10 Most Memorable TV Drama Moments Of The 2010s

There’s just something about closing a series with a well-placed montage and good choice of accompanying tune. A magic carpet ride across time and space, conveying rich fulfilment of character journeys and the conclusion of deft emotional story arcs that satisfyingly bookend an entire era… much like these rankings!

In this case, a sneaky contender for show of the decade ends with a powerful, gut-punching sequence; Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings leave their adopted world behind, literally and figuratively, to the tune of U2's With or Without You.

Making a break for it with their cover well and truly blown, Russian spies Phillip and Elizabeth approach the Canadian border with their daughter Paige in tow. Due to time constraints, they’d already been forced to abandon their son Henry, but at least they still have one child… or do they?

There’s nary a dry eye to be found as Elizabeth spies (with her little eye) Paige standing alone on the platform, the train departing and whisking her parents away for good. Having already destroyed her life with their alter-ego activities, the KGB couple have little choice but to accept her decision to break free. Sniffle.

Things are well and truly coming to an end. Their long-running mission; their time in the land of the free; their lives as they knew them; the 1980s. What better way to prompt us to reflect on the past decade, and how far we’d come?