Top 10 TV Cliffhangers That Remain Unresolved
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The final episode of "Lost" wasn't a cliffhanger. And the former passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 were not in any kind of purgatory. Everything that happened on the island happened in real life -- some of them escaped, some were killed, Jack sacrificed himself, Hugo and Ben stayed behind to protect The Island -- and all of them were reunited in an afterlife. It might have been an unsatisfying ending to the series, but it was not a cliffhanger by any stretch.
+InformantNet I was not a cliffhanger and it was very satisfying.
InformantNet I agree
InformantNet
Nicely summed up. People just don't seem to understand some endings or maybe don't pay attention to enough details to get the full picture
InformantNet YOU ARE SOOO WRONG
actually in the avatar books it explains what happened to prince zuko's mom... she was sent away and brain washed to have her memory wiped... aang, katara, zuko went in search of her after aang defeated the phenix king and zuko became the new fire lord , zukos sister azula knew where she was and they made azalea take them to her and then once she seen zuko she got her memory back
+Jason Zink Actually it was more like she was exiled and returned to her home village, and voluntarily had her face changed and her memories erased by a spirit so that she could start over. She asked the same spirit to return her face and memories after Zuko and the Gaang tracked her down.
i knew it was something like that... i read the book online months ago and forgot most of it
Why didn't they explain it in the show then?
because the book that explained everything about what happened didn't come out until after the tv series got cancled
+jason I didn't know it got canceled! Wth I thought that's how they wanted to end the series... Besides that unsolved question I thought the series ended on a high note.
It wasn't purgatory!!!! Damon Lindelof has made this abundantly clear in multiple interviews. They all lived out their lives, died whenever their time came, and then met in the church after passing. It was a place they had made to reunite because of the bond they formed on the island. We watched Jack die. Hurley could have died hundreds of years later after taking over on the island
the purgatory was the side side universe/reality in the last season, that's what people didn't like.
Darryl Ruiz
the scene in the church, that universe they were all in, *that* was the purgatory, not their story in the island but their side story, we thought it was going to be somehow connected to their main story but it wasn't, it was just not needed as they went towards a completely different direction than the show had been doing for the previous seasons. That's why people were pissed. I myself did not find it that bad, but it certainly made a great show, one that I thought would have been an all time favorite for me, lose a lot in the end and now it's just a meh show...
+imnodog I really liked the start and middle of the show, but after the 8 escaped they should have stopped imo, because it very quickly went down hill after that imo.
The show was always a bit mysterious and weird, but I liked that a lot of it turned out to be humans doing it, with crazy experiments etc. Then the island started time travelling and Jack was forced to go back to the island because of fate etc, the whole show just went meh. As if they needed to keep getting crazier and they hadn't planned for it. I know everyone doesn't share that opinion, thats just mine haha.
8....
Then another question is unanswered, when they had blew up the swan station, there was a creation of another timeline when the island was under the water and they never were on the island, when you say it was the afterlife, then the blowing up didnt work?
I can't believe dark angel wasn't mentioned. a show that ends with a secret cult, unfinished prophecy and all the good guys surrounded in a seige it's has to be a contender
Read "after the dark" it resolves almost everything
Also "before the dawn" both by max allan collins. Before the dawn is a prequel to the show and you find out a lot about how Max meets everyone in the show (except logan) and how logan finds out about mantacorps
A) lost wasn't cancelled
B) lost wasn't left on a cliffhanger
Never really seen Lost, so l wouldn't know if it was a cancelled or not.
nota pom Yeah. It had an ending. That was the written ending. It just gave us more questions then answers.
Lost didn't end on a cliffhanger., it was just badly written...
It didn’t have a cliffhanger so much as an ending/finale with MULTIPLE secrets/plots/lore etc that were left unanswered or at the least extremely VAGUE.
Many say lost wasn’t clear or it never answered the final plot or overall big Qn which was - What is going on are they dead or alive? Is it a dream? was it real?
Which was answered BUT was open to interpretation, & in interviews the creators and many writers said it was created to be as detailed as possible & wanted to incorporate as many FAN THEORIES as possible within the ‘ending/explanation’ either via eater eggs, mention in convos, scaled down to actually be part of the ‘answers’ etc
But at same time they wanted to keep it as ambiguous as possible! Like many ppl say yeah we got it & turns out they DID get what the creators etc had decided as the main/canon explanation, many say they got the jist of it but were still a bit :-/ & those who are plain confused - of course there’s the haters! But I think Lost didn’t end how I WANTED it to end, plus my interpretation may not exactly be correct but given my already big disappointment with it, it was the best I could explain to keep me satisfied...
I mean I understood it as **Spoilers**for those rare people/weirdos (Millenials) who haven’t watched it yet!!!**Spoilers**
I got that the island was real, they crashed, those in the group did all survive that crash, there were others on the island, as there has been over the many years, from accidents 100s of years prior, to those who seek it out & those who are based there to experiment with the unusual properties of the island - which it turns out was a sort of ‘plug’ in earth - the birthplace of Good&Evil - represented by two “entities” - Jacob and the ‘Smoke Monster’ - who fall out and Jacob must stop it escaping and upsetting the balance
Making Jacob a ‘god’ like figure protecting the light (ironically played by the future Lucifer himself! .. knew there was something About that guy!) & the smoke monster- wel yeah the devil I guess but not just in Judaic terms - they represent the good/evil of all ages and beliefs and societies - it’s where it all comes from - that sort of interdimensional island connecting two dimensions - ours and the one where good& evil come from - making the island a sort of plug!
Now both entities can’t kill each other, doing so unleashes the victor across the world - upsetting the balance & causing catastrophe never seen before - that counts for both good & evil as one needs the other to keep balanced!
The Jacob who is the protector has many powers, he can keep his followers (others) alive for decades plus - he himself is ageless but has sensed the times are changing and he must find a replacement - hence the crash.. Yada yada yada - ends up with the smoke monster inhabiting Locke and Light/former Jacob taking over Jack (surprise surprise) coming toe to toe for the final showdown -
the whole series shows you flashbacks to each characters past yet final season shows a very different flash ? Forward-back? Or even alternative dimension - each flash shows what would have happened to each character had they not got onto the plane/ each character slowly begins to remember things following a NEAR-DEATH experience in this alternate-parallel universe-flash something place & their ‘memories’ of the island comes back to them as they all gather waiting for Jack!
Many believed the island was hell/purgatory but in every single scene on the island or flash backs or escaping home etc was in fact utterly real in every way! Wow they didn’t go to the big red button push, or the not what it sppears to be tactics - oh not to mention the old ‘dream sequence’ ending 🤢🤮
So jack is fighting Locke - his long term opponent/rival (yes more so than sawyer as many wanted him as the opposite but to those I say u don’t have a clue regarding character growth or interpretation)
Ultimately defeating him but costing him his life - poor guy just receives immortality to a point & god like powers to be killed within the day!
Hurley is there with Ben ( evil genius ‘sidekick’ to the protector of the island) as jack passes and the responsibility is passed to Hurley- a kind, compassionate, loving and fair individual which is what the island needs now the danger has passed and the protectors before him - Jacob the recruiter & wise - Jack the leader & warrior, peace time requires peaceful guardian
Anyway flash again
Jack has ‘remembered’ his life, yes LIFE! They may all ominously be sat in a church right now but still they were alive the whole time I promise!
Everyone greets him, Hurley too as it is explained this isn’t REAL - this IS purgatory ! Everything before was correct and real and those who died on the island, especially the good hearted ones and those who perished protecting someone or the island itself!
Hurley mentions and hints he served as the islands protector for potentially HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of years ! Now it’s time to rest, the door opens with a shining light blinding them almost - beckoning them to come through it finally - then as I’m sure you can all guess right now - WHEN all of a sudden out steps John Locke screaming “SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!!!!” As he unleashes the smoke monster & sends them all to hell !
So yeah - I think it’s open to interpretation yet has enough to garner a full closure depends on the people and I think it’s a clever way of doing it
Yes it did end on a cliffhanger because of ALL THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
My Name Is Earl is the only show I've had with an unresolved cliffhanger. Was such a great show. Sucks it got cancelled.
Ikr da fuck
I blame alvin simon amd theodore
My Name Is Earl is such an underrated show
I think the cliff hanger was resolved in raisin hope a lot of characters from my name is earl crossed over
The first episode of rising hope hints that earl finished the list it does not tell you what happen. The actors from earl do show up in rising hope as other characters.
I think the biggest cliff hanger in the entire world was that show Terra Nova! they only had the one season and at the end they showed some crazy viking ship thing with no explanation of why or how it got there in the dinosaur times
Yeah l agree,just started to get really interesting then,nothing.
Omg I forgot about that show was so good
What about Zoo?
We never got to know Shepherd Book's backstory in Firefly (although the main storyline was concluded well with Serenity).
I just want to point out something wrong with what they say about Lost's ending here. The reason many people were annoyed about the "purgatory" reveal was because they thought it implied that the entire series of events on the island never really happened. However, as mentioned here, it was only SOME of season 6 that took place in the dream dimension (Or whatever you want to call it).
There were many unexplained mysteries throughout the series, but certain people not loving the afterlife reveal has nothing to do with the ending being unresolved. Jack and his friends in the church were able to let go of their issues and ascended to a new level of existence, the story did have a conclusion, just not the one many expected.
The f*ck to heaven.
What was the business with the Island?
***** The island was the force that held together the balance of Light and Dark, or Good and Evil, and needs someone to watch over it, Jacob needed to find someone else to take his place when he was gone, Jack volunteered but ended up dying after the fight with the Man In Black, so he chose Hurley to take his place, and at some point Hurley will do the same. There is a lot more to it than that, but that's the short version.
CosmicUndeadElf
According to...?
As faras I see the Island had some natural energy-source what was zealously guarded by some bronze-age cult, like some radioactive valley in africa.
It has nothing to do with good or evil, there is nothing to be guarded. It was JUST A FREAKIN' ISLAND.
***** Then you didn't pay attention to the plot. Look it up on Lostpedia if you don't believe me.
CosmicUndeadElf
I don't care for a wikia. Tell me wadya want here.
I say YOU didn't pay attention to the show, and you should actually watch it, not just read about it by some unknown source.
Sopranos isnt a cliffhanger really, they tell you that when you die, you don't hear music or lights its just darkness and thats how it ended. Tony is shot dead in the diner.
You sir... just helped enlighten people. - Internet is yours.
I'm just saying, I agree with you. More so, because a cliffhanger ending like that being a cop out as much as it is, would mean that any extended content toward an ending would likely use a similar tone, so YES... highly likely he's dead... but it might have pissed off fans even more to make his death uneventful.
Daren Aftsman
I think there were interviews done prior to the ending with the show creator where he said he knows people expect the show to end with Tony'sdeath and he didn't want to feed in to the expectation that Tony would be brutally killed on the show like other characters were. It was his way of saying F you for whatever reason.
+anjun The bullet is shot so close that it hits Tony before his brain can process the "bang" sound, that's why Tony it's suddenly send to oblivion.
U think?
They were not dead the whole time!!!!
No, they weren't. But the last season where they're in the alternate reality as if the plane had never crashed takes place after their deaths. Jack's father explains that.
true but they were juggling 3 timelines in essence. The real world is EVERYTHING on the island, then anything with them in LA in regular/different lives is there purgatory where everything in essence is perfect or how they wish their lives would have been or turned out in their original lives. Then the church is kind of limbo where everyone knows what has happened and they are all reuniting before they pass on into the next world or whatever you believe would happen after death.
She didn't say that
Berhoh let's highlight that the flashes where Ben follows them around is purgatory while scenes from the island are when they are alive. I think the whole thing is about the expectations in life, no one really knows why some things happens, stuff happens whit no real reason behind them.
No, that is what they make believe us but there are clues that suggest that it is not a reality of what would have happened if the plane had not crashed. Jack and Juliet have a teenage son and they divorce long before the Oceanic flight, Sawyer and Miles are policemen, Daniel is named Widmore, ... Desmond is the way and Juliet is a key character to understand the end (his death and the scene of the vending machine). Christian is a resource to explain to the viewer.
The only thing frustrating about the ending of Lost are people that didn't get the ending. They explained the big picture. There were a couple of minor threads that they never circled back to, but the main storyline was explained perfectly. We know who Jacob was, why he was there, what the smoke monster was, why the plane crashed to begin with , what the purpose of the island was, etc.
What about DARK ANGEL...they definitely left that on a cliffhanger! A very underrated series
Read max allan collins "skin game" and after the dark that finish the series and if you want a little more backstory read his before the dawn
Yes lost was confusing but its still one of the greatest shows in my opinion
The best TV show ever, for me at least.
yo unblock me on twit
The ending ruined it for me.
Stefan Petrovic Twin Peaks tho
Archn Scythe no it was perfect
Flash Forward, Carnivale and Alphas - amazing shows, stupid cliffhangers :(
Agreed with Alphas.
That was a horrible cliffhanger to get canceled on.
I'll miss my name is Earl ;-;
me too time to listen to cyndi lauper's time after time again
same, I just finished watching it yesterday
The ending of my name is earl, as stated by Greg Garcia is that earl was going to get stuck on a difficult list item then quit. A few months would pass ,until one day he ran into somebody that also had a list and he was on it. He realizes that his list has given other people the same idea. He then realizes he made the world a better place, and puts his list away for good, before walking into the sunset.
Syn Gates but who's earl junior's papa?
Jason Lee (Earl) answered that question on reddit's Iama, but I dont remember very well. I think it was one night stand of Joy at a concert.
wow I thought Tera Nova would have been at least an honorable mention
The secret circle ended so horribly too
what about Flash Forward
Especially since about Flash Forward they knew it'll be cancelled at the end of the season, yet they still wrote a cliffnganger.
FlashForward...I loved and hated this show. By the time they actually kicked off the story, they lost too many viewers. Great idea that was poorly executed.
I loved that show! A part of me still holds out hope that there will be a remake.
I was so pissed off about that. In fact I'm still mad at ABC for canceling Flash Forward and Selfie.
What about that fucking kangaroo?!?
*SPOILER ALERT FOR HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER BELOW*
The 'How I Met Your Mother' one drove me nuts..... They spent 9 or so seasons building up to Ted meeting the Mother of his children, and come on the show is called 'How I Met Your Mother' and they spend 3 episodes building up to Robin and Barney's wedding; and Ted finally meets the Mother of his children. Whoopee, right? Everything turns out good tHEN THEY KILL THE MOM OFF IN HALF AN EPISODE AND TED ENDS UP WITH ROBIN BECAUSE ROBIN AND BARNEY GOT DIVORCED.... I apologize for the yelling. I just have a lot of feelings about this show.
I stopped watching it after 3 seasons because I knew they would f**k it up.
worst ending ever!!!! OMG, Barney and Robin were ment to be!! They were perfect for each other and they fckd it up so bad! I loved the show and I ended up hating it! The Barney proposal, was just amazing! and it rly sucks they went on and just fckd it all up..
TieDye Ry Worst. TV. show. made.
Someone reply and tell me what was so fucking confusing at the lost ending? I'm 14 and I managed to understand it? Jack died preventing the island from sinking, the flash sideways in the 6th season was just a purgatory state and the characters lived their lives until they died and went into the afterlife together... What's so confusing about that? Sure there was a couple of unanswered questions but far from confusing
You are dumb aren't you.. cliffhangers means unanswered questions.. not confusing..
I'm not talking about unanswered question its just that every person who watches lost complain the ending was confusing when it wasn't...
Mitchell Pearce Well, no one is talking about "confusing" here, so why are you bringing it up? This is about unanswered questions.
Well, that's not true. The cast has said multiple times that's not what happened while not stating what the real answer is. Is that the most common explanation? Yes, but a show that was meant to confuse you to no end wouldn't have such a simple conclusion.
LOST's ending wasn't confusing. It was MEDIOCRE!
If the good people at WatchMojo cared enough to look facts up, not only would you, but we would also all know that we do find out about Zuko's mother in the Avatar comic book serious.
The majority of Avatar the Last Air Bender, is fully resolved through said comics, before the beginning of Avatar the Legend of Korra
SwHealy123 And the comics are an official extension of the series, so they totally should count.
Transmedia storytelling should not be ignored.
"Top 10 TV Cliffhangers" not comic book if the anime ended like that then that is a cliffhanger weather it was explained in another for of media or not
zagonormus They had said they included it if it was explained later by the creators later which it was, via the comic books. They could have at least mentioned that it was answered. Also, it's not an anime.
gaaraxnaru Saying avatar is not an anime because it was made in Murica is like saying How to train your dragon is not an animated movie because it wasnt made by Disney, or Shaun of the Dead is not a movie because it was not made in Murica. pretty retarded isnt it??? avatar is an anime and it is better than any anime japan has ever released (yes, better than Cowboy beebop, Death Note or any japanese anime)
Giving out an answer to a show through a completely different kind of media doesn't sit well. At least with me.
I'd rather them animate the comics and make them into Specials or something.
Dude, how is Alf not on this list??
And Don't forget Ed Edd n Eddy.
Yes, what happened to Alf?
Alf definitely needs to be on this list... also ghost whisperer
@@brendenesguerra8488 have you seen the Big Picture Show? That was the ending
@@ChiefBlue4298 What about the episode "Take This Ed and Shove It" the episode where the Eds and the Cul-de-sac Kids became old, and it ended with Eddy and the other characters still being old, and Eddy can never be a kid again, that was the cliffhanger, and it still hasn't been resolved and that was a real Ed Edd n Eddy episode, I'm not making this up, it was a real episode, I saw with my own two eyes clearly as a kid and that was the cliffhanger, like I said, I'm not making it up.
Justified did a GREAT job of wrapping everything up. THAT is how you end a series.
Terra Nova should have been on this list, or at least an honorable mention.
mhnrzhiro 'll,
+temptresskitty To be fair, look at the post date.
+temptresskitty I waited and waited for season 2 then just to find out it ended, i havnt been crushed like that since lost ended
Right there with you. Lost kind of gave a empty, rushed ending to an emotional journey. I really wish they would have concluded Terra Nova.
Haven't watched the video yet, My Name is Earl better be here :/
Honorable Mention :/ good enough
Not good enough :"""(
Henry Blackburn :(
that ending pissed me off so bad lol!
corey jenkins Yeah. It even ended with "To be Continued" :/
Your description of the last season of lost makes it sound like you didn't watch a second of the show.
Can't believe Carnivale didn't even get an honorable mention
A. Avatar: the Last Airbender isn't an Anime.
B. You know what happens to her mother if you read the visual novels.
C. I think what happened to Jet is a much more potent and unresolved cliffhanger.
jet died. it was just made unclear because it was on nickelodeon. where they don't like to have children being killed.
Jet died. The End
at the beginning they said shows who had cliffhangers resolved after they ended get put on the list.
actually with the "avatar extras" where it mostly just has pointing out the obvious, saying things we already know, and useless things, it actually does say that jet is dead...
XxVash13xX They intentionally left it in answered so as to resolve it through the comics. They only intended to make three seasons of the show so it gives them a platform to leap off of. But that raises the question: if they show purposefully ended that way (unlike Twin Peaks) for a specific reason should it be in this list. For instance, Angel ends the way it does to imply that they'll keep on fighting to the end so there is no closure just another enemy and the Sopranos ends the way it does to give an artistic depiction of Tony's death (that's what's heavily implied) but leaving the door open to any possible reboot. Anyways I'm just happy that Nickelodeon signed a contract for 4 seasons is Legend of Korea other wise they probably would have cancelled it due to poor ratings last season giving an even worse set of cliff hangers than most of these shows.
Few shows w. cliffhangers left unmentioned:
Teen Titans
Young Justice
Star Wars The Clone Wars
Ed, Edd, n Eddy
Sym-Bionic Titan
Sonic SATAM
Kyle XY
Invader Zim
Thundercats
Ed edd n eddy did get resolved in the movie
Teen Titans ended fine
Ah shit, Young Justice is a good Call. Smalville also... WHY WE NEVER SEE DARKSEID IN ACTION?!?!?! D:
Teen Titans ended good, The whole Terra thing was kind like when new earth stuff happens in comics.
Young Justice, we got screwed. Vandal Savage and Darkseid shaking hands and thats it.
IGGINS!
WatchMojo, please start doing your research and stop saying the final season of LOST was a kind of purgatory. This has been addressed for years. No, it wasn't that at all.
The "Flash Sideways" were a kind of "Purgatory" which all took place in the final season.
But yeah, everything that happened on the island was supposed to be real.
The final season flash sideways was purgatory
Dexter. How can you forget the horror that was the Dexter finale?
ughhhh I totally hated the ending of Dexter
David Smith Yep. It was ridiculous. I'm not sure how the writers or anyone thought this was the best way. It was a total cop out too, all the other police and such didn't find out so there are no on screen reactions. Deb dies off screen!!!! Fail. I think the other members of their precinct should have been investigating LaGuerta's murder and led it back to Deb. Then Dexter should have turned himself over to the police and took the blame. He should have died or gone to jail saving Deb. Deb should have gotten Dexter.
I think he should die. Dexter was the catalyst for his Dad dying when he was repulsed by Dexter killing someone. He was the reason Deb was taken by the Ice Truck killer. Dexter was the reason Rita's kids were taken by crazy hoe. Crazy hoe also killed Doakes. It was Dexter that got Rita killed by what he was doing with Trinity, but he didn't stop. He was the reason Harrison was put in in danger and taken by crazy religious man. That still didn't stop him. He put Deb in a position where she had to kill someone. Still he didn't stop. As amusing as this character is to an audience in the end... he's a serial killer. He had shown he was capable of love which means he couldn't use the I have no emotions sociopath excuse anymore. It was no longer impulse, it was a choice.The only small bit of redemption he could have gotten was if he took responsibility for his actions. Instead he runs off and becomes a lumber jack. WTF people?
I've read several comments where people say Deb should be punished too in some way for her role. Deb has been flogging herself ever since. I don't think more is necessary.. She acted in love, not ho hum I need to kill people. Now, should she keep her job, no. Like she says, "I am the worst detective in the world"
That finale was bullshit!!!
Ugh... i almost forgot how horrible that was
I think the finale was more of an end of a chapter in Dexter's life. also the time of his life the show was geared around had to do with the relationship of him and his sister, kind of a ying/yang type of situation. after she died and he left Miami it ended that chapter of his life. I always felt like he would never die because the was too much money to be made off the charater though books.
The Avatar comics actually did resolve the Zuko mother cliffhanger!
Also, the Heroes cliffhanger was resolved the next season....How did you miss an entire season of Heroes??
what was with Zuko's mother then?
***** Turns out she ran away to a remote village and asked a spirit to change her face, but in doing so she lost her memories until Zuko finally found her.
Big Deano If I remember, Heroes ended with Claire joining the Carnival Freaks. So, not everything has been resolved.
Rawk4Life
Heores ended with the Cheerleader breaking neck in front of camera.
Rawk4Life she didnt join them, she helped defeat them (or their leader actually since he was the true villain) but it was left unresolved because she jumped off the building and revealed to the world about their powers (of which is said To Be Continued....) and I guess we will finally find out what happens with Heroes Reborn later this year
I actually really enjoyed the lost finale a lot. Being a huge fan myself, it was definitely a cliff hanger, but very well done.
Finally! Someone who agrees with me.
How did Reboot not make this list? The show got cancelled at the moment that the series' main villain takes over everything, all the heroes are split up and trapped, and for the first time ever, he straight up threatens to hunt them down and kill them. To this day it's a cliffhanger that still keeps me up at night.
the 4400, the event
Good ones!
I saw that this year the CW supposed to be remaking The 4400. I just hope they do a decent job. I have even seen a few although I do grant you they are only a few that have actually exceeded the original obviously The classic example as the outer limits. Although it must be admitted that it is generally just a fluke but the outerlimits shows that it is possible.
The one that infuriated me the most was Mork & Mindy. Because the way they ended it Make me go "What? This is a very silly show with a ending that couldn't be darker. They ended with Mark and Mindy hanging or at least their clothes hanging from Poles leaving us to assume that they've been ate by cannibals.
You can add Heroes Reborn to this list now also
+Erik S Haven't seen Reborn yet. Worth it, or skip it?
I would watch a few of them. And see how you feel.
+CuriousJ84 worth it definitely but as stated the end is a huge fucking cliffhanger
was it canceled? if not then then is not a cliffhanger becausr we will get more seasons
It was canceled. Due to lack of viewers and the story was crap
Heroes didn't end there as shown in the video, pretty sure it ended with the episode named "A brave new world" where the character who performed as the cheerleader climb a vertical leader and falls from the top as being filmed by national TV gets up and heals in front of the camera. But yeah, that was a cliff hanger indeed.
I was thinking that as well ... still a bad end though
wow, hope so! I hardy ever fallow a series because all the ones i dedicated time to fallow, except Buffy the vampire slayer, had leave me cliffhanging...
actually its going to be called Heroes Reborn
Still a pretty fucked up way to end the show, they fought 4 seasons not to get discovered and then they get discovered and the show ends, so fucking annoying.
Matt Josh The whole point was the media is everywhere now, as opposed to the days 'The Company' was founded. The truth was going to come out. PERIOD. Rather it coming out in a negative way that there are people among us with powers (ie... killing off hundreds of people in Central Park). Clare found a much more peaceful yet shocking (to normal people) way to come out. The point was about taking control of your destiny.
Las Vegas - Ended with "To be continued" :-(
SOAP!
How DARE YOU not mention the most EDGY network comedy of the 70's that never NEVER EVER got the respect it deserved because the Emmys were constantly kissing Alan Alda's ass (AND his ego) with accolades excessive & dumbed down!
Also why show Mork & Mindy if you don't mention it???
Though Angel's finale wasn't exactly satisfying, it was fitting. Their fight will never have a complete wrap up, and it never truly ends, which is what the show is really all about.
How is Pokemon even on the honorable mention list? It hasn't ended on a cliffhanger. The series is still on to this day.
Its because of the "GS" Pokeball, they had to deliver it to an old man, but they never explained what the GS Pokeball really is or for what purpose it was invented...
Linklex7 The "GS" Pokeball was what people would call in the movie business a "MacGuffin". The ball was nothing more than an indirect reference to the new Pokemon Gold & Silver games that came out the year the anime was originally released in Japan.
They didn't mean the anime itself they meant the GS ball which never had an explanation, though I think it was suppose to have something to do with Celibi but you know never stated in the show
The creator said that the GS was originally meant to start a new story arc with Celebi being a part of the show. But then during the season they decided on the film with Celebi instead of episodes dedicated to him and then scrapped the idea. It was one of the most depressing moments in an anime to me.
Terra Nova, that was a great show. Got cancelled after one season and we were left with quite the cliffhanger. Truly unfortunate that it got cancelled, had amazing ratings but not as high as they wanted and cost to much money to make.
Lost is an amazing show
Mike Shilovski True that!
Season Six of Quantum Leap was supposed to begin with Al following Sam through time to get his best friend back. There were even talks of a full length feature in which the Big Three-- Don Bellisario, Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell-- were more than eager to take part. With the massive following the series still has to this day, I personally blame NBC and Universal for dropping the ball on this one. Thank GTFW for Fan Fiction!!
+Lesley Wentzell - Definitely a show cancelled too soon. QL will always be a favorite of mine.
Love it, but it shouldn't have been on this list. You can't get much more definitive than saying he could have come home any time but didn't. He devoted his life to helping others. Perhaps that's a downer relative to the initial goals of the series ("Get him home!"), but - like How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, Reaper, and other great shows - the initial audience impulse elicited isn't the journey that the show wanted the audience to keep. It's at least bittersweet, not outright negative... and not a cliffhanger.
Lesley RedRhody i actually heard even though season 5 did well and the ratings were high enough quantum leap was cancelled because nbc cancelled the show at the last minute so bellisario had to hurry up and change the ending he had sam not leap home at the end of the series for revenge to stick it to nbc for cancelling the show but what happened was his plan backfired and donald p bellisario ended up pissing off a lot of fans who were upset sam didn't leap home and the show ending on a cliffhanger i also heard in a 30th anniversery video for quantum leap that before season 5 nbc made bellisario a deal if he started season five with a two parter then they guaranteed him they would renew the show for a season six donald p bellisario kept his end of the deal with lee harvey oswald two parter at the beginning of season 5 then at the end of the fifth season nbc didn't keep up their end of the deal and cancelled the show at the last minute they were in the middle of making the episode mirror image august 8 1953 the episode was halfway completed when everyone got the news so don bellisario had to hurry up and change the ending which is why we got the bs ending of sam leaping himself and sam's leaps not being controlled by god time or fate but sam himself was controlling him own leaps but didn't khow it because they were controlled by his subconscious.
Lost was confusing? I understood everything that was going on, and I loved every second of it. Don't blame a show when you admit to not understand anything about it.
The L Word. We STILL don't know who killed Jenny.
Indeed :O
Sometimes everyone dies Kappa
Spoilers
EXACTLY
aww is it not on here? thats what I came looking for
Since you asked: Flashforward, Forever, Human Target, Revolution, Stalker, Intruders, Agent Carter, Alphas, Covert Affairs, Sanctuary, Humans, The Strain and the list goes on.
How is Soap not on this list?
Oh, yeah, it was made before 1980.
Gregory Marshall good one I forgot about
There is nothing mysterious about the "The Sopranos" ending. Tony's brains get blown out by a bullet and death is the blackness we all see at the ending.
TheShutteredRoom Mindblowing
TheShutteredRoom wow that's some harsh and dark symbolism... and that ending makes me sad as well
TheShutteredRoom "Is Tony dead?" is pretty much the least interesting question to ask after the final scene anyway
Jumbo Jango "is the _awesome mob boss family man_ just *dead* after all the interesting experiences him, his family and people around him got throught?" the least interesting question you say °-°? _lol_ like what kind of logic is that? i just don't get it XD
+TheShutteredRoom Wrong, it's only hinted. The New York families are shown to be with Tony due to the sit down in the final season, with the go ahead on Phil. Anyone, even remotely connected wouldn't dream about whacking a boss as a lone gunman, kind've like Tony Blundetto did but he went after Phil when he was a Capo, and his brother. It's wasn't an automatic "tortured-to-the-end" fate but Tony thought it was quite possible so he said he wanted it to be quick which NY denied. And, this was for a failed attempt on a capo and a kill on his unmade brother. An unauthorized boss hit on the other hand would be guaranteed, especially around his civilian family. Another point to make is that it's not good usually to do the "bad guy wins" ending so leaving it at a cliffhanger is a way out. The last and most major point if it was a hit, is that it's Carmella's//AJ's Point-of-View that goes black. So if anyone was shot, it was one of them.
Lost is a very divisive show. Everybody watched it for their own reasons and thus related to different aspects of the show. Personally, I watched for the emotional journeys each character took and I found the end to be very satisfying for me as a viewer. However, this is a very complex, layered, intricate show with so much to offer a wide range of people's various areas of interest. I enjoyed that not every question was answered because that's very true to life; just because we have questions does not mean that we will get answers and it's also true to life that sometimes when we do get answer, we might not like them. A friend of mine was really upset that the pile of notebooks that were found weren't explained and if the finale to Lost had been about answering every single question it raised over the course of six seasons then instead of the cast, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse just reading off the answer to every question like they were giving the answers to some test. Also, Lost was a show that people developed a lot of theories about like that the island was purgatory and no one survived the plane crash. Another friend of mine still maintains this theory even though it has been debunked and explained that the sideways world was purgatory, a place that they created to find each other so they could let go and move on together. So some of the things that were left unexplained allow fans to maintain their theories instead of being told straight out that they're wrong. What makes Lost such a great show is that it provokes discussion. It's one of the few shows I've encountered that sparked such deep discussion and pushed people to look at things differently. Lost is a show that be viewed through so many different lens. It can provoke discussion about religion, science, good vs. evil, the different types of relationships, politics, ethics, spirituality, the list can go on and on but I think that's why I love the show and the ending did leave me hanging off a cliff.
I wanted more Terra Nova. Sounds like budget killed that series.
The How I met your Mother finale was such a big pile of shit! If you are going to do a Top 10 of the worst Season finales, this is going to be No. 1
Nah. Dexter
IveGotToast Dexter didn't have any cliffhangers and everything was resolved....just not in a good way.
Ted and Robin got back together, am i the only one who loved that?
YellowMushroom Gaming yeah cause the point show is how i met your mother so lets watch it for nine years and then piss it all away. plus they spent all that time on robin and barney which was a bunch a SHIT.
Someone has never watched Dexter...
SOAP!!! How is SOAP not even mentioned under honorable mentions? I was so pissed how SOAP ended.
Hey Arnold ended on a cliffhanger. I still want to know to this day does he find his parents.
Theyre making a movie.
Soon we all will find out. Very soon
+SweetBrwnSuga oh my god when is the movie releasing? wow
sometime next year according wiki
It's been solved now with Hey Arnold the Jungle Movie. He found his parents.👍
Thought Dark Angle would be a Honorable Mention.
What about "Carnivale?" The Season 2 finale was like the show was just beginning.
We actually do find out about Zuko's mother in one of the comics. The downside is that the conics were garbage.
Really? I didn't read all the comics just one, how bad?
+Minecraft Swift. They were actually pretty good. " The Search " - Which is the one where Zuko actually goes looking for his mother is by far the best though.
So? What happened to her? I need to know!
cosmogreenpaws
She just ran away and changed her name and stuff. Zuko and his sister meet her at one point.
I've read all three as well. The Search was the only good one.
the ending to ABC Family's "Twisted"
Yes that made me so mad and the lying game too when it ended it ended on such a cliffhanger just like twisted
Finally somebody shares my struggle!!
if Twisted wouldn't have been fucking canceled, but still the finale was awful!
I really want to know who got shot at the end of twisted i really loved that show and i was shipping danny and jo and they was just getting together too
Breakout Kings is a little known show, but that ending still makes me want more! It was such an infuriating cliffhanger.
Kyle XY...nope, still not over it :(.....and how in the hell is Young Justice not on this list??
I know right, you cant just end a show with finding out the bad guy is your half-brother
demonicvampireful Exactly :(....
Ikr
Was just about to finish Kyle XY, but glad I didn't.
*at the honorable mentions part* "please don't say My Name Is Earl, save it for last...FUCK! Oh well they could say Alphas at number 1
"Lost"
"FUUUUCK"
Comedy series' have no right to be on this list, since they're just not suspenseful enough
Young Ponymancer yeah but it left a lot of people (including me) hanging.
God I hated that. The creator said that he asked the network if a cliffhanger was safe enough and they said that it was. Then they cancelled it for reasons I personally forgot. The creator also said that the father of Earl Jr. would have been Dave Chappelle or some other black celebrity that just visited Camden County. He said that the final ending to the show would've been Earl finding a really difficult thing on his list and him not being able to solve it. He would've been all sad then find other people making Karma lists to fix all the bad they had done. The ending would've been Earl making the world a genuinely better place.
MrMortsnarg hmm cool
It was such a bad idea to cancel that show! At the same time, bullshit like True Blood or Sex and the City get/got season after season...
Freaks and geeks
Yes!
Damn right
Freaks and Geeks was a textbook example of the opposite of this: They made the finale with the full knowledge that it was the finale, and wrapped up what they felt needed to be wrapped up. The only "cliffhangers" were of the form, "Huh, I wonder what happens next in their lives," not "How will this go?" Granted, it would have been wonderful had they gotten a few seasons out of it, but definitely neither a cliffhanger nor unresolved.
My Name is Earl, Heroes & Sliders! I binge watched those on Netflix and was so irked to find out those were the endings. What made me mad about Sliders already was, the main character got killed off and they got home one time but had to leave before they knew they were home then they never got back home again!
I didn't watch Lost but the plot twists and storylines that never got resolved will be the same fate of Once Upon a Time, I can see it now. If I watch that show for 6+ yrs and get a BS ending I'm going to be so annoyed.
My name is earl should have been in the top 10
LOST became a fucking train wreck towards the end. Way too many twists to handle in one story. So many confusing things... the smoke monster, the statue, the light tunnel, blah blah blah. The show had so much more potential if they just made it a survival story.
Snestalgia64 OH, and the fact that the island could travel in time.... jesus christ
Snestalgia64 it was a sic-fi show from the beginning. And honestly, how much can you do with a survival story?
Eribert Volaj they maybe couldve got 3 seasons out of it and called it a mini series
Or they could have kept going like they did and make one of the greatest shows of all time.
Eribert Volaj so actually bought time travelling. you must be easily pleased
the glades has an more cliffhanger ending he got shot in the last episode and no one knows what happens
Between The Glades and Longmire cancellations, I never watched A&E again. At least Longmire got picked up and finished by Netflix.
The info about Lost is slightly incorrect. Fans didn't want the conclusion to be that the time ON THE ISLAND would turn out to be a form of purgatory, which it wasn't. Also a lot of people didn't really understand the ending or what it meant (a lot of the implications were VERY subtle) which is why people were furious.
Instead of including shows that had a final episode (Lost, The Sopranos) you should've listed The 4400 (which after 4 seasons felt like it just had started), My so-called Life and ALF.
Kyle XY was a HUGE one It seemed like they just cut off in the middle of a scene.
For me, it was "John Doe". It was a show that only lasted a season (21 episodes) but was really intriguing. The cliffhanger literally left me stunned for weeks after. That's rather rare for me. It was truly a unique television show. Awesome list!!!
The show "Gunsmoke" used to have a cliffhanger after "The Sharecroppers", but it was solved in 1987 with the reunion TV movie "Return to Dodge"
Lost is number 1???? No way! If you think that Lost has unanswered questions then you've just not understood what you've seen. Lost doesn't hold your hand... but I've yet to have anything brought up that was an "unanswered question" and I didn't have an answer.
What about the four toed foot statue?
Rhaevyon Gray what about it? It was built as a ward by past inhabitants of the island (who were of Egyptian origins) for jacob as a shelter. You must keep in mind that Jacob never once lived in the cabin in the woods, that was old smokey the whole time. The black rock (the boat) was taken by a tidal wave and the black rock broke through the top of the statue, leaving only the foot in tact.
Totally agree. I can't believe the amount of people that complain about unanswered questions/ending who either haven't watched the show in it's entirety or just didn't get it.
that is true man there is one that I not sure about like why were the Others taken the people of 815? I mean I have watched it so many times and I never found out why, or why the ones taken just stayed with them? Hope you can help me with this as I love the show as well.
Why do women who get pregnant on the island die? Where did that lighthouse come from? Why was Libby in the mental institute/why was she in Australia?
In my books, My Name is Earl is #1. It bothers me so much every time I rewatch that last episode. I need closure.
I know right
Lost ended beautifully! All of the questions were answered
I think, whoever did this video just didnt get it. I agree with you. It was perfect and I do believe the questions were answered. Loved it and miss this type of show!
Well, then could you please tell me what happend for example with the second group of survivors from the plane crash-not all of them were there for the end- and why Ben stayed
+Mihaela Kafedzhiyska Are you talking about the tail-section group? Because they were all clearly shown with the Others and the Man In Black up to episode 6x13. Some were probably blown up by Widmore's mortar attack and the rest are still on the island.
Ben stayed because he wasn't ready to move on yet. Those were pretty much his final words on the show, chronologically speaking.
FringeMusic107 so things actually did happen on the island? if so why did it show the plane crashing and them all getting ready to cross over?
What was the statue then?
Teen Titans? I was PISSED when the last episode hit.
then they made the reboot. But seriously! that cliff hanger pissed me off to no end
Yes, but the reboot is horrific.
TTG jokes about this, even when the rebooted cast saw how it ended they took it hard.
SweetBrwnSuga really?!
James Slick you were drunk when the last episode hit?? Hit what🤷🏼♀️
SERIOUSLY!? not even an honorable mention for Teen Titans??
Teen Titans ending pissed me off
Yeah like we are still asking after so many years...
- Who was Red X (I think It was Jason Todd)
- How or why Terra lost her memory
- What even happened to Slade in Season 4
- If Terra knew who the titans were why wouldn't she tell them
Teen Titans had an ending? I thought Cartoon Network just erased it from history.
"50 Caliber" Nick V. Teen Titans, Go!
Marissa Elaine Thats not a sequel. it's a shitty spinoff.
Avatar an animé? Are you stoned? That was made in the USA!!
It originated in Japan. So it IS an anime.
Berserker 1040 Nope, it's from the US.
Sorry, I stand corrected.
Berserker 1040 No problem at all :) In fact, the misconception of Avatar being an animé is SO common, that AniDB (the best Animé database out there) explicitly refers to it on it's "Whatever you searched for is NOT anime..." error page.
See people like you I like because they are so kind.
Space Cases! Also Lois and Clark, and if we're still naming animated shows, Hey Arnold.
I'm surprised you skipped Carnivale. It was a great series but ended suddenly after two seasons on a real cliff-hanger.
I loved the Lost ending!!
A lot of people did. There's just a... very vocal group that doesnt like it.
Krafling
Most people hated it. I've never met some one who liked it.
I loved it too
shinmusashi44 Mostly because the people who liked it dont complain. Why would they complain if they liked it?
I didn't really get the ending
I loved Lost and never felt it was cliffhanger. Of course children who need to be spoon fed will always hate anything that makes them think a little.
Only the events that did not take place on the Island during the last season of Lost were "purgatory" though that word does not accurately describe what that place was.
Camelot was left on a crazy cliffhanger with season 2 being canceled.
Spawn really deserved a spot, I was so disappointing when I realized that it has no ending. That was the best animated series I ever watched, it drowned me in, the series had everything: action, romance, blood, crime etc. It was so heartbreaking to me when I found out that it has no ending.
wtf My Name Is Earl should have a season 5
if you watch raising hope then you know it had an end we just never see it but some times i feel that no end is better than a crap end
Lol I watched all of raising hope already because of the cameos and references to my name is earl.
Deadwood should have been on this list !
I still pissed about Invasion getting cancelled. It had so much potential and ended on the biggest cliffhanger
Invasion was a great series
Anyone remember Joan of Arcadia? The cliffhanger of that still has me asking questions.
Solora Goldsun I do, and I was furious when they canceled it.
Yes I loved that TV show...why did they cancel it???Im sure it was popular
+Solora Goldsun I do remeber the cliffhanger of Ryan Reynold's Green lantern (a post credits scene in wich sinestro put on the yellow ring of fear and his suit's color changes to yellow, and so does his eyes...sorry for the spoiler if you didnt see that scene)
+Solora Goldsun They cancelled it because the actress who played Joan was unhappy with Joan's character development (or lack thereof) in the 2nd season. You can't have Joan of Arcadia without Joan.
"Soap" left multiple cliffhangers at the end of season 4 when ABC unexpectedly canceled it because of protests and boycott pressures.
The answer to whether Jessica dies via firing squad was answered in the spin-off series, "Benson".
@@dhenderson1810 Benson also ended as a cliffhanger, when Benson runs against the Governor. Did the exhausted Governor get elected to an unprecedented, unconstitutional third term through a loophole? Did Benson get elected, when a black state governor was still a rather new and controversial idea? Or did a darkhorse candidate beat them both?
Witches of East End?
The Secret Circle! I still want a season 2!
Moesha!!! That was an ultimate cliffhanger
+Danii Dee I HATED that bullshit ending!
LaShea69 smh me too. I wanted to see what Master P did with Miles lmao
I'm so fed up with "Lost" being at top of Everything bad!
So waht if some minor issues weren't answered? Must we know everything? Do we want to be spoonfed?
Don't people appreciate open endings anymore? What makes them great is that they make you think and use your brain and start thinking about waht really happened.
Same goes for all the other shows on here. You have a mind, use it!
Lost had the issue of trying to overcome its name. The writters were indeed lost in writing it.. so much pulled out if thier asses. Unanswered questions and twists are fine, so long as clues lead up to it.
Reminds me of that new movie Maze Runner. Which clearly the writters did not know how to end, so they made it a double twist cliffhanger with no pretext.
If you want to know how a real unended narrative is done, go watch 1990's Neon Genisis Evangelion.
***** The Maze Runner is completely irrelevant to lost. Use another example.
I was just thinking the same thing. No, Lost wasn't perfect, but I absolutely loved it.
Minor issues? It didn't explain half the entire show!
"Benson." We never find out who won the gubernatorial race.
There was a show named Vanished that was cancelled due to poor ratings. It left a huge cliffhanger though. I loved that show
Zuko's mom... never find out where she is!?
Erm... kinda a stretch
Cause we do with the comic saga written by the creators of the show entitled, THE SEARCH
They mention at the beginning that some of the shows on the list had the questions answered by the creators after the show ended. The important part isn't that we never got an answer, but rather that the answer was never in the original show.
DaPopeANata
Yeah and teased us again with Korra's first episode.
Right this one isn't unresolved but I need to get it off my chest. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THE ENDING TO HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER ALL ABOUT?! It was predictable from the outset and the last woman that Ted should have ended up with was robin. Also the whole build up to Barney marrying robin for like five series, just for it to last like two episodes was just infuriating, to the point where I can't even watch the show anymore. In addition I know a lot of people hate the show and I'm not interested in taking stick for liking it or listening to reasons why it wasn't any good in the first place.
This reminds me of that show with Kimberly Williams-Paisley (then just KW) which took place in an idealized future, but was told in flashback. It ended after ? ten eps...(it was how i met your mother and why she made such a big difference in my life, and the world's) but they never really explained it. It was all --excuse my crassness--dick teasing for higher ratings.Which never materialized!
You might want to edit your post. EHAT is not a word. I know you meant to type WHAT. please do so. Careless typos are an eyesore.
I'm not that bothered about it
But I'll change it because I'm nice :)
I feel the exact same way (as do a few members of my family). We can't even watch any of the reruns anymore (even though it was one of my favorite shows), because the last season/finale RUINED the entire series. AAARRRRGGGGGGG!!!!!
Two excellent examples left out:
Soap: This show ended after four seasons with a number of open storylines. Burt Campbell is about to be ambushed by thugs, Jessica Tate is about to be executed by revolutionaries and Chester Tate is about to kill Danny Dallas for sleeping with his wife. Plus, Jodie has been regressed to a past life as an old Jewish man. We did get some resolution of the Jessica storyline on her appearance on Benson, but the others are left open.
And that brings up another example: Benson, which ended after eight seasons as Benson and Governor Gatling are sitting together waiting to hear the results of the upcoming election in which they competed against each other.
Michael L YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💯
Thanks for the acknowledgement that some ended in other forms. "Angel" has had a good run in comics, for instance.