# unfinished tv shows

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054>\
**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:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/41 "2012-06-05T12:09:25Z")

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_Nowhere Man_  
_Wonderfalls_, though they were able to wrap up a little bit, it would have been cool to see where it was going.

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/42 "2012-06-05T13:51:55Z")

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_Dead Like Me_ - the movie they made after was a trainwreck  
\*Pirates of Darkwater \*- come on, I can’t be the only one  
_Angel_ - I think the show would have went a different direction than what Joss chose for the comic, but that’s just me  
_Firefly_ - of course, _Serenity_ was awesome, but this show had way more than 1 good season in it

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**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/43 "2012-06-05T14:03:20Z")

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> [@Cumberdale](#):
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> _Nowhere Man_  
> _Wonderfalls_, though they were able to wrap up a little bit, it would have been cool to see where it was going.

I thought the unaired episodes on the DVD collection did a great job of bringing the series to a satisfactory close.

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**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/44 "2012-06-05T15:26:08Z")

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Yes to pretty much everything upthread…

Lots of mine were low rated and it’s understandable that they were cancelled, but I want to know what happened in the new version of _V._ Diana had everyone in bliss mode except the resistance. I suppose humanity was just wiped out.

Another one was _Flash Forward._ Lots of potential squandered. They took way too long to start telling a good story and people gave up. It got good, and ended unresolved.

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**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/45 "2012-06-05T19:52:35Z")

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_V_ The original series.  
_Best Friends Forever_ just ended on a cliffhanger…

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**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/46 "2012-06-05T20:08:35Z")

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I wish Earth 2 lasted longer than 1 season. I liked it a lot.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/47 "2012-06-05T22:32:17Z")

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> [@elfkin477](#):
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> The one killed soon that bother me still are:  
> John Doe  
> Invasion  
> American Gothic  
> and most recently, The Secret Circle

Given what I later read were plans for John Doe if it had continued, I consider that one a mercy killing.

As for Secret Circle, at least there they tied up most of the stuff the first season had all been about. All the cliffhanger stuff was stuff they’d just established in the last episode. Trim a few minutes out and it could feel like a complete story in one season.

> [@elfkin477](#):
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> > [@RikWriter](#):
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> > The Finder pretty much ended on a huge downer of a cliffhanger.
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> That’s true. But I mostly worry about the gypsy girl’s fate.

I doubt it, but it would be nice if they had a pseudo-crossover with Bones to at least wrap up some of that stuff. Frankly, I would’ve rather they’d canned Bones and kept Finder. Even WITH Bones having quite the cliffhanger of its own.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/48 "2012-06-05T23:18:37Z")

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Brisco County Jr.

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**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-tv-shows/624054/49 "2012-06-05T23:53:22Z")

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> [@Khadaji](#):
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> Brisco County Jr.

Yes.

That show was fantastic and would have done so much better except it got put in the Friday death slot.

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