cliffhanger
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The new episodes will pick up from the season five cliffhanger, in which Emily's on-again, off-again romantic interest Gabriel - played by Bravo - sends her a postcard inviting her on a Greek getaway.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Dhurandhar: The Revenge picks up from that cliffhanger, deepening a long-running Indian intelligence operation inside Karachi's criminal and political underworld.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
The police body cam footage of her arrest serves as the “Mormon Wives” premiere’s cliffhanger.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Microdramas hew to an established formula, with each installment ending on a cliffhanger that pushes its often preposterous story line toward a final, usually shocking reveal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
And each night Scheherazade weaves the tales together so that they always end on a cliffhanger.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Rovner: Soap operas were a natural place for people to lean in at first because they have natural cliffhangers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Fun at times, ridiculous at others, the show ended with multiple cliffhangers, so pulling the plug seems especially painful.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
From time to time I’ll make an exception and settle into a relative page-turner: nothing with cliffhangers or lots of hand-to-hand combat, mind you, but with a brisker narrative pace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
“There was a strong emphasis on cliffhangers in manga before One Piece,” he continues.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024
"TNG" and "Deep Space Nine" were syndicated series, and in the age of scripted syndication, cliffhangers were insurance beckoning a wandering audience to return.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2023
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