cliffhanger
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To sustain attention, every episode ends on a cliffhanger.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
A solid, by-the-numbers, character-driven yarn, “Detour” ends on a cliffhanger because it’s the start of a series.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
The police body cam footage of her arrest serves as the “Mormon Wives” premiere’s cliffhanger.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
The cliffhanger ending is jaw-droppingly intense, but there is also an emotional fallout for Scarpetta and her family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
Meeting Mamou—really meeting her, I mean—but not Babou felt wrong, like ending an episode on a cliffhanger.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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
Over its 40-year run, EastEnders hasn't just been plot twists, emotions and gripping "doof doof" cliffhangers.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025
In the closing moments of the “Virgin River” season finale, the wedding glow had faded just enough to set up some cliffhangers for next season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 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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Anything But Typical
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