Summary

TV closed book have engaged audiences for years , building suspense over a show ’s storyline or traditional knowledge , but some have terminate in a hugely anticlimactic means , disappointing audience while not doing justice to the buildup . These mystery not only raise the stake in their several television set shows but also result in character ontogeny , peculiarly in the case of a whodunnit storyline . It ’s leisurely for audience to get invested in these mysteries , which is why it ’s so dissatisfactory when their resolving ends up being so underwhelming .

Of course , an anticlimactical remainder to a TV mystery can happen for a few reasons . Not every game point is planned out in its entirety , especially in multi - season shows , and writers feel more and more pressure to come up with an exciting resolution the longer it give-up the ghost on . TV show lover theoriescan also arrange up unachievable hypothetical criterion , with viewer get so creative that it ’s not possible for the show to agree . Although there have been many satisfying endings , some of telecasting ’s biggest mysteries unfortunately see an anticlimactical ending .

8Who Was George Sr.’s Mistress?

The Big Bang Theory & Young Sheldon

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A spinoff of the situation comedy The Big Bang Theory , Young Sheldon follows the young and coming - of - eld of Sheldon Cooper during his childhood in Texas as he pursues science and academia . The show also follow his parents , sib , and Mee - Maw , painting a picture of the world where Sheldon grow up .

The Big Bang Theory ’s prequel , Young Sheldon , has given audiences more insight into the childhood of Sheldon Cooper ( Iain Armitage and Jim Parsons ) . One core detail from Sheldon ’s younger years , which he uncover to Penny ( Kaley Cuoco ) inThe Big Bang Theory , is something thatYoung Sheldondidn’t computer address until season 7 . It was known that George Sr . ( Lance Barber ) supposedly had an thing , and while the show spend time go under up the possibility it was with Brenda Sparks ( Melissa Peterman),the episode " emmet on a Log and a Cheating Winker " lastly confirm the indistinguishability of the Cooper patriarch ’s schoolma’am .

After returning from Germany , Sheldon was n’t aware that the woman he found in the weaponry of George Sr . , " Helga,“was actually his female parent , Mary ( Zoe Perry ) . While the minute was uproarious to watch , it also was bittersweet , especially realizing that Sheldon had spent his entire life thinking George Sr . had been treasonous and not even break this to Mary after his death . George Sr . ’s affairwas a storyline that audiences had been anticipating since the prequel ’s offset , but it turns out that the events that top to Sheldon ’s famous triple whack were n’t quite what he believed them to be .

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7Where Did Ted Get The Pineapple?

How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother is a television series that espouse a father telling his children about his past . release in 2005 , it explores his experience and escapade with four close friends , leading up to meet their mother , as depicted through a series of flashbacks .

In theHow I Met Your Motherseason 1 installment " The Pineapple Incident , " the show introduce one of its retentive - run mysteries , other than the identity of the female parent , as Ted ( Josh Radnor ) woke up after an drunk night with a pineapple on his nightstand . References to the pineapple would pop up occasionally throughout the show , with Marshall ( Jason Segel ) particularly passionate about find out its origins . However , it was n’t until the time of year 9 episode " Daisy " that audiences would get an answer .

In a deleted aspect from the installment " Daisy , " it ’s give away that the Captain ( Kyle MacLachlan ) always restrain one of the fruits on the doorsill of his home , a sea police captain tradition and a " symbol of hospitality . “Upon this reveal , Ted retrieve stealing the Ananas comosus from the Captain ’s townhouse in New York many year before . While it was a odd twist to a well - needed answer , it also came across as a ready fix more than anything , especially as the Captain was n’t introduced to the show until season 6 .

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6Who Killed Lucille Austero?

Arrested Development

Arrested Developmentseason 5 dissent from its previous installing , with a big focusing on the death of Lucille Austero ( Liza Minelli ) and who murdered her . For a lot of the season , it was implied that several ofthe Bluth family memberscould be behind the menage champion ’s death , especially Buster ( Tony Hale ) , her X , and a in the main disturbed individual . Despite this , Austero ’s torso was missing , and Buster carry on to maintain his innocence , making it laborious to nail a article of faith .

In doing so , the show was setting up a possible plot twist in the identity of the truthful murderer or even the reveal that Austero was n’t idle at all . However , after an entire season of building up suspense and slowly developing the complex storyline , everything is solved in one singular line of dialogue in the show ’s very last episode , " The Fallout . “After receive Lucille Austero ’s body in the wall , Buster right away admits to his crime , bringing the time of year - long mystery to an anticlimactic close .

5What Happened To Charlie Kelly’s Sisters?

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

It ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a Sitcom and Black Comedy created by Rob McElhenney . It star Rob McElhenney , Charlie Day , Kaitlin Olson , Glenn Howerton , and Danny DeVito . The serial follow a group of friends that own and frequent the Irish bar , Paddy ’s Pub , and get into all sorts of worrisome escapade .

One ofIt ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia ’s whodunit took many year to answer , and even its own persona ostensibly forgot . The sisters of Charlie Kelly ( Day ) , Bunny and Candy ( Olivia and Isabella Cohen ) appeared briefly in season 1 , although they were only teenagers at the time and had no transmission line of talks . They bomb to appear , or even be mentioned , throughout the show after this moment . Initially , it seemed that perhaps these characters were retconned , specially as later seasons saw storylines focusing on their mother , Bonnie ( Lynne Marie Stewart ) . However , they did finally return in season 16 .

Even Mac ( Rob McElhenney ) , who has jazz Charlie and the gang since they were in mellow school , had blank out about the Kelly girls . This would have been a keen chance for the show to implement these characters on a more permanent ground , specially as the season before had insert Charlie ’s father , Shelley ( Colm Meaney ) , only to be killed off chop-chop . Their brief return to the show did explicate their absence , but rather than there being a wacky story , it was reveal that Bunny and Candy just no longer got on with Bonnie and had become OnlyFans content creators .

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4Who Took The Master’s Ring?

Doctor Who

The latest Doctor Who series introduce the Fifteenth Doctor , joined by new companion Ruby Sunday .

Over the years , there have been plenty ofDoctor Whomysteries , but one that stands out take away a few class to be resolve . In the time of year 3 finale , " Last of the Time Lords , " John Simm ’s Master is last reckon being burned on a pyre after being shot and refusing to regenerate , but its final import visit a mysterious hand with painted carmine nail picking up a Gallifreyan ring that had degenerate to the ash . For a long time , it was theorize that this might have The Rani , a notable Time Lady from the classicDoctor Whoera .

There was also the possibleness that it may have been Lucy Saxon ( Alexandra Moen ) , despite her being the one to pull the trigger , having done so as a ploy to help him escape . However , in David Tennant ’s final two - part adventure as the 10th Doctor , " The End of Time , " the Master return to taunt him and Planet Earth . While the ring was an important part of this plot , as it was the key to his revitalisation , it turn out that the hired hand simply belonged to one of the Master ’s human slaves , a prison warden , who , upon bringing him back , was killed .

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3How Did Sherlock Holmes Fake His Death?

Sherlock

In this embodiment of Sherlock from creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss , Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman seize the roles of Sherlock and Watson as they establish their partnership and get down solve unusual mystery story throughout the U.K. and beyond . Set in a more 2010 ’s modern setting , Sherlock ’s off-the-wall and complex nature is accentuated as he solves seemingly supernatural crimes with unique mind while struggling to link up with others on a human point . Meanwhile , Watson blogs the tale summarizing their cases while build a strained but caring friendship with his new partner .

One of TV ’s biggest mysteries ever , which unwrap the internet and sent audience wild with theories , came from the BBC dramaSherlock . In the season 2 finis , " The Reichenbach Fall , " Sherlock ( Benedict Cumberbatch ) famously threw himself off the roof of St. Bart ’s Hospital to his death , only to be seen secretly watching John Watson ( Martin Freeman ) at his grave accent , unhurt and alive . The Sherlock time of year 3 premiere , “ The Empty Hearse , ” even played into the acknowledgment that the earth had late - plunk into potential ways the detective had faked his death , with even Anderson ( Jonathan Aris ) sharing his judgement .

Butthe extremely - awaited reveal of how it was done terminate up being unsatisfying . Because of the various travel theatrical role to the architectural plan , include assistance from Mycroft ( Mark Gatiss ) and Molly ( Louise Brealey),how Sherlock Holmes fake his deathended up being too unlikely and ostensibly borrowed from a combination of dissimilar fan theories . It ’s wide conceive that this is whenSherlockbegan to see a decline in quality , so there ’s a probability that the writers had backed themselves into a corner , face the pressure to solve a mystery they did n’t have sex the answer to .

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2Who Were The Final Five?

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction television series that premiered in 2004 . The plot of ground follows the bunch of the aging Battlestar Galactica as they protect a little fleet of human survivors from the renewed terror of the Cylons , in a quest to find the fabulous 13th settlement , Earth .

2004’sBattlestar Galacticaintroduced the Final Five , the five survivors of the Thirteenth Tribe , and for a while , their true identities were preserve under wraps . Throughout the show , and especially in season 3,it was hard implied that the group ’s identity would bear on the total lore ofBattlestar Galactica . However , the confirmation of where the Final Five get from and who they really were did n’t come until the season 4 episode " No Exit . "

From the pilot , the possibility of humanoid Cylons had been adjust up , razz that they perhaps had blended in with everyone else on the Colonial Fleet . The reveal that the Final Five were Cylons , after several season of complex chronicle and various implications of their inheritance , was met with dashing hopes . This decision ensue in some plot holes forBattlestar Galactica , admit subject with the established traditional knowledge on naturally conceived hybrids , as well as some previous storyline becoming twisted , such as Ellen ( Kate Vernon ) and Cavil ’s ( Dean Stockwell ) intimate sexual intercourse .

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1What Was The Smoke Monster?

Lost

lose is a enigma drama series created for telly that follows a group of survivors of a sheet crash and tells its fib between the past , present , and hereafter via flashbacks . When Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crashes and lands on a mysterious island in the pacific ocean , the castaways find their new irregular nursing home may have a judgement of its own , as unusual supernatural events keep them lock to the island . From an obscure fatal smoke creature to severe islander , the passengers must work together to pull round the island ’s seemingly lethal intentions .

One ofLost ’s earliest villainswas a shroud of black smoke , which terrorize the island and even pour down Oceanic 815 ’s pilot in the show ’s premier episode . For five seasons , The Smoke Monsterdidn’t appear to have a sentiency or a permanent formup until the installment " The Incident . " After years of anticipation , with the supernatural being taunting everyone , it turned out to be a middle - aged humankind , The Man in Black ( Titus Welliver ) .

This was an opportunity here for some brilliantLostlore to be established , explaining the backstory behind The Man in Black and why he was so hell - bent on destroying everything . However , five seasons of material body - up die to waste with the reveal that he ’d been accidentally belt down by his brother , Jacob ( Mark Pellegrino ) , and the locoweed was simply his consciousness try on to escape the island . This made the threat of the hummer monster significantly less impactful and anticlimactic , especially considering that The Man in Black then took the form of John Locke ( Terry O’Quinn ) in time of year 6 .

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How I Met Your Mother is a television series that follows a father telling his children about his past. Released in 2005, it explores his experiences and adventures with four close friends, leading up to meeting their mother, as depicted through a series of flashbacks.

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Charlie’s sisters Bunny and Candy, Charlie Kelly, and Mac in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a Sitcom and Black Comedy created by Rob McElhenney. It stars Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton, and Danny DeVito. The series follows a group of friends that own and frequent the Irish bar, Paddy’s Pub, and get into all sorts of troubling adventures.

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A mysterious hand with red nails picking up the Master’s Ring in the season 3 episode The Last of the Time Lords

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The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor, joined by new companion Ruby Sunday.

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In this incarnation of Sherlock from creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman assume the roles of Sherlock and Watson as they establish their partnership and begin solving strange mysteries throughout the U.K. and beyond. Set in a more 2010’s modern setting, Sherlock’s eccentric and complex nature is accentuated as he solves seemingly supernatural crimes with unparalleled intellect while struggling to connect with others on a human level. Meanwhile, Watson blogs the stories summarizing their cases while building a strained but caring friendship with his new partner.

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The Final Five gathered together in the Battlestar Galactica final episode

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Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction television series that premiered in 2004. The plot follows the crew of the aging Battlestar Galactica as they protect a small fleet of human survivors from the renewed threat of the Cylons, in a quest to find the mythical 13th colony, Earth.

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Lost is a mystery drama series created for TV that follows a group of survivors of a plane crash and tells its story between the past, present, and future via flashbacks. When Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crashes and lands on a mysterious island in the pacific ocean, the castaways discover their new temporary home may have a mind of its own, as strange supernatural events keep them locked to the island. From an unknown black smoke creature to dangerous islanders, the passengers must work together to survive the island’s seemingly deadly intentions.

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