Chicago Fire Fans Fed Up With Cliffhangers: 'It Ain't No Game of Thrones'

It's no secret that the task of series producers is to "hook" the viewer.

After all, if they succeed, there is no need to spend money on advertising: those who are "hooked" will look forward to the new episodes.

An intriguing plot twist with an unclear resolution at the end of the series – cliffhanger — is a well-known way to do exactly that.

A particularly cruel technique is the cliffhanger at the end of the season, when the main intrigue is not revealed and the next season begins.

The use of cliffhangers in TV shows can be seen as too manipulative if not done correctly or used too often. There should be a palpable tension with the future character now literally or figuratively hanging off the cliff.

But if every time the cliffhanger is used as a tool to make sure that the next episode is watched by as many people as possible and does not end up endangering the characters, the audience will begin to resent it.

Apparently, the creators of Chicago Fire have gone down the path of cliffhangers and are not going to leave it.

In every episode, the characters inevitably face some kind of ''mortal'' danger, and almost every time this storyline ends with the uncertainty and fear of the viewers for the fate of one or another character.

However, if all this worked the first few times, when such a technique is used over and over again, the audience no longer expects an interesting and unexpected resolution of the situation.

Everything ends with a time jump in the next episode, and the characters end up being perfectly fine.

What seemed to be a big deal at the end of an episode becomes just another incident that usually has no psychological or physical effect on the characters.

Many fans of the series are simply tired of the fact that seemingly tense situations literally end in nothing and have only one goal – to artificially maintain interest in the show and, consequently, high ratings for each new episode.

According to fans, what was done with high quality and worked perfectly on a show like Game of Thrones cannot be an all-purpose tool and work every time in a series like Chicago Fire.

Viewers agree that too much use of the cliffhangers simply kills interest. Many are hoping that the writers will change their approach to writing a script, otherwise the show can start losing even the most loyal viewers.