From what I've seen, this list seems pretty on point.
I'd add:
The cast of Person of Interest
Rachel Bloom in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Rory Kinnear in Penny Dreadful
Evan Rachel Wood in Westworld
Andre Braugher in Brooklyn Nine Nine

Unfortunately, it would seem so, though I give Person of Interest more slack with that sort of ending than The Dark Knight Rises.

By the end, when he kept saying how killing Root was "just a job," he was acting in complete opposition to one of the core themes of the show, that every life matters. The act of killing a person is that of snuffing out someone's existence and he acted as though that act meant nothing.

I thought it might be Root's mom too, especially when Machine-Root took her hand. I was trying to see if the woman was credited, but it doesn't seem so.

The simplified simulation in "If-Then-Else." I love when shows make meta jokes.

It's more difficult than I thought to choose a favorite episode, but I think if I had to narrow it down to Six, I'd say (in no particular order):

This is just a small detail in the larger scheme of things, but I really appreciate that at the end the writers didn't try to humanize Blackwell, and if anything made him completely unlikeable. I cheered when Shaw shot him and am glad that moment wasn't tainted by some kind of idea of possible redemption for him.

The one decision that I am on the fence about is Finch's ending. I would have much rather it been left ambiguous as to whether he lived or died. It seemed a bit unfair that he should get a perfectly happy ending when no other character did. He has been through a lot and had to make some very difficult decisions, but…

I'm so sorry to see this show go for all the reasons mentioned in the review, but also because there really was so much story left to tell, so many more ideas to be explored. It was consistently thought provoking and inventive; and it is one of the few stories (of any media) where a core "lesson," that every person…

She never quite goes rogue, but she does disobey it in regards to looking for Shaw. She's also not afraid to challenge it or yell at it (i.e. "Get in the game." and "Stop being a wimp."). Those might seem like minor infractions, but to Samaritan that would show disloyalty, a potential threat.
Really what I was getting…

I found that detail interesting, because Samaritan would definitely want to put Root's skills to good use, as well as her complete willingness to turn herself over to it, but it certainly wouldn't have wanted Root's unpredictability, which is so inherent to her personality. It has no use for that; it just wants an…

I think in the last few episodes, where The Machine has been going out of her way to help Root find Shaw, Root's faith in The Machine has been renewed, and I don't think it was ever completely lost. With that said, I wish Shaw had been the one to find Root's body or been there for her dying breath (though it seems the…

Apparently, their budget ran out so that's either Nolan or Plageman doing the voice of Samaritan.

That's quite telling, and suggests there's much more meaning to the fact that Root died alone than might have originally appeared.

Yes, she started out as a homicidal misanthrope, but grew from that. I, for one, greatly identified with her, not just as a lesbian, but as someone who also thought of humanity in much the same way and has come to view it differently.

I agree. Root giving her life to save Finch (which by extension saves The Machine, especially since whatever Root programmed into it needs Harold's permission to go into effect) is totally in character and, in context, has a lot more meaning than just dying for a man, but it does still fit into that trope.

Oh, and Root's roundabout way of telling Shaw she had a great body was wonderfully nerdy and so Root.

Those kinds of deaths have been happening for decades. The frequency has just increased in recent months. With that said, even I, a lesbian, didn't know about the trope until a few months ago, so I don't really expect Nolan and Plageman, two straight males, to know about it before writing the death.
Not sure they would…

I don't think I've ever cried so much over a fictional character. The sight of Root's body on the slab will certainly haunt me. I never really thought the show would give Root and Shaw a happy ending, but I still wanted it so much. With that said, Root living on in/as The Machine is in its own right rather beautiful.…

I assumed that when Fusco got there she was already dead. I do like to think that The Machine was talking to her until the end, though.