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Old 10-27-2017, 12:50 AM   #16
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HIMYM and Seinfield are two that come to mind.

The last season of HIMYM was a complete disaster without any of the charm and humour which made the show popular. Too many episodes were wasted on the wedding where nothing was happening with no time spent at all on the final ridiculous twist.

Seinfeld was always going to be a tough series to wrap up. I didn't hate this as much as some people did and I appreciated trying to have a conclusion and bringing back popular characters, but the whole thing was just odd.

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Clone High

A fantastic early effort of a show by Phil Miller and Christopher Lord (Cloudy With A Chance, 21 Jump Street (Movie), Lego Movie, Brooklyn 99, Last Man On Earth, etc.), produced by Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Spin City) starring a super-early Will Forte, prime-era Nicole Sullivan, and a not-yet-over her shtick Christa Miller. Biting writing, great cast and a memorable show, this is a weird one to include as it was only 1 season long.

The show revolves around cloned versions of famous historical figures (Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, Cleopatra, JFK, etc.) going to a high school for ?reasons? and the hijinks that ensue. At the end of the first season, the show culminates at the Snowflake Ball (kind of a winter prom thing) where the Shadowy Figures, a government group that commissioned the clones, comes to take them away for experiments. Everyone congas into a freezer and are frozen for all time. Fin.

What makes this ending interesting (other than an unresolved plot), is that the show was not brought back for a second season due to unpopularity, but rather because an article in Maxim about the show was read by a parliamentarian in India that depicted the Gandhi character being beaten up by jocks. There was a parliament sit-in to protest the show, and Viacom's CEO became trapped in the MTV India building on a visit with unfortunate timing. They apologized and cancelled the show, and a second season was never greenlit (even Gandhi-less) due to the controversy.

Props for bringing up Clone High, it was such a brilliant show. Every episode was great but I especially remember the one where Joan joins the basketball team and JFK becomes confused about his sexuality.



I was devastated not getting a conclusion to the cliff hanger ending. I need to know what happens between Abe and Joan!

Another animated show that ended on an unresolved cliff hanger was Undergrads which aired a year before Clone High. It didn't get great ratings or reviews but as someone who was a first year student at the time I found it hilarious.
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