8 Bizarre Endings To Otherwise Incredible TV Shows

5. Little House On The Prairie

Little House on the Prairie, despite being sentimental and cloyingly saccharine, was a huge hit in the 70s and 80s, running for an astonishing ten seasons. So it sort of makes sense that towards the end, they would start to run out of fresh storylines that hadn't been done a thousand times before. But even still, there's no excuse for what happened in the series finale. The inhabitants of this sleepy little town discover that their land is owned by oil tycoons, and they all have to leave. Powerless to fight the decision, they decide to do what any reasonable person would do: blow up the town. Yes, you read that right. Apparently somebody's been reading some Russian history books. How It Should Have Ended... There's other ways for them to get to the characters to move on to greener pastures without having to resort to blowing up the entire town. That grand gesture doesn't match tonally with the old-timey feel of the show. Maybe the main family could have found an opportunity back East or further West, and the episode could center around them leaving. It's not perfect, but it's better than what they got.