Season 1 of ALIEN: EARTH, which I was loving (and still mostly do) ended on what I would call a terrible decision. That terrible decision was the terrible decision that showrunners keep making because they saw STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION one time.
I was going to go on another rant about cliffhangers, but I realized I had a perfectly good one raring to go from a blog I posted like ten years ago when I got mad about the infamous Walking Dead cliffhanger.
The nice thing is, all the lessons are still evergreen, so I’ve done a fresh draft on those ideas. I’ve also added a new section about forgiving cliffhangers based on time and production schedules, which is more relevant in the “8 episodes every three years” streaming era.
Alright, let’s dive into it. But first we start with a simple question, before we can get going:
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