Wanted: ‘Sweet’ ending for series: Being blindsided by an ending can leave viewers feeling cheated

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Wanted: ‘Sweet’ ending for series: Being blindsided by an ending can leave viewers feeling cheated

Nat Dolan

Nat Dolan

Dark hedges CR K Mitch Hodge on Unsplash
The Dark Hedges, Ireland, a setting used in fantasy series Game of Thrones – fans were upset with final episodes [Image: K Mitch Hodge on Unsplash]

Nat Dolan ponders the importance of a satisfying conclusion to a series, and whether a ‘bad’ ending negates the whole viewing experience

The second time around, the show’s ending manages to pull at all the heartstrings On 28 February 1983, the cast of M*A*S*H (Disney+) went out to , Surgical tent CR Andrey Metelv on Unsplash, The series M*A*S*H, focusing on a mobile army surgical hospital, attracted a huge number of TV viewers when its final episodes aired in the US [Image: