According to TV Tropes, there was one show, “Sledge Hammer”, which ended its first season with the main character setting off a nuclear bomb while trying to defuse it. They didn’t expect to be renewed for a second season, so when they were, they had a problem. This is what they did:
Previously on Sledge Hammer: [scene of nuclear explosion] Tonight’s episode takes place five years before that fateful explosion.
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According to TV Tropes, there was one show, “Sledge Hammer”, which ended its first season with the main character setting off a nuclear bomb while trying to defuse it. They didn’t expect to be renewed for a second season, so when they were, they had a problem. This is what they did:
Previously on Sledge Hammer:
[scene of nuclear explosion]
Tonight’s episode takes place five years before that fateful explosion.