heart.
01:05I can prove it.
01:09Just give me a chance.
01:11Siler was boring as a hero, but having him revert to his villainous ways just felt repetitive.
01:17It also deprived other villains a chance to break through. By the final episode, Siler had switched
01:23sides so many times that we didn't care whether he was redeemed. We were just grateful that Quinto
01:29was finally free to pursue other roles.
01:31That's right.
01:35It's a brave new world.
01:38Number 9, Shane Botwin.
01:40Weeds.
01:41What's it like?
01:42What?
01:44Killing someone.
01:45You feel different.
01:49No.
01:49Weeds was initially about a single mother trying to support her family by selling cannabis.
01:54It deteriorated into a show about a neglectful mother raising a sociopath.
02:00Nancy's young son Shane starts as one of the show's most sympathetic characters.
02:04He's an outcast at school, but Shane is smart, sharp-tongued, and coping with the loss of his
02:10father in a relatable way. Shane eventually goes down a dark path, however. It starts with underage
02:15sex, substance use, and an especially cringey Oedipus complex. He officially goes off the deep
02:21end after casually murdering someone, which he sees as a joking matter.
02:25How f***ed up are you that you think that my three-year-old squirt for attention is the same as
02:31you murdering a woman with a croquet stick? It's a mallet. I'll be in the car.
02:36Going on to become a corrupt cop, Shane expresses a desire to change in the finale,
02:41but we think he's too far gone.
02:43No, I know. I'm a mess. I'm gonna deal with it.
02:45Number 8. Number 5 and Lila Pitts. The Umbrella Academy.
02:50You know, in some of those timelines, we've been lucky to get out alive.
02:53Ah, well, we're still kicking, so we must be doing something right.
02:57Although born on the same day as his adopted siblings, Number 5 is both younger and older
03:02than them. Due to a time-travel mishap, 5 spends 45 years stranded. When 5 returns to his siblings
03:09in the present, he's trapped in the body of his young teenager self. This ups the ick factor in
03:14the final season when 5 enters a romantic relationship with Lila.
03:20Don't.
03:22Don't what?
03:25Be weird.
03:29Is that weird?
03:30While 5 is a little older by then, there's still a noticeable age gap between the actors.
03:35If that doesn't make this random romance uncomfortable enough,
03:39Lila is married off to one of 5's adoptive brothers, Diego.
03:43Hey, where are you going?
03:46We just ran out of scrap metal.
03:49I'll join you in a minute.
03:51Okay, love.
03:52We'd like to wipe this storyline from existence, which the series finale technically does,
03:57as all traces of the main characters are erased.
04:01Number 7. Rory Gilmore.
04:03Gilmore Girls. A Year in the Life.
04:06Rory's descent began in the original series after she slept with a married Dean and dropped
04:10out of Yale for a period.
04:12He's married.
04:13You don't understand the situation.
04:15Is he still married?
04:16Yes, but...
04:17Then I understand the situation.
04:18But hey, we all make mistakes during our youth.
04:21What matters is that we learn from them as we grow up.
04:23Throughout the Year in the Life sequel series, though, an older Rory still finds herself
04:28lost, both professionally and romantically.
04:32Aside from struggling to hold down a job, Rory has an affair with an engaged Logan.
04:36We have an agreement.
04:38What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
04:40We do.
04:42And when we leave Vegas, we forget about Vegas.
04:45Rory also has a boyfriend whom she keeps forgetting to break up with.
04:49She apparently learned nothing from her experience with Dean.
04:52You have got to cut that poor boy loose.
04:54No, I keep meaning to, and I just keep forgetting.
04:57It's so, so sad.
04:58Rory didn't learn from her mother either, basically winding up where Lorelai was decades
05:03earlier, pregnant and uncertain about her future.
05:06Who can we marry you off to?
05:08Oh, I know.
05:09Did that nice Pee Wee Herman ever find himself a lady?
05:11Number 6.
05:12Ted Mosby.
05:13How I Met Your Mother.
05:15Season 6 opened with the revelation that Ted met the mysterious mother at a wedding.
05:19That was not the day I met your mother.
05:20The day I met your mother was the day of a wedding.
05:25It took three more seasons for that to happen.
05:27During that time, Ted had several more relationships that we knew wouldn't go anywhere, so there
05:32wasn't much emotional investment in them.
05:35Ted's character development also remained in limbo, as his obsession with finding the
05:39one got obnoxious.
05:41It was almost worth the wait.
05:43Ted's long-awaited introduction to the mother was genuinely sweet.
05:46Funny how sometimes you just find things.
05:56Hi.
05:56Hi.
05:58Until she died.
05:59As Ted wraps up his story, we learn that this was never about him meeting the mother,
06:04but rather how he's still holding a torch for Robin.
06:07Seeing Ted return to Robin felt like a step back to square one, undoing whatever growth
06:11he had.
06:21Number 5.
06:23Debra Morgan.
06:24Dexter.
06:25Dex, you saved a lot of lives today.
06:28You saved my life.
06:32I'd never let anything happen to you.
06:34With Dexter Resurrection, the future is looking bright for everyone's favorite serial killer
06:38after several missteps.
06:41Unfortunately, it's too late for this franchise to do right by Dexter's dearly departed sister.
06:46For many, the original show jumped the shark in season 6, when Deb began developing romantic
06:51feelings for her adoptive bro.
06:53Yes, I'm becoming upset because you're making it sound like I want to...
06:56be with him or something.
07:01Well, do you?
07:03The show tried to move past this vomit-inducing plot point, but the writers once again dropped
07:08the ball with Deb in the finale.
07:10With his sister falling into a vegetative state, Dexter drowns Deb and pursues a new career
07:15in lumberjacking.
07:17Deb has since returned in flashbacks and dream sequences, although her character arc ended on
07:22the worst note possible.
07:24Even if she were miraculously resurrected somehow, they can't undo the incest thing.
07:31Right here.
07:38Number 4.
07:39Rachel Berry.
07:40Glee.
07:41What?
07:42No!
07:42It's hard to root for a protagonist who was her own worst enemy.
07:46Rachel Berry is a bad friend and even worse girlfriend.
07:49Well, I mean, I will have won my first Tony by then, so...
07:53But there's one thing that can't be denied.
07:56She was born to be on stage.
07:58Yet, Rachel seemed to forget this between seasons 5 and 6.
08:02Although she finally achieved her dream of playing Fanny Brice on Broadway, Rachel throws
08:06it all away to headline a crappy sitcom that gets canned after one episode.
08:12Oh!
08:14Nailed him.
08:16Looks like Sir forgot to take his narcolepsy medicine.
08:19Then he'll be fine.
08:22I thought you were going to be singing.
08:23Where's the singing?
08:24They cut it.
08:25For all her faults, Glee still kept us invested in Rachel's Broadway dreams.
08:30Watching her make such a foolish decision felt like a betrayal of her character.
08:34Mr. Shue, can we just please pause it?
08:36I can't watch anymore.
08:37I get it.
08:38The final season focuses on Rachel searching for her second act.
08:41But for us, the curtain had already closed.
08:44Number 3.
08:46Debbie Gallagher.
08:47Shameless.
08:47Talk about a character who did a complete 180 between the first and last episodes.
08:53Despite her dysfunctional upbringing, Debbie is initially sweet, forgiving, and considerate
08:58of others.
08:59Then in season 5, Debbie decides that she wants to be a teen mom so she can trap the father
09:03into marriage.
09:04Pretty harsh, Debs.
09:05Who's going to put Franny and me on the street?
09:07And pretty dramatic.
09:09They're trying to give us all a fresh start.
09:10Instead, he runs out on her and their child, whom Debbie neglects.
09:15Debbie enters several more toxic relationships, often being the source of that toxicity.
09:20Being a Gallagher, Debbie also has several run-ins with the law.
09:23I'll come back tomorrow and I'll replace everything that I borrowed, okay?
09:26I'm not going to press charges because clearly you are so white trash that you need to get
09:31food for your family.
09:32I am not white trash.
09:32But you are never coming near my house again.
09:35One could argue that Debbie is a victim of her surroundings, but there comes a time when
09:39everyone is responsible for their actions.
09:42Debbie is incapable of accepting accountability, making Frank Gallagher look like a saint by the
09:47end.
09:47You're not the only one with s**t going on, Debs.
09:49If you can't handle it, lean the f**k out.
09:51Don't blame us for being a s**t mom.
09:53Number two, Miranda Hobbes.
09:56And Just Like That.
09:57And Just Like That didn't do Carrie Bradshaw's legacy any favors.
10:02Although the protagonist had issues even before this sequel series.
10:06The show did more damage to Miranda Hobbes, who went from a strong-willed, level-headed career
10:11woman to a hot mess whose life becomes defined by her love interest.
10:15No, not Steve.
10:16She dumps him to chase after Che, a non-binary comedian who specializes in unintentional cringe
10:23comedy.
10:23I never said I was in an open marriage.
10:27You never said you weren't.
10:30I mean, you get out of my bed and go home to a husband.
10:32That's an open marriage.
10:36We probably should have discussed this before now.
10:39You think?
10:40So when Steve regretfully cheated on Miranda, it was a betrayal.
10:44But when she commits adultery, it's liberating.
10:47While her relationship with Che didn't last, the damage was done.
10:50She was confused about everything.
10:53Miranda's unraveling as a character continued to fuel the hate-watching fad until HBO finally
11:06pulled the plug.
11:07As Miranda tried to appear more progressive, she ironically regressed.
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11:31To a generation of children who were named Daenerys and Khaleesi, we're sorry.
11:53Of course, it's the writers behind Game of Thrones who should be apologizing.
11:56Throughout several seasons, we watched Dany mature from a frightened young bride to a resilient
12:02leader whom we rooted for.
12:04Then, in the penultimate episode, the showrunners decided she's the mad queen now.
12:09Yeah, she had her morally questionable moments in the past, but impulsively burning King's
12:14Landing undid years of development in a matter of minutes.
12:17The only thing more rushed than Dany's dark descent was Jon's decision to kill the woman he loves.
12:28It wasn't just King's Landing that went up in flames.
12:31It ruined Daenerys, along with a show that could have been among the all-time greats.
12:35You freed your brother.
12:38You committed treason.
12:41I freed my brother.
12:46And you slaughtered a city.
12:49What other characters were ruined by the series finale?
12:52Let us know in the comments.
12:53You cannot take my brain.
12:55Please.
12:56What would I want with your brain?
13:06What other you have done?
13:20Open the room.
13:20And there you go.
13:24You %uh.
13:28Then you have time.
13:32Then you're, everybody.
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