15 Greatest Final Shots In TV Shows Ever

3. The Leftovers

The Leftovers Ending
HBO

As we went through the final season of The Leftovers we said goodbye to a number of characters one by one, until it came to the very end and, who else, Kevin and Nora.

The whole sequence is incredibly moving and powerful - "I believe you" - and then the camera withdraws from their reconcilliation, showing the house against a gorgeous sunset and the birds - which first appeared with Nora in the Season 3 premiere - returning, framing this as a moment of a family coming back together, a moment of healing, and above all else a moment of love.

The Leftovers is essentially the five stages of grief played out over three seasons of a TV show, and in its final season - and especially in this very final, beautiful image - we reach acceptance.

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