# Vanished in 5 minutes (expect spoilers)

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-in-5-minutes-expect-spoilers/388139
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 16, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-in-5-minutes-expect-spoilers/388139 "2007-01-16T00:50:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-in-5-minutes-expect-spoilers/388139/1 "2007-01-16T00:50:46Z")

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Not wanting to watch the last 3 episodes online, can anyone fill me in on what happens?

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### Author: ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-in-5-minutes-expect-spoilers/388139/2 "2007-01-16T00:52:23Z")

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[QUOTE=SaintCad]  
Not wanting to watch the last 3 episodes online, can anyone fill me in on what happens?  
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Derrrrrrr. . . of course I meant a synopsis of the the cancelled “Vanished” series.

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### Author: ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-in-5-minutes-expect-spoilers/388139/3 "2007-01-16T00:54:39Z")

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I knew once… but now it’s gone, totally gone, and I don’t know why. 😉

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### 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: [January 16, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-in-5-minutes-expect-spoilers/388139/4 "2007-01-16T02:30:46Z")

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Well, they manage to get the table restored before the owner gets back from vacation and when he offhandedly tosses his keys onto it without a second look and frowns at the scratch he just made, the main characters breathe a silent sigh of relief.  
Oh, sorry, that was _Varnished_.

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### Author: ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-in-5-minutes-expect-spoilers/388139/5 "2007-01-16T15:43:01Z")

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[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]  
Well, they manage to get the table restored before the owner gets back from vacation and when he offhandedly tosses his keys onto it without a second look and frowns at the scratch he just made, the main characters breathe a silent sigh of relief.  
Oh, sorry, that was _Varnished_.  
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OMG. lol, I about fell for that.

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### Author: ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-in-5-minutes-expect-spoilers/388139/6 "2007-01-16T17:10:47Z")

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spoilers to follow:

They wrapped it up the best way they could with a premature cancellation. Noting was really revealed about the nysterious masonic organisation and the senator’s wife left and went back to her boyfriend the fisherman. The End.