12 Unanswered Questions From Famous TV Shows That Are Still Killing Us

4. Where Did Vic Go? - The Shield

The finale to FX's brutal cop show The Shield remains one of the most stridently unsentimental of all time: there's no forced redemption for corrupt cop Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis), instead maintaining a grim authenticity all the way to the finish line.

Vic ends the show selling out his only remaining friend Ronnie (David Rees Snell), while his family disappears into witness protection to get away from him, and though he has immunity from his many crimes, he's left confined to a desk job for the rest of his career.

The final scene sees Mackey hearing police sirens in the distance, taking his gun out and heading out of the office, his intentions unknown. Did Vic decide to flout his orders and re-insert himself back into the field, or does he have other intentions?

Either way, it sure doesn't seem like Mackey's going to be a desk jockey for long, regardless of the hot water it might land him in.

It's a terrifically consistent ending for a character whose entire arc has been defined by self-interest and defiance of authority, even if his actual destination is maddeningly unclear.