12 Unanswered Questions From Famous TV Shows That Are Still Killing Us

Did Tony get whacked or not?

The Sopranos Finale
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One of the many benefits of the TV format over film is that writers are able to grant their audience stronger investment in characters on a far larger canvas.

After all, how many movie characters are as well-known to audiences as the likes of Homer Simpson, Walter White, Tony Soprano, Frasier Crane, and Tyrion Lannister, to name just a few? The flip-side of spending potentially 50-100+ hours with these characters, however, is that when writers decide to get bold and not just give viewers what they want, it can be immensely frustrating.

As such, these 12 TV shows are all fine examples of that. Each is strongly acclaimed without question, but fans are still in utter agony debating a resolved plot thread, unanswered question, or infuriating cliffhanger ending.

Obviously, the ambiguity is very much the point in many of these examples, and it's probably for the best that the questions aren't actually answered, but that doesn't stop fans relentlessly obsessing over what the truth might be.

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