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Lost

Lost's finale still stings 7 years after it aired. The show's creators took some of the coolest inventions in TV history -- the smoke monster! The Dharma Initiative! Flash forwards! -- and shoved them all out the window in favor of one of the most cliched endings you could think of: They were dead the whole time. It makes you wish the writers had gotten to that last line in the script, looked at each other, and shouted, "We have to go back! ...and rewrite this thing."

How I Met Your Mother

TV sitcoms aren't generally expected to deliver a satisfying finale, but the How I Met Your Mother creative team boxed themselves into a corner when they picked the name of the show. So just how did Ted meet their mother? Turns out it doesn't matter because telling the story was really just an excuse for Ted to realize he was in love with his friend Robin the whole time. But "How I Met Your Aunt Robin" probably wouldn't have made it out of focus grouping.

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica wouldn't be anywhere near this list if the show's creators had just decided to end the show three minutes earlier. The colonists finally find quote-unquote Earth, and Adama says some heartbreakingly sweet things at Roslin's fresh grave. Any viewer with an ounce of empathy at this point is pawing at the tissue box. Then the show flashes forward 150,000 years to present-day earth. Turns out the show took place in the distant past, and human/Cylon hybrid Hera is the "mitochondrial Eve" of modern humans. Way to ruin an emotional gut-punch, Battlestar.

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Fox Mulder, The X-Files

While David Duchovny has reprised his role as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder in The X-Files revival, there was a time late in the sci-fi series’ original run that Mulder just disappeared for a couple of seasons. On the show, the story was that he was abducted by aliens and went into hiding to find “the truth,” but in reality, Duchovny wanted more money and a better work schedule.

Allison Argent, Teen Wolf

After three seasons at the heart of the MTV hit Teen Wolf, actress Crystal Reed wanted out. Reed had other projects to pursue, and so her fan-favorite character, Allison, was written out. This one hurt, as Allison died in the arms of Scott, her first love. And the show would have to go on without one of its original stars.

Elena Gilbert, The Vampire Diaries

Nina Dobrev spent six years on The Vampire Diaries playing four different characters -- the most prolific being the entrancing Elena Gilbert. So, when Dobrev decided to exit the series it meant a HUGE shift for The CW series. The tears of heartbroken fans would dry only when Elena returned for the series finale.

Rayna James, Nashville

Connie Britton’s Rayna James was the shining star of country music drama, Nashville, when it aired on ABC from 2012-2016. But when the canceled series was picked up by CMT for a fifth season, Britton bolted and James’ voice was forever silenced. Just after surviving a harrowing stalker encounter, James died from injuries sustained in a car crash. Predictably, the series ratings died right along with her.

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Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars, Kristen Bell’s high school detective series had three amazing seasons before being abruptly canceled by The CW in 2007. But fans of the show weren’t gonna take it. In 2013, they donated $2 million to a Kickstarter campaign that funded the Veronica Mars movie.

Arrested Development

Arrested Development, following the absurd antics of the dysfunctional Bluth family, is one of the best TV comedies ever. But the series failed to appeal to the masses, prompting FOX to cancel it after three seasons. That sucked, but thanks to Netflix, the Bluths came back for a fourth season in 2013 and will return for Season 5 in 2018.

Freaks and Geeks

Freaks and Geeks only aired for one season, but the cult series launched the careers of many of today’s stars. Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, James Franco and Linda Cardellini all starred in the high school dramedy about a ragtag group of friends in suburban Michigan. What sucks the most is that NBC took the show off the air before the first season was even over, though a fan campaign later prompted the network to air three final episodes.

Firefly

Firefly, the Western space adventure series was a hit with fans when it debuted on FOX in 2002. However, the show failed to find a wider audience and was canceled after a single season. That sucks, but Captain Mal Reynolds and the rest of the Serenity crew reprised their roles in 2005 for the show’s big-screen swan song.

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