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* There are multiple examples within the first few seasons of ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.
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** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' takes place [[AfterTheEnd after the Venjix computer virus has taken over subjugated most of Earth’s computer systems and subjugated humanity]], with the domed city of Corinth being humanity’s last stronghold. The season ends with Venjix defeated, and humanity free to leave Corinth for the first time in years, and one of the final shots is of a single flower growing in the wasteland outside of the city, symbolising the end Venjix’s reign.
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** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' takes ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' was the end of the "Saban Era". The franchise was acquired by Creator/Disney, who nearly shuttered production (the finale was titled "The End of the Power Rangers" because of this) until they were convinced to film in New Zealand for a significant tax write-off. As such, there's a notable change in style, tone, and production quality between this season and ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', which took place [[AfterTheEnd after theVenjix computer virus Venjix has taken over subjugated most of Earth’s computer systems and subjugated nearly destroyed humanity]], with the domed city of Corinth being humanity’s last stronghold. The season ends with Venjix defeated, defeated and humanity free to leave Corinth for the first time in years, and one years. One of the final shots is of a single flower growing in the wasteland outside of the city, symbolising a symbol of life persevering even after it's near destruction. It was also nearly the end Venjix’s reign.of ''Power Rangers'' entirely, and preceded the first year where no new adaptations were made whatsoever--until Saban swooped in and bought the rights back from Disney, most fans figured this was ''the'' end.
** ''Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury'' is both a MilestoneCelebration for the 30th anniversary of the franchise: the main villain is a reconstituted evil Zedd, Billy returns to mentor the team, there's a nod to [[Series/PowerRangersSPD future events]], and even Zordon returns in spirit to guide the rangers one last time. It's also the GrandFinale of the original continuity, with Jonathan Entwistle’s upcoming series acting as a hard reboot.
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', which took place [[AfterTheEnd after the
** ''Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury'' is both a MilestoneCelebration for the 30th anniversary of the franchise: the main villain is a reconstituted evil Zedd, Billy returns to mentor the team, there's a nod to [[Series/PowerRangersSPD future events]], and even Zordon returns in spirit to guide the rangers one last time. It's also the GrandFinale of the original continuity, with Jonathan Entwistle’s upcoming series acting as a hard reboot.
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* This is occurring the background of ''Series/TheSopranos'', which was broadcast around the TurnOfTheMillennium. The show depicts TheMafia in decline and struggling to adapt to a changing world. Tony Soprano is shown to still be rich and wield significant local influence, but his gang is gradually losing the neighbourhoods and businesses they used to control to new competitors or the forces of gentrification. It's highlighted in an episode in the final season when Patsy and Burt try to extort protection money from the manager of an [[BrandX obvious Starbucks stand-in]], but find that as a tiny cog in the corporate machine, he doesn’t have the authority to pay them, and a multinational corporation isn’t intimidated at the prospect of one of their hundreds of stores being vandalized. Finally, he can’t even pay them under the table because his bosses will notice the discrepancy in the books and fire him.
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* This is occurring the background of ''Series/TheSopranos'', which was broadcast around the TurnOfTheMillennium. The show depicts TheMafia in decline and struggling to adapt to a changing world. Tony Soprano is shown to still be rich and wield significant local influence, but his gang is gradually losing the neighbourhoods and businesses they used to control to new competitors or the forces of gentrification. It's highlighted in an episode in the final season when Patsy and Burt try to extort protection money from the manager of an [[BrandX obvious Starbucks stand-in]], but find that as a tiny cog in the corporate machine, he doesn’t have the authority to pay them, and a multinational corporation isn’t intimidated at the prospect of one of their hundreds of stores being vandalized. Finally, Finally they resort to threatening him personally but he can’t even pay them under the table because his bosses will notice the discrepancy in the books and fire him.
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* In the background of ''Series/TheSopranos'', which was broadcast around the TurnOfTheMillennium. The show depicts TheMafia in decline and struggling to adapt to a changing world. Tony Soprano is shown to still be rich and wield significant local influence, but his gang is gradually losing the neighbourhoods and businesses they used to control to new competitors or the forces of gentrification. Highlighted in an episode in the final season when two goons try to extort protection money from the manager of an [[BrandX obvious Starbucks stand-in]], but find that as a tiny cog in the corporate machine he doesn’t have the authority to pay them and a multinational corporation isn’t intimidated at the prospect of one of their hundreds of stores being vandalised, and he can’t even pay them under the table because his bosses will notice the discrepancy in the books and fire him.
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* In This is occurring the background of ''Series/TheSopranos'', which was broadcast around the TurnOfTheMillennium. The show depicts TheMafia in decline and struggling to adapt to a changing world. Tony Soprano is shown to still be rich and wield significant local influence, but his gang is gradually losing the neighbourhoods and businesses they used to control to new competitors or the forces of gentrification. Highlighted It's highlighted in an episode in the final season when two goons Patsy and Burt try to extort protection money from the manager of an [[BrandX obvious Starbucks stand-in]], but find that as a tiny cog in the corporate machine machine, he doesn’t have the authority to pay them them, and a multinational corporation isn’t intimidated at the prospect of one of their hundreds of stores being vandalised, and vandalized. Finally, he can’t even pay them under the table because his bosses will notice the discrepancy in the books and fire him.
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* In the background of ''Series/TheSopranos'', which was broadcast around the TurnOfTheMillennium. The show depicts TheMafia in decline and struggling to adapt to a changing world. Tony Soprano is shown to still be rich and wield significant local influence, but his gang is gradually losing the neighbourhoods and businesses they used to control to new competitors or the forces of gentrification. Highlighted in an early episode when two goons try to extort protection money from the manager of a Starbucks, but find that as a tiny cog in the corporate machine he doesn’t have the authority to pay them and a multinational corporation isn’t intimidated at the prospect of one of their hundreds of stores being vandalised, and he can’t even pay them under the table because his bosses will notice the discrepancy in the books and fire him.
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* In the background of ''Series/TheSopranos'', which was broadcast around the TurnOfTheMillennium. The show depicts TheMafia in decline and struggling to adapt to a changing world. Tony Soprano is shown to still be rich and wield significant local influence, but his gang is gradually losing the neighbourhoods and businesses they used to control to new competitors or the forces of gentrification. Highlighted in an early episode in the final season when two goons try to extort protection money from the manager of a Starbucks, an [[BrandX obvious Starbucks stand-in]], but find that as a tiny cog in the corporate machine he doesn’t have the authority to pay them and a multinational corporation isn’t intimidated at the prospect of one of their hundreds of stores being vandalised, and he can’t even pay them under the table because his bosses will notice the discrepancy in the books and fire him.
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* ''Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'': In the early 2010s - beginning around late 2012, shows such as iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush were coming to an end after several years on the network. Also, in 2013, the heads of iCarly and Victorious, Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice, both retired from Nickelodeon and began careers more focused on films. In addition, new sitcoms began to premier - including Henry Danger, Game Shakers, The Thundermans, etc. 2013 was the end of an era for the classic/golden age of the Nickelodeon sitcoms that produced shows such as Drake and Josh, iCarly, Zoey 101, Victorious and even non-Schneider sitcoms, Big Time Rush and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. And with the ousting of Dan Schneider as a sexual predator, it's unlikely any projects like those with him at the helm will come to be.
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* ''Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'': In the early 2010s - beginning around late 2012, shows such as iCarly, Victorious ''Series/{{iCarly}}'', ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' and Big Time Rush ''Series/BigTimeRush'' were coming to an end after several years on the network. Also, in 2013, the heads stars of iCarly ''iCarly'' and Victorious, Miranda Cosgrove ''Victorious'', Creator/MirandaCosgrove and Victoria Justice, Music/VictoriaJustice, both retired from Nickelodeon and began careers more focused on films. In addition, new sitcoms began to premier - including Henry Danger, Game Shakers, The Thundermans, ''Series/HenryDanger'', ''Series/GameShakers'', ''Series/TheThundermans'', etc. 2013 was the end of an era for the classic/golden age of the Nickelodeon sitcoms that produced shows such as Drake and Josh, iCarly, Zoey 101, Victorious ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''iCarly'', ''Series/Zoey101'', ''Victorious'' and even non-Schneider sitcoms, Big ''Big Time Rush Rush'' and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide''. And with the ousting of Dan Schneider Creator/DanSchneider as a sexual predator, it's unlikely any projects like those with him at the helm will come to be.
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* ''Rough Diamonds'': This drives the plot of the series as the Wolfson family is forced to adjust to the changing landscape of Antwerps' diamond business. The Wolfsons are traditional Hasidic Jews and have been Atwerp diamond brokers since the beginning of Antwerp's diamond district. They survived wars and revolutions but in the present, their family business is on the brink of ruin. Decades earlier, the family patriarch was able to make diamond deals worth millions of dollars on the strength of his word and reputation alone. His children cannot get a loan from a bank and their business partners refuse to give them credit. They have to engage in increasingly shadier deals that could not only ruin the family financially but also send most of them to prison.
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* The fourth season of ''Series/OneTreeHill'' concludes with the majority of the cast graduating from Tree Hill High, with the season finale showing the teens attending their last high school party - appropriately, on the day that the computer systems are updated for the following year and they are officially no longer high school students. Out of universe, Season 5 picks up following a TimeSkip of 4 years, effectively splitting the show into two distinct eras.
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* ''Series/TheOC''
** The gang graduate high school at the end of the third season. Additionally, Marissa is killed in a car accident, so the episode also marks the final time Seth, Ryan, Summer and Marissa are all together.
** Season 4, and the series, concludes with Seth and Ryan going to college, and the Cohen family moving out of Newport Beach.
* ''Series/OneTreeHill''
** The fourth seasonof ''Series/OneTreeHill'' concludes with the majority of the cast graduating from Tree Hill High, with the season finale showing the teens attending their last high school party - appropriately, on the day that the computer systems are updated for the following year and they are officially no longer high school students. Out of universe, Season 5 picks up following a TimeSkip of 4 years, effectively splitting the show into two distinct eras.eras.
** Season 6 marks the final time that the Core Five (Lucas, Nathan, Peyton, Haley and Brooke) are all together, with Lucas and Peyton leaving Tree Hill between seasons.
** The gang graduate high school at the end of the third season. Additionally, Marissa is killed in a car accident, so the episode also marks the final time Seth, Ryan, Summer and Marissa are all together.
** Season 4, and the series, concludes with Seth and Ryan going to college, and the Cohen family moving out of Newport Beach.
* ''Series/OneTreeHill''
** The fourth season
** Season 6 marks the final time that the Core Five (Lucas, Nathan, Peyton, Haley and Brooke) are all together, with Lucas and Peyton leaving Tree Hill between seasons.
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': In the show's GrandFinale, [[spoiler:the death of Daenerys, the exile of Jon Snow and the destruction of the Iron Throne all together represent the end of the Targaryen dynasty and most, if not all, of the influence Valyria had on the Seven Kingdoms]].
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': In the show's GrandFinale, [[spoiler:the the death of Daenerys, the exile of Jon Snow and the destruction of the Iron Throne all together represent the end of the Targaryen dynasty and most, if not all, of the influence Valyria had on the Seven Kingdoms]].Kingdoms.
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** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' takes place [[AfterTheEnd after the Venjix computer virus has taken over subjugated most of Earth’s computer systems and subjugated humanity]], with the domed city of Corinth being humanity’s last stronghold. The season ends with Venjix defeated, and humanity free to leave Corinth for the first time in years, and one of the final shots is of a single flower growing in the wasteland outside of the city, symbolising the end Venjix’s reign.
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* The fourth season of ''Series/OneTreeHill'' concludes with the majority of the cast graduating from Tree Hill High, with the season finale showing them the teens attending their last high school party - appropriately, on the day that the computer systems are updated for the following year and they are officially no longer high school students. Out of universe, Season 5 picks up following a TimeSkip of 4 years, effectively splitting the show into two distinct eras.
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* There are multiple examples within the first few seasons of ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.
** The second season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' featured "The Power Transfer" during the original Red, Black and Yellow Rangers departed the team - marking the end of the original line-up of Power Rangers.
** The end of the third season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' marked the point that the original costumes were retired, and the series began rebranding itself on a yearly basis as the Rangers received new powers and costumes.
** ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' sees Billy, the last remaining member of the original five, step down as a Ranger and ultimately depart the series.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' opens with the team graduating from high school and saw Zordon and Alpha-5 depart as the Rangers' mentor figures, and by the end of the season, the remaining Rangers left over from ''Mighty Morphin'' and ''Zeo'' had all been replaced.
** ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' is officially considered the end of the "Zordon Era" with this being the final season to directly carry on from the previous iteration of the franchise, and fittingly, Zordon's death. Subsequent seasons would introduce a new set of Power Rangers and tell a complete story over the course of the season on a yearly basis.
* There are multiple examples within the first few seasons of ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.
** The second season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' featured "The Power Transfer" during the original Red, Black and Yellow Rangers departed the team - marking the end of the original line-up of Power Rangers.
** The end of the third season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' marked the point that the original costumes were retired, and the series began rebranding itself on a yearly basis as the Rangers received new powers and costumes.
** ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' sees Billy, the last remaining member of the original five, step down as a Ranger and ultimately depart the series.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' opens with the team graduating from high school and saw Zordon and Alpha-5 depart as the Rangers' mentor figures, and by the end of the season, the remaining Rangers left over from ''Mighty Morphin'' and ''Zeo'' had all been replaced.
** ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' is officially considered the end of the "Zordon Era" with this being the final season to directly carry on from the previous iteration of the franchise, and fittingly, Zordon's death. Subsequent seasons would introduce a new set of Power Rangers and tell a complete story over the course of the season on a yearly basis.
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* ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs:'' The final episode, "Death of a Dynasty" is about the last days of the dinosaurs, after over a hundred million years on Earth. Even without the comet, they're on the way out, between a poisonous environment and newer species outperforming them.
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* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': In the first few minutes, we learn about how Morgoth destroyed the Two Trees of Valinor and turned the city of Tirion into a wasteland. As a result, the Elves had to leave for Middle-earth where they fought in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age against Morgoth and His servant, Sauron.
** By the end of Season 1, what was once the beautiful and picturesque Southlands was destroyed by Orodruin's eruption which turned everything into the hellish wasteland known as Mordor. The Southlanders lost everything and had to leave, and now the former Southlands belong to the Orcs.
** By the end of Season 1, what was once the beautiful and picturesque Southlands was destroyed by Orodruin's eruption which turned everything into the hellish wasteland known as Mordor. The Southlanders lost everything and had to leave, and now the former Southlands belong to the Orcs.
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* ''Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'': In the early 2010s - beginning around late 2012, shows such as iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush were coming to an end after several years on the network. Also, in 2013, the heads of iCarly and Victorious, Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice, both retired from Nickelodeon and began careers more focused on films. In addition, new sitcoms began to premier - including Henry Danger, Game Shakers, The Thundermans, etc. 2013 was the end of an era for the classic/golden age of the Nickelodeon sitcoms that produced shows such as Drake and Josh, iCarly, Zoey 101, Victorious and even non-Schneider sitcoms, Big Time Rush and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
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* ''Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'': In the early 2010s - beginning around late 2012, shows such as iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush were coming to an end after several years on the network. Also, in 2013, the heads of iCarly and Victorious, Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice, both retired from Nickelodeon and began careers more focused on films. In addition, new sitcoms began to premier - including Henry Danger, Game Shakers, The Thundermans, etc. 2013 was the end of an era for the classic/golden age of the Nickelodeon sitcoms that produced shows such as Drake and Josh, iCarly, Zoey 101, Victorious and even non-Schneider sitcoms, Big Time Rush and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. And with the ousting of Dan Schneider as a sexual predator, it's unlikely any projects like those with him at the helm will come to be.
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* ''Network/Nickelodeon'': In the early 2010s - beginning around late 2012, shows such as iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush were coming to an end after several years on the network. Also, in 2013, the heads of iCarly and Victorious, Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice, both retired from Nickelodeon and began careers more focused on films. In addition, new sitcoms began to premier - including Henry Danger, Game Shakers, The Thundermans, etc. 2013 was the end of an era for the classic/golden age of the Nickelodeon sitcoms that produced shows such as Drake and Josh, iCarly, Zoey 101, Victorious and even non-Schneider sitcoms, Big Time Rush and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
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* ''Network/Nickelodeon'': ''Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'': In the early 2010s - beginning around late 2012, shows such as iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush were coming to an end after several years on the network. Also, in 2013, the heads of iCarly and Victorious, Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice, both retired from Nickelodeon and began careers more focused on films. In addition, new sitcoms began to premier - including Henry Danger, Game Shakers, The Thundermans, etc. 2013 was the end of an era for the classic/golden age of the Nickelodeon sitcoms that produced shows such as Drake and Josh, iCarly, Zoey 101, Victorious and even non-Schneider sitcoms, Big Time Rush and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
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* ''Series/TheWire'': Subverted. As a motif throughout the show, characters are constantly proclaiming that it's a "New Day" in whatever circle they run in, and now everything will be better. But it turns out that this new era is essentially no different than the last era.
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* ''Series/TheWire'': Subverted. As a motif throughout the show, characters are constantly proclaiming that it's a "New Day" in whatever circle they run in, and now everything will be better. But it turns out that this new era is essentially no different than the last era.era.
* ''Network/Nickelodeon'': In the early 2010s - beginning around late 2012, shows such as iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush were coming to an end after several years on the network. Also, in 2013, the heads of iCarly and Victorious, Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice, both retired from Nickelodeon and began careers more focused on films. In addition, new sitcoms began to premier - including Henry Danger, Game Shakers, The Thundermans, etc. 2013 was the end of an era for the classic/golden age of the Nickelodeon sitcoms that produced shows such as Drake and Josh, iCarly, Zoey 101, Victorious and even non-Schneider sitcoms, Big Time Rush and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
* ''Network/Nickelodeon'': In the early 2010s - beginning around late 2012, shows such as iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush were coming to an end after several years on the network. Also, in 2013, the heads of iCarly and Victorious, Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice, both retired from Nickelodeon and began careers more focused on films. In addition, new sitcoms began to premier - including Henry Danger, Game Shakers, The Thundermans, etc. 2013 was the end of an era for the classic/golden age of the Nickelodeon sitcoms that produced shows such as Drake and Josh, iCarly, Zoey 101, Victorious and even non-Schneider sitcoms, Big Time Rush and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
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* The final episode of ''Series/DuckDynasty'', in which Si Robertson leaves Duck Commander to be a back-up singer for ''Music/ZZTop'', was literally [[TropeNamer named after this trope.]]
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* In the background of ''Series/TheSopranos'', which was broadcast around the TurnOfTheMillenium. The show depicts TheMafia in decline and struggling to adapt to a changing world. Tony Soprano is shown to still be rich and wield significant local influence, but his gang is gradually losing the neighbourhoods and businesses they used to control to new competitors or the forces of gentrification. Highlighted in an early episode when two goons try to extort protection money from the manager of a Starbucks, but find that as a tiny cog in the corporate machine he doesn’t have the authority to pay them and a multinational corporation isn’t intimidated at the prospect of one of their hundreds of stores being vandalised, and he can’t even pay them under the table because his bosses will notice the discrepancy in the books and fire him.
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* In the background of ''Series/TheSopranos'', which was broadcast around the TurnOfTheMillenium.TurnOfTheMillennium. The show depicts TheMafia in decline and struggling to adapt to a changing world. Tony Soprano is shown to still be rich and wield significant local influence, but his gang is gradually losing the neighbourhoods and businesses they used to control to new competitors or the forces of gentrification. Highlighted in an early episode when two goons try to extort protection money from the manager of a Starbucks, but find that as a tiny cog in the corporate machine he doesn’t have the authority to pay them and a multinational corporation isn’t intimidated at the prospect of one of their hundreds of stores being vandalised, and he can’t even pay them under the table because his bosses will notice the discrepancy in the books and fire him.
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* In the background of ''Series/TheSopranos'', which was broadcast around the TurnOfTheMillenium. The show depicts TheMafia in decline and struggling to adapt to a changing world. Tony Soprano is shown to still be rich and wield significant local influence, but his gang is gradually losing the neighbourhoods and businesses they used to control to new competitors or the forces of gentrification. Highlighted in an early episode when two goons try to extort protection money from the manager of a Starbucks, but find that as a tiny cog in the corporate machine he doesn’t have the authority to pay them and a multinational corporation isn’t intimidated at the prospect of one of their hundreds of stores being vandalised, and he can’t even pay them under the table because his bosses will notice the discrepancy in the books and fire him.
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': The Borg invasion and [[CurbStompBattle Battle of Wolf 359]] marked the final end of the Federation's isolationism and decades of (relatively) peaceful space exploration. Going forward, the Federation began to take a much more active role in the domestic policies of other space empires and focused more on military preparedness.
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* ''Series/TheDeuce'' is about the changing times in the entertainment district of Times Square. Initially dominated by pimps and hookers, it becomes an epicenter for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Porn the Golden Age of Porn]] as well as Mafia-owned bars and sex shops. In the final episode, Vince returns after many years away and sees that the refurbished, clean and wholesome district is nothing like he remembers, though he imagines all the old characters he used to know still haunting its street corners.
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* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' has the SAMCRO chapter of the eponymous biker gang. Thanks to Clay Marrow's leadership, the chapter held and elite position in the south California criminal underworld. Due to their alliance with the IRA, the Sons had access to a vast gun-running network and had a profitable and stable business selling weapons to other gangs in the area. They controlled the town of Charming and staid of the radar of law enforcement. However, the original members of the club are getting old and Clay will soon have to retire from being President. As the club prepares itself for a transition of power, it becomes apparent that things are changing and the club will either have to change or crumble. Alliances in the criminal underworld start shifting and law enforcement takes an active look at the Sons. Jax tries to fix the situation but ends up making things worse. In the end Jax sacrifices everything to make sure that the club can survive the transition to the new era and have a new start under new leadership.
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* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' has ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'': The death of John Teller caused the SAMCRO chapter Sons of the eponymous biker gang. Thanks Anarchy to Clay Marrow's transition from a group of irreverent, free-spirited toughs into a dedicated criminal enterprise. When Jax Teller assumes leadership, he promises to take the chapter held club fully into the modern age and elite position in turn it legitimate. Unfortunately, he largely fails and becomes a tragic figure. In the south California criminal underworld. Due to their alliance with end, the IRA, the Sons had access to a vast gun-running network and had a profitable and stable business selling weapons to other gangs in the area. They controlled the town of Charming and staid of the radar of law enforcement. However, the original members remnants of the club are getting old must struggle on as a lesser, more low-key and Clay will soon have to retire from being President. As the club prepares itself for a transition of power, it becomes apparent that things are changing and the club will either have to change or crumble. Alliances in the criminal underworld start shifting and law enforcement takes an active look at the Sons. Jax tries to fix the situation but ends up making things worse. In the end Jax sacrifices everything to make sure that the club can survive the transition to the new era and have a new start under new leadership.principled club.
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This entry seems to contradict itself in saying that the Federation is sickly and then that it's one of the only remaining powers. Plus, this seems to all be a lot of filling in gaps between series rather than a work actually using the trope.
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* The Federation in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' is somewhat sickly by the end of ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]''. One of the villains in ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'' even comments that the Borg and the Dominion attacked because they knew the Federation was decaying; however, this may just be the rantings of a NietzscheWannabe.
*** ''Deep Space Nine'' ends on quite a strong EndOfAnAge note for galactic politics in general. As of the final episode, following the end of the Dominion War, the Cardassian Union is crippled and depopulated and will never again be what it was, the Klingon Empire will have to spend years rebuilding its strength, the Dominion itself is fragmented and neutered, and the Ferengi Alliance is in the midst of huge political and social change. The only major galactic powers left relatively unscathed are TheFederation (who will still have to rebuild), the Romulans and the Borg, but within a decade or so the Romulans lose their homeworld to a supernova and the Borg have their power greatly reduced in the finale of ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'', seemingly leaving the Federation as the only real power by the time of ''[[Series/StarTrekPicard Picard]]''.
** Other episodes show that the Federation continues to expand and thrive centuries into the future, including having the Klingons join.
** Important to note Creator/GeneRoddenberry's ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' was intended originally to be a Star Trek Series set long after the fall of an even greater Federation than reached at the end of ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'', where the Klingons took the places of the Nietzscheans. Explains a few things.
*** ''Deep Space Nine'' ends on quite a strong EndOfAnAge note for galactic politics in general. As of the final episode, following the end of the Dominion War, the Cardassian Union is crippled and depopulated and will never again be what it was, the Klingon Empire will have to spend years rebuilding its strength, the Dominion itself is fragmented and neutered, and the Ferengi Alliance is in the midst of huge political and social change. The only major galactic powers left relatively unscathed are TheFederation (who will still have to rebuild), the Romulans and the Borg, but within a decade or so the Romulans lose their homeworld to a supernova and the Borg have their power greatly reduced in the finale of ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'', seemingly leaving the Federation as the only real power by the time of ''[[Series/StarTrekPicard Picard]]''.
** Other episodes show that the Federation continues to expand and thrive centuries into the future, including having the Klingons join.
** Important to note Creator/GeneRoddenberry's ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' was intended originally to be a Star Trek Series set long after the fall of an even greater Federation than reached at the end of ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'', where the Klingons took the places of the Nietzscheans. Explains a few things.
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* The [[spoiler:murder of Stringer Bell and arrest of Avon Barksdale]] in ''Series/TheWire'' marks a major changing point in the story arc. Mainly, it kickstarts the [[DarkerAndEdgier ascension of Marlo Stanfield's gang]].
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* ''Series/{{Vikings}}'': The [[spoiler:murder last season chronicles the death knell of Stringer Bell the golden age of the vikings. The last of the great heroes, such as Ragnar and arrest of Avon Barksdale]] in ''Series/TheWire'' marks his sons, have mostly died out, and characters frequently state that we will never see their like again.
* ''Series/TheWire'': Subverted. As amajor changing point in motif throughout the story arc. Mainly, show, characters are constantly proclaiming that it's a "New Day" in whatever circle they run in, and now everything will be better. But it kickstarts turns out that this new era is essentially no different than the [[DarkerAndEdgier ascension of Marlo Stanfield's gang]].last era.
* ''Series/TheWire'': Subverted. As a
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* ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel'':
** Cycle 18 featured many lasts for the series. It was the last time Vogue would feature a winner on their magazine. The last time Covergirl, which was with the show since Cycle 3, would award a cosmetics spread to the winner. And last but definitely not the least, this would be the last time that the two Jays (Alexander and Manuel) and Nigel Barker, at least all together, would be part of the show.
** Cycle 19 would be the last time all contestants were female until the reboot.
** The 21st cycle brought gender inclusion full circle: the highest-ranking female contestant would finish fourth. Three men would go on to battle it out for the title.
** The 24th cycle marks the end of age restrictions.
** Cycle 18 featured many lasts for the series. It was the last time Vogue would feature a winner on their magazine. The last time Covergirl, which was with the show since Cycle 3, would award a cosmetics spread to the winner. And last but definitely not the least, this would be the last time that the two Jays (Alexander and Manuel) and Nigel Barker, at least all together, would be part of the show.
** Cycle 19 would be the last time all contestants were female until the reboot.
** The 21st cycle brought gender inclusion full circle: the highest-ranking female contestant would finish fourth. Three men would go on to battle it out for the title.
** The 24th cycle marks the end of age restrictions.
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* The last four seasons of ''Series/{{Community}}'' is this in many ways:
** Season 3 was the final run of Creator/DanHarmon's original tenure as showrunner and was the last full season.
** Season 4 was the protagonists' last year at the eponymous college as students and the last year the original main cast are complete.
** Season 5 saw the departure of two main characters and was the show's last year at Creator/{{NBC}}.
** The sixth and final season saw the remaining main characters leave one by one for various personal reasons, leaving only two by the end of the GrandFinale.
** Season 3 was the final run of Creator/DanHarmon's original tenure as showrunner and was the last full season.
** Season 4 was the protagonists' last year at the eponymous college as students and the last year the original main cast are complete.
** Season 5 saw the departure of two main characters and was the show's last year at Creator/{{NBC}}.
** The sixth and final season saw the remaining main characters leave one by one for various personal reasons, leaving only two by the end of the GrandFinale.
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* The last four seasons of ''Series/{{Community}}'' is this in many ways:
**''Series/{{Community}}'': In Season 3 was Four, the final run of Creator/DanHarmon's original tenure as showrunner and was study group grapples with the last full season.
** Season 4 was the protagonists' last year at the eponymousfact that their college as students careers are coming to an end and they will have to go out into the last year the original main cast are complete.
**world again. Season 5 saw five subverts it by bringing most of the departure of two main characters and was the show's last year at Creator/{{NBC}}.
**cast back together again. The sixth and final season saw finally confirms the trope by having the remaining main characters leave one by one for various personal reasons, leaving only two by the end of the GrandFinale.
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** Season 4 was the protagonists' last year at the eponymous
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Season 3's Red Wedding saw the collapse of Houses Stark and Tully from power.
** The Season 4 finale saw the deaths of Joffrey Baratheon and Tywin Lannister, two of the show's major antagonists since the beginning.
** Season 5 saw the death of Stannis Baratheon, officially ending the House's original biological reign until Gendry's ascension in the final season.
** Season 6 saw the destruction of the Sept of Baelor, the extinction of Houses Bolton, Tyrell, and legally Baratheon, the last time the Wall and the Night's Watch would have prominent focus, and the last time Essos would be featured in the show. In a meta example, this was also the last season with ten episodes.
** Season 7 saw the extinctions of Houses Frey, Martell, Tarly, the first death of a dragon, and the destruction of the Wall.
** In the show's GrandFinale, [[spoiler:the death of Daenerys, the exile of Jon Snow and the destruction of the Iron Throne all together represent the end of the Targaryen dynasty and most, if not all, of the influence Valyria had on the Seven Kingdoms]].
* ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''
** ''Series/LawAndOrder'':
*** The Season 5 finale saw the departure of Mike Logan in the cast, leaving Adam Schiff as the sole original cast member left.
*** Schiff himself departed the series after the Season 10 finale, leaving Season 3 addition Lennie Briscoe as the senior-most cast member.
*** The Season 14 finale saw the departure of Lennie Briscoe to be {{transplant}}ed to ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury''. This leaves Seasons 4 and 5 additions Anita Van Buren and Jack [=McCoy=] as the senior-most cast members for the duration of the series.
*** Season 18 saw the departure of Ed Green, the most tenured detective in the parent series.
*** The show's conclusion in general has left its very first SpinOff, ''SVU'', as the flagship program of the franchise (as ''CI'' also concluded the following year).
** ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'':
*** The fourth episode of the fifth season saw the first departure of A.D.A Alexandra Cabot to the main cast since her introduction in the Season 2 premiere.
*** The Season 9 finale saw the departures of A.D.A Casey Novak and Detective Chester Lake. Novak, who was immediately introduced after the aforementioned Cabot's departure, was the longest serving A.D.A in the entire ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' franchise to this very day.
*** The Season 12 finale is what many believed to be the end of the "classic" ''SVU'' run. It featured the departures of three long-time main characters, specifically original cast member Elliot Stabler and Season 2 addition George Huang, the death of long-time (circa Season 3) RecurringCharacter Sister Peg, and the last appearances to date of the show's resident judges Lena Petrovsky and Elizabeth Donnelly.
*** Season 15 saw the retirement of original cast members JustForFun/JohnMunch and Donald Cragen, leaving Olivia Benson as the sole original cast member left. Not only that, but their departures took away the show's remaining connections to both the parent series and ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' in which Cragen and Munch were respectively {{transplant}}ed from.
*** Season 19 saw the departure of A.D.A Rafael Barba. He was the second longest serving A.D.A in the franchise after the aforementioned Novak.
*** The Season 20 finale. Not only did it featured the departure of the show's fifth A.D.A. Peter Stone, but it leads to the show officially outliving its parent series.
** ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'':
*** The Season 5 finale saw the departures of three main characters, two of them being original cast members James Deakins and Ron Carver (the remaining one being Carolyn Barek, who only appeared that season).
*** Season 9 saw the departures of remaining original cast members and the show's main ActionDuo Alexandra Eames and Robert Goren as well as DaChief since Season 6 Danny Ross. Eames and Goren would return in the following season, though.
*** The show's conclusion in general, coupled with the parent series' own the year prior, has left ''SVU'' as the sole program of the franchise.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
** The Season 2 finale saw the death of Caitlin Todd, the series' first major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 5 finale saw the death of DaChief Jennifer Shepard, the series' second major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 8 finale saw the death of Mike Franks, TheHero Gibbs' mentor who's also a RecurringCharacter since Season 3. While not a main character, the show considered this as the third major CharacterDeath.
** Season 11 saw the departure of Ziva David, a main character since Season 3 and the show's resident ActionGirl.
** The Season 13 finale saw the departure of original cast member and TheLancer Anthony [=DiNozzo=].
** Season 15 saw the departure of original cast member Abby Scuitto.
** Season 16 saw original cast member Ducky Mallard step down as TheTeam's Chief Medical Examiner and PassingTheTorch to his longtime protege Jimmy Palmer.
* ''Series/OneTreeHill'':
** The Season 3 WhamEpisode "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept" is the series' InnocenceLost moment. It features a student carrying a gun at school and concluded with the series' first major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 4 finale is the conclusion of the show's high school years.
** The Season 6 finale saw the departures of TheHero Lucas Scott and female lead Peyton Sawyer.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
** The Season 3 finale of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was the last time the original suits were actively used as a team.
** The destruction of [[spoiler:Zordon]] in the ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' finale symbolizes the end of the "classic" Power Rangers singular continuity saga.
** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' was the final season of the original Saban era. It also features the final female Yellow Ranger who is [[ShesAManInJapan actually male in the source material]].
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' was the final Disney-produced season.
** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' was the last season produced by Saban in the 2010's and it's toy merchandise were made by Bandai America before Hasbro brought the license from them in 2018.
** Season 3's Red Wedding saw the collapse of Houses Stark and Tully from power.
** The Season 4 finale saw the deaths of Joffrey Baratheon and Tywin Lannister, two of the show's major antagonists since the beginning.
** Season 5 saw the death of Stannis Baratheon, officially ending the House's original biological reign until Gendry's ascension in the final season.
** Season 6 saw the destruction of the Sept of Baelor, the extinction of Houses Bolton, Tyrell, and legally Baratheon, the last time the Wall and the Night's Watch would have prominent focus, and the last time Essos would be featured in the show. In a meta example, this was also the last season with ten episodes.
** Season 7 saw the extinctions of Houses Frey, Martell, Tarly, the first death of a dragon, and the destruction of the Wall.
** In the show's GrandFinale, [[spoiler:the death of Daenerys, the exile of Jon Snow and the destruction of the Iron Throne all together represent the end of the Targaryen dynasty and most, if not all, of the influence Valyria had on the Seven Kingdoms]].
* ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''
** ''Series/LawAndOrder'':
*** The Season 5 finale saw the departure of Mike Logan in the cast, leaving Adam Schiff as the sole original cast member left.
*** Schiff himself departed the series after the Season 10 finale, leaving Season 3 addition Lennie Briscoe as the senior-most cast member.
*** The Season 14 finale saw the departure of Lennie Briscoe to be {{transplant}}ed to ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury''. This leaves Seasons 4 and 5 additions Anita Van Buren and Jack [=McCoy=] as the senior-most cast members for the duration of the series.
*** Season 18 saw the departure of Ed Green, the most tenured detective in the parent series.
*** The show's conclusion in general has left its very first SpinOff, ''SVU'', as the flagship program of the franchise (as ''CI'' also concluded the following year).
** ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'':
*** The fourth episode of the fifth season saw the first departure of A.D.A Alexandra Cabot to the main cast since her introduction in the Season 2 premiere.
*** The Season 9 finale saw the departures of A.D.A Casey Novak and Detective Chester Lake. Novak, who was immediately introduced after the aforementioned Cabot's departure, was the longest serving A.D.A in the entire ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' franchise to this very day.
*** The Season 12 finale is what many believed to be the end of the "classic" ''SVU'' run. It featured the departures of three long-time main characters, specifically original cast member Elliot Stabler and Season 2 addition George Huang, the death of long-time (circa Season 3) RecurringCharacter Sister Peg, and the last appearances to date of the show's resident judges Lena Petrovsky and Elizabeth Donnelly.
*** Season 15 saw the retirement of original cast members JustForFun/JohnMunch and Donald Cragen, leaving Olivia Benson as the sole original cast member left. Not only that, but their departures took away the show's remaining connections to both the parent series and ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' in which Cragen and Munch were respectively {{transplant}}ed from.
*** Season 19 saw the departure of A.D.A Rafael Barba. He was the second longest serving A.D.A in the franchise after the aforementioned Novak.
*** The Season 20 finale. Not only did it featured the departure of the show's fifth A.D.A. Peter Stone, but it leads to the show officially outliving its parent series.
** ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'':
*** The Season 5 finale saw the departures of three main characters, two of them being original cast members James Deakins and Ron Carver (the remaining one being Carolyn Barek, who only appeared that season).
*** Season 9 saw the departures of remaining original cast members and the show's main ActionDuo Alexandra Eames and Robert Goren as well as DaChief since Season 6 Danny Ross. Eames and Goren would return in the following season, though.
*** The show's conclusion in general, coupled with the parent series' own the year prior, has left ''SVU'' as the sole program of the franchise.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
** The Season 2 finale saw the death of Caitlin Todd, the series' first major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 5 finale saw the death of DaChief Jennifer Shepard, the series' second major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 8 finale saw the death of Mike Franks, TheHero Gibbs' mentor who's also a RecurringCharacter since Season 3. While not a main character, the show considered this as the third major CharacterDeath.
** Season 11 saw the departure of Ziva David, a main character since Season 3 and the show's resident ActionGirl.
** The Season 13 finale saw the departure of original cast member and TheLancer Anthony [=DiNozzo=].
** Season 15 saw the departure of original cast member Abby Scuitto.
** Season 16 saw original cast member Ducky Mallard step down as TheTeam's Chief Medical Examiner and PassingTheTorch to his longtime protege Jimmy Palmer.
* ''Series/OneTreeHill'':
** The Season 3 WhamEpisode "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept" is the series' InnocenceLost moment. It features a student carrying a gun at school and concluded with the series' first major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 4 finale is the conclusion of the show's high school years.
** The Season 6 finale saw the departures of TheHero Lucas Scott and female lead Peyton Sawyer.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
** The Season 3 finale of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was the last time the original suits were actively used as a team.
** The destruction of [[spoiler:Zordon]] in the ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' finale symbolizes the end of the "classic" Power Rangers singular continuity saga.
** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' was the final season of the original Saban era. It also features the final female Yellow Ranger who is [[ShesAManInJapan actually male in the source material]].
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' was the final Disney-produced season.
** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' was the last season produced by Saban in the 2010's and it's toy merchandise were made by Bandai America before Hasbro brought the license from them in 2018.
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Season 3's Red Wedding saw the collapse of Houses Stark and Tully from power.
** The Season 4 finale saw the deaths of Joffrey Baratheon and Tywin Lannister, two of the show's major antagonists since the beginning.
** Season 5 saw the death of Stannis Baratheon, officially ending the House's original biological reign until Gendry's ascension in the final season.
** Season 6 saw the destruction of the Sept of Baelor, the extinction of Houses Bolton, Tyrell, and legally Baratheon, the last time the Wall and the Night's Watch would have prominent focus, and the last time Essos would be featured in the show. In a meta example, this was also the last season with ten episodes.
** Season 7 saw the extinctions of Houses Frey, Martell, Tarly, the first death of a dragon, and the destruction of the Wall.
**''Series/GameOfThrones'': In the show's GrandFinale, [[spoiler:the death of Daenerys, the exile of Jon Snow and the destruction of the Iron Throne all together represent the end of the Targaryen dynasty and most, if not all, of the influence Valyria had on the Seven Kingdoms]].
* ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''
** ''Series/LawAndOrder'':
*** The Season 5 finale saw the departure of Mike Logan in the cast, leaving Adam Schiff as the sole original cast member left.
*** Schiff himself departed the series after the Season 10 finale, leaving Season 3 addition Lennie Briscoe as the senior-most cast member.
*** The Season 14 finale saw the departure of Lennie Briscoe to be {{transplant}}ed to ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury''. This leaves Seasons 4 and 5 additions Anita Van Buren and Jack [=McCoy=] as the senior-most cast members for the duration of the series.
*** Season 18 saw the departure of Ed Green, the most tenured detective in the parent series.
*** The show's conclusion in general has left its very first SpinOff, ''SVU'', as the flagship program of the franchise (as ''CI'' also concluded the following year).
** ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'':
*** The fourth episode of the fifth season saw the first departure of A.D.A Alexandra Cabot to the main cast since her introduction in the Season 2 premiere.
*** The Season 9 finale saw the departures of A.D.A Casey Novak and Detective Chester Lake. Novak, who was immediately introduced after the aforementioned Cabot's departure, was the longest serving A.D.A in the entire ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' franchise to this very day.
*** The Season 12 finale is what many believed to be the end of the "classic" ''SVU'' run. It featured the departures of three long-time main characters, specifically original cast member Elliot Stabler and Season 2 addition George Huang, the death of long-time (circa Season 3) RecurringCharacter Sister Peg, and the last appearances to date of the show's resident judges Lena Petrovsky and Elizabeth Donnelly.
*** Season 15 saw the retirement of original cast members JustForFun/JohnMunch and Donald Cragen, leaving Olivia Benson as the sole original cast member left. Not only that, but their departures took away the show's remaining connections to both the parent series and ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' in which Cragen and Munch were respectively {{transplant}}ed from.
*** Season 19 saw the departure of A.D.A Rafael Barba. He was the second longest serving A.D.A in the franchise after the aforementioned Novak.
*** The Season 20 finale. Not only did it featured the departure of the show's fifth A.D.A. Peter Stone, but it leads to the show officially outliving its parent series.
** ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'':
*** The Season 5 finale saw the departures of three main characters, two of them being original cast members James Deakins and Ron Carver (the remaining one being Carolyn Barek, who only appeared that season).
*** Season 9 saw the departures of remaining original cast members and the show's main ActionDuo Alexandra Eames and Robert Goren as well as DaChief since Season 6 Danny Ross. Eames and Goren would return in the following season, though.
*** The show's conclusion in general, coupled with the parent series' own the year prior, has left ''SVU'' as the sole program of the franchise.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
** The Season 2 finale saw the death of Caitlin Todd, the series' first major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 5 finale saw the death of DaChief Jennifer Shepard, the series' second major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 8 finale saw the death of Mike Franks, TheHero Gibbs' mentor who's also a RecurringCharacter since Season 3. While not a main character, the show considered this as the third major CharacterDeath.
** Season 11 saw the departure of Ziva David, a main character since Season 3 and the show's resident ActionGirl.
** The Season 13 finale saw the departure of original cast member and TheLancer Anthony [=DiNozzo=].
** Season 15 saw the departure of original cast member Abby Scuitto.
** Season 16 saw original cast member Ducky Mallard step down as TheTeam's Chief Medical Examiner and PassingTheTorch to his longtime protege Jimmy Palmer.
* ''Series/OneTreeHill'':
** The Season 3 WhamEpisode "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept" is the series' InnocenceLost moment. It features a student carrying a gun at school and concluded with the series' first major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 4 finale is the conclusion of the show's high school years.
** The Season 6 finale saw the departures of TheHero Lucas Scott and female lead Peyton Sawyer.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
** The Season 3 finale of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was the last time the original suits were actively used as a team.
** The destruction of [[spoiler:Zordon]] in the ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' finale symbolizes the end of the "classic" Power Rangers singular continuity saga.
** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' was the final season of the original Saban era. It also features the final female Yellow Ranger who is [[ShesAManInJapan actually male in the source material]].
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' was the final Disney-produced season.
** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' was the last season produced by Saban in the 2010's and it's toy merchandise were made by Bandai America before Hasbro brought the license from them in 2018.Kingdoms]].
** Season 3's Red Wedding saw the collapse of Houses Stark and Tully from power.
** The Season 4 finale saw the deaths of Joffrey Baratheon and Tywin Lannister, two of the show's major antagonists since the beginning.
** Season 5 saw the death of Stannis Baratheon, officially ending the House's original biological reign until Gendry's ascension in the final season.
** Season 6 saw the destruction of the Sept of Baelor, the extinction of Houses Bolton, Tyrell, and legally Baratheon, the last time the Wall and the Night's Watch would have prominent focus, and the last time Essos would be featured in the show. In a meta example, this was also the last season with ten episodes.
** Season 7 saw the extinctions of Houses Frey, Martell, Tarly, the first death of a dragon, and the destruction of the Wall.
**
* ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''
** ''Series/LawAndOrder'':
*** The Season 5 finale saw the departure of Mike Logan in the cast, leaving Adam Schiff as the sole original cast member left.
*** Schiff himself departed the series after the Season 10 finale, leaving Season 3 addition Lennie Briscoe as the senior-most cast member.
*** The Season 14 finale saw the departure of Lennie Briscoe to be {{transplant}}ed to ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury''. This leaves Seasons 4 and 5 additions Anita Van Buren and Jack [=McCoy=] as the senior-most cast members for the duration of the series.
*** Season 18 saw the departure of Ed Green, the most tenured detective in the parent series.
*** The show's conclusion in general has left its very first SpinOff, ''SVU'', as the flagship program of the franchise (as ''CI'' also concluded the following year).
** ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'':
*** The fourth episode of the fifth season saw the first departure of A.D.A Alexandra Cabot to the main cast since her introduction in the Season 2 premiere.
*** The Season 9 finale saw the departures of A.D.A Casey Novak and Detective Chester Lake. Novak, who was immediately introduced after the aforementioned Cabot's departure, was the longest serving A.D.A in the entire ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' franchise to this very day.
*** The Season 12 finale is what many believed to be the end of the "classic" ''SVU'' run. It featured the departures of three long-time main characters, specifically original cast member Elliot Stabler and Season 2 addition George Huang, the death of long-time (circa Season 3) RecurringCharacter Sister Peg, and the last appearances to date of the show's resident judges Lena Petrovsky and Elizabeth Donnelly.
*** Season 15 saw the retirement of original cast members JustForFun/JohnMunch and Donald Cragen, leaving Olivia Benson as the sole original cast member left. Not only that, but their departures took away the show's remaining connections to both the parent series and ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' in which Cragen and Munch were respectively {{transplant}}ed from.
*** Season 19 saw the departure of A.D.A Rafael Barba. He was the second longest serving A.D.A in the franchise after the aforementioned Novak.
*** The Season 20 finale. Not only did it featured the departure of the show's fifth A.D.A. Peter Stone, but it leads to the show officially outliving its parent series.
** ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'':
*** The Season 5 finale saw the departures of three main characters, two of them being original cast members James Deakins and Ron Carver (the remaining one being Carolyn Barek, who only appeared that season).
*** Season 9 saw the departures of remaining original cast members and the show's main ActionDuo Alexandra Eames and Robert Goren as well as DaChief since Season 6 Danny Ross. Eames and Goren would return in the following season, though.
*** The show's conclusion in general, coupled with the parent series' own the year prior, has left ''SVU'' as the sole program of the franchise.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
** The Season 2 finale saw the death of Caitlin Todd, the series' first major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 5 finale saw the death of DaChief Jennifer Shepard, the series' second major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 8 finale saw the death of Mike Franks, TheHero Gibbs' mentor who's also a RecurringCharacter since Season 3. While not a main character, the show considered this as the third major CharacterDeath.
** Season 11 saw the departure of Ziva David, a main character since Season 3 and the show's resident ActionGirl.
** The Season 13 finale saw the departure of original cast member and TheLancer Anthony [=DiNozzo=].
** Season 15 saw the departure of original cast member Abby Scuitto.
** Season 16 saw original cast member Ducky Mallard step down as TheTeam's Chief Medical Examiner and PassingTheTorch to his longtime protege Jimmy Palmer.
* ''Series/OneTreeHill'':
** The Season 3 WhamEpisode "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept" is the series' InnocenceLost moment. It features a student carrying a gun at school and concluded with the series' first major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 4 finale is the conclusion of the show's high school years.
** The Season 6 finale saw the departures of TheHero Lucas Scott and female lead Peyton Sawyer.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
** The Season 3 finale of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was the last time the original suits were actively used as a team.
** The destruction of [[spoiler:Zordon]] in the ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' finale symbolizes the end of the "classic" Power Rangers singular continuity saga.
** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' was the final season of the original Saban era. It also features the final female Yellow Ranger who is [[ShesAManInJapan actually male in the source material]].
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' was the final Disney-produced season.
** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' was the last season produced by Saban in the 2010's and it's toy merchandise were made by Bandai America before Hasbro brought the license from them in 2018.
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* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'':
** Season 6 (''Amazon'') was the last season before the introduction of the very first [[BackFromTheDead back from elimination twist]] that would occasionally appear in future installments.
** Season 7 (''Pearl Islands'') was the last season before the inaugural ''All-Stars'' season that would feature returning players from past seasons. It was also the last season where only two tribes competing at each other is the standard.
** Season 10 (''Palau'') was the last season before the introduction of the hidden immunity idol, which would become a staple in later seasons.
** Season 11 (''Guatemala'') was the last season before the introduction of the Exile Island twist that would become a staple in later seasons.
** Season 12 (''Panama'') was the last season to conclude with the standard final two contestants, a concept that would [[GenreThrowback only be revisited]] a few times since[[note]]thrice as of this edit, specifically in Seasons 16 (''Micronesia''), 18 (''Tocantins''), and 28 (''Cagayan'')[[/note]]
** Season 6 (''Amazon'') was the last season before the introduction of the very first [[BackFromTheDead back from elimination twist]] that would occasionally appear in future installments.
** Season 7 (''Pearl Islands'') was the last season before the inaugural ''All-Stars'' season that would feature returning players from past seasons. It was also the last season where only two tribes competing at each other is the standard.
** Season 10 (''Palau'') was the last season before the introduction of the hidden immunity idol, which would become a staple in later seasons.
** Season 11 (''Guatemala'') was the last season before the introduction of the Exile Island twist that would become a staple in later seasons.
** Season 12 (''Panama'') was the last season to conclude with the standard final two contestants, a concept that would [[GenreThrowback only be revisited]] a few times since[[note]]thrice as of this edit, specifically in Seasons 16 (''Micronesia''), 18 (''Tocantins''), and 28 (''Cagayan'')[[/note]]
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* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':
** Season 2 featured three original cast member deaths, each with major impact; Sophia and Dale Horvath's deaths gave the notion that no one is really safe, while TheHero Rick Grimes being forced to kill his EvilFormerFriend Shane Walsh causes the first major blow to his idealism and overall mental health.
** Season 3 featured the deaths of four original cast members; Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas, Lori Grimes, Merle Dixon, and Andrea.
** Season 4 saw the deaths of Season 2 addition and TeamDad Hershel Greene and Season 3 BigBad The Governor during the fall of the protagonists' prison base which they resided in since the previous season.
** Season 5 featured the deaths of two long-time cast members; Season 2 addition Beth Greene and Season 3 addition Tyreese Williams.
** Season 7 featured the deaths of three long-time cast members; original cast member Glenn Rhee and Season 4 addition Abraham Ford who were both brutally executed in the season premiere, and Season 3 addition Sasha Williams who performs a HeroicSuicide in the SeasonFinale.
** Season 8 featured the departures of three original cast members; Morgan Jones was {{transplant}}ed to [[Series/FearTheWalkingDead the spin-off show]] while both Morales and Carl Grimes were killed-off in the first half.
** Season 9 also featured the departures of four long-time cast members; TheHero Rick Grimes and Season 2 addition Maggie Greene-Rhee both departed the show while Season 4 addition Tara Chambler and Season 5 addition Enid were killed-off in the season's penultimate episode.
** Season 2 featured three original cast member deaths, each with major impact; Sophia and Dale Horvath's deaths gave the notion that no one is really safe, while TheHero Rick Grimes being forced to kill his EvilFormerFriend Shane Walsh causes the first major blow to his idealism and overall mental health.
** Season 3 featured the deaths of four original cast members; Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas, Lori Grimes, Merle Dixon, and Andrea.
** Season 4 saw the deaths of Season 2 addition and TeamDad Hershel Greene and Season 3 BigBad The Governor during the fall of the protagonists' prison base which they resided in since the previous season.
** Season 5 featured the deaths of two long-time cast members; Season 2 addition Beth Greene and Season 3 addition Tyreese Williams.
** Season 7 featured the deaths of three long-time cast members; original cast member Glenn Rhee and Season 4 addition Abraham Ford who were both brutally executed in the season premiere, and Season 3 addition Sasha Williams who performs a HeroicSuicide in the SeasonFinale.
** Season 8 featured the departures of three original cast members; Morgan Jones was {{transplant}}ed to [[Series/FearTheWalkingDead the spin-off show]] while both Morales and Carl Grimes were killed-off in the first half.
** Season 9 also featured the departures of four long-time cast members; TheHero Rick Grimes and Season 2 addition Maggie Greene-Rhee both departed the show while Season 4 addition Tara Chambler and Season 5 addition Enid were killed-off in the season's penultimate episode.
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* ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel'':
** Cycle 18 featured many lasts for the series. It was the last time Vogue would feature a winner on their magazine. The last time Covergirl, which was with the show since Cycle 3, would award a cosmetics spread to the winner. And last but definitely not the least, this would be the last time that the two Jays (Alexander and Manuel) and Nigel Barker, at least all together, would be part of the show.
** Cycle 19 would be the last time all contestants were female until the reboot.
** The 21st cycle brought gender inclusion full circle: the highest-ranking female contestant would finish fourth. Three men would go on to battle it out for the title.
** The 24th cycle marks the end of age restrictions.
* Creator/GeneRoddenberry's ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' exists in a time where the great civilization known as the Commonwealth had fallen. Cynically, attempts to recreate it have so far simply resulted in corruption of power.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'' uses this lightly at the end of the Shadow War. While it emphasizes the new beginning for the younger races, there are mentions that with the passing of the Old Ones the universe [[HereThereWereDragons has lost some of its mystery and wonder]].
* Most of the PowersThatBe, and even the demons in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'', are tired, and of mixed blood with humans. The True Demons left long ago. ''Series/{{Angel}}'' actually managed to interject a sense of sadness that this had happened with the character of Illyria, an Old One (the ''gods'' among the True Demons) in a FishOutOfTemporalWater role.
* The last four seasons of ''Series/{{Community}}'' is this in many ways:
** Season 3 was the final run of Creator/DanHarmon's original tenure as showrunner and was the last full season.
** Season 4 was the protagonists' last year at the eponymous college as students and the last year the original main cast are complete.
** Season 5 saw the departure of two main characters and was the show's last year at Creator/{{NBC}}.
** The sixth and final season saw the remaining main characters leave one by one for various personal reasons, leaving only two by the end of the GrandFinale.
* ''Series/{{Cranford}}'' chronicles the end of the agricultural age in England and the coming of the Industrial Revolution, as symbolised by the railroad. Elizabeth Gaskell, who wrote the three novels the TV series was based on, also wrote a nonfiction book about this transition, called ''The Last Generation in England''; material from this was also used for the show.
* The last episode of ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' brings this theme home after suggestively dancing around it for most of the series.
-->'''Earl:''' Dinosaurs have been on this Earth for 150 millions years, and it's not like we're going to just... disappear.
* The final episode of ''Series/DuckDynasty'', in which Si Robertson leaves Duck Commander to be a back-up singer for ''Music/ZZTop'', was literally [[TropeNamer named after this trope.]]
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Season 3's Red Wedding saw the collapse of Houses Stark and Tully from power.
** The Season 4 finale saw the deaths of Joffrey Baratheon and Tywin Lannister, two of the show's major antagonists since the beginning.
** Season 5 saw the death of Stannis Baratheon, officially ending the House's original biological reign until Gendry's ascension in the final season.
** Season 6 saw the destruction of the Sept of Baelor, the extinction of Houses Bolton, Tyrell, and legally Baratheon, the last time the Wall and the Night's Watch would have prominent focus, and the last time Essos would be featured in the show. In a meta example, this was also the last season with ten episodes.
** Season 7 saw the extinctions of Houses Frey, Martell, Tarly, the first death of a dragon, and the destruction of the Wall.
** In the show's GrandFinale, [[spoiler:the death of Daenerys, the exile of Jon Snow and the destruction of the Iron Throne all together represent the end of the Targaryen dynasty and most, if not all, of the influence Valyria had on the Seven Kingdoms]].
* ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''
** ''Series/LawAndOrder'':
*** The Season 5 finale saw the departure of Mike Logan in the cast, leaving Adam Schiff as the sole original cast member left.
*** Schiff himself departed the series after the Season 10 finale, leaving Season 3 addition Lennie Briscoe as the senior-most cast member.
*** The Season 14 finale saw the departure of Lennie Briscoe to be {{transplant}}ed to ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury''. This leaves Seasons 4 and 5 additions Anita Van Buren and Jack [=McCoy=] as the senior-most cast members for the duration of the series.
*** Season 18 saw the departure of Ed Green, the most tenured detective in the parent series.
*** The show's conclusion in general has left its very first SpinOff, ''SVU'', as the flagship program of the franchise (as ''CI'' also concluded the following year).
** ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'':
*** The fourth episode of the fifth season saw the first departure of A.D.A Alexandra Cabot to the main cast since her introduction in the Season 2 premiere.
*** The Season 9 finale saw the departures of A.D.A Casey Novak and Detective Chester Lake. Novak, who was immediately introduced after the aforementioned Cabot's departure, was the longest serving A.D.A in the entire ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' franchise to this very day.
*** The Season 12 finale is what many believed to be the end of the "classic" ''SVU'' run. It featured the departures of three long-time main characters, specifically original cast member Elliot Stabler and Season 2 addition George Huang, the death of long-time (circa Season 3) RecurringCharacter Sister Peg, and the last appearances to date of the show's resident judges Lena Petrovsky and Elizabeth Donnelly.
*** Season 15 saw the retirement of original cast members JustForFun/JohnMunch and Donald Cragen, leaving Olivia Benson as the sole original cast member left. Not only that, but their departures took away the show's remaining connections to both the parent series and ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' in which Cragen and Munch were respectively {{transplant}}ed from.
*** Season 19 saw the departure of A.D.A Rafael Barba. He was the second longest serving A.D.A in the franchise after the aforementioned Novak.
*** The Season 20 finale. Not only did it featured the departure of the show's fifth A.D.A. Peter Stone, but it leads to the show officially outliving its parent series.
** ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'':
*** The Season 5 finale saw the departures of three main characters, two of them being original cast members James Deakins and Ron Carver (the remaining one being Carolyn Barek, who only appeared that season).
*** Season 9 saw the departures of remaining original cast members and the show's main ActionDuo Alexandra Eames and Robert Goren as well as DaChief since Season 6 Danny Ross. Eames and Goren would return in the following season, though.
*** The show's conclusion in general, coupled with the parent series' own the year prior, has left ''SVU'' as the sole program of the franchise.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
** The Season 2 finale saw the death of Caitlin Todd, the series' first major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 5 finale saw the death of DaChief Jennifer Shepard, the series' second major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 8 finale saw the death of Mike Franks, TheHero Gibbs' mentor who's also a RecurringCharacter since Season 3. While not a main character, the show considered this as the third major CharacterDeath.
** Season 11 saw the departure of Ziva David, a main character since Season 3 and the show's resident ActionGirl.
** The Season 13 finale saw the departure of original cast member and TheLancer Anthony [=DiNozzo=].
** Season 15 saw the departure of original cast member Abby Scuitto.
** Season 16 saw original cast member Ducky Mallard step down as TheTeam's Chief Medical Examiner and PassingTheTorch to his longtime protege Jimmy Palmer.
* ''Series/OneTreeHill'':
** The Season 3 WhamEpisode "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept" is the series' InnocenceLost moment. It features a student carrying a gun at school and concluded with the series' first major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 4 finale is the conclusion of the show's high school years.
** The Season 6 finale saw the departures of TheHero Lucas Scott and female lead Peyton Sawyer.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
** The Season 3 finale of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was the last time the original suits were actively used as a team.
** The destruction of [[spoiler:Zordon]] in the ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' finale symbolizes the end of the "classic" Power Rangers singular continuity saga.
** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' was the final season of the original Saban era. It also features the final female Yellow Ranger who is [[ShesAManInJapan actually male in the source material]].
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' was the final Disney-produced season.
** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' was the last season produced by Saban in the 2010's and it's toy merchandise were made by Bandai America before Hasbro brought the license from them in 2018.
* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'' takes place 15 years after the Blackout stopped electricity from working and ended human civilization as we know it. The events of the series mark the end of the post-Blackout scavenger period where the desperate survivors tried to build a new life for themselves in a world without electricity. The young people coming of age barely remember the pre-Blackout world and new nations have formed on the ruins of the old USA.
* The typically much darker second series of each generation in ''Series/{{Skins}}'' is pretty much this for [[GrowingUpSucks the end of the age of teenage rebellion and innocence and the beginning of adulthood and responsibility.]] The Gen 1 finale rammed it home with the group's separation, while Gen 2 wove it through the series and addressed it on a more individual level.
* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' has the SAMCRO chapter of the eponymous biker gang. Thanks to Clay Marrow's leadership, the chapter held and elite position in the south California criminal underworld. Due to their alliance with the IRA, the Sons had access to a vast gun-running network and had a profitable and stable business selling weapons to other gangs in the area. They controlled the town of Charming and staid of the radar of law enforcement. However, the original members of the club are getting old and Clay will soon have to retire from being President. As the club prepares itself for a transition of power, it becomes apparent that things are changing and the club will either have to change or crumble. Alliances in the criminal underworld start shifting and law enforcement takes an active look at the Sons. Jax tries to fix the situation but ends up making things worse. In the end Jax sacrifices everything to make sure that the club can survive the transition to the new era and have a new start under new leadership.
* The Federation in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' is somewhat sickly by the end of ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]''. One of the villains in ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'' even comments that the Borg and the Dominion attacked because they knew the Federation was decaying; however, this may just be the rantings of a NietzscheWannabe.
*** ''Deep Space Nine'' ends on quite a strong EndOfAnAge note for galactic politics in general. As of the final episode, following the end of the Dominion War, the Cardassian Union is crippled and depopulated and will never again be what it was, the Klingon Empire will have to spend years rebuilding its strength, the Dominion itself is fragmented and neutered, and the Ferengi Alliance is in the midst of huge political and social change. The only major galactic powers left relatively unscathed are TheFederation (who will still have to rebuild), the Romulans and the Borg, but within a decade or so the Romulans lose their homeworld to a supernova and the Borg have their power greatly reduced in the finale of ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'', seemingly leaving the Federation as the only real power by the time of ''[[Series/StarTrekPicard Picard]]''.
** Other episodes show that the Federation continues to expand and thrive centuries into the future, including having the Klingons join.
** Important to note Creator/GeneRoddenberry's ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' was intended originally to be a Star Trek Series set long after the fall of an even greater Federation than reached at the end of ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'', where the Klingons took the places of the Nietzscheans. Explains a few things.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'': The Stargate system is a leftover from a [[{{Precursors}} much older galactic civilization]]. Most of the dominant alien races barely understand the technology they use, and the ones who do are dying or gone. This is a type 2, as Terran humanity is implied to have potential equal to or greater than the old powers, but things will probably still keep declining for a while. The advent of the Tau'ri ([[PlanetTerra Terrans]]) brings about the downfall of the thousands-year reign of the Goa'uld "[[AGodAmI System Lords]]" (who arguably were a society already in decay but still held power over most of the galaxy).
* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'':
** Season 6 (''Amazon'') was the last season before the introduction of the very first [[BackFromTheDead back from elimination twist]] that would occasionally appear in future installments.
** Season 7 (''Pearl Islands'') was the last season before the inaugural ''All-Stars'' season that would feature returning players from past seasons. It was also the last season where only two tribes competing at each other is the standard.
** Season 10 (''Palau'') was the last season before the introduction of the hidden immunity idol, which would become a staple in later seasons.
** Season 11 (''Guatemala'') was the last season before the introduction of the Exile Island twist that would become a staple in later seasons.
** Season 12 (''Panama'') was the last season to conclude with the standard final two contestants, a concept that would [[GenreThrowback only be revisited]] a few times since[[note]]thrice as of this edit, specifically in Seasons 16 (''Micronesia''), 18 (''Tocantins''), and 28 (''Cagayan'')[[/note]]
* ''Series/UpstairsDownstairs'' depicts, through the changes in the Bellamy household, Victorian England slowly yielding to modern Britain (with the {{Revival}} guiding the following household to the end of the pre-WWII and Cold War era). ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' does the same with the Crawley household.
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':
** Season 2 featured three original cast member deaths, each with major impact; Sophia and Dale Horvath's deaths gave the notion that no one is really safe, while TheHero Rick Grimes being forced to kill his EvilFormerFriend Shane Walsh causes the first major blow to his idealism and overall mental health.
** Season 3 featured the deaths of four original cast members; Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas, Lori Grimes, Merle Dixon, and Andrea.
** Season 4 saw the deaths of Season 2 addition and TeamDad Hershel Greene and Season 3 BigBad The Governor during the fall of the protagonists' prison base which they resided in since the previous season.
** Season 5 featured the deaths of two long-time cast members; Season 2 addition Beth Greene and Season 3 addition Tyreese Williams.
** Season 7 featured the deaths of three long-time cast members; original cast member Glenn Rhee and Season 4 addition Abraham Ford who were both brutally executed in the season premiere, and Season 3 addition Sasha Williams who performs a HeroicSuicide in the SeasonFinale.
** Season 8 featured the departures of three original cast members; Morgan Jones was {{transplant}}ed to [[Series/FearTheWalkingDead the spin-off show]] while both Morales and Carl Grimes were killed-off in the first half.
** Season 9 also featured the departures of four long-time cast members; TheHero Rick Grimes and Season 2 addition Maggie Greene-Rhee both departed the show while Season 4 addition Tara Chambler and Season 5 addition Enid were killed-off in the season's penultimate episode.
* The [[spoiler:murder of Stringer Bell and arrest of Avon Barksdale]] in ''Series/TheWire'' marks a major changing point in the story arc. Mainly, it kickstarts the [[DarkerAndEdgier ascension of Marlo Stanfield's gang]].
** Cycle 18 featured many lasts for the series. It was the last time Vogue would feature a winner on their magazine. The last time Covergirl, which was with the show since Cycle 3, would award a cosmetics spread to the winner. And last but definitely not the least, this would be the last time that the two Jays (Alexander and Manuel) and Nigel Barker, at least all together, would be part of the show.
** Cycle 19 would be the last time all contestants were female until the reboot.
** The 21st cycle brought gender inclusion full circle: the highest-ranking female contestant would finish fourth. Three men would go on to battle it out for the title.
** The 24th cycle marks the end of age restrictions.
* Creator/GeneRoddenberry's ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' exists in a time where the great civilization known as the Commonwealth had fallen. Cynically, attempts to recreate it have so far simply resulted in corruption of power.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'' uses this lightly at the end of the Shadow War. While it emphasizes the new beginning for the younger races, there are mentions that with the passing of the Old Ones the universe [[HereThereWereDragons has lost some of its mystery and wonder]].
* Most of the PowersThatBe, and even the demons in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'', are tired, and of mixed blood with humans. The True Demons left long ago. ''Series/{{Angel}}'' actually managed to interject a sense of sadness that this had happened with the character of Illyria, an Old One (the ''gods'' among the True Demons) in a FishOutOfTemporalWater role.
* The last four seasons of ''Series/{{Community}}'' is this in many ways:
** Season 3 was the final run of Creator/DanHarmon's original tenure as showrunner and was the last full season.
** Season 4 was the protagonists' last year at the eponymous college as students and the last year the original main cast are complete.
** Season 5 saw the departure of two main characters and was the show's last year at Creator/{{NBC}}.
** The sixth and final season saw the remaining main characters leave one by one for various personal reasons, leaving only two by the end of the GrandFinale.
* ''Series/{{Cranford}}'' chronicles the end of the agricultural age in England and the coming of the Industrial Revolution, as symbolised by the railroad. Elizabeth Gaskell, who wrote the three novels the TV series was based on, also wrote a nonfiction book about this transition, called ''The Last Generation in England''; material from this was also used for the show.
* The last episode of ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' brings this theme home after suggestively dancing around it for most of the series.
-->'''Earl:''' Dinosaurs have been on this Earth for 150 millions years, and it's not like we're going to just... disappear.
* The final episode of ''Series/DuckDynasty'', in which Si Robertson leaves Duck Commander to be a back-up singer for ''Music/ZZTop'', was literally [[TropeNamer named after this trope.]]
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Season 3's Red Wedding saw the collapse of Houses Stark and Tully from power.
** The Season 4 finale saw the deaths of Joffrey Baratheon and Tywin Lannister, two of the show's major antagonists since the beginning.
** Season 5 saw the death of Stannis Baratheon, officially ending the House's original biological reign until Gendry's ascension in the final season.
** Season 6 saw the destruction of the Sept of Baelor, the extinction of Houses Bolton, Tyrell, and legally Baratheon, the last time the Wall and the Night's Watch would have prominent focus, and the last time Essos would be featured in the show. In a meta example, this was also the last season with ten episodes.
** Season 7 saw the extinctions of Houses Frey, Martell, Tarly, the first death of a dragon, and the destruction of the Wall.
** In the show's GrandFinale, [[spoiler:the death of Daenerys, the exile of Jon Snow and the destruction of the Iron Throne all together represent the end of the Targaryen dynasty and most, if not all, of the influence Valyria had on the Seven Kingdoms]].
* ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''
** ''Series/LawAndOrder'':
*** The Season 5 finale saw the departure of Mike Logan in the cast, leaving Adam Schiff as the sole original cast member left.
*** Schiff himself departed the series after the Season 10 finale, leaving Season 3 addition Lennie Briscoe as the senior-most cast member.
*** The Season 14 finale saw the departure of Lennie Briscoe to be {{transplant}}ed to ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury''. This leaves Seasons 4 and 5 additions Anita Van Buren and Jack [=McCoy=] as the senior-most cast members for the duration of the series.
*** Season 18 saw the departure of Ed Green, the most tenured detective in the parent series.
*** The show's conclusion in general has left its very first SpinOff, ''SVU'', as the flagship program of the franchise (as ''CI'' also concluded the following year).
** ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'':
*** The fourth episode of the fifth season saw the first departure of A.D.A Alexandra Cabot to the main cast since her introduction in the Season 2 premiere.
*** The Season 9 finale saw the departures of A.D.A Casey Novak and Detective Chester Lake. Novak, who was immediately introduced after the aforementioned Cabot's departure, was the longest serving A.D.A in the entire ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' franchise to this very day.
*** The Season 12 finale is what many believed to be the end of the "classic" ''SVU'' run. It featured the departures of three long-time main characters, specifically original cast member Elliot Stabler and Season 2 addition George Huang, the death of long-time (circa Season 3) RecurringCharacter Sister Peg, and the last appearances to date of the show's resident judges Lena Petrovsky and Elizabeth Donnelly.
*** Season 15 saw the retirement of original cast members JustForFun/JohnMunch and Donald Cragen, leaving Olivia Benson as the sole original cast member left. Not only that, but their departures took away the show's remaining connections to both the parent series and ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' in which Cragen and Munch were respectively {{transplant}}ed from.
*** Season 19 saw the departure of A.D.A Rafael Barba. He was the second longest serving A.D.A in the franchise after the aforementioned Novak.
*** The Season 20 finale. Not only did it featured the departure of the show's fifth A.D.A. Peter Stone, but it leads to the show officially outliving its parent series.
** ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'':
*** The Season 5 finale saw the departures of three main characters, two of them being original cast members James Deakins and Ron Carver (the remaining one being Carolyn Barek, who only appeared that season).
*** Season 9 saw the departures of remaining original cast members and the show's main ActionDuo Alexandra Eames and Robert Goren as well as DaChief since Season 6 Danny Ross. Eames and Goren would return in the following season, though.
*** The show's conclusion in general, coupled with the parent series' own the year prior, has left ''SVU'' as the sole program of the franchise.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
** The Season 2 finale saw the death of Caitlin Todd, the series' first major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 5 finale saw the death of DaChief Jennifer Shepard, the series' second major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 8 finale saw the death of Mike Franks, TheHero Gibbs' mentor who's also a RecurringCharacter since Season 3. While not a main character, the show considered this as the third major CharacterDeath.
** Season 11 saw the departure of Ziva David, a main character since Season 3 and the show's resident ActionGirl.
** The Season 13 finale saw the departure of original cast member and TheLancer Anthony [=DiNozzo=].
** Season 15 saw the departure of original cast member Abby Scuitto.
** Season 16 saw original cast member Ducky Mallard step down as TheTeam's Chief Medical Examiner and PassingTheTorch to his longtime protege Jimmy Palmer.
* ''Series/OneTreeHill'':
** The Season 3 WhamEpisode "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept" is the series' InnocenceLost moment. It features a student carrying a gun at school and concluded with the series' first major CharacterDeath.
** The Season 4 finale is the conclusion of the show's high school years.
** The Season 6 finale saw the departures of TheHero Lucas Scott and female lead Peyton Sawyer.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
** The Season 3 finale of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was the last time the original suits were actively used as a team.
** The destruction of [[spoiler:Zordon]] in the ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' finale symbolizes the end of the "classic" Power Rangers singular continuity saga.
** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' was the final season of the original Saban era. It also features the final female Yellow Ranger who is [[ShesAManInJapan actually male in the source material]].
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' was the final Disney-produced season.
** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' was the last season produced by Saban in the 2010's and it's toy merchandise were made by Bandai America before Hasbro brought the license from them in 2018.
* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'' takes place 15 years after the Blackout stopped electricity from working and ended human civilization as we know it. The events of the series mark the end of the post-Blackout scavenger period where the desperate survivors tried to build a new life for themselves in a world without electricity. The young people coming of age barely remember the pre-Blackout world and new nations have formed on the ruins of the old USA.
* The typically much darker second series of each generation in ''Series/{{Skins}}'' is pretty much this for [[GrowingUpSucks the end of the age of teenage rebellion and innocence and the beginning of adulthood and responsibility.]] The Gen 1 finale rammed it home with the group's separation, while Gen 2 wove it through the series and addressed it on a more individual level.
* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' has the SAMCRO chapter of the eponymous biker gang. Thanks to Clay Marrow's leadership, the chapter held and elite position in the south California criminal underworld. Due to their alliance with the IRA, the Sons had access to a vast gun-running network and had a profitable and stable business selling weapons to other gangs in the area. They controlled the town of Charming and staid of the radar of law enforcement. However, the original members of the club are getting old and Clay will soon have to retire from being President. As the club prepares itself for a transition of power, it becomes apparent that things are changing and the club will either have to change or crumble. Alliances in the criminal underworld start shifting and law enforcement takes an active look at the Sons. Jax tries to fix the situation but ends up making things worse. In the end Jax sacrifices everything to make sure that the club can survive the transition to the new era and have a new start under new leadership.
* The Federation in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' is somewhat sickly by the end of ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]''. One of the villains in ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'' even comments that the Borg and the Dominion attacked because they knew the Federation was decaying; however, this may just be the rantings of a NietzscheWannabe.
*** ''Deep Space Nine'' ends on quite a strong EndOfAnAge note for galactic politics in general. As of the final episode, following the end of the Dominion War, the Cardassian Union is crippled and depopulated and will never again be what it was, the Klingon Empire will have to spend years rebuilding its strength, the Dominion itself is fragmented and neutered, and the Ferengi Alliance is in the midst of huge political and social change. The only major galactic powers left relatively unscathed are TheFederation (who will still have to rebuild), the Romulans and the Borg, but within a decade or so the Romulans lose their homeworld to a supernova and the Borg have their power greatly reduced in the finale of ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'', seemingly leaving the Federation as the only real power by the time of ''[[Series/StarTrekPicard Picard]]''.
** Other episodes show that the Federation continues to expand and thrive centuries into the future, including having the Klingons join.
** Important to note Creator/GeneRoddenberry's ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' was intended originally to be a Star Trek Series set long after the fall of an even greater Federation than reached at the end of ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'', where the Klingons took the places of the Nietzscheans. Explains a few things.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'': The Stargate system is a leftover from a [[{{Precursors}} much older galactic civilization]]. Most of the dominant alien races barely understand the technology they use, and the ones who do are dying or gone. This is a type 2, as Terran humanity is implied to have potential equal to or greater than the old powers, but things will probably still keep declining for a while. The advent of the Tau'ri ([[PlanetTerra Terrans]]) brings about the downfall of the thousands-year reign of the Goa'uld "[[AGodAmI System Lords]]" (who arguably were a society already in decay but still held power over most of the galaxy).
* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'':
** Season 6 (''Amazon'') was the last season before the introduction of the very first [[BackFromTheDead back from elimination twist]] that would occasionally appear in future installments.
** Season 7 (''Pearl Islands'') was the last season before the inaugural ''All-Stars'' season that would feature returning players from past seasons. It was also the last season where only two tribes competing at each other is the standard.
** Season 10 (''Palau'') was the last season before the introduction of the hidden immunity idol, which would become a staple in later seasons.
** Season 11 (''Guatemala'') was the last season before the introduction of the Exile Island twist that would become a staple in later seasons.
** Season 12 (''Panama'') was the last season to conclude with the standard final two contestants, a concept that would [[GenreThrowback only be revisited]] a few times since[[note]]thrice as of this edit, specifically in Seasons 16 (''Micronesia''), 18 (''Tocantins''), and 28 (''Cagayan'')[[/note]]
* ''Series/UpstairsDownstairs'' depicts, through the changes in the Bellamy household, Victorian England slowly yielding to modern Britain (with the {{Revival}} guiding the following household to the end of the pre-WWII and Cold War era). ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' does the same with the Crawley household.
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':
** Season 2 featured three original cast member deaths, each with major impact; Sophia and Dale Horvath's deaths gave the notion that no one is really safe, while TheHero Rick Grimes being forced to kill his EvilFormerFriend Shane Walsh causes the first major blow to his idealism and overall mental health.
** Season 3 featured the deaths of four original cast members; Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas, Lori Grimes, Merle Dixon, and Andrea.
** Season 4 saw the deaths of Season 2 addition and TeamDad Hershel Greene and Season 3 BigBad The Governor during the fall of the protagonists' prison base which they resided in since the previous season.
** Season 5 featured the deaths of two long-time cast members; Season 2 addition Beth Greene and Season 3 addition Tyreese Williams.
** Season 7 featured the deaths of three long-time cast members; original cast member Glenn Rhee and Season 4 addition Abraham Ford who were both brutally executed in the season premiere, and Season 3 addition Sasha Williams who performs a HeroicSuicide in the SeasonFinale.
** Season 8 featured the departures of three original cast members; Morgan Jones was {{transplant}}ed to [[Series/FearTheWalkingDead the spin-off show]] while both Morales and Carl Grimes were killed-off in the first half.
** Season 9 also featured the departures of four long-time cast members; TheHero Rick Grimes and Season 2 addition Maggie Greene-Rhee both departed the show while Season 4 addition Tara Chambler and Season 5 addition Enid were killed-off in the season's penultimate episode.
* The [[spoiler:murder of Stringer Bell and arrest of Avon Barksdale]] in ''Series/TheWire'' marks a major changing point in the story arc. Mainly, it kickstarts the [[DarkerAndEdgier ascension of Marlo Stanfield's gang]].
