15 Greatest Final Shots In TV Shows Ever

14. Angel

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It may have been divisive at the time, and there should have been a Season 6, but Angel's Season 5 finale - which ultimately became its series finale - deserves to be well-remembered.

It all comes down to one last clash against the Senior Partners of Wolfram & Hart and their instruments of destruction, The Circle of the Black Thorn. Wesley falls and Angel sends Connor away, meaning just Angel, Spike, Gunn, and Illyria are left standing.

The rain-soaked conclusion gives it a wonderfully dark, moody, and atmospheric vibe that fits perfectly with the show as a whole, and Angel saying "let's get to work" and the swords clashing is a fine end-point for the character: he gives up the Shanshu Prophesy earlier in the episode, meaning he cannot become human, and yet he's going to keep on fighting for humanity's survival anyway, because that's what the character - and the series - was all about.

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