History RiddleForTheAges / LiveActionTV

** In "Reese's Apartment", what did Reese do that was so unspeakable, he was kicked out of the house? All we know is that cats were involved, and some victims had to evacuate their houses.

* In ''Series/TheSopranos'', what happened to Tony in "[[Recap/TheSopranosS6E21MadeInAmerica Made in America]]" after there was a SmashToBlack? According to [[WordOfSaintPaul Matt Servitto]], the scene was at least meant to be less ambiguous with his character coming out of the bathroom and walking towards Tony. Still doesn't explain if he was going to kill him or if he just wanted to talk to him.

-->'''Al''': [[AmbiguousSituation Well, was Tommy... gay or not?]]
-->'''Sam''': [[MathematiciansAnswer Does it matter? (starting gun fires; Sam leaps out mid-run)]]

-->'''JD''': We would have to find a whole lotta gnomes!
-->'''Todd''': [[SarcasmMode That's helpful.]]

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'':

** If Daniel Sousa is in fact Peggy's future husband; what was in the M. Carter file, and which Carter it referred to?
*** Though if [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Agents of SHIELD]] is anything to go by......he's not.

* ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'': What was the Anselmo case in reality?

* What is ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' 's first name? For that matter what is ''Mrs. Columbo's'' first name? Well, okay, maybe there ARE some answers to this one, although they're contentious. Columbo's first name is [[spoiler:Frank]], if you can pause your Blu Ray while the character is showing his ID. The creators say, though, that they didn't approve that ID prop, and that Columbo's first name is still officially unrevealed. And his wife's first name is "[[spoiler:Rose)]]", if you go by Columbo's probably-not-canon ''Celebrity Roast'' appearance, or Kate if you go by the definitely-not-canon ''Series/MrsColumbo'' spinoff.

* What is ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' 's first name? For that matter what is ''Mrs. Columbo's'' first name?

* What is ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' 's first name?

* Like the aforementioned book it's based on, the miniseries ''Series/ThePlotAgainstAmerica'' also leaves what happened to President Lindbergh [[JustForPun up in the air]] but leans more on the idea that his own government killed him to stop him from entering the war to aid the Nazis. Aunt Evelyn also suggests that he was blackmailed into his Nazi-sympathizing ways but an answer is never given.

* ''Series/Moonlighting'': What was the Anselmo case in reality?

** What did Hal do that he needed one of the kids to take the fall for him and downright horrified Lois?

* ''Series/FatherTed'': What did Dougal do at Blackrock that left several nuns' lives "irreparably damaged" and led to Bishop Brennan calling on several favors to stop the Vatican getting involved?

** The episode "The Red Barn" has three men who've been dead since 1988 found with one of Red John's trademark smiley-faces painted on the wall, going back to long before his previous earliest known victim. The investigation gradually reveals that the victims were the tyrannical overseers of the farm, and that the smiley face was painted by "some kid who worked on the farm". The end of the episode has the killer of one of the three, Lester Bradovich, claim that it was a CrimeOfSelfDefense, and that the other two were already lying shot in the basement, and that someone else (presumably Red John) was lurking around nearby. Presumably, Red John killed the first two, possibly ForTheEvulz, possibly in a case of TheDogBitesBack, but whether Bradovich was an accomplice or Red John had been preparing to kill him too only to be beaten to the punch is never revealed.

** In "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E10ThePineappleIncident The Pineapple Incident]]", Ted wakes up with a pineapple on his nightstand with no memory of how it got there, and he still doesn't know 25 years later. Ironically, this isn't actually an example of the trope; a DeletedScene from "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS9E20Daisy Daisy]]" made eight years later reveals that Ted stole it from the Captain as he leaves one out as a form of a greeting to the residence. Turns out the writers ''did'' actually want to resolve that plot point, and eventually did so in the 9th Episode of the sequel series; ''Series/HowIMetYourFather'', where The Captain cameo's and makes a off-hand comment to it as things that angered him.

** In "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E10ThePineappleIncident The Pineapple Incident]]", Ted wakes up with a pineapple on his nightstand with no memory how it got there, and he still doesn't know 25 years later. Ironically, this isn't actually an example of the trope; a DeletedScene from an episode made eight years later reveals that Ted stole it from the Captain, because the writers ''did'' actually want to resolve that plot point.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':

* ''Series/FatherTed'': What did Dougal do at Blackrock that left several nuns' lives 'irreparable damaged' and led to Bishop Brennan calling on several favors to stop the Vatican getting involved?

*** Though if Agents of Shield is anything to go by......he's not.