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<blockquote data-quote="pete lashmar" data-source="post: 331356" data-attributes="member: 606">They had good ones, poor ones and OMG ones. For me, after Who shot J.R..? I would put the fire and who shot Bobby...? and Bobby&#039;s death as the OMG ones, Pam&#039;s crash was also OMG, but the resolution was very very poor. Who&#039;s dead in the pool I found quite poor, as was&nbsp; Sue Ellen&#039;s exit. Bobby&#039;s resurrection was good but destroyed the viewers trust in the show and Sue Ellen shooting J.R multiple times was good, but the resolution again was down right dreadful and turned the show into a farce.Did it do damage to the show? No, as a viewer I always really looked forward to the end of season episode, but the decision to recast Ellie &amp; bring back Bobby from the dead did irreparable and&nbsp; long term damage for the show generally in my opinion.I take the point on cliffhangers being unresolved for shows being cancelled, it really is so damn frustrating. One of the first shows to do it was Farscape with the 2 leads obliterated in a boat but fans were lucky enough to get a mini series the following year to give the show a proper resolution, not all fans are so lucky.I feel that if a show is on the line about being renewed, extra footage resolving a cliffhanger should be filmed and in the event of not being renewed the footage can be added to home releases or youtube/Instagram etc etc, so fans are not left hanging.That said, some cliffhangers for shows when they end can be legendary and keep fans discussing it for years....such as Blake&#039;s 7 which had probably the greatest end of series episode ever, yet leaves the viewer in complete and utter shock with no resolution at all....and nor should there ever be one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pete lashmar, post: 331356, member: 606"] They had good ones, poor ones and OMG ones. For me, after Who shot J.R..? I would put the fire and who shot Bobby...? and Bobby's death as the OMG ones, Pam's crash was also OMG, but the resolution was very very poor. Who's dead in the pool I found quite poor, as was Sue Ellen's exit. Bobby's resurrection was good but destroyed the viewers trust in the show and Sue Ellen shooting J.R multiple times was good, but the resolution again was down right dreadful and turned the show into a farce. Did it do damage to the show? No, as a viewer I always really looked forward to the end of season episode, but the decision to recast Ellie & bring back Bobby from the dead did irreparable and long term damage for the show generally in my opinion. I take the point on cliffhangers being unresolved for shows being cancelled, it really is so damn frustrating. One of the first shows to do it was Farscape with the 2 leads obliterated in a boat but fans were lucky enough to get a mini series the following year to give the show a proper resolution, not all fans are so lucky. I feel that if a show is on the line about being renewed, extra footage resolving a cliffhanger should be filmed and in the event of not being renewed the footage can be added to home releases or youtube/Instagram etc etc, so fans are not left hanging. That said, some cliffhangers for shows when they end can be legendary and keep fans discussing it for years....such as Blake's 7 which had probably the greatest end of series episode ever, yet leaves the viewer in complete and utter shock with no resolution at all....and nor should there ever be one. [/QUOTE]

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