Legions of The Sopranos. Another popular, much-talked-about show that undeniably falls within that category is HBO's True Blood. The fantasy and horror-infused drama first aired in 2008 and ran for a lengthy seven seasons before closing the book on the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana - and did so in what many perceived to be a rather bungled manner.
An adaptation of a series of books by Charlaine Harris, True Blood introduced the world to a visible version of Sookie Stackhouse. Played by Anna Paquin, the character is a young woman from a small town, who also happens to be a telepathic halfling. In a fairly new kind of world, which now acknowledges the existence of vampires, society still has catching up to do in of equality between the blood-sucking undead and humans. Sookie herself falls in love with vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) - who's almost two centuries old - as literal and figurative close-to-home murders rock her sleepy hometown in season 1.
These days, a True Blood's finale felt almost offensive."
The piece brings up a very valid point, touching on how the project amassed such a sizable fanbase with a vibe (one that it specifically calls "campy" and "hedonistic") strongly contrasting those embedded in "Thank You." This is true: the vampire drama unapologetically leaned into the tone of the universe that Charlaine Harris created - along with plenty of blood and graphic, buzz-generating sex scenes. The edgy show's finale is almost incongruently tame. Sure, it has vampires, darkness, and gore, but a good deal of it feels more like an attempt to neatly tie different plot components up before closing the curtain on Bon Temps.
As the EW article also points out, though True Blood is a rather progressive show (often paralleling the struggles of its universe's vampires to that of the real-life LGBTQ+ community), the finale spends a lot of time focusing on conventionally traditional, conservative "family values." There's a lot of dialogue and general content that pertains to marriage and having children. At one point, Bill even boils down what he sees as the point of life to having children and possible grandchildren before one eventually dies. In addition, the episode closes after revealing that Sookie eventually becomes pregnant (the father is left unknown) and Jason and Brigette have three daughters together. True Blood ends with a "happily ever after" type of sentiment (although, not for Sarah Newlin), as well as an ethos that seems at odds with the parts of it that won fans, and much of pop culture, over.