00:00 "No way, no way will I buy that."
00:02 Welcome to WatchMojo!
00:04 And today we're counting down our picks for the TV shows that left viewers hanging about certain plot points in their final episodes.
00:11 We're excluding shows where minor questions may have been answered in supplementary materials or any animated moments though.
00:18 "We are going to find the real Mary Jane Watson."
00:22 And focusing on television series where many of the big questions remain unresolved.
00:27 Spoilers ahead!
00:28 "Sweet Jesus!"
00:30 "I know. I'm Dodge's father."
00:33 Number 10. Unfinished Battle - Carnival
00:38 "Open your eyes. It's glorious."
00:41 This show came a few years too early for the boom in prestige mystery television.
00:47 Carnival features the rise of two men with extraordinary abilities.
00:51 Brother Justin Crowe and Ben Hawkins.
00:54 Their powers of good and evil finally clash when the former attacks the latter's traveling carnival.
00:59 "Hawkins!"
01:00 "Hold these guns to the crapper, kid! Run!"
01:06 Although both are wounded grievously by their confrontation,
01:09 the series was cancelled without a definitive conclusion to their conflict.
01:13 "I'll be quick."
01:14 "You will not suffer."
01:18 "My kingdom come."
01:22 While some of the creators' intended plans have been released in the years since,
01:26 we're still left wondering who would have come out on top of this big top show.
01:31 Number 9. Relationship Revelation - Bored to Death
01:34 "I can't believe that you're my father."
01:36 Big reveals are the bread and butter of detective shows.
01:40 Even comedic ones like Bored to Death.
01:42 However, the series finale features one we may never get answers to,
01:46 given that plans for a movie have stalled for years.
01:49 In the series' final case, writer-turned-PI Jonathan Ames learns that not only is his father a conman,
01:56 but also that Rose, his current girlfriend, is his half-sister.
02:00 "Did you tell her yet?"
02:02 While Jonathan ultimately elects not to tell Rose this information,
02:06 secrets like that have a habit of getting out.
02:09 Sadly, we never get to see what happens between them.
02:12 "Never mind."
02:13 "See the jungle wind, let it rain."
02:19 Number 8. A Simulation on a Spaceship - 1899
02:24 This intriguing sci-fi show follows a group of passengers aboard a steamship heading to America.
02:29 Or so they and the audience think at first.
02:32 Throughout the show's only season, strange events make it clear that all is not as it seems.
02:38 The passengers, led by Mara, eventually learn that they're in a simulation.
02:43 "Where am I? Is this real?"
02:47 The final episode sees Mara awaken from the simulation to find herself aboard a spaceship in 2099,
02:53 where she and the others have apparently been in suspended animation.
02:57 "Project Prometheus."
03:00 Unfortunately, Netflix pulled a Netflix, by which we mean they cancelled the show.
03:04 So we'll likely never learn what the purpose of the simulation is,
03:08 or the many other unanswered questions about the world and characters.
03:12 "Let the children lose it, let the children lose it, let all the children lose it."
03:20 Number 7. Who Shot Agent Carter?
03:23 "She's taking more vacation?"
03:25 You'd think a prequel series like this one would be able to conclude without any unresolved mysteries.
03:31 You'd be wrong.
03:32 The final episode sees Agent Jack Thompson in his hotel room preparing to leave Los Angeles.
03:37 However, Thompson is shot by an off-screen assailant, and files on Peggy Carter are stolen.
03:42 "I'm leaving, just give me a second."
03:46 The creators have dropped hints that it may have been Peggy's brother, Michael.
03:50 But why he did these things remains unknown.
03:52 Likewise, we'll never get to see Peggy help form S.H.I.E.L.D.
03:56 At least, Sousa's storyline wrapped up on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
03:59 "Which would make you the former colleague of Agent Peggy Carter."
04:03 "It would."
04:04 Number 6. Who's Pregnant? Moesha
04:08 "Can y'all keep a secret?"
04:09 One of the biggest shows on the UPN network while it lasted,
04:12 Moesha revolved around the titular teenage girl and her friends and family.
04:16 The series concluded its run with several cliffhangers regarding potential new storylines.
04:21 "I'm gonna miss you guys so much."
04:23 "Aww, me too. Y'all show me some love."
04:27 Moesha is considering whether to move in with her boyfriend, Hakim, or her best friend, Nisi.
04:32 Miles has been straight up kidnapped, and a positive pregnancy test is found in Moesha's dorm room,
04:37 with no confirmation on who the expectant mother is.
04:40 "What is important? What is important is somebody in this room is pregnant."
04:44 Although talks about a reboot or revival have persisted for years,
04:48 we're still no closer to learning what became of all these unresolved plotlines.
04:54 Number 5. A Literal Cliffhanger. Hannibal
04:58 "My compassion for you is inconvenient."
05:00 "Well, if you're partial to beef products, it is inconvenient to be compassionate toward a cow."
05:08 The series' cat-and-mouse game and unconventional love story between Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham
05:13 all lead here.
05:15 The FBI man and his cannibal frenemy are both attacked by Francis Dollarhide, a serial killer.
05:21 Together, Graham and Lecter kill their attacker.
05:23 "It's beautiful."
05:26 While basking in their triumph on the cliffside and embracing, Graham leans them both over the side,
05:32 sending them into the water below.
05:33 While we can infer that they both survived, considering later events and other adaptations,
05:39 the ambiguity has still left many viewers unsatisfied and hungry for more.
05:44 "Cliffhanger."
05:51 Number 4. Walk on Water. Watchmen
05:54 "I saved humanity, you ignorant hayseed. Now if you'd kindly stop distracting me, I would very much like to save it again."
06:02 This limited series sequel story to the comic of the same name leaves plenty of questions open.
06:08 Ozymandias is captured by the FBI and his deception, which might have prevented nuclear Armageddon,
06:15 will be exposed to the world.
06:17 "That guy talks too much."
06:19 Additionally, Dr. Manhattan may be dead, but some of his dialogue indicates that he may have transferred his powers to his wife, Angela Abar, via an egg.
06:29 "You can't make an omelet without breaking a couple of eggs."
06:36 "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
06:38 Just when Angela is testing whether she can literally walk on water, cuts are black.
06:43 Does she have Manhattan's powers now?
06:45 What will she do with them?
06:46 And what will the world's reaction be to Ozymandias' big lie?
06:50 Only someone who knows the future could tell.
06:53 Number 3. Never Going Home. Quantum Leap.
06:57 "You've done a lot of good, Sam Beckett. And you can do a lot more."
07:01 Dr. Sam Beckett leaps through time into different bodies.
07:04 And while the opening narration claims that Sam hopes to find a way to leap home,
07:08 the series finale reveals, through a surprisingly knowing bartender, that Sam has always been able to go home.
07:16 "The catch is that you have to accept that you control your own destiny."
07:21 Text after the end of the episode reveals that Sam never went home,
07:24 instead electing to continue assisting people through his actions in the past.
07:29 Despite a revival/sequel series involving a search for Sam, actor Scott Bakula isn't involved.
07:35 Which means we're unlikely to get a true resolution to Sam's journeys through time.
07:39 "What about this guy Beckett? Ask him. Do what he did."
07:42 "We can't."
07:46 "He never made it home."
07:47 Number 2. Who's Your Daddy? My Name Is Earl.
07:50 "I took all the DNA samples to the Camden County labs and when the results came in the mail, Catalina brought them to us."
07:57 The title character's quest to achieve good karma through repaying everyone he's wronged did have some resolution.
08:03 However, there's still a cliffhanger ending that isn't cleared up. At least, not completely.
08:08 The series finale includes a DNA test revealing that Earl is in fact Dodge's father.
08:14 "What? No."
08:18 However, Joy's other son, Earl Jr. turns out not to have been fathered by Darnell, as everyone assumed.
08:25 Before Joy can address this, the episode ends and the series was cancelled.
08:29 "Now, everybody just calm down."
08:33 Although the creators have stated they had plans for the father to have been a famous celebrity,
08:38 we'll never know which one, since they never nailed it down themselves.
08:42 Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
08:46 A Future Without John Connor. Terminator. The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
08:50 This storyline won't be back.
08:52 "Anybody heard the name John Connor?"
08:54 "Well, you know what? I think you're gonna be famous."
09:04 Arrested. Legends of Tomorrow.
09:06 Fans will probably tell legends of how the legends escape the time police.
09:11 "I hope you don't have any plans for the near future, 'cause we're about to spend a lot of time together."
09:15 "In jail."
09:17 Back to the beginning. Westworld.
09:25 Dolores was just about to bring everything full circle.
09:29 "Maybe this time, we'll set ourselves free."
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09:48 Number 1. Oh, So Many Unanswered Questions.
09:54 Lost.
09:54 "I got a bad feeling about this."
09:57 The Ultimate Water Cooler Mystery Box Show, Lost, delivers a whole island full of questions.
10:03 And while many of them are resolved by the finale or in supplementary material,
10:08 plenty of them remain unanswered.
10:09 "The island needs you!"
10:11 What is the light at the center of the island?
10:13 Why are those numbers so significant?
10:16 What's so special about Walt or Claire's baby Aaron for that matter?
10:19 The finale does wrap up Jack's storyline and sees the characters reunite in a kind of purgatory.
10:24 But plenty of plot points remain unexplained.
10:27 "We've been waiting for you, darling."
10:29 We know it's not feasible to expect resolutions to all of them,
10:32 but many fans still hope that Lost would provide more answers than it does.
10:37 Which unresolved TV cliffhanger frustrated you the most?
10:40 Give us your answers in the comments.
10:43 "You were going to leave without saying goodbye? For your manners."
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