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Whether a television receiver show follows one chronological timeline or endeavor to weave several meter period , it is still rather prosperous for it to implant a few error here and there . Timeline plot of ground holes are among the most uncouth inconsistency in series because they are difficult to catch in the grand scheme of things . Depending on the show , continuity erroneousness can be irrelevant character details or meaning plot holesthat impact the show ’s understandability . For instance , Friendsnotoriously get the characters ' ages wrongmultiple times , and yet it did n’t suffer the popularity of the show at all .
In other , more severe cases , timeline inconsistencies can affect the series ' general quality and , therefore , pain its appealingness . Riverdale ’s alternate universe and timelinesin the late seasons turn forth a great symmetry of audiences from their respective screens exclusively because of how little sense the storyline made , compare to the event in the earlier seasons . Apart fromFriendsandRiverdale , quite a few shows made a mess hall of their own timeline , but some managed to either fix it to the good of their power or render it so superficial that it was soon forgotten .
The way a fender coiffure the tone and introduces the characters matter in the long run , and some episodes , likes Supernatural ’s pilot , are exemplary .
10The Witcher
The Witcher season 1’s multiple timelines are a mess
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From episode 1,The Witcherhasn’t even tried to make following the patch an easy task . Season 1 was infamous for how badly it address its multiple timelines . None of the upshot or connexion made any sense until the time of year 1 close , but even then , a flock of things were leave unexplained . In time of year 2 , the series start focusing on a single timeline , but it was still too convoluted . In season 3,The Witchereven admit to its puzzling timelineon - covert when Triss Merigold mentioned,“It ’s hard to consider so much has happened in a workweek . "
9Doctor Who
Time travel with the Doctor is “timey whimey”
SinceDoctor Whois a show about time travelling , it is bound to have a few timeline plot of land holes . The serial publication has retconned its timeline plenty of times , which is mostly evident from all the Dalek invasion that no one seems to recall once they are over . In increase , the Doctor does a pot of time traveling , and they often stop up changing the past by chance event with petty to no rebound to the present . The Time Lord ’s years does n’t bring up either — there have been example when the Doctor ’s later personification claimed to be younger than their early one .
8Friends
The friends' ages & birthdays keep changing
Over the track of 10 seasons , Friendschanged the birthdays and old age of the main six plenty of time . For case , in season 7 , sequence 14 , " The One Where They All Turn Thirty , " Rachel celebrated her birthday in February , and subsequently that time of year , she secernate a police police officer that she was an Aquarius . However , in time of year 4 , sequence 5 , " The One with Joey ’s New Girlfriend , " Rachel informed Gunther that she was tolerate on May 5 , which would make her a Taurus . Plus , Rachel was 28 years old for three seasons and then 29 for two more .
7How I Met Your Mother
Barney can’t get a hold of his driving skills
How I Met Your Motherexpertly shifted between the timelines , spicing up the present tense with the flashback and flashforwards , but a few persistence computer error crept in regardless . Season 2 , episode 17 , " Arrivederci Fierro , " revealed thatBarney was afraid of driving . However , the character was convinced behind the cycle soon after and even before the instalment in question , like the time Barney aim Ted ’s mother to the airport . Apart from Barney ’s driving skills , Robin ’s chronicle with sport and Marshall ’s experience with fighting stood out as obvious outcome with the timeline of the show .
6Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Jake & the Pontiac Bandit’s history is confusing
Jake Peralta and Doug Judy were well one of the fan - favourite couple inBrooklyn Nine - Nine , and the Pontiac Bandit became a life-sustaining recurring persona on the show . In season 1 , episode 11 , " Christmas , " Jake was jealous of Holt because the latter had enemies with coolheaded name , mean that he had never had one . In the very next instalment , " Pontiac Bandit,“it was establish that Peralta had been after the Pontiac Bandit for nearly a tenner — and"Pontiac Bandit"is surely a cool name . Holt ’s stance on food seemed to change over the track ofBrooklyn Nine - Nineas well .
5Riverdale
Riverdale’s multiverse receives no proper explanation
Riverdalestarted out as a murder mystery story and got increasingly uncanny and less credible over the course of the next six seasons . However , it was season 6 when the series block off making common sense all told — five years of persona ontogenesis and man building went up in smoke , and the role were send into the timeline of Rivervale . time of year 7 made it even bad since the show was dead set in the fifties . From beginning to end , Riverdalewas a wild drive that lack logical storylinesand some kind of explanation for its plot twists .
4Full House
Uncle Jesse can’t remember his own high school years
Like any other sitcom , Full House ’s timeline was n’t always consistent , and Jesse ’s high schooltime taradiddle electric arc evidence that . In season 4 , episode 9 , " One Last Kiss , " Jesse become to his gamey school day reunion , and in the flashback , a younger Jesse was show to be graduating . However , in season 6 , episode 6 , " train Jesse , " Jesse admitted to being a high school dropout , so he went back to get a diploma . Jesse ’s retconned high school graduation isone ofFull House ’s biggest plot of ground cakehole . Danny ’s hygiene standards , which changed drastically by season 2 , did n’t make much sense either .
3Supernatural
The Winchesters' grandfather remains a mystery
Supernaturalran for 15 years , so naturally , its world building evolved , causing wavelet in the timeline . In season 4 , instalment 3 , " In the start , " Castiel send Dean to 1973 where he met his parents . At one decimal point in the dining compartment , a man came up to John and ask him to say hi to his"old man"for him , meaning that Henry Winchester was alive in 1973 . In season 8 , sequence 12 , " As Time Goes By , " Henry time traveled from 1958 and died in the present time , so there was no mode that he would be alive in 1973 .
2Legacies
Josie & Lizzie’s ages aren’t consistent
Being the third show inThe Vampire Diaries’universe , Legacieshad the hardest meter following the timeline that was previously build . InThe Originals , Hope was about two years old than Lizzie and Josie , but inLegacies , all three female child seemed to be of the same age — they attended the same class at the Salvatore School . In addition to that , Legaciesshowed that the residents of Mystic Falls handily forgot that Alaric break a few age back , duringThe Vampire Diariesseason 3 , which was prove by his decision to waltz back into the local mellow school as the head teacher .
1That ’70s Show
The 1970s last a while for Eric & his friends
That ' 70s Show ’s zany timeline could be attributed to the fact that the gang spent too much time in the rope , but it was still baffling . Even though the serial lasted for eight seasons in tangible life sentence , only four years passed for the character — season 1 began in 1976 , and season 8 finish in 1980 . Yet , Eric and his acquaintance managed to celebrate Christmas five times over the course of four years . The timeline errors did n’t finish there , as Donna ’s sister also enigmatically vanish after the pilot episode and were never mentioned again .
