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To be continued
The Seven Best Dramatic Season-Ending Cliffhangers on DVD. See which shows are on the list. |
"A House Divided" (Dallas)
Dallas invented the primetime cliffhanger with its third-season finale in which the despicable J.R. Ewing was gunned down by an unknown assailant.
First-Season Finale (Twin Peaks)
No characters were safe from jeopardy as the allegedly quiet lumber town endured a mill fire, one suicide, two murders, and three attempted murders all in one hour-long episode
"The Best of Both Worlds" (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Introduced a year before, the cybernetic Borg arrived on the scene with their relentless drive to create uniformity and destroy individuality
 "Becoming, Part 2" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Throughout the latter part of the season, Buffy's vampire lover Angel (David Boreanaz) had reverted to his demonic nature, torturing and murdering Buffy's friends. As the finale looms, Angel procured a fossilized demon capable of destroying the world, and Buffy was forced to sate the demon's hunger with Angel's blood. Not only was Buffy forced to kill the love of her life, but a magic spell returned Angel's soul -- his essential goodness -- at the moment of her strike, forcing the vampire slayer to finish the deed with Angel's face awash in confusion and pain.
"Twenty Five" (The West Wing)
In the two episodes leading up to the finale, the writer politically hobbled Vice President John Hoynes (Tim Matheson) with a personal scandal that ended in his resignation. Prior to that, Bartlet had approved the assassination of a foreign dignitary-cum-terrorist
"Leave it to Beaver" (Veronica Mars)
With the murderer revealed as Aaron Echolls (Harry Hamlin), her boyfriend's father, Veronica finds that the discovery may potentially destroy her relationship with said boyfriend. It is then with much consternation that the episode closes with her answering the door and saying, "I was hoping it was you," without revealing if it's the aforementioned boyfriend coming to confirm the stability of their bond or some other mystery caller portending new narrative developments.
"Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2" [Battlestar Galactica (2003)]
In the final moments of "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part Two," the camera dollies in on the newly elected President Gaius Baltar (James Callis), only to dissolve to the same scene one year later.
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| sherrilina | 28.06.06 - 00:36 | | Definitely agree! With the possible exception of the cliffhanger season finale to season 5 (in which she dies--I mean, how much more dramatic can you get than that ending?!), this was definitely the season finale that upon finishing it made me want to see what comes next the most (if that makes sense). In other words, seeing Buffy kill Angel, and then leave Sunnydale, I was like "Oh my god, let me see season 3 now, what is she doing?!" etc. I didn't have the same reaction to the other season finales (except for season 5, as I said, and maybe a little bit for season 6, wanting to see Spike with a soul). | | rachel | 28.06.06 - 03:49 | | Yes i agree with sherrilina, yet since it is only season two maybe the viewer, who has not seen any of the buffy series would understand this situation then the end of season 5. But if there was a cliffhanger that i would chose it would be The Gift. |
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