The Most Shocking TV Twists of 2025: Ginny and Georgia in Sullivan’s Crossing

Some of the most shocking TV moments of 2025 — including baby twists and secret hubby revelations — come from shows like Ginny and Georgia, Sullivan’s Passage, The summer I became pretty, The Hunting Wives and more.

The Hunting Wives conquered the public as one of the several book-to-screen adaptations. But it was his decision to move away from his literary origins that surprised viewers. Meanwhile The summer I became prettythe series decided to stick closely enough to the novel that Prime Video ordered a series of films for continue the story.

CRUSH shocked We by returning in spin-off form – without its OG cast. There was also Sullivan’s Passagewho found a way to present a secret husband in the final.

Keep scrolling for more of 2025’s most shocking TV moments:

“Matlock” pulls out all the stops with Julian

The season 2 fall finale showed Olympia (Skye P.Marshall) having doubts about his project with Matty (Kathy Bates). They tried to stay on the same page even though Olympia was still protective of Julian (Jason Ritter), who Matty didn’t trust. They ended the finale with Olympia showing she trusts Matty by giving up the copy of the Wellbrexa study. Their moment was witnessed by Julian, who grew suspicious of Olympia and followed her to her house where he apparently pieced together the situation.

‘The Summer I Became Pretty’ Expands With Film

While the series finale showed Conrad (Chris Briney) and the stomach (Lola Tung) coming together, there was a major change from Jenny Han’s book series. The epilogue – with the fictional couple’s wedding – was missing and fans realized why just hours after the episode aired. Prime Video announced that The summer I became pretty I would come back for a movie.

Ginny and Georgia’s Baby Twist

In the season 3 finale, Georgia (Brianne Howey) has adjusted to her new normal after her murder trial – and her marriage to Paul (Scott Porter) — has ended. The last scene showed Georgia drinking milk, which her daughter, Ginny (Antonia Gentry), realized that it was a desire that his mother only had when she was pregnant.

The twist? We don’t know if Paul… or love interest Joe (Raymond Ablack) – it’s the father.

‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ Secret Husband Revealed

Based on WrinklesThe new CW series follows neurosurgeon Maggie (Morgane Kohan) as she finds herself in legal trouble and returns to her hometown in rural Nova Scotia to reconnect with her estranged father, Sully (Scott Patterson).

Three seasons later, Maggie has put down roots in Sullivan’s Crossing and found love with Cal (Chad Michael Murray). But the third season finale shook up Maggie and Cal’s relationship when her secret husband, Liam (Marcus Rosner), introduced himself.

‘Hunting Wives’ deviates from the book

Based on May Cobbthe book of the same name, The Hunting Wives introduced We to Sophie (Brittany Snow), who moved from Boston to an East Texas town where she found herself attracted to prominent socialite Margo (Malin Akerman). Those who have read the novel know that Jill (Katie Lowes) killed that of his son Brad (George Ferrier) girlfriend after Abby became pregnant and refused to have an abortion. Jill then killed Margo (named Margot in the book) because she also knew about her friend’s affair with her teenage son.

The series, however, deviates greatly from the original plot by having Margo as the one who became pregnant with Brad’s baby. Margo had an abortion and eventually killed Abby, which Sophie found out in the season 1 finale. Sophie was about to abandon Margo before Margo’s brother got involved and Sophie ended up killing Kyle (Aaron Milligan).

SWAT Spinoff Sparks Drama

CRUSHwhich premiered on CBS in 2017, followed a police special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team named Twenty Squad that operated in Los Angeles. The procedural faced its share of battles to stay on the air when CBS chose CRUSH for a seventh and final season. The network ultimately reversed this decision and CRUSH returned for season 8.

But the celebration didn’t last long: the network canceled the show a second time in March 2025. CRUSH It appears the series ended two months later when the series finale aired on CBS. A few days later, however, Sony Pictures Television picked up a spin-off titled SWAT Exiles who is featured Shemar Moore and a new SWAT unit.

Viewers were surprised that Moore’s character, Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, was the only one to return after the entire cast participated in the effort to bring back SWAT. Moore defended the decision before it was announced. Jay Harrington And Patrick Holy Spirit will reprise their roles as Sergeant David “Deacon” Kay and Commander Robert Hicks respectively in the Exiles pilot.

Great Roman Revelations of High Potential

At the end of season 1, High potential confirmed that Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) a former Roman – an FBI informant – was still alive after disappearing for over a decade.

‘The Pitt’ shakes things up with Langdon

The Pitt slowly hinted that Patrick BouleLangdon’s character was stealing drugs from the hospital – but it still came as a surprise when the show confirmed his addiction. Dr. Santos (Isa Briones) first expressed his concerns to Robby (Noah Wyle) about missing pills and a bottle of falsified Lorazepam. Robby confronted Langdon about the discrepancy, leading to the senior resident’s dismissal from his position at Pittsburgh Medical Trauma Hospital.

Introducing the Shocking Woman of Ransom Canyon

When we were last Ransom CanyonEllie (Marianly Tejada) was preparing to marry Yancy (Jack Schumacher) in front of his wife (played by Erica Dasher of Jane by design fame) appeared.

The conclusion “We were liars”

The Prime Video series remained faithful to the author E. Lockhartfrom the novel of the same name by revealing that Cadence (Emilie Lind), plus the other three liars (Joseph Zada as Johnny, Esther McGregor like Mirren and Shubham Maheshwari like Gat) set fire to their grandparents’ house on Beechwood Island. Even though Cadence made it out alive, the other three did not.

The Voice of Criminal Minds Revealed

Criminal minds brought Zach Gilford‘s Voit emerged from a coma with a head injury that caused significant memory loss – and may even have taken away his psychopathic tendencies. This still remains to be seen.

Fire Country’s double release

Season 3 ended on a cliffhanger with Vince (Billy Burke) and that of Sharon (Diane Farr) lives remain at stake. News broke hours after the finale aired that budget cuts led to the departures of Burke and Stephanie Arcila.

Tracker’s big moment about Colter’s dad

In the season 2 finale, Colter (Justin Hartley) met his father’s old friendwho confirmed that he pushed Ashton to his death — according to Colter’s mother, Mary (Wendy Crewson), apparently asked for help.

The Confusing Twist of Doctor Odyssey’s Authorship

Doctor Odyssey had We on the edge of our seats when the medical drama introduced a threesome between Avery (Phillip Soo), maximum (Joshua Jackson) and Tristan (Sean Teale) earlier this season, which escalated into a broken condom – and pregnancy. Later in the season, the series revealed that Avery was never pregnant.

First reveal of the major series “Paradise”

During the premiere of the series, the public was able to discover Sterling K. Brownwho plays a Secret Service agent named Xavier, tasked with protecting former President Cal Bradford (James Marsden). Xavier finds Cal dead minutes into the premiere, causing concern throughout their serene town called Paradise. The twist? Paradise is an underground bunker built for survivors of an apocalyptic event that ended the rest of humanity.