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How to Get Away With a Series Finale: Breaking Bad, Justified and Parks and Rec Creators Tell All

GOODBYE, OLD FRIEND

Ending a long-running hit TV series is no simple task. The creators of some of your most beloved shows weigh in on the tricky art of devising the long goodbye.

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There’s only one thing harder than creating a beloved, long-running, hit TV series: figuring out how to properly end it. That realization almost wrecked Vince Gilligan as he searched for a suitable conclusion to Breaking Bad in 2013.

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