A cliffhanger is hoped to ensure the audience will return to see how the characters resolve the dilemma.

Once the two characters resolve their conflicts, Mitch in Dave's body is then released from the paruretic symptoms and they complete the wish to change back.

He later stated that he did not regret ending Anachronox on a cliffhanger, as most characters had resolved their inner turmoil.

And the characters at the end of the movie resolved their issues with a huge gun battle.

The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators.

During the first two acts Stevens' character resolves to bare a child without being married.

The characters resolve this for themselves with prickly generosity and an all-round lack of sentiment, bringing this singular work to a finely orchestrated conclusion.

The characters then resolve their conflict before the end of the episode.

He also stated that the main reason for the song's inclusion in the film, was to have the characters resolve the problem of coming to accept their true selves.

Sometimes the suspense comes from within one solitary character where characters must resolve conflicts with their own minds.