10 TV Episodes That Were Blatant Apologies
6. "Tikka To Ride" - Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf's sixth series finale "Out of Time" boasted an uncharacteristically dramatic cliffhanger ending, with Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), and Cat (Danny John Jules) all being killed in an explosive battle against their future selves.
Though the season ended with a "To be continued..." title card, fans had to wait more than three agonising years for the cliffhanger to be resolved, due to both personnel changes behind the scenes and Charles being falsely accused of sexual assault in 1994.
In order to appease fans infuriated by the lengthy wait, the series seven premiere, "Tikka to Ride," opened with Lister quickly explaining that they survived Starbug's destruction because it created a temporal paradox - that it would be logically impossible for their future selves to kill them.
Lister quickly explains that time has reset to a point shortly before their deaths, at which point several jokes are made about the convoluted non-logic of their revival.
Basically, the writers knew they'd written themselves into a corner and left fans hugely exasperated during the wait between seasons, so basically pressed the rewind button and restored the status quo as quickly as possible, logic be-damned.