Re: Venture Brothers, I was quite surprised when CN started running ads portraying the "death of the Venture brothers" episode as some kind of cliffhanger. I had seen that episode, and Dr. Venture's words at the end of that episode made it clear (to me) that Hank and Dean's death was a routine occurrence which needn't have any long-term consequences. I didn't know that it was the last episode of the season, nor did it occur to me that it might be, since it obviously wasn't a cliffhanger. I just figured Hank and Dean would be back in the next episode without further explanation. It probably would have been funnier that way. Those four words at the end of that episode had already told me most of what they spelled out in dreary detail in this "cliffhanger resolution" episode.