Creative sadism

When a writer of television or film causes an audience intense physical pain either through the death of a beloved character or by ending the entire show after making it so good

Tom: "Can you believe Succession is going to end one day?"
Thom: "Yes, it's very typical of oppressive social structures to use creative sadism to exploit the bourgeois by making them dependent on television to distract them from wider issues of systematic abuse - it's panem et circenses all over again"
Tom: "Wtf chill"
Thom: "I will not chill"
Tom: "I think you need a hug, bro"