10 TV Shows That Actually Stuck The Landing

10. Parks & Recreation

There's actually a reasonable argument to be made that Parks and Recreation should've wrapped up with its sixth season, which ended with a final episode that felt absolutely worthy of being a series finale.

And yet, the post-script of a seventh season nimbly avoided the Scrubs Problem of outstaying its welcome past its logical end-point.

With a three-year time jump, season seven was basically a victory lap for the show's characters - an opportunity to tie their arcs off in satisfying, hilarious, and poignant ways.

While Parks and Rec's ending didn't challenge audiences in any substantial way, sometimes a comforting, candy-coloured happy ending is exactly what a show, its characters, and fans deserve.

The big treat, of course, was seeing the show leap further forward in time in its final episode, revealing what became of every major character long-term - namely the near-inevitable revelation that Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) likely became the President of the United States.

The real success of Parks and Rec's ending, then, is that it basically gave viewers two quality series finales for the price of one.