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* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' was ''very'' good at this in the first have of S1, with tons of stuff in each episode. For instance, Suresh's map with color strings. There was bits of {{Foreshadowing}} regarding upcoming characters as early as the first episode. [[spoiler:The folders in Old Suresh's file cabinet are labelled with the names of powers featured in later episodes.]] During the second half there was considerably less of this and in later seasons these little clues appear to be largely absent.

** Once in a while, though, something the creators intended as a joke was noticed and overanalyzed to death by crazy fans, like the Dharma Shark, who was then jokingly named "Ezra James Sharkington" by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, and popped back up in a sixth-season episode, presumably as a ShoutOut to crazy fans.

* ''Series/ATouchOfCloth'', during a scene in which Cloth is running through a hospital corridor. For about a second or two, there's a sign visible on the wall behind him listing the various hospital wards: pausing reveals that they have joke names such as [[Film/CarryOn "Hattie Jacques Ward"]], [[Series/TheXFactor "Shayne]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Ward"]], and [[TakeThatAudience "Pause Button OCD Ward"]]. There were so many of these gags, in fact, that a sign in the second story admonished the audience to "Keep Watching And Stop Pausing."

* ''Series/FellowTravelers'': In the fourth episode, eagled-eyed viewers will notice that [[https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Ffellow-travelers-episode-4-discussion-post-v0-m0crijwkfy0c1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D1936%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D11aeef8731218f4bd7c5bf9b25ed76482ae791c2 Hawkins Fuller wears the tie that his lover Tim Laughlin gave to him as a Christmas present]] during his lie detector test and the Christmas party he attends later.

---->'''Left page''': [Unclear]day: I have been planning the trip out in my head. When we get to Europe, we aren't going to look at any of the touristy sights. We are instead going straight to the Black Sea and then on to the Carpathian Mountains. Those are the places I've been reading about in the books I've brought with me. We had to leave so much behind, but I brought those books. Louis doesn't care much about what he calls [unclear] for old [unclear]\\

** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]": Eagle-eyed viewers can spot [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/4224f009d321949a77828815f8ea29d1/74802e3c68ec6db7-83/s1280x1920/cfbcf1c65e6e17929a1ff84000422f672ea36e1f.png Antoinette Brown in the streetcar]] two seats ahead of Lestat de Lioncourt in her SweetPollyOliver ensemble.
** Later in the episode, [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/1156ebbc24534b4ef1410310f5e04034/291f589d28afb2a3-40/s1280x1920/8820ecf0c77af562afda4387de796d3c414b4a4d.jpg two pages from]] [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/d3899a9a25f1b7f51c94050df9dd48c1/8e9391fb55e4d20f-3f/s1280x1920/b6c972823961a296d7a5f82af128c2ff1cb8e889.png Claudia's journal]] contain a small preview for Season 2:
--->'''Left page''': [Unclear]day: I have been planning the trip out in my head. When we get to Europe, we aren't going to look at any of the touristy sights. We are instead going straight to the Black Sea and then on to the Carpathian Mountains. Those are the places I've been reading about in the books I've brought with me. We had to leave so much behind, but I brought those books. Louis doesn't care much about what he calls [unclear] for old [unclear]\\

** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart]]": The raccoon that was rummaging through the townhouse's MessOfWoe [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/00878061efc416f3c9ddd5b9454e8502/a67d6b00f0a5d60a-0e/s1280x1920/b773ad2bb1d17e3f208c5a621496c9461957e0aa.png later ends up dead.]] Louis de Pointe du Lac, a VegetarianVampire, presumably drained the animal to death.

** In the fifth episode, the raccoon that was rummaging through the townhouse's MessOfWoe [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/00878061efc416f3c9ddd5b9454e8502/a67d6b00f0a5d60a-0e/s1280x1920/b773ad2bb1d17e3f208c5a621496c9461957e0aa.png later ends up dead.]] Louis de Pointe du Lac, a VegetarianVampire, presumably drained the animal to death.
** The title sequence for episode 6 is slightly different than the others because it includes an [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/ad70d42758c55ee231844dd5f890334b/a356f2391eb7803a-4d/s1280x1920/0fe37a15ebb6edfe657abe4be336152c4719fc57.png upside-down Golden Gate Bridge]] to indicate that there's a scene which takes place in San Francisco.
** In the seventh episode, eagle-eyed viewers can spot [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/4224f009d321949a77828815f8ea29d1/74802e3c68ec6db7-83/s1280x1920/cfbcf1c65e6e17929a1ff84000422f672ea36e1f.png Antoinette Brown in the streetcar]] two seats ahead of Lestat de Lioncourt in her SweetPollyOliver ensemble.
** Later, [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/1156ebbc24534b4ef1410310f5e04034/291f589d28afb2a3-40/s1280x1920/8820ecf0c77af562afda4387de796d3c414b4a4d.jpg two pages from]] [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/d3899a9a25f1b7f51c94050df9dd48c1/8e9391fb55e4d20f-3f/s1280x1920/b6c972823961a296d7a5f82af128c2ff1cb8e889.png Claudia's journal]] contain a small preview for Season 2:

** Later, [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/d3899a9a25f1b7f51c94050df9dd48c1/8e9391fb55e4d20f-3f/s1280x1920/b6c972823961a296d7a5f82af128c2ff1cb8e889.png a page from Claudia's journal]] contains a small preview for Season 2:
--->Louis has been increasingly anxious and morose because of what we did. He says he's never known fear like that in his life, like he felt before we left, the vulnerability, the sheer terror. And he says, there's no relief from it now that we're on our way. Even though he's miles away from Lestat, whose body is bled dry and rotting in a garbage dump. Sometimes, Louis can't break free from his grasp. I can practically see Lestat in front of me, hanging in the doorway, because he's the subject of all Louis' thoughts.

* ''Series/ATouchOfCloth'', during a scene in which Cloth is running through a hospital corridor. For about a second or two, there's a sign visible on the wall behind him listing the various hospital wards: pausing reveals that they have joke names such as [[Film/CarryOn "Hattie Jacques Ward"]], [[Series/TheXFactor "Shayne]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Ward"]], and [[TakeThatAudience "Pause Button OCD Ward"]]. There were so many of these gags, in fact, that sign in the second story admonished the audience to "Keep Watching And Stop Pausing."

* Every episode of everything by Chuck Lorre Productions. He uses his VanityPlate like a blog. And if you miss it, you can always find the archive on [[http://www.chucklorre.com/ his site]].

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' was ''very'' good at this in the first have of S1, with tons of stuff in each episode. For instance, Suresh's map with color strings. There was bits of {{Foreshadowing}} regarding upcoming characters as early as the first episode. [[spoiler: The folders in Old Suresh's file cabinet are labelled with the names of powers featured in later episodes.]] During the second half there was considerably less of this and in later seasons these little clues appear to be largely absent.

* An episode of ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' features an old Holocaust survivor who occasionally remembers the horrible day that his young daughter was dragged off by camp guards, never to be seen again. Looking closely during those flashbacks, one can see [[spoiler: that the "guards" are actually the survivor's adult son and a time traveler from the further into the future. In the episode's climax, the pair have traveled back in time as part of a plan to bring one of the camp guards to justice; the survivor's son made a spur of the moment decision to [[TimeTravelEscape rescue his half-sister by bringing her back to the future]].]]
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' uses [[BigBrotherIsWatching Machine POV]] a lot, which can lead to this, particularly by use of its ColorCodedForYourConvenience method of identifying individuals. Of note are the split second in Control's debut episode where she has a red "threat" box, and the season one finale where the VictimOfTheWeek has the yellow box indicating that she knows about the machine [[spoiler: because she's really [[BigBad Root]]]].

* In the seventh episode of ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', there is actually a spoiler that can be viewed by freeze-framing. As Violet searches for answers about her parents in the Lucky Smells Lumbermill library, she finds one book that has not had its contents redacted. [[spoiler: If you pause when she opens the book, you can read that the Baudelaire parents were responsible for putting out the lumbermill fire, not setting it, and that the arsonist was likely a disgruntled mill worker.]] Comically enough, the final sentence of the page [[spoiler: sets up for a reveal of Sir's real name, but continues to the other side right before the name is revealed!]]

** For a few seconds, you can see Sherlock [[http://i.imgur.com/kTAELOM.png standing on the roof of St. Bart's hospital]], a small tease for the finale of Season 2.

** In the fifth episode, the raccoon that was rummaging through the townhouse's MessOfWoe [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/00878061efc416f3c9ddd5b9454e8502/a67d6b00f0a5d60a-0e/s1280x1920/b773ad2bb1d17e3f208c5a621496c9461957e0aa.png later ends up dead.]] Louis, a VegetarianVampire, presumably drained the animal to death.

** In the fifth episode, the raccoon that was rummaging through the townhouse's MessOfWoe [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/00878061efc416f3c9ddd5b9454e8502/a67d6b00f0a5d60a-0e/s1280x1920/b773ad2bb1d17e3f208c5a621496c9461957e0aa.png later ends up dead.]] Louis, being a VegetarianVampire, presumably drained the animal to death.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': The title sequence for episode 6 is slightly different than the others because it includes an [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/ad70d42758c55ee231844dd5f890334b/a356f2391eb7803a-4d/s1280x1920/0fe37a15ebb6edfe657abe4be336152c4719fc57.png upside-down Golden Gate Bridge]] to indicate that there's a scene which takes place in San Francisco.