21 Classic TV Shows That Left Important Unanswered Questions

All of these people are citizens of Mandyville now.
21 Classic TV Shows That Left Important Unanswered Questions

What happens when you write yourself into a corner? Well, if you're a writer on a show, apparently it's OK to more or less shrug your shoulders, take a mulligan, and hope no one notices.

Well, we noticed. Together with AuntieMeme, we wanted to set up this wall of remembrance of sorts for characters who didn't exactly get a fair shake from the people who created them.

n HEROES PETER PETRELLI TmE TRAVELS TO POST APOCALYPSENEWY YORK And HE LEAVES HIS GIRLFRIEND THERE. FOREVER. Peter's time travel powers wonk out, stra
WOLVERINEL AND THE -Menspent 26 EPISODES PREVENTNG THE APOCALYPSE AND A MUTANT nAmeD APOCALYPSE TOOK OveR THE WORLD InsTeAD. In this incarnation of th
on Communy TROY AND ABED FIND OUT THEIR FRIEND LUKKAIS A WAR CRIMINAL. STAND BYME COMNO AUCUST S TO A THUATLNALYOu AND ALL THEY DO IS STOP HANGING OUT
on BOY MEETS WORLD, MR TURNER WAS CORY'S FAVORITTETEACHER. YeT HE DISAPPEARED FRom THE SHOW. In the season five finale, Mr. Turner gets in a motorcycl
on ALL MY CHILDREN, LITITLE BOBBY went UP TO THE ATITIC. And HE WAS never seen AGAIN. When the show began, Dr. Joe Martin's wife Helen had recently di
JOHN KEELER WAS THE PRESIDENT In SeASON4OF 24 THEN YADDAH YADDAH YADDAH, HIS VP WAS SWORN in. We get that 24 was fairly notorious for dropping charact
MANDY HAMPTON WAS WHITE HouSE MeDIA CONSULTANT on THE WEST WING. AND THEN, SUDDENLY, SHE WASN'T. SHE DISAPPEARED. Mandy, played by Moira Kelly, was a

Soap

SOAPWAS A Z7Os PRIME TIME SOAP OPERASPOOF. And IT ended WITH JESSICA ABOUT TO Be SHOT BY A FIRING SQUAD. Soap was a mostly lighthearted comedy that fo
VALERY WAS An UNKILLABLE RUSSIAn, on THE SOPRANOS. YeT HE JUst DISAPPEARED FROM THE SHOW. So the question is, how? Christopher and Paulie smash his wi
n THE 90s SPIDER-MAN ANIMATED SERIES, MARY JAnE FALLS INTOA DimensionALVoRTeX AnD PETER PARKER never FINDS HER. It was the fifth season, and Spider-M
MORK & MINDY WoUND DOwN WITTHA THREE PART STORY. YeT THE PAIR STILL WoUND UP STRANDED FOR eTeRnITY. What's regarded as the series finale of Mork & Min
MERLNWAS ABOUT YounG knG ARTHUR AND YoUNG meRLin. AND IT ended WITH MeRLIN, ALONE, FOR ALL eTeRnITY. In the series finale, Arthur dies. Merlin, howeve
n THE LAST EPISODE OF STARGATE UNIVERSE, THE CREW GOES BINTOSTASIS. EXcEPT FOR one GUY, WHOSE POD IS BROKeN. IT was the final episode of the series an
DR. ERICA HAHN WASA BREAKOUT CHARAGTER on REY'SANATOMY BUT In seAson 6, SHE WALKED OUT TO HER CAR AND WAS never seen AGAIN. She was an open lesbian wh
TWINPEAKSWASA CULT CLASSICL AND DELIBERATELYOFF KIITER IT'S STILL no excuse TO LEAvE AGENT COOPER poSSeSseD. In the final episode, Cooper rescues Anni

Happy Days

on HAPPYL DAYS, Richie HAD An OLDER BROTHER named CHUCK OR HE DID, UNTIL THE SECond season. Chuck was away at college for much of the first season, an
JUDY WAS THE YOUNGEST DAUGHITER on FAMILYMATTERS. AnD In THE FOURTH SeASoN, SHE VANISHED. Her last appearance was in an episode called Mama's Wedding
In SeASoN OF BUFFYA SUBSTITUTTE TEACHER TuRnS OUT TOBEA PREDATORY INSeGT. And noBoDY DOES AnyTHING ABOUT THE EGGS SHE LeAVES BEHIND. It was early in t
on THE BIG BANG THORY, LEONARD ANd DR STEPHANIE LIE TOGETHER BUT THen SUDDENLY, THEY DON'T. Despite Sheldon's enthusiasm about the relationship, Leona
in QUANTUMLEAP SAM BECKETT spENT HIS DAYS BTIME HOPPINGO INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S BODIES. Dr. Sam Becket never returned home. And HE never FOUND HIS WAY Ho

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