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"Earlier this week, long-running Channel 4 drama Shameless bowed out after 11 years, with a divisive series finale that delighted and disappointed fans and critics in equal measure. Tuesday night&amp;#039;s show ender &amp;quot;was as good as any of the best [episodes]&amp;quot;, the Independent claimed, but Metro took a decidedly more negative stance, branding the &amp;quot;slushy&amp;quot; episode &amp;quot;shameful&amp;quot;.  But Shameless isn&amp;#039;t the first show to divide its audience with a controversial closer - here, Friday Fiver looks back at some of TV&amp;#039;s most divisive finales... &amp;gt; Friday Fiver - Arrested Development stars pick the show&amp;#039;s 5 Greatest Moments &amp;gt; Friday Fiver - Christian Slater, Summer Glau: US TV&amp;#039;s Biggest Show Killers The Sopranos - &amp;#039;Made in America&amp;#039; - aired June 10, 2007 The first finale on our list to beg the question - was it genius or just lazy drivel? The finale of HBO&amp;#039;s The Sopranos - a show long beloved by critics - frustrated many with its open-ended conclusion, and series creator David Chase&amp;#039;s refusal to clarify what that final black-out meant didn&amp;#039;t help matters. Maybe we&amp;#039;ll never know what really happened to Tony...      Lost - &amp;#039;The End&amp;#039; - aired May 23, 2010 On first watch, Lost&amp;#039;s two-part finale is amazing - there&amp;#039;s high drama, some terrific character moments and great performances from the central cast. It&amp;#039;s only when you&amp;#039;ve come down from the emotional high that you start to realise how many plot points were left unresolved, how many threads left dangling. See the brilliant CollegeHumour video below for just a few examples...    Roseanne &amp;#039;Into That Good Night&amp;#039; - aired May 20, 1997 &amp;quot;And it was all a dream...&amp;quot; is supposed to be a storytelling trick that you ditch after the age of 12, but clearly no-one told Roseanne Barr. The comic used the final episode of her hit sitcom to rewrite events from the show&amp;#039;s history, irking fans who&amp;#039;d stuck with it from the start.      Battlestar Galactica - &amp;#039;Daybreak&amp;#039; - aired March 13/20, 2009 Another example of a show that wowed critics and drew a considerable cult following across its run, but that - some would argue - dropped the ball when it came time to wrap things up. &amp;#039;Daybreak&amp;#039; sought to dazzle but merely baffled many Galactica fans with its plot twists, time-jumps and reincarnated angels...      The Prisoner - &amp;#039;Fall Out&amp;#039; - aired February 1, 1968 Rounding off our list is the divisive finale to end all divisive finales - seventeen weeks after Number Six (Patrick McGoohan) landed in the Village, The Prisoner ended its late &amp;#039;60s run with a truly surreal episode. Finally confronting the Village&amp;#039;s master Number 1, our lead pulled a mask from the mysterious figure&amp;#039;s face... only to find his own face staring back at him, cackling wildly. So huge was the outcry to this head-scratcher that McGoohan was briefly forced into hiding to escape baffled viewers who would hound him at home, demanding an explanation as to what it all meant.      What did you think of these series finales? And which show closers left you baffled? Share your thoughts below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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