Dubious Endings by IsmailAE

The second season of this late 1980's series had to be set five years before the first season because its producers, unsure of the show's renewal, ended the first season with a whopper of a cliffhanger—the destruction of the city following the title character's attempt to disarm a nuclear bomb.

First performed in 1911, this Ravel opera set in Seville, whose characters are a clockmaker, his wife, and her three paramours, ends with the rather fishy moral "of Boccaccio": "Among all lovers, only the effective succeed."

The moment when the direction of this film changes over from Stanley Kubrick to Steven Spielberg is blatantly obvious; the whole film should have ended with Haley Joel Osment's character ends up trapped at the bottom of the sea for all time.

The 2006 World Cup final descended from a taut, tense affair into a regrettable all-around disgrace after Marco Materazzi made crude comments about this French star's family.

Historical legends offer various endings for this early 13th century escapade, leading either to a shipwreck off Sardinia or the mass enslavement of the event's participants.

After a whole slew of bad deeds—capped off by the seduction of his own sister—what character from the Kalevala kills himself by throwing himself upon his sword (which is eager to soak up his blood)?

Jaimee Foxworth's character, youngest daughter Judy, was retconned out of this show in its fifth season due to "budget considerations." She was last seen at her grandmother's wedding before disappearing for all time (including from her parents' memory).

This opera, unfinished following its composer's death in 1935, ends with the most bizarre of all endings: the Countess is stabbed by Jack the Ripper, then, with her dying breaths, declares her love for the title character.

The only people who may have been satisfied with the ending of "The X-Files" might have been fans of this football franchise, who, following the death of the Smoking Man, might finally be able to win the Super Bowl.

As if losing five of her six sons weren't bad enough for Maurya, by the end of this infamous J. M. Synge one-act play, she loses her sixth son, Bartley, when he's thrown from his horse after the latter is spooked.

This cartoon strip sadly ended with a lame homage to "The Wizard of Oz" on January 1, 1995—featuring a modern-day caveman and a vaguely anthropomorphic cow.

NASA suffered two black eyes in 1999 when both the Climate Orbiter and the Polar Lander belonging to this mission met untimely demises as a result of engineering errors.