15 Greatest Final Shots In TV Shows Ever

7. Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under Ending
HBO

The finale of Six Feet Under is regularly (and rightly) heralded as one of the all-time great TV show endings, as we bid farewell to so many characters. But what about the final shot?

It's one packed with meaning and emotion, coming as it does after Claire has said her goodbyes to the most important people in her life. It ends, then, with her driving down the open road, not focusing on the deaths or the goodbyes but what lies ahead. The road goes off into the distance, the landscape is empty, or in other words there are endless possibilities for Claire to fill it with, her life starting anew.

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