An entertainment publication has released a curated list of nine miniseries recognised for delivering narrative surprises that audiences found difficult to anticipate. The article suggests that despite their limited episode counts, miniseries can execute plot reversals with comparable effectiveness to longer-running television programmes.

Among the entries is 1899, which presents itself as a nineteenth-century maritime mystery before revealing that events occur within a 2099 simulation created by two characters processing grief. The miniseries subsequently faced cancellation by Netflix, which cited substantial production expenditure and lower-than-anticipated viewer retention as the reasons for discontinuation.