did they really think we just forget
about these welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten TV shows that totally
abandoned past storylines I mean if
anything happened and we couldn’t be
friends the way we are now that would
really be bad devastating
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at storylines
characters and plot arcs it seemed like
they were going somewhere interesting
but then the show’s shifted focus or
ended up ignoring these elements we are
however excluding retcons that actively
erased events from a show’s cannon you
know like how will and graces original
last season is no longer part of the
show’s continuity in the reboot series
anyway we will be talking about major
plot points so expect some spoilers but
since we’re spoiling unresolved plots
does it even matter just trying to get a
but that would not affect the engines in
any way I know that data it’s not the
point
this sci-fi comedy featured a plot where
Dave Lister meets his alternate reality
female self Deb who came from a world
where men became pregnant after a night
of a few drinks with his alternate self
however this storyline was quickly swept
under the rug with Dave no longer
pregnant in the next episode and the
plot lines resolution hidden in a blink
and you’ll miss it star wars esque
opening crawl originally meant to be
resolved in the course of the episode
rather than opening text the writers
nixed the plot after realizing it was
number nine
Jess reunites with his father Gilmore
Girls jess is gone I don’t think he’s
coming back
in season 3’s here comes the Sun Jess
Rory’s boyfriend in Luke’s nephew
abandons both of them and sets off to
find his estranged father Jimmy in
California instead of centering on Rory
or Lorelai the episode broke from
convention and focused almost entirely
on Jess in his new home while
introducing new characters like Jimmy’s
girlfriend and her daughter after
establishing these new characters they
are never seen or mentioned again and
Jess has moved to Philadelphia this
random and abandoned arc was actually
meant to be a backdoor pilot for a just
centered spin-off that was never made
leaving this storyline behind as a weird
relic you can’t take care of yourself
how are you gonna take care of someone
else know what I can’t take you in I
can’t raise you raise me up me team
raise I can vote I can be drafted it’s a
little late to throw me a Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtle birthday party didn’t come
to bust my balls
number eight Katelyn left in the future
heroes
do anything make up a story sticking
with Milo Ventimiglia for a moment his
character in hero’s Peter Petrelli and
girlfriend Caitlin traveled to the
post-apocalyptic future ravaged by a
terrible disease separated from Caitlin
Peter is forced to go back to the
present and prevent the horrific
alternate future of course this left
Caitlin trapped in a future that never
happened you need to remember who you
are I need to find Caitlin you need to
focus what does that mean for her
exactly who knows the second season of
Heroes was cut in half by the 2008
writer strike and Caitlin’s fate was
never revealed as a result when heroes
returned the show had moved on to new
plots and Caitlin was never mentioned
again ouch
Peter just because you don’t remember
your past it doesn’t mean you don’t have
one
number seven limits on warp speed Star
Trek The Next Generation with these
parameters we should be able to maintain
warp speed for two minutes eight seconds
I don’t think we can get warp speeds
have always been somewhat inconsistent
in Star Trek and nowhere is that more
evident than the episode force of nature
the metaphor compared warp drive to
fossil fuels with the enterprise’s crew
discovering that surpassing speeds of
warp 5 degraded space-time a proxy for
the ozone layer and effective
immediately all Federation vessels will
be limited to a speed warp 5 ultimately
the Federation placed a galactic speed
limit that should have fundamentally
changed the nature of space travel
putting limits on warp speed is only
going to prevent other rifts from
forming and yes the speed limit
seemingly plays no role with the
exception of two brief mentions that
same season after which it was never
mentioned in any other Star Trek series
or film set afterward forcing Star Trek
historians and fans to develop
off-screen explanations you’re
authorized to exceed warp speed
limitations for the duration of this
assignment we’ll be able to give you
more bait if we need it
number six several characters disappear
The West Wing I like it
look staged characters had such a
tendency to disappear in this beloved
series but fans even coined the term
sent to manned evil
– Mandy Hampton formerly a main
character Mandy disappeared without
explanation never to be mentioned again
and others who shared the same fate
included Ainsley Hayes Joe Quincy Elsie
snuffin and most notably Sam Seaborn in
the fourth season a subplot focused on
Sam’s congressional campaign in
California which was not going
particularly well whether he managed to
pull off an upset or was defeated is
anybody’s guess since it was never
spoken up again and Sam himself didn’t
reappear until the show’s last episode
no chance of a miracle number five the
GS ball pokemon sure is different who
created this mysterious GS ball and what
was inside if you wanted answers to any
of these questions prepare to be
disappointed after discovering the ball
in the orange islands Professor IV was
unable to use any conventional means to
open it she then gave it to ash Ketcham
who carried this MacGuffin around for
roughly 60 episodes with it changing
hands a number of times but no one came
close to opening it finally ash left the
GS ball with pokeball maker Curt who
promised to work on it and of course he
and the ball were never seen or
mentioned again would you children mind
terribly if I kept the GS ball a little
bit longer number four Jerry and Elaine
getting back together
Seinfeld while Jerry and Elaine had been
in a romantic relationship before the
events of the show Seinfeld’s focus on a
reverence neglected emotional romantic
arts something NBC’s producers were not
incredibly happy about feeling the
pressure from the producers head writer
Larry David crafted a story where Jerry
and Elaine become friends with benefits
but by the end of the episode realized
they couldn’t sleep together with no
emotional ties and once again became a
couple what do you want this that and
the other this relationship seemed to
last all of five minutes since they were
actually a couple from then with the
break-up apparently happening off screen
the fact that Seinfeld episodes were
aired out of order only exacerbated the
situation
no we decided we don’t really work as a
cup number three Waltz powers lost Emma
bein punished
Walt was the only child in the main cast
during Lost’s first season which
followed survivors of a plane crash
living on a mysterious island
Walt showed a variety of psychic powers
including astral projection and
knowledge of the future however after
the first season Malcolm David Kelley
who played Walt had apparently aged out
of the role and only had cameo sized
appearances going forward kami big dude
I’m like Desmond and Myles who had
well-defined powers a more intricate
explanation of Walt’s abilities was
never given by the show he was also one
of the few characters not to return for
season six only receiving a resolution
in the show’s epilogue here to kidnap
Megan
number two the president disappears 24
if I go down you have to stay the course
do you understand just as the west wing
had Mandeville 24 had being behrouz
named after the vanished Bay ruse arise
of course when the President of the
United States vanishes and never gets
mentioned again it’s a pretty big deal
president Keeler was aboard Air Force
One when it was brought down an event
that nearly killed everyone aboard in
the process was Air Force one just hit
miraculously Keeler survived but in
seemingly critical condition and then
well nothing with Keeler’s fate
ambiguous his vice president assumes his
duties and then everyone just forgets
that the last time we saw Keeler he was
[Music]
thank God before we reveal our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions
it’s doctor raining yeah sure did okay
tell him Louie the country number one
the real Seymour Skinner The Simpsons
I’m an impostor that man is the real
Seymour Skinner fairly or not many fans
point to the season 9 episode the
principal and the popper as the turning
point when the Simpsons ceased being one
of the best comedies of all time and
became much more hit or miss the episode
throughout years of continuity by
revealing that Principal Skinner was
actually an imposter named Armand Tam’s
this revelation created a large number
of inconsistencies within the show and
aside from one joke no one ever
mentioned that Skinner was a different
person ever again among the storylines
detractors are Harry Shearer the voice
of Skinner and Simpsons creator Matt
Groening with the family in disarray
episodes increasingly resorted to
gimmicky premises and nonsensical plots
do you agree with our fix check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
about these welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten TV shows that totally
abandoned past storylines I mean if
anything happened and we couldn’t be
friends the way we are now that would
really be bad devastating
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at storylines
characters and plot arcs it seemed like
they were going somewhere interesting
but then the show’s shifted focus or
ended up ignoring these elements we are
however excluding retcons that actively
erased events from a show’s cannon you
know like how will and graces original
last season is no longer part of the
show’s continuity in the reboot series
anyway we will be talking about major
plot points so expect some spoilers but
since we’re spoiling unresolved plots
does it even matter just trying to get a
but that would not affect the engines in
any way I know that data it’s not the
point
this sci-fi comedy featured a plot where
Dave Lister meets his alternate reality
female self Deb who came from a world
where men became pregnant after a night
of a few drinks with his alternate self
however this storyline was quickly swept
under the rug with Dave no longer
pregnant in the next episode and the
plot lines resolution hidden in a blink
and you’ll miss it star wars esque
opening crawl originally meant to be
resolved in the course of the episode
rather than opening text the writers
nixed the plot after realizing it was
number nine
Jess reunites with his father Gilmore
Girls jess is gone I don’t think he’s
coming back
in season 3’s here comes the Sun Jess
Rory’s boyfriend in Luke’s nephew
abandons both of them and sets off to
find his estranged father Jimmy in
California instead of centering on Rory
or Lorelai the episode broke from
convention and focused almost entirely
on Jess in his new home while
introducing new characters like Jimmy’s
girlfriend and her daughter after
establishing these new characters they
are never seen or mentioned again and
Jess has moved to Philadelphia this
random and abandoned arc was actually
meant to be a backdoor pilot for a just
centered spin-off that was never made
leaving this storyline behind as a weird
relic you can’t take care of yourself
how are you gonna take care of someone
else know what I can’t take you in I
can’t raise you raise me up me team
raise I can vote I can be drafted it’s a
little late to throw me a Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtle birthday party didn’t come
to bust my balls
number eight Katelyn left in the future
heroes
do anything make up a story sticking
with Milo Ventimiglia for a moment his
character in hero’s Peter Petrelli and
girlfriend Caitlin traveled to the
post-apocalyptic future ravaged by a
terrible disease separated from Caitlin
Peter is forced to go back to the
present and prevent the horrific
alternate future of course this left
Caitlin trapped in a future that never
happened you need to remember who you
are I need to find Caitlin you need to
focus what does that mean for her
exactly who knows the second season of
Heroes was cut in half by the 2008
writer strike and Caitlin’s fate was
never revealed as a result when heroes
returned the show had moved on to new
plots and Caitlin was never mentioned
again ouch
Peter just because you don’t remember
your past it doesn’t mean you don’t have
one
number seven limits on warp speed Star
Trek The Next Generation with these
parameters we should be able to maintain
warp speed for two minutes eight seconds
I don’t think we can get warp speeds
have always been somewhat inconsistent
in Star Trek and nowhere is that more
evident than the episode force of nature
the metaphor compared warp drive to
fossil fuels with the enterprise’s crew
discovering that surpassing speeds of
warp 5 degraded space-time a proxy for
the ozone layer and effective
immediately all Federation vessels will
be limited to a speed warp 5 ultimately
the Federation placed a galactic speed
limit that should have fundamentally
changed the nature of space travel
putting limits on warp speed is only
going to prevent other rifts from
forming and yes the speed limit
seemingly plays no role with the
exception of two brief mentions that
same season after which it was never
mentioned in any other Star Trek series
or film set afterward forcing Star Trek
historians and fans to develop
off-screen explanations you’re
authorized to exceed warp speed
limitations for the duration of this
assignment we’ll be able to give you
more bait if we need it
number six several characters disappear
The West Wing I like it
look staged characters had such a
tendency to disappear in this beloved
series but fans even coined the term
sent to manned evil
– Mandy Hampton formerly a main
character Mandy disappeared without
explanation never to be mentioned again
and others who shared the same fate
included Ainsley Hayes Joe Quincy Elsie
snuffin and most notably Sam Seaborn in
the fourth season a subplot focused on
Sam’s congressional campaign in
California which was not going
particularly well whether he managed to
pull off an upset or was defeated is
anybody’s guess since it was never
spoken up again and Sam himself didn’t
reappear until the show’s last episode
no chance of a miracle number five the
GS ball pokemon sure is different who
created this mysterious GS ball and what
was inside if you wanted answers to any
of these questions prepare to be
disappointed after discovering the ball
in the orange islands Professor IV was
unable to use any conventional means to
open it she then gave it to ash Ketcham
who carried this MacGuffin around for
roughly 60 episodes with it changing
hands a number of times but no one came
close to opening it finally ash left the
GS ball with pokeball maker Curt who
promised to work on it and of course he
and the ball were never seen or
mentioned again would you children mind
terribly if I kept the GS ball a little
bit longer number four Jerry and Elaine
getting back together
Seinfeld while Jerry and Elaine had been
in a romantic relationship before the
events of the show Seinfeld’s focus on a
reverence neglected emotional romantic
arts something NBC’s producers were not
incredibly happy about feeling the
pressure from the producers head writer
Larry David crafted a story where Jerry
and Elaine become friends with benefits
but by the end of the episode realized
they couldn’t sleep together with no
emotional ties and once again became a
couple what do you want this that and
the other this relationship seemed to
last all of five minutes since they were
actually a couple from then with the
break-up apparently happening off screen
the fact that Seinfeld episodes were
aired out of order only exacerbated the
situation
no we decided we don’t really work as a
cup number three Waltz powers lost Emma
bein punished
Walt was the only child in the main cast
during Lost’s first season which
followed survivors of a plane crash
living on a mysterious island
Walt showed a variety of psychic powers
including astral projection and
knowledge of the future however after
the first season Malcolm David Kelley
who played Walt had apparently aged out
of the role and only had cameo sized
appearances going forward kami big dude
I’m like Desmond and Myles who had
well-defined powers a more intricate
explanation of Walt’s abilities was
never given by the show he was also one
of the few characters not to return for
season six only receiving a resolution
in the show’s epilogue here to kidnap
Megan
number two the president disappears 24
if I go down you have to stay the course
do you understand just as the west wing
had Mandeville 24 had being behrouz
named after the vanished Bay ruse arise
of course when the President of the
United States vanishes and never gets
mentioned again it’s a pretty big deal
president Keeler was aboard Air Force
One when it was brought down an event
that nearly killed everyone aboard in
the process was Air Force one just hit
miraculously Keeler survived but in
seemingly critical condition and then
well nothing with Keeler’s fate
ambiguous his vice president assumes his
duties and then everyone just forgets
that the last time we saw Keeler he was
[Music]
thank God before we reveal our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions
it’s doctor raining yeah sure did okay
tell him Louie the country number one
the real Seymour Skinner The Simpsons
I’m an impostor that man is the real
Seymour Skinner fairly or not many fans
point to the season 9 episode the
principal and the popper as the turning
point when the Simpsons ceased being one
of the best comedies of all time and
became much more hit or miss the episode
throughout years of continuity by
revealing that Principal Skinner was
actually an imposter named Armand Tam’s
this revelation created a large number
of inconsistencies within the show and
aside from one joke no one ever
mentioned that Skinner was a different
person ever again among the storylines
detractors are Harry Shearer the voice
of Skinner and Simpsons creator Matt
Groening with the family in disarray
episodes increasingly resorted to
gimmicky premises and nonsensical plots
do you agree with our fix check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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