TV series hebben er een handje van om hun seizoen te beëindigen met een extreem vette cliffhanger, waardoor je niet kan wachten tot de show weer van start gaat. De website Mania.com heeft een top vijf gemaakt van de vetste season endings ooit, uiteraard staat Lost en Dallas hier ook op, maar mijn favoriet is:

3) Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Becoming: Part 2" (airdate: May 19, 1998)

Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) finally steels herself that she must kill the evil Angelus (David Boreanaz), who as the heroic Angel lost his soul in a moment of true happiness as the two consummated their relationship earlier in the season.

After a pitched swordfight, unbeknownst to Buffy, Willow (Alyson Hannigan) restores Angelus' soul at the very last instant, making him a good guy again. But it's too late. All the time spent hardening her heart is for naught as Buffy kisses her lover passionately, tells him to close his eyes, then runs him through with her sword and into the vortex created by the demon Alcathala as he awakens. The vortex is then closed, but with Angel sucked into it, his arm extended towards Buffy and his face etched in confusion as he's banished to a hell dimension. The look of pure horror on Buffy's face sells this scene, demonstrating Gellar's acting ability. This is the series' most heart-wrenching moment.

It doesn't end there for Buffy: her mother (Joyce Summers) learned about her double-life as the Slayer and tells her not to come back, Buffy also reluctantly joined forces with Spike (James Marsters), her friends are brutally beaten, she's wanted for a murder she didn't commit, and she's expelled from high school. The only thing for the heartsick Slayer to do is run away someplace to lick her wounds. Fans wondered all summer long where she ended up, what would happen to Angel, and what her new status quo would entail.