ATTN JMS: Cliffhanger? Why bother?

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Subject: ATTN JMS: Cliffhanger? Why bother?
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+  1: Apr  7, 1996: wajda at mcs.com (Rich Wajda)
*  2: Apr  7, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: wajda at mcs.com (Rich Wajda)
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Since WB will probably show the season finale a week before the season 4
opener, why even bother with a cliffhanger?  Heck, the trailer will 
probably kill most of the suspense anyway.

Imagine if "Dallas" had shown JR being shot only a week before the
shooter was revealed.  A whole summer of idle speculation would have
been wasted. 

--rich

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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Because the story calls for it.  Whether they show the cliffhanger three
months or two weeks before the fourth season (assuming renewal), this is
where the story goes.  It was constructed like a series of novels, a
multi-volume saga, and like any good series of novels, you end on
something big.

And this year, season three ends on something really honking big.


 jms


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