# Shows canceled after cliffhanger episodes \[Spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629 "2009-05-26T00:30:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/21 "2009-05-26T02:50:29Z")
Does _Quantum Leap_ count? It wasn’t REALLY a cliffhanger because they wrapped the story up…but it was convoluted at best because it was supposed to be a cliffhanger, then re-wrote it. How about the best anti-cliffhanger…That one sitcom (name escapes me) that ended with the last breaking the fourth wall and just saying “Bye everybody!”. I don’t know what it is, but I saw that on “I love the (insert appropriate decade here)”. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/22 "2009-05-26T03:07:53Z")
_Farscape_. Damn, that one hurt. Not just a cliffhanger, but the two leads pulverized into cremains. ☹ The writers weren’t expecting cancellation, and had no time to even do that “cram the final two seasons into the last three episodes!” thing. Of course, they did make it mostly better with a 4-hour miniseries special a couple of years later, but it wasn’t the same. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/23 "2009-05-26T03:16:39Z")
> [@5\_time\_champ](#): > > The granddaddy of them is all is the relatively recent last episode of **The Sopranos.** Although I guess you could say it was done purposely. Can’t really count because it was never meant to be resolved. And anyone who says Tony didn’t get whacked is just kidding themselves. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/24 "2009-05-26T03:36:08Z")
Showing my atrocious viewing habits, \*Mortal Kombat: Conquest \*ended with all the heros dead and Shao Kahn telling Rayden to bow to him. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/25 "2009-05-26T03:46:36Z")
> [@RachelChristine](#): > > **Lois and Clark** ended with Lois & Clark finding a baby on their doorstep that was supposedly their child from the future That was one I neglected to bring up in my OP. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/26 "2009-05-26T04:17:25Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Can’t really count because it was never meant to be resolved. And anyone who says Tony didn’t get whacked is just kidding themselves. 😉 The ending doesn’t make sense [to me] if he DOESN’T get whacked… I’m drawing a blank on **Joan of Arcadia** but I’m pretty sure it’s a cliffhanger. If it isn’t, at the very least they set up a kick ass 3rd season. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/27 "2009-05-26T04:28:38Z")
Aww, geez. Did you really have to put a spoiler in the opening paragraph (and therefore the mouseover text)? That episode of Earl hasn’t screened here yet. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/28 "2009-05-26T05:10:38Z")
Besides _Dallas_, that other great primetime soap of the 80’s, _Dynasty_, also ended its run with a cliffhanger. Also the new \*The Fugitive \*series starring Tim Daly ended its one-year run with a cliffhanger. Too bad really. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/29 "2009-05-26T05:21:41Z")
**John Doe** on Fox ended with a pretty big cliffhanger. Years later, someone involved with the show spilled all the beans about how the show would’ve resolved everything had it continued, and I have to say, I frankly prefer it just ending on a cliffhanger. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/30 "2009-05-26T05:28:20Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > **John Doe** on Fox ended with a pretty big cliffhanger. Years later, someone involved with the show spilled all the beans about how the show would’ve resolved everything had it continued, and I have to say, I frankly prefer it just ending on a cliffhanger. What you’re talking about never happened. Got it? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/31 "2009-05-26T07:01:40Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Aww, geez. Did you really have to put a spoiler in the opening paragraph (and therefore the mouseover text)? That episode of Earl hasn’t screened here yet. I’m sorry. I plead ignorance. I was totally unaware that “My Name Is Earl” aired Down Under. I know, that’s no excuse. The finale was less than two weeks ago and I should have considered that not everybody had seen it. Still, I never even once considered Australia. Again, I’m sorry. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/32 "2009-05-26T07:31:01Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > **John Doe** on Fox ended with a pretty big cliffhanger. Years later, someone involved with the show spilled all the beans about how the show would’ve resolved everything had it continued, and I have to say, I frankly prefer it just ending on a cliffhanger. Pretty much every “mystery” premise show has ended with unresolved mysteries. Pretender. Wonderfalls. Joan of Arcadia. Journeyman. And so forth. This is why I refuse to watch any more of them. ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/33 "2009-05-26T08:48:42Z")
Veronica Mars ended as Veronica casts her vote for sheriff, an election whose resolution we never get to see. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/34 "2009-05-26T10:18:54Z")
Reaper fans will never find out if Sam escapes his contract with the Devil. (Actually, the “season” finale is tonight, but I’m doubting that they’ll wrap up anything.) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/35 "2009-05-26T10:41:53Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’m sorry. I plead ignorance. I was totally unaware that “My Name Is Earl” aired Down Under. I know, that’s no excuse. The finale was less than two weeks ago and I should have considered that not everybody had seen it. Still, I never even once considered Australia. Again, I’m sorry. Hey, that’s ok. Thanks to the wonders of the internet, I’ve seen it now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/36 "2009-05-26T12:14:49Z")
The UPN (or was it the CW?) sitcom [Half & Half](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320024/) ended with a cliffhanger about which of two suitors Rachel True’s character was going to pick. Now she’s in dating limbo forever. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/37 "2009-05-26T13:29:38Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Reaper fans will never find out if Sam escapes his contract with the Devil. (Actually, the “season” finale is tonight, but I’m doubting that they’ll wrap up anything.) Aw man, are they not renewing it? I stuck with it through the writer’s strike and I thought it improved about tenfold after they came off that hiatus. Too bad it’s gonna go. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/38 "2009-05-26T13:59:35Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Aw man, are they not renewing it? I stuck with it through the writer’s strike and I thought it improved about tenfold after they came off that hiatus. Too bad it’s gonna go. [This site](http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/04/fall-tv-cheat-s.html) says it is officially canceled. It has been pretty spot on in predicting and reporting since I started watching it. It was growing stale for me anyway. Sock was an overwhelming ass, Sam was supposed to be a “good guy” but for me was basically a sorry little wimp and Ben even more-so. The only interesting character was Satan. ---
**Author:** ![mrpayday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@mrpayday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrpayday)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/39 "2009-05-26T14:22:44Z")
Blake’s 7 and I’ll point out that Mortal Kombat had Jaime Pressly in a few episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Telcontar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Telcontar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telcontar)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/40 "2009-05-26T14:33:11Z")
> [@RachelChristine](#): > > **The Pretender** ended with an explosion involving most of the cast. They did, however, resolve this cliffhanger and a few other issues with a couple of tv movies. Except they also ended on a cliffhanger, something involving prophecies. It always bugged me because i REALLY WANTED TO KNOW! 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629.md?page=3)