Comments on: What Was the Best Season-Ending Cliffhanger?

By: My Two Cents

My Two Cents — Fri, 26 May 2023 10:24:12 +0000

In Living Color had one of the more creative season enders when it gave their recurring skits cliffhangers. The one I remember was Homie the Clown became a successful sellout. It was resolved the next season only to find out he was pretending to be a sellout so that he could hit the network executive over the head. “It was all part of my plan to bop the man.”

By: Erik Peterson

Erik Peterson — Fri, 26 May 2023 03:45:01 +0000

Sledge Hammer!

Doesn’t get bigger than that.

By: John King

John King — Thu, 25 May 2023 20:19:48 +0000

a lot to choose from…
Spooks had great cliffhanger endings to the first 2 seasons – first the main hero’s romantic interest and her daughter trapped in a house with a bombed laptop, second he’s framed and on the run walking into the North Sea.

But I’ll pick the end of season 2 of Blake’s Seven
Blake is recovering from injuries and an alien battle fleet is heading through a gap in a minefield ahead of the heroes, it will be hours before any reinforcements arrive (and those will be from the Federation whom they have been fighting against)
Vila “Avon, This is stupid!”
Avon “When did that ever stop us? Fire!!”

By: Kelvin Childs

Kelvin Childs — Thu, 25 May 2023 14:47:17 +0000

One nobody has mentioned that I always liked: St. Elsewhere. At the end of Season 5, the Catholic diocese has shut down the hospital because it can’t find a buyer and plans to tear it down. Dr. Auschlander is trapped in the building just as the wrecking ball tees up, and the final image is of the “St. Eligius” sign broken in half.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 24 May 2023 20:55:50 +0000

In reply to Geno.

Certainly had me wondering what would happen next. Although the big reveal in the season ending episode of “The Good Place” may have made me think for favorably on the cliffhanger.

Yeah, right or wrong, the twist was SO huge in that finale that I think it makes people think more about the cliffhanger aspect of the episode (which was still good, don’t get me wrong, it just wasn’t like the twist. The twist was amazing!).

By: Geno

Geno — Wed, 24 May 2023 18:13:43 +0000

I’d cast a vote for “The Good Place” season #1 for best cliffhanger.

The big reveal of the secret series plot and followed by a cliffhanger of how the characters can avoid the afterlife issues. It was a great combination of big reveal and cliffhanger all combined.

Certainly had me wondering what would happen next. Although the big reveal in the season ending episode of “The Good Place” may have made me think for favorably on the cliffhanger.

By: Scott Fry

Scott Fry — Wed, 24 May 2023 06:36:17 +0000

other than BOBW, I’d nominate the Alias season finale where Vaughn tells Syd his name’s not really Vaughn and then their car’s hit by a truck.

By: Blake Petit

Blake Petit — Tue, 23 May 2023 23:59:37 +0000

I’m going to join everyone saying Star Trek: TNG’s “Best of Both Worlds.” It was a fantastic character moment for Riker and it was the first time Star Trek had ever done anything like that. And while I’m glad Patrick Stewart decided to come back next season, part of me really wants to go to the alternate reality where he didn’t and watch the remainder of TNG under the command of Captain Riker.

By: klk

klk — Tue, 23 May 2023 23:46:21 +0000

I liked Falcon Crest season 2. Julia was unmasked as Carlo Agretti’s killer and pulled a gun. As people tried to wrestle it away from her, the camera panned out the window and pulled away to show the house as shots ran out. Next you saw a casket being lowered and then the credits rolled. You had to wait until fall to find out who the victim was. I was in high school and remember being wowed but that ending.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Tue, 23 May 2023 23:31:29 +0000

Twin Peaks, season 2, which also served as a series finale in which the cliffhanger was not resolved 27 years later in Season 3.