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Ever wished the writers of a canceled show posted at least an overview of where they were going? just for closure, except for Journeyman.

Slayven

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Surface was is one of my all time favorite canceled shows, it left with a huge as cliffhanger. And army of creatures working to literally change the geography of the earth.
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Recent new favorite, ends with one of the main character's father being resurrected, and the fact the alien craft might not be alien
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Kasai

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Resurrected on ABC was this for me. I loved theorizing where it was going, but it kinda ended in a wet fart from what I remember.

Also flashforward. I never got into it, but my cousin was super into it and I think that also fizzled out.
 
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Slayven

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Kasai said:
Resurrected on ABC was this for me. I loved theorizing where it was going, but it kinda ended in a wet fart from what I remember.

Also flashforward. I never got into it, but my cousin was super into it and I think that also fizzled out.
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At least you can read the novel Flashforward was based off
 
Wrexis

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They did for John Doe, and it was a bit anti-climatic.

Still waiting on Stargate Universe, though I get the distinct impression they haven't got a clue how it was supposed to end.
 
burgervan

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If Mindhunter never comes back, I want to know what their plans were (besides the obvious BTK stuff).
 
jwk94

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Fucking debris. I knew that was gonna get canceled. I was gonna wait for the second season. Fuck NBC
 
Zeliard

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I know a few showrunners of canceled shows have come out and outright said what happens at the end, of where it was going to lead to.

I can also understand hesitancy there. It isn't impossible your show is picked back up or you take that same ending and use it for a future story.
 
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I really want to know more about Greg Weisman's plans for Spectacular Spider-Man, he's talked about it a little bit before.
 
Rodney McKay

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Both of those are great choices, I was bummed when Surface and Debris both got cancelled.

I was super happy when this happened with Half-life 2: Episode 3. I forget who, but a writer of the game released a version of it (with the genders and names mixed around if I remember right).
It gave me the closure I was looking for and I've been able to let go of ever getting more.
Thankfully we got HL: Alyx, but it just barely runs on my PC.
jwk94 said:
Fucking debris. I knew that was gonna get canceled. I was gonna wait for the second season. Fuck NBC
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Yeah, Debris had "cancelation" written all over it from the beginning sadly.
 
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Slayven

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Wrexis said:
They did for John Doe, and it was a bit anti-climatic.

Still waiting on Stargate Universe, though I get the distinct impression they haven't got a clue how it was supposed to end.
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Shit i felt they were just winging it a few eps in
jwk94 said:
Fucking debris. I knew that was gonna get canceled. I was gonna wait for the second season. Fuck NBC
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Scifi show but on NBC is always Monkey Paw, i didn't even start La Brea because i thought it was getting zappeed
Mekanos said:
I really want to know more about Greg Weisman's plans for Spectacular Spider-Man, he's talked about it a little bit before.
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He did the same thing for Gargoyles
 

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Vincent Alexander said:
I still feel pies of rage at Glow not getting a final season.

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I need to know how it ends.
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This one was super fucking disappointing since it got a renewal.

Carnivale did a good job of looping the audience into where it would've gone.

I don't recall may shows I started that got canceled without resolution unless you count that the X-Files blew the chance to actually wrap up its overarching plot like four separate fucking times over ternary years: a series finale, a movie, and two revivals and it still blueballs the audience.

I don't really invest in shows that aren't sure to get conclusions or have clear directions due to the fickleness of the industry. Hell, even success doesn't guarantee anything- Ray Donovan was unexpectedly canceled after 7 seasons but at least it got a wrap up movie.
 
Korigama

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Kinda wish that were the case for Dark Matter on SyFy since it ended on a cliffhanger, but I'm pretty much over it by now.
 
BossAttack

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Well, Journeyman at least got a ending. Kind of.

However, it feels like Raised by Wolves will not get any closure whatsoever. Sad.
 
AlteredBeast

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Rubicon on AMC. I'd read a continuation of that story no question.

Awake on NBC, as well. Thought that was also a super interesting premise that felt like it was developing into something truly interesting.
 
Naijaboy

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Person of Interest ended on a high note, but I would have loved to have known what they had in store if they ever got the full 7 seasons or even a full 5th one. Samaritan wasn't even supposed to be the endgame

X-Men Evolution had plans for a 5th season and while the finale was great, I really wanted to see whatcthey'd do with Mr. Sinister.

If the Legion of Superheroes got a 3rd season, we would have gotten a lot more legionnaires as well as a more accurate Brainiac 5. Sucks that it ended when it was getting really good.
 
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Slayven

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jwk94 said:
NBC cancels far too much. Idk how keep getting interested people. I'm shocked la Brea hasn't been canceled yet
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Evidentally it lowkey blew up. I planned on watching the first season right before the new one starts. I am still shocked Grimm got 5 seasons, 3 of them on Friday.
 
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PlanetSmasher said:
I still can't believe GLOW got renewed and then UN-RENEWED.
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Yeah. I didn't watch it until after season 3 had released. I got hooked and binged all the seasons in a few days, and when it was over I looked up season 4---to my excitement, I saw the news of the renewal. It was probably only 2-3 weeks after that the cancelation got announced. I went through a roller coaster of emotions.
 
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AlteredBeast said:
Awake on NBC, as well. Thought that was also a super interesting premise that felt like it was developing into something truly interesting.
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This is the one for me. I thought hey it's a police procedural but has something more to it, that will keep it alive right? Nope I never give nbc a chance since then, even Debris I watched knowing it wasn't making it. Makes it hurt less I guess.
 

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I loved Kings and The Black Donnellys on NBC but can't remember if either one got a satisfying ending anymore…
 
El Toporo

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Would have been nice to get some official closure (and happy end) on Pushing Daisies. Those last three minutes of the final episode don't count.
 
Nacho

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It's not a good show, but I somehow got wrapped up in Travelers and am sad I won't get to know how it ends.

I'll never not be pissed at Netflix for cancelling The OA tho.
 
theLusitanian

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It's super bizarre and moved entirely too slow…. But Raised by Wolves was the kind of weird show that deserved to be seen to the end.
 
BlackLagoon

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The dirty little secret is that for a lot of shows, especially before serialized "prestige" shows became common, the writers never had any long term plans, certainly not beyond the current season. They may not even have a resolution to a end of season cliffhanger in mind when they write it, as was the case with Battlestar Galactica for example.
 
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Dragon1893

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There was this show called Alcatraz that got canceled after 10 episodes. Would love to know where they were going with that.
 
Zeliard

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BlackLagoon said:
The dirty little secret is that for a lot of shows, especially before serialized "prestige" shows became common, is that the writers never had any long term plans, certainly not beyond the current season. They may not even have a resolution to a end of season cliffhanger in mind when they write it, as was the case with Battlestar Galactica for example.
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That's still the case now. You have to pick an extremely rare example like JMS with Babylon 5 to show otherwise. That was a case where he not only had the full series written out before the pilot shot, but he even had contingencies for every cast member in case any actor was unavailable, which ended up being unfortunately useful after the first season where they lost the main captain.

But that's almost never the case. I always have to laugh when I see someone accusing writers of "making it up as it goes along," like that isn't the case for 99% of stuff out there, no matter how serialized.
 
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I'm still fascinated by the little that we know of the original plans for Twin Peaks beyond season 2, like Cooper leaving the FBI to become a pharmacist in Twin Peaks, going to BOB's realm, etc. Would love to know more, even if I do think The Return was probably the best outcome of all possible scenarios.
 
RetroGiant

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Glow for sure.

Revolution
Jericho
The Passage

I'm sure there are others but those are off the top of my head.
 
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