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Leave Them Hanging: Favorite TV Cliffhangers

April 2nd, 2008 2:00pm EDT Post a comment

Television is a medium that thrives on manipulating audiences into tuning in, and no narrative device is more effective at accomplishing that task than the cliffhanger.

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Wed Apr 2 2008 14:45:47 By: Guy Nacolojist (

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Dude...
six words for ya...
"Cartman's Mom Is A Dirty S1ut"
Come on man, cliffhanger of all cliffhangers. The next season opener f$#%@d with fans so bad before the second episode finally resolved who Cartman's dad is.
Another genius couple of episodes from the genius minds of Trey Parker and Matt Stone

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Wed Apr 2 2008 14:53:33 By: Cartman (

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Easy Guy, that's my Mom you're talking about!

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Wed Apr 2 2008 17:03:03 By: Guy Nacolojist (

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And your dad.

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Thu Apr 3 2008 11:13:09 By: Keith Whitener (

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How about the X-files? They constantly had cliff hangers. They'd also show repeats out of order in syndication so sometimes it'd be like, "Mulder is going to die! What will happen?" and the next episode he's okay and fighting big foot, while the viewer thinks, "He was just trapped in a sinking safe as it plummeted toward the bottom of the ocean while alien bugs crawled all over him. How did he get out?!"

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Mon Apr 7 2008 15:44:49 By: lovetheweasel (

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love the simpsons call, truly a memorable one.

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Fri May 9 2008 02:52:07 By: curlybean (

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Jericho's season 1 cliffhanger was excellent. Imagine in a post apocalyptic world if your little hometown was being overrun by the next town over, the "home of the nearest Costco" in one character's words. Very intense, very riveting. Brilliant writing.

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