Despite shows like The Bear and Succession making the cut, the decline of entertainment is evident. Streaming has put an end to the reign of television, and Breaking Bad perhaps stands as one of the last original series to have come out of a network studio. In such desperate times, when every project lives under the threat of being scrapped or canceled on a whim, do we really need another reminder of the gross blunder committed by Game of Thrones?

Breaking Bad [Credit: AMC]

Since the advent of modern television, shows have faced controversy and backlash due to their bad endings. How I Met Your Mother, Lost, Dexter, The X-Files, and Ozark remain etched in the halls of TV history for their horrifically bad, non-committal, or poorly scripted finales. By the look of things, Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone may be spiraling down the same path.

Yet, studios and showrunners refuse to...