The original post: /r/television by /u/destuctir on 2024-07-03 13:34:32.
I can think of two popular tv shows where an episode is presented from the perspective of a main characters child looking back on the events, only for it to be revealed that the child doesn’t exist at all. The two examples I can think of are:
How I met your mother S7E12 Symphony of Illumination
Bojack horseman S4E9 Ruthie
So I was wondering what other examples people can think of and which show did this idea best, especially/particularly how hard the reveal that the child isn’t real hits the audience, and how well it was foreshadowed without giving the twist away