# Great TV Mysteries... Never solved **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996 "2013-06-03T02:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/1 "2013-06-03T02:51:13Z")
List your favorite mystery that you never got an answer for, and presumably there is no answer for. I’m not talking about something like “Who shot JR?” I’m talking about an event in the series that seemed important at the time, but the answer was never revealed. If someone else knows the answer, feel free to address it. Hopefully, there won’t be many that have actual answers, but if one does, clear up the torture that someone else has been suffering from. My example? The Sopranos… During the “ **Pine Barrens** ” episode, Paulie and Christopher take a Russian into the woods to bury him, but he manages to get away by smacking Christopher on the head with a shovel and smacking Paulie in the balls. The two chase the Russian through the woods, shooting at him as they run. One bullet appears to hit the Russian in the head, and it loos like he falls, however he gets up, and runs away… When Paulie and Christopher get to where he was hit, there are some blood stains in the sonow, but the foot prints seem to end and they can’t find him. My question: what happened to the Russian? It was never revealed in the show, and basically it was dropped from the plot. This is my great mystery… What’s yours? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/2 "2013-06-03T02:57:08Z")
On HIMYM: What was the deal with the pineapple! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/3 "2013-06-03T02:57:30Z")
What was going on in Twin Peaks? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/4 "2013-06-03T03:01:26Z")
Did Jason Gideon take his own life? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/5 "2013-06-03T03:01:55Z")
from \*Battlestar Galactica: \* Where did Starbuck’s shiny new viper come from? How did someone write a Bob Dylan tune 70,000 years early on the other side of the galaxy? From _Happy Days_: What happened to Chuck Cunningham? ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/6 "2013-06-03T03:03:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What was going on in Twin Peaks? You’ve got to be more specific with this one. There were too many things, some of which did have answers… More that didn’t! ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/7 "2013-06-03T03:04:45Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > From _Happy Days_: > > What happened to Chuck Cunningham? Great one. The guy just vanished! ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/8 "2013-06-03T09:22:56Z")
What happened with Susie’s pregnancy that was a minor story arc in season three of _Curb Your Enthusiasm_? She never gives birth and it isn’t mentioned again. Did she lose the baby after the [Nanny From Hell](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0551415/) pushed her off the balcony? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/9 "2013-06-03T11:55:09Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > From _Happy Days_: > > > > What happened to Chuck Cunningham? > > Great one. The guy just vanished! Probably went to Russia and had a son. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/10 "2013-06-03T12:40:29Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > On HIMYM: What was the deal with the pineapple! What about the goat? Did they ever finish that story? I thought I’ve kept up with the series for the last 4-5 years and don’t remember what happened. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/11 "2013-06-03T16:56:25Z")
Was Higgins really Robin Masters? Did Sunnydale change its name to Sudden Valley and become the site of a short-lived real estate boom? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/12 "2013-06-03T17:01:31Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Was Higgins really Robin Masters? The Dopers speak: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-116372.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-116372.html) In short, it’s still a mystery. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/13 "2013-06-03T17:02:56Z")
What’s going on with DPO now? And a host of other X-Files subjects. Does Malcolm Reynolds ever find peace? Those Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (Doctor Who dummies and ST:VOY smarties), where are they now? (After the ep “now,” not current 2013 as seen from our perspective) ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/14 "2013-06-03T17:03:58Z")
From\* Homicide: Life On the Streets\*, who killed Adina Watson? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/15 "2013-06-03T17:08:12Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Did Jason Gideon take his own life? Not unless he did it after he drove away from the diner, and there’s no suggestion that he did. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/16 "2013-06-03T17:11:16Z")
Earl Jr’s true father on “My Name is Earl.” Darnell’s parentage thrown into doubt in the last episode of the series, before it was cancelled. “The Sopranos” ending. What happened to ALF after he was captured by government agents in that series’ last episode before cancellation? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/17 "2013-06-03T17:34:39Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > What happened to ALF after he was captured by government agents in that series’ last episode before cancellation? There was a TV movie for that. But IIRC, it also brought up the question of the Tanners (they were handwaved away, but the series established that they probably wouldn’t have stayed that way if they could help it). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/18 "2013-06-03T17:37:47Z")
> [@davidw](#): > > From\* Homicide: Life On the Streets\*, who killed Adina Watson? Great choice. There was also the mystery of why Crosetti committed suicide. **House** also did a similar thing with Dr. Kutner’s suicide. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/19 "2013-06-03T17:38:06Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Not unless he did it after he drove away from the diner, and there’s no suggestion that he did. As I typed what you responded to, I remembered him at the diner saying he didn’t know where he was going. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996/20 "2013-06-03T17:46:53Z")
How could Mr. Ed talk? He advised Wilbur not to wonder, as it was “bigger than both of [them].” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-mysteries-never-solved/659996.md?page=2)