The original post: /r/television by /u/TahjJackson on 2025-07-28 03:10:43+00:00.
The entertainment industry needs to stop doing this.
As someone who really cares about the stories I watch, I need closure. I want to see the arc, the resolution, the fallout. But lately, it feels like more and more shows are ending on massive cliffhangers… and then getting canceled with no warning.
Here are the ones that personally hurt the most: • The Secret Circle – That Balcoin family reveal?? Canceled right after. • My Babysitter’s a Vampire – Season 2 literally ended mid-arc. No Season 3. • The Society – We were finally getting answers. Canceled after building the whole world. • I Am Not Okay With This – Powers just revealed… boom. Gone. • Julie and the Phantoms – Emotional cliffhanger. Never renewed. • First Kill – That twist at the end?! And then nothing.
It’s starting to feel like these companies don’t respect the audience’s emotional investment anymore. And yes, I get it sometimes things don’t do well in ratings. But if you’re gonna end on a cliffhanger, at least film a mini-wrap-up or something!
Even in movies, it happens too. Remember Push? Set up a huge superpowered conspiracy storyline… and then vanished. And The Host? Stephanie Meyer wrote one book and planned a trilogy, but the second never came—and the movie clearly expected a sequel. So both the movie and the book fans are left hanging.
Now before I even start watching something, I check: “Does this have cliffhangers?” Because I’m tired of getting burned. It’s exhausting to care about something just for it to be treated like it never mattered.
Anyone else feel this way? What show or movie broke your heart when it ended with a cliffhanger?