10 TV Show Endings That Get Better The More You Think About Them

10. I May Destroy You - Ego Death

I May Destroy You is one of the most powerful and vital shows released this century, following young novelist Arabella (creator and writer Michaela Coel) as she attempts to piece together the lost memories of the night she was drugged and assaulted.

In the finale Ego Death, admitting she’s “stuck in the past,” Arabella is granted the opportunity to confront her attacker, and in three increasingly surreal fantasies imagines all the ways she get her revenge. In one vision, she kills him; in another, she has sex with him and lets him go along with her remaining emotional baggage.

But it's with its fourth and final image - of Arabella celebrating the release of her new book - that the show's message is complete, allowing her to find peace in acceptance rather than vengeance. This is even more powerful when you remember Michaela Coel's own experience with assault formed the basis of the show.

Whilst it may be satisfying to see her rapist fall, Arabella's ability to accept her scars and look to her future is what really hits home, and brings the show to a more uplifting and empowering end than the violent farewell it could've easily settled on.