TV Season Finale Awards: YOUR 2014 Winners

Damon dies to save Stefan, finds peace saying goodbye to Elena, then meets his mystery fate with Bonnie, The Vampire Diaries, 30.2%

2. Cristina dances it out with Meredith before leaving Seattle for a job in Switzerland, Grey’s Anatomy, 24.6%
3. Conrad escapes from prison…only to be stabbed by David Clarke (the dead father Emily’s been avenging for three seasons), Revenge, 22.9%
4. Ed (Jon Hamm, in a surprise cameo) gets fired for being more incompetent than Jerry, a.k.a. Larry, a.k.a. Terry in the flash-forward — leaving the door open for flashbacks, Parks and Recreation, 9%
5. Klaus’ newborn, Hope, gets handed off to Aunt Rebekah, who’ll protect her and perhaps get a white fence, The Originals, 8.7%
6. King Henry decides to joust and Francis spears him through the eye, Reign, 4.5%

Difference between first and second: 3,593 votes

How evil does Regina get if Robin chooses Marian?, Once Upon a Time, 54%

2. Maks and Meryl almost kiss at the end of their steamy freestyle dance, Dancing With the Stars, 13.9%
3. Olivia’s on a plane with Jake, Scandal, 12.7%
4. Deacon privately proposes to Rayna after she accepts Luke’s very public proposal, Nashville, 10%
5. Joel puts his hand on Julia’s, which means reconciliation?, Parenthood, 5.8%
6. To get out of jail, Ava makes a deal to get close to Boyd again and turn rat, Justified, 3.5%

Difference between first and second: 26,944 votes. This category had the most votes cast: 67, 145.

How is David Clarke alive?!, Revenge, 31.9%

2. Rick and Co. are being held captive in train car A at Terminus — possibly by cannibals?, The Walking Dead, 29.5%
3. Everyone but the Chief could be dead in that suspicious fire, Chicago Fire, 12.4%
4. Red has burn scars, but is it too obvious that he’s Liz’s father?, The Blacklist, 12%
5. Will Sherlock shoot up with that heroin?, Elementary, 10%
6. Will Philip and Elizabeth’s daughter start to serve her country?, The Americans, 4.3%

Difference between first and second: 1,321 votes

”Game of Thrones is complicated. Shower sex — that’s complicated. Hell ain’t complicated.” —Dean, Supernatural, 43.2%

2. The entire The Mindy Project finale, which was an ode to rom-coms including You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and When Harry Met Sally?, 17.8%
3. ”Dude, you don’t mess with the bride and groom on their wedding day. You have to tell them now so that he can make other arrangements, unless you want a Game of Thrones Red Wedding…. Blood on the floor, no one survives.” —Otis, Chicago Fire, 14.3%
4. ”We’ll definitely be back next year. If not, it’ll be because an asteroid has destroyed all human civilization. And that’s canon.” —Meta Abed’s final line, Community, 9.4%
5. Ginuwine performs ”Pony” at the Unity Concert, which also features an appearance by a Tupac-style hologram of deceased Li’l Sebastian, Parks and Recreation, 8%
6. Barry doing the Karate Kid crane kick as a dance move to ”Livin’ on a Prayer’,” The Goldbergs, 7.3%

Difference between first and second: 13,398 votes

”The fact that I get to die knowing that I was loved, not just by anyone, by you, Elena Gilbert, that’s the epitome of a fulfilled life…. It was never gonna get any better than this. I peaked.” —Damon saying goodbye to Elena, The Vampire Diaries, 23.7%

2. ”Don’t let what he wants eclipse what you need. He’s very dreamy, but he’s not the sun. You are.” —Cristina’s final words to Meredith, Grey’s Anatomy, 20.9%
3. ”Slade took Laurel because he wants to kill the woman I love…. So he took the wrong woman…. I love you.” —Oliver convincingly professing feelings for Felicity to lure Slade, Arrow, 17.2%
4. ”See kids, right from the moment I met your mom I knew: I have to love this woman as much as I can as long as I can, and I can never stop loving her, not even for a second. I carried that lesson with me through every stupid fight we ever had, every 5 a.m. Christmas morning, every sleepy Sunday afternoon, through every speed bump, every pang of jealousy or boredom or uncertainty that came our way, I carried that lesson with me. And I carried it with me when she got sick.” —Ted, How I Met Your Mother, 15.8%
5. ”They’re screwing with the wrong people.” —Rick rallying the captive troops at Terminus, The Walking Dead, 13%
6. ”I am the scandal.” —Olivia, Scandal, 9.4%

Difference between first and second: 1,846 votes

The Big Bang Theory, 42.6%

2. Modern Family, 23.8%
3. Parks and Recreation, 13.4%
4. The Mindy Project, 12.3%
5. Trophy Wife, 4.5%
6. Bob’s Burgers, 3.4%

Difference between first and second: 7,396 votes

Hook gets jealous of his past self and punches him(self) in the face, Once Upon a Time, 60.2%

2. Red eats peaches while holding the Russian ambassador’s dog, The Blacklist, 10.9%
3. Jackie and Veronica bake and get drunk at Alicia’s apartment, The Good Wife, 9.7%
4. Juliette asks Rayna to hold her hair when she gets sick after showing up drunk at a benefit for a sober living facility, Nashville, 9.4%
5. Marshal Tim Gutterson deadpans to villain Darryl Crowe Jr., ”This may as well be a slow night in the champagne room for how comfortably erect I’m gonna be watching your bitch ass squirm about” while tailing him, Justified, 5.2%
6. Philip quips, ”If she said one more thing about nonviolent resistance, I was gonna punch her in the face,” The Americans, 4.5%

Difference between first and second: 20,325 votes

Sheldon explains to Leonard and Penny why he needs to leave at the train station, The Big Bang Theory, 40.7%

2. Jay walks Mitch down the aisle at his club, Modern Family, 29.7%
3. Mindy tells Danny, ”You love me until you don’t. I’m not going to do that again. I want something real,” The Mindy Project, 13.6%
4. Always supportive Ben convinces Leslie to take the job, Parks and Recreation, 6.9%
5. Jeff saves his friends by feeling real emotions (for Annie?), Community, 6.5%
6. The wives bond, Trophy Wife, 2.7%

Difference between first and second: 4,285 votes

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D got great after the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, 35.6%

2. Klaus looking adoringly at the child he never wanted on The Originals, 21%
3. Another creative rebound for Revenge, 14.6%
4. The prison gang is mostly back together, and Rick is ready to kick ass again on The Walking Dead, 13.4%
5. Danny making an elaborate rom-com-worthy plan to win Mindy back on The Mindy Project, 10%
6. Mycroft Holmes taking a metaphorical bullet for brother Sherlock and lover Joan on Elementary, 5.4%

Difference between first and second: 6,666 votes

Emma brings Marian back to the future, Once Upon a Time, 34.3%

2. Beckett didn’t realize she was already married (drive-thru Vegas wedding in college), Castle, 15.9%
3. Rachel quits a Broadway show to do TV, Glee, 15.8%
4. Slade didn’t frisk Felicity?, Arrow, 14.9%
5. Fitz trusts Olivia’s father, Scandal, 11.6%
6. Watson sleeps with Mycroft and moves out of the brownstone, Elementary, 7.5%

Difference between first and second: 8,330 votes

Dean dies and returns a demon, Supernatural, 28.8%

2. Alaric is back, The Vampire Diaries, 25.2%
3. Olivia’s father — not her mother — killed Fitz’s son, Scandal, 16.4%
4. Three-year time jump, Parks and Recreation, 13.2%
5. Diane asks to join Florrick/Agos, and Eli asks Alicia to consider running for State’s Attorney, The Good Wife, 11%
6. Jared, the guy Philip and Elizabeth were trying to protect, confesses that he’s the one who shot his parents and sister before he dies, The Americans, 5.5%

Difference between first and second: 1,427 votes

The mother’s dead and Ted is with Robin, How I Met Your Mother, 37.3%

2. Frozen character Elsa is coming, Once Upon a Time, 22.9%
3. Another Grey sister?, Grey’s Anatomy, 18.3%
4. Richard’s either in a fiery car crash or abducted on his way to his wedding, Castle, 11%
5. Darkness turns out to be one person who’s easy to kill, Reign, 5.9%
6. You cast Peter Stormare and want us to think he’s just a prison guard and not, say, Berlin, The Blacklist, 4.8%

Difference between first and second: 6,029 votes

May gets her long-awaited revenge on Ward, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., 30.1%

2. Team Arrow vs. Slade’s soldiers, Arrow, 23.4%
3. Emily hits Victoria with a shovel, Revenge, 20.7%
4. Cam vs. the butterflies he thought were eating him in the car, Modern Family, 14%
5. Cary and Alicia verbally spar over the potential merge, The Good Wife, 6.4%
6. Jane and Lisbon argue through the hotel door, The Mentalist, 5.4%

Difference between first and second: 2,815 votes

Aiden’s dead body on Emily’s couch, Revenge, 26.4%

2. Norman and Norma kissing, Bates Motel, 22.2%
3. Write-in: Something on Hannibal, which aired after the nomination period, 16.9%
4. The President’s son dying, Scandal, 14.9%
5. The 10-year-old burn victim missed on initial search, Chicago Fire, 12.2%
6. Mark lugging his possibly-dead twin brother over his shoulder to the vehicle with the mystery driver, The Following, 7.5%

Difference between first and second: 1,405 votes

Anything on Once Upon a Time — take your pick!, 30.8%

2. The aging makeup, How I Met Your Mother, 24.7%
3. Fake Switzerland, Grey’s Anatomy, 17.6%
4. Garrett being turned into a Centipede Soldier, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., 13.6%
5. Castle’s fiery car, Castle, 8%
6. The freeze-frame on the Jane-Lisbon kiss, The Mentalist, 5.4%

Difference between first and second: 2,297 votes

Damon’s long goodbye to Lucy Rose’s ”Be Alright” and Birdy’s ”Wings,” The Vampire Diaries, 33.1%

2. Tie between Aqualung’s emotional ”Take on Me” cover and the season 1 ”dance it out” throwback to Tegan and Sara’s ”Where Does the Good Go,” Grey’s Anatomy, 22.3%
3. Rachel leads the cast in a street-closing performance of Bastille’s ”Pompeii” that would have been a great series ender, Glee, 14.3%
4. The Unity Concert, Parks and Recreation, 13%
5. Scarlett’s tolerable when she sings ”It Ain’t Yours to Throw Away” with Gunnar, who asks her not to leave Nashville, Nashville, 11.8%
6. Raylan promises a scared Ava that everything will be fine as Ruby Friedman Orchestra’s ”You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” kicks in, Justified, 5.5%

Difference between first and second: 4,117 votes

The fade to white as Damon and Bonnie hold hands and meet their fate, The Vampire Diaries, 29.9%

2. Dean opens his eyes and they’re black, Supernatural, 27.4%
3. Parody commercial of NBC’s lineup (the medical drama Intensive Karen and the Questlove-hosted Celebrity Beat-Off) saying shows will premiere ”this summer or fall, or, possibly next winter, depends on what fails,” Community, 12%
4. The reveal of Red’s burn scars on his back, The Blacklist, 11.5%
5. Norman’s face as he goes psycho, Bates Motel, 10.3%
6. A family dinner, which would have been fitting had it been canceled, Parenthood, 8.9%

Difference between first and second: 1,002 votes

Damon saying goodbye to Elena, The Vampire Diaries, 29.8%

2. Oliver saying he loves Felicity, Arrow, 29.2%
3. Mindy and Danny at the top of the Empire State Building, The Mindy Project, 12.9%
4. Elijah’s ”I let her in” speech, The Originals, 9.7%
5. The Unity Concert, Parks and Recreation, 9.69%
6. Sherlock telling Joan he’ll change, Elementary, 8.7%

Difference between first and second: 245 votes, the second smallest margin of victory

Outstanding Stunt Coordination, Arrow, 27.3%

2. James Spader, The Blacklist, 20.5%
3. Guest star Nathan Lane, Modern Family, 17.5%
4. Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel, 14.2%
5. Joe Morton, Scandal, 13.1%
6. Matthew Rhys, The Americans, 7.5%

Difference between first and second: 2,445 votes

Glee, 30.99%

2. Network cancellations took care of it for me, 30.79%
3. Once Upon a Time, 14.4%
4. New Girl, 11.5%
5. Castle, 6.4%
6. The Following, 6%

Difference between first and second: 70 votes, the smallest margin of victory

Once Upon a Time (I can’t tell if introducing the Frozen character Elsa is the best or worst idea), 27%

2. Revenge (I cannot believe David Clarke is alive), 21.4%
3. How I Met Your Mother (I couldn’t be properly outraged or defensive), 20%
4. Grey’s Anatomy (I would’ve enjoyed Cristina and Meredith dancing it out), 11.8%
5. The Blacklist (I shouldn’t have stopped watching, apparently), 9.9%
6. The Mentalist (I also would’ve enjoyed that kiss), 9.9%

Difference between first and second: 1,943 votes