# Television-Now we'll NEVER know! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905 "2010-05-18T17:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/1 "2010-05-18T17:00:32Z")
You are following a program where the plots revolve around a large mystery or two, and the damn thing gets canceled before the big reveal. For me, it was _Nowhere Man_, which was on UPN for one season. The intro was “My name is Thomas Veil, or at least it was. I’m a photographer, I had it all: a wife, Alyson, friends, a career. And in one moment, it was all taken away, all because of a single photograph. I have it; they want it; and they will do anything to get the negative. I’m keeping this diary as proof that these events are real. I know they are… They… have to be.” Just as they were about to reveal what the big secret was, they canceled the show. So, which cancellation drove _you_ up the wall for this reason? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/2 "2010-05-18T17:11:29Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You are following a program where the plots revolve around a large mystery or two, and the damn thing gets canceled before the big reveal. For me, it was _Nowhere Man_, which was on UPN for one season. The intro was “My name is Thomas Veil, or at least it was. I’m a photographer, I had it all: a wife, Alyson, friends, a career. And in one moment, it was all taken away, all because of a single photograph. I have it; they want it; and they will do anything to get the negative. I’m keeping this diary as proof that these events are real. I know they are… They… have to be.” > Just as they were about to reveal what the big secret was, they canceled the show. > > So, which cancellation drove _you_ up the wall for this reason? I liked **Brimstone** , because to me it seemed clear the Satan was going to try to doublecross our protagonist, but it always seemed like our hero had something up his sleeve. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/3 "2010-05-18T17:20:41Z")
I think the worst one that I’ve personally experienced was the season finale of _John Doe_, which I’ll post in a spoiler since it was such a huge shock: The big bad guy turns around just as John Doe has failed to catch him… and is revealed to (apparently) be his best friend. Was it really Digger? We’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/4 "2010-05-18T17:20:54Z")
Pepper Mill disliked the cancellation of **Alien Nation** , which stopped right at a cliffhanger. Of course, there were plenty of fans, so they resolved the cliffhanger in a comic book and a series of TV movies. I didn’t care so much myself – I’d given up on the show much earlier, when I thought they’d squandered the premise. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/5 "2010-05-18T17:27:16Z")
[_Soap_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_%28TV_series%29#Final_episode). And don’t tell me about how Jessica appeared on _Benson_: that was just feel-good whitewash. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/6 "2010-05-18T17:29:53Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > [_Soap_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_%28TV_series%29#Final_episode). > > And don’t tell me about how Jessica appeared on _Benson_: that was just feel-good whitewash. How about she actually went to hell, where she ended up playing a GILF opposite Tony Danza? Cuz that sure isn’t “feel-good whitewash”. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/7 "2010-05-18T17:34:01Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > How about she actually went to hell, where she ended up playing a GILF opposite Tony Danza? Cuz that sure isn’t “feel-good whitewash”. > > -Joe That works, but still leaves the other plot threads unresolved. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/8 "2010-05-18T17:37:54Z")
We never did find out–at least not from watching the show–what the hell [Coronet Blue](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronet_Blue) was all about. _Deep down inside my brain I keep hearing that wild refrain…_ ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/9 "2010-05-18T17:39:26Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > I think the worst one that I’ve personally experienced was the season finale of _John Doe_, which I’ll post in a spoiler since it was such a huge shock: > > The big bad guy turns around just as John Doe has failed to catch him… and is revealed to (apparently) be his best friend. Was it really Digger? We’ll never know. [spoiler]The producers revealed in an interview that it wasn’t Digger. It was a baddie who got plastic surgery to look like Digger. They also revealed that the big secret was that John Doe had died and come back to life.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/10 "2010-05-18T17:39:49Z")
> [@](#): > > We never did find out–at least not from watching the show–what the hell Coronet Blue was all about. Yeah – I wondered about that one, too. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/11 "2010-05-18T17:48:34Z")
Did the short-lived _The New WKRP_ reveal anything about the cliffhanger deal struck at the end of the original _WKRP_ between Andy and Mrs. Carlson? ---
**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 18, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/12 "2010-05-18T17:51:43Z")
I made a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=518849&highlight=cliffhangers) similar to this last year, to complain about _My Name Is Earl_, which was canceled on a cliffhanger. The mystery left unrelsolved was Earl had DNA testing performed to discover the real identity of Dodge’s father. He discovered that he, in fact, was Dodge’s dad. He also discovered that Darnell may not be Earl, Jr’s father. We may never find out. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/13 "2010-05-18T17:54:40Z")
It was Nowhere Man for us too. Argh! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/14 "2010-05-18T17:55:15Z")
**Twin Peaks** never resolved what was going to happen to Agent Cooper now that Bob had taken him over. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/15 "2010-05-18T17:56:34Z")
MAINLAND GO Can someone pretty please tell my what was in the damn safe deposit box? ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/16 "2010-05-18T18:03:28Z")
Oh man - my faulty memory told me for years that _ **Nowhere Man** _ was a tidy story arc that happened to wrap up in one season and a quick check has reminded me that they never did tie it all up. DAMMIT. Also, I was always curious about the backstory of the character Book from _ **Firefly** _. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/17 "2010-05-18T18:06:39Z")
> [@Mooch](#): > > Also, I was always curious about the backstory of the character Book from _ **Firefly** _. [It’s coming](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_comics#The_Shepherd.27s_Tale). ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/18 "2010-05-18T18:18:51Z")
Recently, I thought The Sarah Connor Chronicles had one of the best cliffhangers I’d seen. Then, the show was cancelled and we’ll never know what happened. Basically, John Connor was sent to the future, skipping over the years where he becomes the leader of the resistance. It ended with John meeting his uncle in the future and his uncle has no idea who he is. How does John Connor get back to 2008? We’ll never know… ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/19 "2010-05-18T18:27:48Z")
Another shout out for **Nowhere Man.** Gah, that one really pissed me off. I still remember the name of that damn photo: _The Hidden Agenda._ Also, **Invasion.** It was a decent scifi drama, but the cliffhanger they left it on kinda torqued my panties: If I remember correctly, I think pregnant Larkin got shot, and the only way to save her life was to carry her into the water, where of course, she’d become a pod-person. Thereby undermining all the work her boyfriend Russell went into protecting her over the whole season. But what really chapped my ass recently was the cancellation of **Kings.** Awesome show, great drama, nice biblical paralells and symbolism, and Ian Fucking McShane. I’m still fumming. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905/20 "2010-05-18T20:45:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You are following a program where the plots revolve around a large mystery or two, and the damn thing gets canceled before the big reveal. For me, it was _Nowhere Man_, which was on UPN for one season. The intro was “My name is Thomas Veil, or at least it was. I’m a photographer, I had it all: a wife, Alyson, friends, a career. And in one moment, it was all taken away, all because of a single photograph. I have it; they want it; and they will do anything to get the negative. I’m keeping this diary as proof that these events are real. I know they are… They… have to be.” > Just as they were about to reveal what the big secret was, they canceled the show. > > So, which cancellation drove _you_ up the wall for this reason? I watched a few episodes of this on DVD but got bored with it. I take your point but was wondering if you knew the DVD set is out there. Since I didn’t finish it I don’t know if the big secret reveal is on the DVD’s or not. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905.md?page=2)