10 Great TV Cliffhangers (With Awful Pay-Offs)
3. Game Of Thrones - "Mother's Mercy"
While Game of Thrones' fifth season isn't one of the series' finer seasons, there is no denying the finale made fans remember what made the show so fantastic. Plot twists are par for the course in Game of Thrones, so when Jon Snow gets brutally murdered by his sworn brothers (including that little bastard Ollie!) it came as quite a surprise.
Although many people theorized that Jon would come back in one way or another, there was no certainty to this. Jump forward to Season Six, and Game of Thrones eventually brought Jon back to life, with fans happy to see him return.
Looking back now that the show is done, many agree that Jon got the raw end of the deal by being exiled for saving the Seven Kingdoms and becoming a Wildling. Why would you bring such a beloved character back if this is where you're going to end his story? It's still baffling that's the way Jon's story ends, while stone-faced Bran gets to sit on the uncomfortable chair of swords.