10 TV Finales That Made You Embarrassed You Ever Cared

If you were to ever recommend the cult comedy Arrested Development to a friend, you might advise them to stop after finishing the third season. Anything after that really takes away what made the show so enjoyable.

Netflix brought the much loved series back on streaming a decade later, and the tonal shift and failed gags flopped at almost every turn. The once very cryptic, and cleverly woven comedy series had evolved into something else entirely- carrying with it an uncomfortably dark tone toward its final episodes.

In the season five finale 'The Fallout'; there are almost no jokes, and instead horribly twisted narratives involving Lindsey, and sweet and naive Buster Bluth reveal disturbing family secrets and cold-blooded murder. It would have been funny had the episode not played it with such ominous tones.

The finale is not only upsetting and poorly written, but an embarrassment to a once light-hearted and intricate series that planted the seeds for jokes that would blossom seasons later. The fact that fans were ever excited to see the show return a decade later is enough to warrant skepticism that reunion shows aren't what they're cracked up to be.

The lesson to be learnt; be careful what you wish for.