Sci-fi series excel at foreshadowing, possibly because creators often know the ending from the start. (Lost is a notable exception.) Planning ahead makes genius moments like these possible, which wouldn't happen with spontaneous writing.
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From Redditor u/ForWhomTheBoneBones:u/ForWhomTheBoneBones:
In 1959,Twilight Zone.In the episode "Time Enough At Last," the ending foreshadows the main character dropping his glasses while picking up unreadable, crossed-out poetry pages.
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From a deleted Redditor:deleted Redditor:
In Season 1, Sinclair and Ivanova discuss the presidential elections. Ivanova claims she cannot vote for Santiago because he has "no chin," while his vice-president has "several."
In the season finale, Santiago, who was elected and in office, is assassinated. A plot later shows the vice-president did it.
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'12 Monkeys' - Jennifer Rambles About "Primary" Long Before We Learn About The Group Of Time TurnersFrom Redditor u/Cclay111:u/Cclay111:
Rabbiting about "primary" while painting the monkey mural on the asylum wall suggests a comment about paint color.
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From Redditor u/jadhikari:u/jadhikari:
The first scene of Walter shows him checking Peter's eyes and worrying about his health, then mentioning Peter's weight (which Peter doesn't recall), and many other scenes show Walter remembering Peter's childhood differently than Peter does. This storyline perfectly advertises the Mandela Effect.
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From Redditor u/thefluttershytree:
Watching the pilot again, I noticed something new. On Persephone, Kaylee tells Mal they need a new port compression coil, the part that breaks in "Out of Gas."
I didn't know if others saw this. It's a small detail, but I thought it was cool that it had been worked in so far in advance.
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From a deleted Redditor:deleted Redditor:
Doctor Who.The entire first episode of series 5, "The Eleventh Hour," shows every part of her bedroom following them through the season, ending with The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang, the last two episodes.
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From Redditor u/sir-griffen:
In Futurama.Season 1, Episode 1, aired in 1999. You see Nibbler's shadow under Fry’s chair. They did not reveal Nibbler pushed Fry into the Cryo-genic chamber until season 4, four years later.
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From Redditor u/flumphit:
Deep Space Nine.Several (five?) seasons in, the story arc reveals itself right under your nose the whole time...
From Redditor sellyourselfshort:
...Why Morn is bald.
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From Redditor u/litta015:
In the show LOST.In season 1, episode 4, "Walkabout," John Locke messes with a calculator in his backstory. Listen closely; that sound matches the smoke monster, foreshadowing Locke's future relationship with it.
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From TV Tropes:TV Tropes:
The "Gem Glow" Cookie Cat jingle tells how the mascot is "A refugee of an interstellar war!". This hints at the Crystal Gems' background. The line "He left his family behind!" speaks to Rose/Pink, especially since Cookie Cat wears pink. After the episode aired, Ian Jones-Quartey drew attention to Steven's Imagine Spot from "Future Vision" showing Cookie Cat as evil. The Cookie Cat ice cream sandwiches use half vanilla (like Rose's skin tone) and half strawberry (like Pink Diamond's coloring). Cookie Cat even has diamonds on his Bindle Stick!
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Redditor.u/Momijisu:
The end of Season 3 and the middle of Season 4.Battlestar GalacticaThe watch tower chords play all along, ending with their realization. Then, mid-season 4, "A storm is coming" plays, and Cara plays the chords.
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FromBuzzFeeduserORaNGeJoe:
In season four, episode two, a crazed man straps Scully to a chair. He wants to lobotomize women because he sees "the howlers" in their heads that make them crazy. When he points to Scully's spot, it sits in the center of her forehead, between her eyes. Flash-forward to episode 14, where Scully learns she has cancer; the X-ray shows her cancer growth exactly where he pointed.
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Redditor.u/rluks:
Early in the episode, they show the reality splitting into frames with a horse running sequence on the wall.
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