Collider has published a list ranking eight fantasy television series widely regarded as having stuck the landing with genuinely masterful finales, a rare feat given how often beloved shows are said to fumble their endings. The piece, written by Diego Pineda Pacheco, argues that a truly great fantasy finale can take many forms, whether comedic or serious, magical or grounded, prestige drama or cult favourite, but that each entry on the list resolves its show's themes and character arcs in a way that elevates the whole series.

Among the examples highlighted are Buffy the Vampire Slayer's 2003 finale "Chosen", praised for reworking the show's feminist mythology by having Buffy share Slayer power with women worldwide rather than remain the sole "Chosen One", and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood's 2010 conclusion, admired for faithfully adapting Hiromu Arakawa's manga and paying off its central philosophy of Equivalent Exchange. The full list runs to eight shows in total, spanning different eras and styles of fantasy television, with spoilers flagged throughout.