Im going to sound awful but i was so emotionless when that happened.
But yeah villans like i said the tripods was a great example of the bad guys winning (major spoilers for a 20 year old British show up ahead) so it had a very rushed ending as the show was canceled during the second seasons production (which can be discussed in that topic i made for it here The Tripods) making the end kinda bad but realistic. You see the group who were using the power of friendship overcame the odds and journey though the woods while attacked by the evil tripods then they get back to the free men and find there home burnt to the ground it makes you wonder “was it all for nothing”