Not every TV series lets its audience know when they’re saying goodbye to certain beloved characters. They can’t all be the emotional group hug of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, or the time-traveling check-in of Six Feet Under. Some shows with sprawling casts, like Mad Men, send characters off far in advance of a series finale. These exits can happen swiftly, and with little fanfare.

When Girls ended its six season run Sunday night, the HBO series didn’t quite go that route. Sure most of the cast didn’t make it to the series finale—but the show did a good job of letting the characters that matter most go out with a sense of finality and direction. Here—with apologies to characters like Hermie (R.I.P.), Fran, and Dill, who just missed the cut—is how the major characters of Girls spent their final seconds on camera. Spoilers, obviously.

Charlie Dattolo (Christopher Abbott)—Season 5, Episode 6

The last time we saw Charlie—the only major figure to leave the cast over the course of the show—was back in Season 5. After Abbott’s character returned to the show in 2016 to spend one long, surreal day with his ex, Marnie, he wound up making a mistake we’ve all made in relationships from time to time: trying to pass heroin paraphernalia off as medical supplies for diabetes. Live and learn, Charlie. Marnie hightailed it out of there, and never looked back.

Evie Michaels (Rita Wilson)—Season 6, Episode 6

Marnie’s mom went out doing what she does best: making scatological scat noises and mortifying her daughter into the dust.