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* [[Heroes]] had Elle played by [[Kristen Bell]]. The 7th episode of Season 3 set her up for a [[Heel Face Turn]], only to abort it and the last minute. Then she starts a relationship with Sylar which seemed to be going well until he suddenly kills her.
** An even better example is Scott the super soldier from Season 3. He's given significant screen time in ''Our Father'', up to and including an explanation of his motives for participating in the program, which is a novelty in a show where characters do things for unexplained and inexplicable reasons. He is the first recipient of the perfected formula, neatly subverts [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]], and is all set up to be a big player in the finale. {{spoiler|Then the finale comes and minor villain Knox unceremoniously snaps his neck.}}
* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'' you could actually argue this applies to ''the Doctor'' a couple of times. For all the mixed feelings that fans have about [[Doctor Who/TVM the TV Movie/Recap|the TV movie]], most agree that the 8th Doctor was a fine character, and we should have gotten more of him. The [[
** Then there was the 6th Doctor, who was supposed to start out as an abrasive, egotistical blowhard before softening considerably as his tenure went on. [[Executive Meddling]] cut his time short, so he never really got past being an abrasive, egotistical blowhard. Like the above example, there is [[Expanded Universe]] material that helps rectify this.
* ''[[Supernatural]]'' features at least one of these a season: there's Meg's brother Tom in Season 1, most of the psychic kids in Season 2, Bela Talbot from Season 3, and so on.
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