Right? I could understand Joe dying for reasons like 'The actor left the show even though it got renewed' or 'There are storylines we want to explore without the actor', but it was the last episode. Why?

But worst of all was the 'happy ending!' patch put on the end. Three girls grew up without their loving father. If you're not going to treat that as the wrenchingly painful devastation of someone's life that it is, don't do it at all. But nope, 'They re-united in the afterlife! So it's not a sad ending after all, you see?'

Hate.