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According to The Guardian, readers have highlighted television finales that left them joyful, moved and, in some cases, sobbing. Their selections range from family sitcom chaos to farewells shaped by friendship, love and the prospect of characters finding their own futures.

Friday Night Dinner was remembered for the Goodman family’s chaotic meal, ending with Adam and Jonny’s partners announcing they are pregnant and the family dancing to the theme song. A reader said the scene became more poignant after the death of Paul Ritter, who played Martin, the year after the broadcast.

For one reader, Superstore offered a satisfying conclusion after exploring capitalism, employment, immigration law, digitalisation and the Covid pandemic through a fictional supermarket. America Ferrera’s return allowed the series to give Amy and Jonah a glimpse of the future, in a finale described as a testament to love, endurance and friendship.

Other choices included The Good Place, where the four principal characters create the heaven they wanted before each decides, at their own time, to leave; and Scrubs, whose season-eight finale follows JD’s final day at the hospital and a vision of the future. Readers also praised the final episodes and Christmas special of Ghosts for balancing sadness with warmth.

The list also featured Sleepers, in which a missing cuddly monkey returns wearing a Russian fur hat; M*A*S*H, ending after a ceasefire and the closure of the 4077th camp; and Six Feet Under, whose closing montage shows how its characters’ lives unfold. For Schitt’s Creek, David and Patrick’s wedding and the Rose family’s next steps provided what one reader called a simple happy ending without compromise or drama.