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That\u2019s all, folks. On the final episode of Still Watching<\/em>, Vanity Fair<\/em>\u2019s TV recap podcast, hosts Hillary Busis, Richard Lawson,<\/strong> and Chris Murphy<\/strong> share their favorite series finales of all time during one last rousing roundtable discussion.<\/p>\n Lawson\u2019s choice for best series finale of all time? HBO\u2019s Six Feet Under.<\/em> On the final episode of that HBO drama, \u201cEveryone\u2019s Waiting,\u201d we see what becomes of the Fisher family, which runs the funeral home that has served as the centerpiece of the show for five seasons. As Claire (Lauren Ambrose<\/strong>) drives off to New York listening to Sia<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cBreathe Me,\u201d we flash forward to see what becomes of each of her family members, ending with Claire\u2019s own death in the year 2085. \u201cI think that\u2019s a really lovely grace note to end a show on,\u201d Lawson says of the finale. \u201cAt the end of everything, the real finale is [death]. I think it really balances a sort of hopefulness with a sort of mortal awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n Murphy\u2019s pick, somewhat expectedly, was the finale of Sex and the City,<\/em> \u201cAn American Girl in Paris: Part Deux.\u201d The series finale finds Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker<\/strong>) swapping her beloved New York for a new life in Paris, before choosing to return to Manhattan, her friends, and the true love of her life: John, a.k.a Mr. Big (Chris Noth<\/strong>). Although \u201cAn American Girl in Paris: Part Deux\u201d wasn\u2019t really the end<\/a> for the gals from Sex and the City,<\/em> as a series finale, the Still Watching<\/em> hosts found it a nearly perfect encapsulation of the series as a whole. \u201cI like the girl getting her man and her city and her friends,\u201d Murphy noted. \u201cOne woman can have it all.\u201d<\/p>\n Busis got the final finale, and chose an all-timer: the last episode of Friends.<\/em> Fittingly titled, \u201cThe Last One\u201d finds the Central Perk gang embarking on the next chapter of their lives, with Monica (Courteney Cox<\/strong>) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) welcoming twins and moving to the suburbs, and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston<\/strong>) choosing Ross (David Schwimmer<\/strong>) over a new job in Paris. Both hilarious and emotionally satisfying, the Friends<\/em> finale represented the true end of an era both for the friends and for television. \u201cThere is no network sitcom that is better than Friends,<\/em>\u201d says Busis. \u201cThese performers are just so good at what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n