5 TV Cliffhangers So Bad They Still Give Us Flashbacks
You just had to be there.
There is nothing quite as exciting, yet annoying, as a poorly executed cliffhanger in a popular series. TV producers know how to keep viewers entertained and excited for the upcoming season, and they're not afraid to use the dirtiest of methods to make sure people tune in.
Here are 5 cliffhangers that created so much buzz that they will forever be remembered as some of the greatest moments on television.
Breaking Bad
The midseason finale of season 5 was one of the best and worst episodes of the entire series. While everyone knew that everything had been building up to Hank finding out about Walt since season 1, no one was prepared to see it come to life on screen. That was the best part. The worst has to be the year-long hiatus that came right after that.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The cliffhanger of The Best of Both Worlds, Part I, the final episode of the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, is considered one of the best of all time, and for good reason. The power that the final words and their brilliant delivery by Jonathan Frakes had on the viewers is almost unmatched to this day. "Mr. Worf, fire."
Supernatural
Many people consider the first 5 seasons of Supernatural to be the best the show has ever been. If that is the case, then the finale of the third season has to be the highest it has ever reached. Dean going to hell was the twist that no one was expecting, which made the wait for the season 4 opener even harder than the usual hiatus.
Lost
Lost has had its share of breathtaking moments, but the parting of the ways between Jack and Kate has to take the cake. Jack's character development led him to cry out "We have to go back!" in tears, completely convinced that the island was their destiny, is what made that moment so painful, yet so memorable.
Dallas
The cliffhanger that started it all with one question: Who shot J.R.? CBS proved that the mystery and the wait were worth the backlash the creators might get for playing with viewers' emotions back in the 1980s, and since then, both the references to Dallas and the cliffhanger principle itself have lived on.