10 Huge TV Shows Ruined By Their Ending Twist

10. Roseanne - Success Was Just A Fantasy 

Roseanne's final season - before its troubled revival some twenty years later - was far removed from what fans had become accustomed to over the years. From the theme song to its new, surreal tone, the classic sitcom's last leg was one of multiple ill-fated ideas, and its finale did very little to save it.

Throughout the season, the Conner family win the lottery and find some peace in their lives, whilst Roseanne herself struggles with her husband Dan's infidelity. By itself, all of these developments are pretty shoddy and far from what fans wanted.

But then the finale doubles down on the absurdity and makes things much worse, by revealing at the last second that the whole season had been made up by Roseanne to deal with Dan's death. It's a tacky, emotionally manipulative rug-pull that made the entire season redundant, and has tainted the series ever since.