# unfinished tv shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054 "2012-06-04T17:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/1 "2012-06-04T17:18:55Z")
I have been watching a Korean drama called Pasta, there apparently was only one season. I find myself wanting to know what the people on the show are doing now like they were real people. Did Chef and Junior Chef ever move beyond very chaste kissing? Did the chairman ever get his comeuppance, did CEO San and Chef Oh start dating? Did the Unni chefs and the italian chefs get along, did the Korean chefs learn anything in Italy and what happened when they came back… are they now italian chefs too? Did the youngest ever move up? I know these are characters but i want to know more! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/2 "2012-06-04T17:23:55Z")
Yes. Yes. No. No. Yes(but it doesn’t matter because they died when their plane crashed.) No(see previous response). No. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/3 "2012-06-04T17:33:13Z")
I used to hate it when good shows were cancelled after one or two seasons with lots of loose ends still floating around (e.g., “Gilligan’s Island,” “F Troop,” “ST: TOS,” the first run of “Due South”). Now I’ve come to realize that far too many shows were/have been allowed to continue well past their prime (e.g., “Bewitched,” “Mission: Impossible,” “CSI,” the second run of “Due South”). When they died, it was almost a relief. The best shows are those who had successful runs and exited gracefully, leaving us hungry for more (e.g., “Dick Van Dyke,” “MTM,” “ST: VOYAGER,” “The Sopranos”). ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/4 "2012-06-04T17:36:18Z")
I am still furious that \*Popular \*was cancelled, esp. when it was leaked that in the next season, Mary Cherry’s father was revealed to be Ru Paul (her mother, of course, was Cherry Cherry, played with great panache by Delta Burke). ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/5 "2012-06-04T17:38:53Z")
Pushing Daisies was one I was surprised to see go so soon. It was just the right mix of fairy tale and detective comedy. The knitted pistol-cozies were awesome! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/6 "2012-06-04T17:48:08Z")
Undergrads, Clone High, and Mission Hill were three fantastic cartoons that each only had one season. They were intelligently written, and had just the right amount of silly and slapstick humor as well. One of my favorite jokes from Clone High, though it falls more into the “silly” category: [“What you said was ‘I’ll get the _beards._’”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rda6KEiCQc) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/7 "2012-06-04T18:11:28Z")
There was supposed to be one more season to Soap, the old TV show. But it got cancelled after 4 seasons, leaving us dangling on a number of fronts. I want to know what happened to Chester, who was preparing to kill Danny and Annie after catching them in bed; Burt who was preparing to walk into an ambush orchestrated by his political enemies; and Jessica who was about to be executed by a firing squad. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/8 "2012-06-04T18:14:57Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Undergrads, Clone High, and Mission Hill were three fantastic cartoons that each only had one season. They were intelligently written, and had just the right amount of silly and slapstick humor as well. > > One of my favorite jokes from Clone High, though it falls more into the “silly” category: > > [“What you said was ‘I’ll get the _beards._’”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rda6KEiCQc) But _Clone High_ ended on a cliffhanger. They needed to bring that show back for a second season. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/9 "2012-06-04T18:21:21Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Yes. Yes. No. No. Yes(but it doesn’t matter because they died when their plane crashed.) No(see previous response). No. So is there another season or are you making this up? If you are gettng my hopes up with a woosh, I am going to be sooo disappointed. I don’t know why I get so invested in some characters on a show that I have to have subtitles to understand what is going on (and even then I am not sure on some things) and not on others. Glee for instance had me hooked the first season or so that I had to see what happened next. Now not so much. Other shows I watched a couple of episodes, Breaking Bad and Burn Notice for instance, I want to like but the characters don’t stay on my mind. NCIS and Criminal Minds on the other hand do. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/10 "2012-06-04T18:30:26Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > There was supposed to be one more season to Soap, the old TV show. But it got cancelled after 4 seasons, leaving us dangling on a number of fronts. > > I want to know what happened to Chester, who was preparing to kill Danny and Annie after catching them in bed; Burt who was preparing to walk into an ambush orchestrated by his political enemies; and Jessica who was about to be executed by a firing squad. > > :mad: Jessica subsequently showed up on _Benson_ as a “ghost”, except she wasn’t dead. She told Benson she was in a coma in South America. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/11 "2012-06-04T18:33:23Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > Pushing Daisies was one I was surprised to see go so soon. That was the first thing I thought of as well. Both Pushing Daises and Arrested Development very clearly tried to wrap things up as fast as they could when they got the axe. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/12 "2012-06-04T18:35:43Z")
_Terriers_, Goddammit! ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/13 "2012-06-04T18:43:01Z")
**Freaks and Geeks** and **My So-Called Life** are the two that I always think of with regret over their sudden departures with so much left unresolved. In anime, **Haruhi Suzumiya** and **Rozen Maiden** both left me hungry for the rest of the story. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/14 "2012-06-04T18:44:02Z")
The one killed soon that bother me still are: John Doe Invasion American Gothic and most recently, The Secret Circle And as for not single season shows, Instant Star. Rumor has it that Jude was supposed to get back with Tommy post-tour in the unexpectedly scrapped 5th season, rather than just blithely abandon him for a world tour. sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/15 "2012-06-04T19:24:59Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > The one killed soon that bother me still are: > John Doe > Invasion > American Gothic > and most recently, The Secret Circle > > And as for not single season shows, Instant Star. Rumor has it that Jude was supposed to get back with Tommy post-tour in the unexpectedly scrapped 5th season, rather than just blithely abandon him for a world tour. sigh. I thought I was the only one following Invasion. I liked it from the beginning but it was really starting to hit its stride by the end of the season. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/16 "2012-06-04T19:33:41Z")
The Unusuals. It lasted only one season. I just started watching about halfway in. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/17 "2012-06-04T19:45:24Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Jessica subsequently showed up on _Benson_ as a “ghost”, except she wasn’t dead. She told Benson she was in a coma in South America. Which makes me wonder even more about what happened to Jessica. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/18 "2012-06-04T20:03:30Z")
It will always be **The Job** for me. Although based on what happened with **Rescue Me** it may have collapsed under its own pathos had it continued. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/19 "2012-06-04T20:06:20Z")
\*Deadwood \*needed one more season of awesomeness. But _John From Cincinnati_ was apparently more important. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/20 "2012-06-04T20:13:35Z")
Maybe you’ve heard of a show? Called Firefly? So yeah. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054.md?page=2)