Some shows later live on in comic or movie form, but these were the stories that never got resolved
We know sometimes it’s impossible to know when a TV show is going to end, but that makes these series finales all the more difficult to accept. These were the shows that were canceled with unanswered questions or loose plot threads and were never picked up again — meaning we never got resolution to lingering questions.
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«Gilligan’s Island» It wasn’t an outright cliffhanger, but when the show wrapped up its third season not knowing if it would be renewed, it left the crew on the island. And that’s where they’ll stay. Forever.
«Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman» The DC Comics show ran for four seasons, ending on an open-ended future for the titular couple. Everybody knows that Clark Kent was found in a bassinet after his planet exploded, but in the Season 4 finale, he and his wife Lois find a baby in a similar predicament, with a note saying that it belonged to them.
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«Mork & Mindy» By Season 4, «Mork & Mindy» had run its course. However, creators were planning on a fifth season, hence the cliffhanger ending. In the series finale, Mork and Mindy fall backwards in time trying to escape evil alien Kalik. The final shot is a cave painting depicting the couple, but we never find out if they made it back to the present or not.
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«My So-Called Life» The love triangle between Jordan, Brad and Angela drove audiences crazy during this cult teen drama. It was never picked up past one season, so we never found out who Angela would’ve gone with. A love letter she received in the finale — which she found out was written by Brad, not Jordan as it was signed — didn’t seem to have the intended effect.
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«Pushing Daisies» Bryan Fuller and Michael Green might pop up a bit on this list, as a lot of their shows have been canceled before their time.
