A(n) (un)likely story? 20 times TV shows lost the plot

Lost was one of the most popular shows on television for years, but it lost (no pun intended) quite a few viewers at the end after leading audiences to believe the entire cast wasn’t in purgatory for most of the show. As it turns out, that’s exactly where they were, and some viewers still don’t think it makes sense. 

In the earlier days of Boy Meets World, Mr. Turner is an important fixture. At the end of season 5, he gets in a terrible motorcycle accident, and then he’s never seen or heard from again without any explanation as to what happened. 

For the first few seasons of the show, Rory's entire personality was that of an academic and someone who cared about her education. Then suddenly, she dropped out of Yale, prompting everyone, even Jess, to lose their minds in confusion. 

Most of Gilmore Girls is great, but there are some details that don’t seem to fit within the characters’ scope. Another notable odd plot line was when Luke suddenly had a long lost child. Sure, it does happen in real life, but it felt more soap opera-y than Gilmore Girls-y. 

It’s not too tough for a fantasy to go off the rails. It’s almost more difficult for a series like Once Upon a Time to stay intact for an entire run. This series really lost the plot when Frozen characters came into the mix. 

In one season of The O.C., Sandy Cohen, who was supposed to be the show’s moral compass, nearly had an affair with one of his exes. Sandy constantly preached about doing the right thing, only for him to do something very out of character. 

House should’ve ended a season before it did. In the final episode, House survives a horrific fire. Sure, it would’ve been an awful death, but his just carrying on and faking his death afterward didn’t make much sense, either. Viewers deserved a better ending. 

In season 1 of Happy Days, there are three Cunningham children: Chuck, Richie, and Joanie. But by the end, the latter two are the only ones remaining. What happened to Chuck?

In season 3 of How to Get Away with Murder, someone tried to blame Annalise Keating for Wes’ murder. Annalise was no angel, but that was a bit of a stretch. From then on, the series became less and less believable. 

Sherlock faced a similar fate of many shows once it killed off an important character, things went down. In season 4, a few different plot points were totally bizarre, like Mary Watson becoming an assassin. 

In a few episodes of The Big Bang Theory, Leonard dates a woman named Stephanie. Things get pretty serious, but suddenly, she leaves without any explanation. Viewers deserved a thorough explanation, but alas, they were never given one. 

So much about Riverdale was, well, ridiculous. The entire Farm aspect was a particularly nonsensical plot point. But hey, it was entertaining. 

In the pilot episode of The Office, Michael Scott mentions having a brother. However, throughout the rest of the series, he appears to be an only child. It’s not uncommon for a continuity error every now and again, but this feels like a bit of a careless mistake. And Michael having scenes with a sibling would’ve been hilarious. 

At the start of Game of Thrones, it’s established that traveling far distances takes a long time. However, as the show continued, there were many instances when characters traveled insanely far distances in incredibly short amounts of time. 

In the earlier seasons of 24, viewers became familiar with the character President John Keeler. After he suffers injuries from an attack on Air Force One, Vice President Charles Logan becomes president, but there’s no confirmation as to what happened to Keeler. 

In one episode of Full House, Uncle Jesse attends his high school reunion and has flashbacks of graduation. But in a later episode, he says he dropped out of high school. It seems we’ll never know the truth about Uncle Jesse’s level of education. 

Per its title, Stranger Things has many odd plot points, but one especially troubling is Barb’s disappearance. There was very little ado over something that should’ve been a much bigger deal. 

In one episode of True Blood, Sookie suddenly had a husband. Who was he? How did he get there? These are the questions that plague True Blood fans still to this day. 

In an episode of Seinfeld in season 2, Elaine and Jerry become intimate with one another again. However, by season 3, they’ve resumed their normal friendship without any explanation as to why they changed the nature of their relationship. Sitcoms aren’t known for having long-term plotlines, but this was particularly bad. 

It became clear throughout Friends that the writers didn’t nail down the characters’ ages. In multiple episodes, they celebrated birthdays or mentioned their ages, which didn’t align with what was previously said.