Closure is such a rarity in the cutthroat television industry. Networks often kill their worst-performing shows rather than spend more money to tie up the shows’ loose ends. And before news of their shows’ cancellations breaks, television showrunners often end their seasons on cliffhangers to leave viewers wanting more — and in some cases, to force the networks to renew them.
24 Cancelled TV Shows That Ended With Major Cliffhangers
Those opposing forces mean that fans of underrated TV shows must expect that they'll never see their favorite small-screen stories play out to the end. Click through the gallery above for 10 shows that ended on a thrilling note — including a few rare ones that were able to continue their stories years later.
Just after Angel (David Boreanaz), Gunn (J. August Richards), Spike (James Marsters), and Illyria (Amy Acker) defeat the Circle of the Black Thorn, an army of demons published by Senior Partners confronts them in a rainy alley in the Season 5 finale. Angel swings his sword and… well, that's all fans got until the story continued in comic book form.
In the season (and series) finale of this serialized drama, our heroes narrowly stop an alien virus from spreading across the globe. But then the alien homeworld teleports into Earth's orbit — and First Lady Christina Martinez (Lisa Vidal) reveals herself to be an alien sleeper agent.
