Bakers Dozen

Famous Cliffhangers (TV, movie, literary, or other)

  1. Who Shot JR? (Dallas)
  2. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (The Simpsons)
  3. Is Little Nell dead? Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
  4. Han Solo frozen in Carbonite (The Empire Strikes Back)

Famous Cliffhangers (TV, movie, literary, or other)

  1. Who Shot JR? (Dallas)
  2. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (The Simpsons)
  3. Is Little Nell dead? Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
  4. Han Solo frozen in Carbonite (The Empire Strikes Back)
  5. Sherlock Holmes and Reichenbach Falls

Famous Cliffhangers (TV, movie, literary, or other)

  1. Who Shot JR? (Dallas)
  2. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (The Simpsons)
  3. Is Little Nell dead? Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
  4. Han Solo frozen in Carbonite (The Empire Strikes Back)
  5. Sherlock Holmes and Reichenbach Falls
  6. Jessica Tate being shot by a firing squad; Soap

Others as well: the show ended with several cliffhangers and was cancelled.

Famous Cliffhangers (TV, movie, literary, or other)

  1. Who Shot JR? (Dallas)
  2. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (The Simpsons)
  3. Is Little Nell dead? Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
  4. Han Solo frozen in Carbonite (The Empire Strikes Back)
  5. Sherlock Holmes and Reichenbach Falls
  6. Jessica Tate being shot by a firing squad; Soap
  7. Rachel rushes to the airport to pick Ross up, having admitted he could be “the one”.

eta - that was season one. As opposed to the series finale wherein Ross rush to the airport to stop Rachel from leaving.

Famous Cliffhangers (TV, movie, literary, or other)

  1. Who Shot JR? (Dallas)
  2. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (The Simpsons)
  3. Is Little Nell dead? Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
  4. Han Solo frozen in Carbonite (The Empire Strikes Back)
  5. Sherlock Holmes and Reichenbach Falls
  6. Jessica Tate being shot by a firing squad; Soap
  7. Rachel rushes to the airport to pick Ross up, having admitted he could be “the one”.
  8. Jon Snow being stabbed- to death?- in GAme of Thrones

Famous Cliffhangers (TV, movie, literary, or other)

  1. Who Shot JR? (Dallas)
  2. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (The Simpsons)
  3. Is Little Nell dead? Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
  4. Han Solo frozen in Carbonite (The Empire Strikes Back)
  5. Sherlock Holmes and Reichenbach Falls
  6. Jessica Tate being shot by a firing squad; Soap
  7. Rachel rushes to the airport to pick Ross up, having admitted he could be “the one”.
  8. Jon Snow being stabbed- to death?- in Game of Thrones
  9. Riker ordering the Enterprise to fire at Locutus and the Borg - ST:TNG

Famous Cliffhangers (TV, movie, literary, or other)

  1. Who Shot JR? (Dallas)
  2. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (The Simpsons)
  3. Is Little Nell dead? Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
  4. Han Solo frozen in Carbonite (The Empire Strikes Back)
  5. Sherlock Holmes and Reichenbach Falls
  6. Jessica Tate being shot by a firing squad; Soap
  7. Rachel rushes to the airport to pick Ross up, having admitted he could be “the one”.
  8. Jon Snow being stabbed- to death?- in Game of Thrones
  9. Riker ordering the Enterprise to fire at Locutus and the Borg - ST:TNG
  10. The “Heidi Bowl,” Jets-Raiders game last minutes interrupted by the broadcast of “Heidi”, NBC, November 1968

Or, if you’re a Heidi fan, the dramatic moments of Clara’s first steps after being in a wheelchair for years interrupted by an announcement of a football score

Famous Cliffhangers (TV, movie, literary, or other)

  1. Who Shot JR? (Dallas)
  2. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (The Simpsons)
  3. Is Little Nell dead? Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
  4. Han Solo frozen in Carbonite (The Empire Strikes Back)
  5. Sherlock Holmes and Reichenbach Falls
  6. Jessica Tate being shot by a firing squad; Soap
  7. Rachel rushes to the airport to pick Ross up, having admitted he could be “the one”.
  8. Jon Snow being stabbed- to death?- in Game of Thrones
  9. Riker ordering the Enterprise to fire at Locutus and the Borg - ST:TNG
  10. The “Heidi Bowl,” Jets-Raiders game last minutes interrupted by the broadcast of “Heidi”, NBC, November 1968
  11. Everyone getting frozen to avoid being abducted by the secret government agency (Clone High)

Famous Cliffhangers (TV, movie, literary, or other)

  1. Who Shot JR? (Dallas)
  2. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (The Simpsons)
  3. Is Little Nell dead? Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
  4. Han Solo frozen in Carbonite (The Empire Strikes Back)
  5. Sherlock Holmes and Reichenbach Falls
  6. Jessica Tate being shot by a firing squad; Soap
  7. Rachel rushes to the airport to pick Ross up, having admitted he could be “the one”.
  8. Jon Snow being stabbed- to death?- in Game of Thrones
  9. Riker ordering the Enterprise to fire at Locutus and the Borg - ST:TNG
  10. The “Heidi Bowl,” Jets-Raiders game last minutes interrupted by the broadcast of “Heidi”, NBC, November 1968
  11. Everyone getting frozen to avoid being abducted by the secret government agency (Clone High)
  12. Did M and A really meet “Last Year at Marienbad”?

Famous Cliffhangers (TV, movie, literary, or other)

  1. Who Shot JR? (Dallas)
  2. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (The Simpsons)
  3. Is Little Nell dead? Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
  4. Han Solo frozen in Carbonite (The Empire Strikes Back)
  5. Sherlock Holmes and Reichenbach Falls
  6. Jessica Tate being shot by a firing squad; Soap
  7. Rachel rushes to the airport to pick Ross up, having admitted he could be “the one”.
  8. Jon Snow being stabbed- to death?- in Game of Thrones
  9. Riker ordering the Enterprise to fire at Locutus and the Borg - ST:TNG
  10. The “Heidi Bowl,” Jets-Raiders game last minutes interrupted by the broadcast of “Heidi”, NBC, November 1968
  11. Everyone getting frozen to avoid being abducted by the secret government agency (Clone High)
  12. Did M and A really meet “Last Year at Marienbad”?
  13. Who survived the Moldavian wedding massacre? (Dynasty)

Next: Third novel (or story) of a mystery series and the detective(s)

  1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small)

Next: Third novel (or story) of a mystery series and the detective(s)

  1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small)
  2. She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series, Martha Ayers)

Third novel (or story) of a mystery series and the detective(s)

  1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small)
  2. She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series, Martha Ayers)
  3. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
    Only a short story, but Poirot’s third appearance. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was the third full novel

Third novel (or story) of a mystery series and the detective(s)

  1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small)
  2. She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series, Martha Ayers)
  3. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
  4. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Milhone, Alphabet series)

Third novel (or story) of a mystery series and the detective(s)

  1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small)
  2. She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series, Martha Ayers)
  3. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
  4. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Milhone, Alphabet series)
  5. All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta)
  1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small)
  2. She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series, Martha Ayers)
  3. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
  4. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Milhone, Alphabet series)
  5. Death of an Outsider by M. C. Beaton(Hamish MacBeth)

Third novel (or story) of a mystery series and the detective(s)

  1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small)
  2. She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series, Martha Ayers)
  3. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
  4. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Milhone, Alphabet series)
  5. All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta)
  6. Death of an Outsider by M. C. Beaton(Hamish MacBeth)
  7. The Burglar Who Liked To Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block (Bernie Rhodenbarr)

Third novel (or story) of a mystery series and the detective(s)

  1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small)
  2. She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series, Martha Ayers)
  3. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
  4. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Milhone, Alphabet series)
  5. All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta)
  6. Death of an Outsider by M. C. Beaton(Hamish MacBeth)
  7. The Burglar Who Liked To Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block (Bernie Rhodenbarr)
  8. A Purple Place for Dying by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee)

Third novel (or story) of a mystery series and the detective(s)

  1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small)
  2. She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series, Martha Ayers)
  3. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
  4. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Milhone, Alphabet series)
  5. All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta)
  6. Death of an Outsider by M. C. Beaton(Hamish MacBeth)
  7. The Burglar Who Liked To Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block (Bernie Rhodenbarr)
  8. A Purple Place for Dying by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee)
  9. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson (Lisbeth Salander and Mikhael Bloomkvist)

Third novel (or story) of a mystery series and the detective(s)

  1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small)
  2. She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series, Martha Ayers)
  3. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
  4. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Milhone, Alphabet series)
  5. All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta)
  6. Death of an Outsider by M. C. Beaton(Hamish MacBeth)
  7. The Burglar Who Liked To Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block (Bernie Rhodenbarr)
  8. A Purple Place for Dying by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee)
  9. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson (Lisbeth Salander and Mikhael Bloomkvist)
  10. Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey)

Third novel (or story) of a mystery series and the detective(s)

  1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small)
  2. She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series, Martha Ayers)
  3. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
  4. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Milhone, Alphabet series)
  5. All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta)
  6. Death of an Outsider by M. C. Beaton(Hamish MacBeth)
  7. The Burglar Who Liked To Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block (Bernie Rhodenbarr)
  8. A Purple Place for Dying by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee)
  9. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson (Lisbeth Salander and Mikhael Bloomkvist)
  10. Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey)
  11. The Rubber Band by Rex Stout (Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin)