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On July 2, 1881, U.S. President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau in the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, DC, having been...

Bad Influencer managed to get itself into a position where the stakes for the finale are very clear. BK and Pinky need to make 130 fake...

The Witcher has never been very good at endings, since it’s one of Netflix’s crown jewel IPs and makes a ton of money, so it’s...

And just like that — this show should have more than six episodes per season, shouldn’t it? — we’ve reached the end. Again. Slow Horses is consistently...

I’ve been a fan of Chad Powers since the beginning, but I’m quite happy to admit that the one thing it hasn’t been is unconventional. A hodgepodge...

It was, I think, pretty inevitable that The Asset wasn’t going to have a happy ending. It’s just that kind of show. Like I’ve said already, undercover...

I think it’s over? You can never quite tell with Invasion, but “The End of the Line” definitely feels like an ending. And thank goodness for that, since...

Predictably, Harlan Coben’s Lazarus has one of those endings that seem to go on forever, delivering twist after twist just for the fun of it....

I’m not sure I’d consider the climax of Gen V Season 2 to be a “good” ending in the traditional sense of the term. Sure,...

Task ended with Robbie’s death, in many ways. I don’t mean literally, obviously, because Episode 7 devotes another epilogue-style hour to tying up loose ends...

So, Daryl and Carol’s tour of Spain is going to continue, since the ending of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3 throws a pretty...

There are few things more satisfying than a legal drama that lets the good guys win. In the case of The Rainmaker, I don’t use...

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch has a pretty conclusive ending, let’s be frank about that. Theoretically, there’s no need to continue it any further. The bad guys are...

In many ways, the ending of Peacemaker Season 2 is exactly the opposite of what audiences have come to expect from the finale of a...

The Resurrected is an exercise in endurance from beginning to end, but the ending itself is particularly guilty of compounding one awful revelation on top...

You could have predicted the ending of The Game: You Never Play Alone after the first couple of episodes. I’ll provide a bit more clarity,...

I can’t help but think that Sylvia and Will aren’t very good for each other. The point of Platonic is supposed to be the opposite, even though...

Don’t let me keep you in suspense. Yes, Bon Appetit, Your Majesty has the happy ending everyone wanted. Episode 12 isn’t about historical realism or...