Forgotten children on tv shows

[caj]

This is mainly directed at soap operas but I'm sure there are examples in prime time tv as well.

Children go away to boarding school or just fall off the planet without ever being mentioned - even by their parents.

I can't remember the last time The Young And The Restless' Victoria Newman mentioned her son Reed. I don't even know where he went. Same with Lily Winters' twin children who left town ages ago and are never mentioned.

What are some other examples?

[thwhtGuardian]

Chuck Cuningham comes to mind from Happy Days, and didn't Ross' son on Friends just stop being mentioned?

[ed2962]

I wanna say there was a little girl on the Family Matters TV show who disappeared?

[AndrewCrossett]

There were some that were forgotten even when they were still on the show, like that kid from Family Ties, or Worf's kid in Deep Space Nine.

[caj]

One of the kids - I think it was Brendan Lambert - from Step By Step disappeared when the show moved from ABC to CBS in the later seasons.

[CaptCleghorn]

Mike Douglas on My Three Sons.

[thwhtGuardian]

There were some that were forgotten even when they were still on the show, like that kid from Family Ties, or Worf's kid in Deep Space Nine.

Worf's son did come back though and actually had some awesome development

[Jokerz79]

AMC (All My Children) Bobby Martin went to the attic to get skis and never returned. They even decades later joked about by having a family member find a fake skeleton in the attic in ski clothes.

Currently the Connors is treating Andy and Jerry like they never existed.

[babyblob]

I wanna say there was a little girl on the Family Matters TV show who disappeared?

Judy Winslow. She was the younger sister. I think they dropped her when Richie came on the show. She went on to make a couple adult movies.

Wasn't there an episode where they had Seven's picture on a milk carton? That was hilarious.

There was and it was funny as crap. Kind of a nod to the fact that he is gone and not coming back. i read years ago in an interview with Ted McGinley that the idea for that shot was Ed O Neil's idea because he was not too thrilled about seven being on the show in the first place but didnt have the clout to stop it.


And speaking of Worf and Star Trek TNG. There was an episode where the ships archeologist is killed. She was a single mother to a son and Worf took responsibility for the boy. But he was never seen again.

[Jackalope89]

While not totally forgotten, Michelle Tanner on Fuller House. Mentioned in the first couple of episodes, and then nothing. And last time we saw her, she was 7.

[babyblob]

While not totally forgotten, Michelle Tanner on Fuller House. Mentioned in the first couple of episodes, and then nothing. And last time we saw her, she was 7.

Thats kind of on her though. She is the one that did not want to do the show. There is only so much you can do with a character when the actor wants no part of it any more.

[caj]

and didn't Ross' son on Friends just stop being mentioned?

I think so. I hated how Ross just planned to run off with Rachel and Emma (was it Paris?) in the final episode.

[From The Shadows]

I think so. I hated how Ross just planned to run off with Rachel and Emma (was it Paris?) in the final episode.

Actually, if I remember correctly, it was Ross trying to get Rachel to stay and not go to Paris where her new job was. She ended up staying. Ross told Emily he couldn't move to England because of his son and she had to move there. I don't think he would leave his son.

[Gaastra]

In the 80s ninja turtles cartoon teen mutant mona lisa moves in with the turtles and taken in by splinter! She is never seen again after one episode! The show planned to make her a side character like splinter and april but one of the turtles creators (who hated every female mutant they tried to add to the shows) used his power and got her removed.

Show wise in shows universe she just goes away with no explanation on what happened to her! Ironic thing is she was liked by many fans and even got an action figure in the 80s toyline!

[babyblob]

In the 80s ninja turtles cartoon teen mutant mona lisa moves in with the turtles and taken in by splinter! She is never seen again after one episode! The show planned to make her a side character like splinter and april but one of the turtles creators (who hated every female mutant they tried to add to the shows) used his power and got her removed.

Show wise in shows universe she just goes away with no explanation on what happened to her! Ironic thing is she was liked by many fans and even got an action figure in the 80s toyline!

Didnt she show up again in that short lived Live action show?