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00:00We're all familiar with the phrase, a picture is worth a thousand words.
00:04But when it comes to the world of television, they can be worth a lot more,
00:08since viewers can debate forever about the meaning behind every line of dialogue and every minor background prop.
00:14To casual viewers, it may seem fanatical to focus on trivial elements like this rather than the actual plot.
00:20Who cares what a random poster says? Why does it matter what a background extra is doing?
00:25But by overanalyzing every frame of a sitcom or drama, you can stumble upon something that other viewers missed.
00:31We're not talking about easter eggs or cameos.
00:34If you're paying attention, you can spot a secret storyline.
00:38The second episode of WandaVision implies there's a dead body hidden in the house.
00:41In Community, Abbott helped deliver a child without his friends noticing.
00:46There's more than enough evidence to prove Rick and Morty and Gravity Falls take place in the same reality.
00:51Even though a lot of these unspoken plots will never be resolved, especially if the show has been finished for decades,
00:58it won't stop viewers from discussing them until the end of days.
01:02So with that in mind then, I'm Ellie with WhatCulture and here are 10 Greatest Unspoken TV Plot Points.
01:0810. Marie Nearly Gets Skylar Arrested in Breaking Bad
01:13Every episode of Breaking Bad develops the overarching story as well as each of the main players.
01:19Even though there was a lot of plot threads, the show made a special effort to tie up every loose end no matter how minor.
01:26Except one.
01:28While Skylar is having a baby shower in Season 1, her sister Marie gifts her with a tiara for her nephew-to-be.
01:35When Skylar tries to return the present to the store, she learns the tiara was stolen.
01:39Although Skylar tries to tell the staff that her sister was the one who took the tiara, they attempt to detain her.
01:45Fortunately, Skylar manages to leave by pretending she's going into labour.
01:50Now, anyone would assume Marie's kleptomania would serve as a source of contention between her and her sister later in the series.
01:57But that's not the case.
01:59Even though Marie's illegal activities nearly resulted in her heavily pregnant sister getting arrested,
02:05the two never discuss the matter.
02:07In Skylar's defence, she's had to deal with the revelation that her dying husband is a drug lord,
02:12so she probably doesn't have time for a sibling rivalry.
02:16Nevertheless, it's odd why this issue was implied if the writers had no intention of following through with it.
02:22Number 9. The Demons Taking Part In Michael's Experiment In The Good Place
02:28Before I go any further, major spoiler warning ahead, so you have been warned.
02:32In The Good Place, a demon called Michael has grown bored of torturing souls in Hell, or The Bad Place,
02:38and so looks to make some drastic changes.
02:41Believing it would be more enjoyable to torment his victims psychologically rather than physically,
02:46Michael constructs a fake reality and convinces four damned souls,
02:51Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason, that it's heaven, or The Good Place.
02:56To make this reality more believable, Michael has hundreds of demons posing as good-natured, sin-free souls.
03:03But after Eleanor realises they're in The Bad Place, Michael is forced to restart the experiment.
03:08Because Eleanor's gang keeps finding out the truth, Michael ends up rebooting the whole thing 802 times.
03:15This means that the demons populating this afterlife were forced to take part in Michael's scheme for years,
03:21possibly decades.
03:23So what was that like?
03:25What did they do when Eleanor's gang weren't around?
03:27How bored must they have been performing the same lines for years?
03:31Did some of them rebel?
03:32Did any of them mess up their lines or break character while in Eleanor's presence?
03:36There are so many hilarious scenarios that must have happened to the demons.
03:41It could fill up a whole spin-off.
03:43Number 8, Seven Became a Missing Child in Married With Children
03:47In Season 7 of Married With Children, Peggy's cousin drops off her son Seven, forcing the Bundys to take him in.
03:55This decision was made by the studio in a vain attempt to spice up the drama.
03:59But since the comedic banter between the main cast was set in stone by this point,
04:03Seven felt out of place in every scene.
04:06Almost immediately, this cute little kid became the most hated character on the show.
04:10When the creators realised they were on the verge of jumping the shark,
04:14they wisely decided to remove the character in the following season.
04:17Due to his disappearance, fans naturally assumed Seven was reunited with Peggy's cousin.
04:23But in Series 8, Episode 22, Ride Scare, Seven's face appears on the Bundys' milk carton
04:29with the words missing written above it.
04:31Sadly, the Bundys don't notice or care, so Seven's disappearance is never officially addressed.
04:37So what happened?
04:39Was he kicked out?
04:39Did he go back to his parents and they left him again?
04:42Did he run away?
04:43Was he ever found?
04:44If Married With Children wasn't abruptly cancelled,
04:47maybe some of these questions would have been answered.
04:50Number 7, The Connection with Gravity Falls in Rick and Morty
04:54Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland and Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch are the best of friends.
05:01Because both cartoons have similar characters, plots, and humour,
05:04Roiland thought it would be funny to incorporate elements from Hirsch's work and vice versa.
05:09Throughout Rick and Morty, you can see Dipper's three journal,
05:12Bill's cipher, the talking chair that Ford encountered,
05:15and alternate reality Mortys who were modelled off Dipper and Mabel.
05:19Now, just because elements from one show appear in another doesn't necessarily mean they're connected.
05:24Nods like this are usually throwaway gags that shouldn't be considered canon.
05:28But since Roiland and Hirsch are so tight,
05:30it's safe to assume the Gravity Falls gang do exist in the Rick and Morty multiverse
05:35and are more connected than they seem.
05:37Ford's journal contains a silhouette of a Zygerian,
05:40which Rick encountered when he met Prince Nebulon,
05:43implying the two scientists have mutual acquaintances as well as mutual enemies.
05:47Because Ford is a super genius who spent years hopping through different realities,
05:52it's feasible he and Rick are aware of each other.
05:54Although the references to Gravity Falls are appreciated,
05:57we're hoping the characters are officially acknowledged in the future.
06:016. Fatherhood on Mandalore in The Mandalorian
06:05In The Mandalorian, bounty hunter Din Djarin is tasked with locating and eliminating a specific target.
06:12When he learns his target is an orphaned child,
06:15he abandons his mission and decides to care for the youngster.
06:18Because the child, Grogu, is highly desirable due to his force powers,
06:22Din finds himself being hunted by assassins, former imperialists, and his own friends.
06:27At first, it seems obvious why Din refused to kill Grogu.
06:30Being an orphan himself, he had an immediate bond with the child,
06:34causing him to develop a father-son relationship with him.
06:37But that's not the only reason.
06:39On Mandalore, the father acts as the central parent, not the mother.
06:43This notion is so prominent in Mandalorian culture,
06:47adult males with no children are pushed to adopt foundlings.
06:50If a father does not care for their child,
06:52they are seen as a traitor and a coward to their kin.
06:56This concept is implied throughout the series,
06:58which is why the other Mandalorians accept Din's decision to care for the foundling.
07:02But it's never outright discussed.
07:04Hopefully, this aspect of Mandalorian culture will be looked at eventually,
07:08allowing us to gain further insight into Din's people.
07:11Number 5.
07:12The Weapon Builders Sent Into The Past
07:15In Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles
07:18Even though Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles
07:20had many intricate storylines,
07:22one of the best plot points is referenced in the pilot episode.
07:25But since it's only touched upon briefly,
07:28most viewers don't comprehend the significance of it.
07:31After John Connor is rescued by a reprogrammed T-900 called Cameron,
07:35they track down an isotope gun and time machine hidden in a safe vault.
07:40When John is asked if the machines are from the future,
07:42Cameron reminds him that inorganic matter cannot time travel.
07:46To get around this,
07:47the resistance sent an engineer to the 1960s
07:49to construct the isotope gun and time machine.
07:52Because technology was so primitive back then,
07:55the engineer would have spent decades scouring the planet,
07:57looking for every piece of equipment
07:59to ensure the gun and time machine were operational.
08:02As fascinating as the engineer's life must have been,
08:05we never learn anything else about him.
08:07We don't even know what his name is.
08:09It would have been amazing to have at least one episode
08:12revolving around the enigmatic engineer
08:14who gave up his entire life
08:15and willingly died in a timeline that wasn't his for the greater good.
08:19Number 4. Stan Lee worked for the TVA in Loki
08:24In the Loki pilot,
08:25the titular character is arrested by the Time Variance Authority
08:29and transported to a reality that exists outside time and space.
08:33The TVA explained to Loki that they arrested him
08:36after he inadvertently created a time paradox.
08:39While Tom Hiddleston's character is transported to the Time Court,
08:43there is a mural in the background depicting multiple TVA agents.
08:46If you're an eagle-eyed viewer, you would have noticed
08:49the man in the forefront of this picture is none other than Stan Lee.
08:53Being the co-creator of Marvel Comics,
08:55Stan the Man has popped up in some way or another
08:58in nearly every adaptation of his work.
09:01At a glance, casual viewers probably assumed
09:03this image was simply a nice way to commemorate the Generalissimo's work.
09:07But as we know from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,
09:11all the characters that Lee has portrayed
09:12in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are the same person.
09:15If that's the case, his visage on this mural isn't just an in-joke.
09:20It confirms Stan Lee was and perhaps still is an active member of the TVA.
09:263. Abed and the Pregnant Woman in Community
09:29Even though the Beetlejuice references
09:32are the most famous background joke in Community,
09:34there's another hidden gag with a better payoff that most viewers missed.
09:38In Series 2, Episode 22, Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts,
09:43Abed Nadir casually mentions how he once delivered a baby in the back of a car.
09:48Upon hearing this, the majority of fans were worried they may have missed an episode.
09:51But if you were paying attention, you would have seen this moment had already played out.
09:56In Series 1, Episode 11, The Politics of Human Sexuality,
10:00there is a scene where a young couple discards a condom.
10:03In Series 2, Episode 3, The Psychology of Letting Go,
10:07Abed constantly appears in the background helping out this same couple,
10:11with the woman now heavily pregnant.
10:13Throughout the episode, you can see Abed speaking to the pregnant woman,
10:16checking her belly, arguing with her partner,
10:18helping her out of a restaurant after her waters break,
10:21and delivering the baby in the back of a car.
10:24When Shirley sees Abed at the end of the episode and asks what he's been up to,
10:28he modestly responds with,
10:29Not much.
10:302. Did Scarlet Witch kill someone in WandaVision?
10:34No property does Easter eggs like Marvel.
10:37Since the Marvel Cinematic Universe is based on a 60-year-old comic series,
10:41every film and TV show is overstuffed with references to the source material.
10:46And Disney Plus' first new MCU series, WandaVision, is no exception.
10:51The Bova Milk commercial makes a reference to Wanda's carer in the comics when she was a baby.
10:56The white Vision is a nod to how the character was supposed to look when he debuted.
11:00Injokes like this can be regarded as harmless fan service and shouldn't be over-analysed to death,
11:05but there are some subtle details which allude to something far more sinister.
11:10In the intro to the second episode,
11:12a helmet and bones can be seen hidden under Wanda's floorboards.
11:16Any casual Marvel reader who spotted this will recognise this headgear belongs to the supervillain,
11:20the Grim Reaper.
11:21If you're up to date with your comic lore, you'll know that Vision's wife in the comics,
11:26a synthetic being called Virginia,
11:28murdered the Grim Reaper and buried the scythe-wielding criminal in the backyard.
11:32So what does this mean?
11:33Did Scarlet Witch murder Reaper to maintain her family?
11:36Did Vision kill him?
11:37Now, it's totally possible this blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment was just a visual gag.
11:42But as we all know,
11:43the MCU has a habit of making seemingly innocuous references that pay off years later.
11:481. Anything to do with Creed Bratton in The Office
11:52In many ways, Creed Bratton is the most fascinating character in The Office,
11:57despite the fact almost nothing is known about him.
11:59Even though he's been an employee at Dunder Mifflin longer than anybody,
12:03no one knows what he does at the company, including himself.
12:06Every time it looks like we're about to learn some fascinating aspect of his life,
12:10the scene cuts away,
12:11forcing viewers to eternally speculate about the goings-on of Creed Bratton.
12:15Each time there is mention of the police, he becomes unmistakably nervous,
12:20implying he committed some heinous crime, or he's a fugitive.
12:24One time, he showed up to work caked in blood, but nobody noticed since it was Halloween.
12:28He's made outlandish claims suggesting he's been homeless, incarcerated,
12:32been involved in multiple cults, was raised in an iron lung,
12:35and killed a man called Creed Bratton before stealing his identity.
12:39But because of his atrocious memory and possible psychosis,
12:43it's impossible to tell if what he says is true or not.
12:46Even though Creed's exploits would probably be too zany for the show,
12:50you always want to know more about his personal life.
12:53And that concludes our list.
12:55If you can think of any other examples, then do let us know in the comments below.
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13:09I've been Ellie with WhatCulture.
13:10I hope you have a magical day, and I'll see you real soon.
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