Disappointing and Downright Offensive Character Departures

It felt like New Amsterdam Season 5, the final season of the series, did everything in its power to assassinate the character of Helen Sharpe, starting with her ghosting Max. Instead of showing up for their wedding, she sent him a "Dear, Max" letter apologizing and saying that she wasn't coming back and couldn't do any of that anymore, leaving him and Luna in the lurch.

It was so unbelievably out of character and the worst way to handle Freema Agyeman's exit, especially since the series had a year's notice to set up her departure. Helen's controversial exit (and vilification) was the mark of the downward turn of this once great series, resulting in an incredibly disappointing finale season farewell all around.

Meredith Grey is the main character of Grey's Anatomy. Grey's Anatomy has fumbled many departures over the years, but the one they should've gotten right was Meredith freaking Grey!

And yet, Grey's Anatomy Season 19 Episode 7 was just a regular episode of the series where they half-ass threw Mer a going away party, and she basically behaved immaturely and left Nick, the man she loved behind without even communicating with him even after his love confession. We didn't get any montages, flashbacks, have moments of reminiscing... NOTHING.

It was such a boring, forgettable episode. Honestly, Grey's Anatomy Season 18 Episode 20would've been a better farewell. They attempted to clean things up better when Mer showed up during Grey's Anatomy Season 19 Episode 20, but it doesn't change that her official departure SUCKED.

The news of star Jesse Soffer's departure was an utter shock, as Halstead had been on the series for nearly a decade. But nothing could prepare for one of the worst exits ever on Chicago PD Season 10 Episode 3.

After Jay brutally stabs a perp and Hailey and Voight debate how to cover it up, Jay is triggered by the whole ordeal. He and the other members of the trio have spent too much time covering up shady things, and he no longer wants to be that person, so he hand over his badge and gun when the chief head lets him off the hook, reenlists in the army and takes some secret mission in Bolivia.

In hours, Jay quit, gave his wife, Hailey, a crappy goodbye, never said anything with the other members of the team, and said goodbye to Voight at the airport before disappearing. It felt unbelievably out of character and a disservice to a character who has been there for years.

After a seven-year absence, fans were thrilled to hear that Peter Reckell was returning as Bo Brady, a character he created 40 years ago. Even after weeks of storyline that had Bo unconscious or brainwashed, fans never doubted that he and his beloved Hope would find their way back together--and they did, for all of a hot minute.

Then Bo's own son shot him, sending him back into a coma and shipped off to a long-term care facility as the actor once again left the show. Yes, there's still hope that Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso will once again find their way back to Salem in the future, but for all the hype around Bo's short return, this departure was a definite letdown.

Scott was a breath of fresh air at Med -- a Black former cop turned doctor who often worked with pediatric patients and served as a mentor to young boys who were at risk of joining gangs. Unfortunately, after a brain-numbing story involving him falling for an undercover officer who might or might not have really been working for the mob, Scott decided he was too much like a cop still to succeed as a doctor and exited stage left.

Lots of doctors have come and gone over Med's 8-year run, but this one was SO disappointing because Scott brought a different voice to Med, only to evaporate into thin air after only one season.

Rollins became such a pivotal part of SVU that the series hasn't been the same since she departed on Law & Order: SVU Season 24 Episode 9.

Fans were robbed of seeing happy Rollisi scenes and only got a quickie wedding ceremony. While the couple was married, we never even got scenes of them together in Law & Order: SVU Season 24 Episode 22, when Rollins guest-starred and announced her pregnancy. Is there trouble with the happy couple?