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*** We also see this with Ziva in season 10, due to contract issues, Tony DiNozzo in season 13 (forget exactly why the actor chose to leave for him), Abby at the end of season 15, and Agent Bishop in season 18. With the latter 2, it may be a bit of RealLifeWritesThePlot. There was some background drama between Pauley Parrett and Mark Harmon regarding the latter's dog and with Agent Bishop, her actress later shared a photo on Instagram where she was visibly pregnant and with her character not having a stated love interest at the time...well...it was likely either leave, hide the pregnancy, or come up with a character who was the father of said baby.

** The writers unfortunately did this with the very annoying [[spoiler: Agent Barrett.]]

* Charlie in ''Series/{{Privileged}}'' who left in the penultimate episode of Season 1. There was talk of him returning in Season 2, but since the show was cancelled that never got to happen.

** At the beginning of season 6 Andy (Creator/ChrisPratt) is taking a job in London for a time as Pratt was busy filming ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''. TheBusCameBack though.

** Midway through Season 5, Troy leaves after being informed that he will receive $14.3 million dollars from Pierce (who had been {{McLeaned}}) if he can honor his friend's last request by sailing around the world. A FreezeFrameBonus in a later episode implies that Troy and Creator/LeVarBurton (ItMakesSenseInContext) were captured by pirates, providing an explanation as to why he hasn't returned yet.

* One of the most notorious and self-influential incidents in ''Series/BeverlyHills90210's'' narrative history was putting Brenda Walsh, the show's powerhouse, on a plane to London after actress Shannen Doherty was fired for repeated unprofessional behaviour. Brenda was only supposed to stay in London for a year, but never reappeared in the original show. ''Series/Charmed1998'', the next Aaron Spelling product that Doherty starred in, went one further when the actress was dismissed (again) and [[McLeaned killed off her character]].

* ''Series/SeaPatrol'' has a couple examples due to RealLifeWritesThePlot including Chefo between seasons 1 and 2, and Nav, Spider and Buffer between season 3 and 4, and Bomber between seasons 4 and 5, tough at least Bomber going away was referenced in the season 4 finale.

* ''Series/TheBoldAndTheBeautiful'': Taylor Hayes was a particularly egregious example. After being shot in 2002, and being discovered as NotQuiteDead in 2005, the character appeared in cameos as a silent ghost several times during the intervening three years.

* In season 2 of the lush, 1906-set Spanish drama ''Gran Hotel'', the new maître d'hotel, Ernesto, had only appeared in five episodes when, even as his character was making headway wooing the stiff head of housekeeping Angela, the actor, Juan Luis Galiardo, died unexpectedly. Remaining footage allowed him to appear briefly in two more episodes, both [[InMemoriam dedicated in his memory]]--unusually, in place of the series title at the end of the opening credits. Shortly thereafter Angela found his uniform and a note, saying he was leaving and apologizing for attempting to gain her affections. Her reading of the note was accompanied by footage of Ernesto, played by a stand-in, leaving as he had arrived--aboard a very early Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

* On ''Series/OneTreeHill'', main characters Peyton and Lucas drive off in a car at the end of one season, never to be seen again. This was both unsatisfying and confusing, as they gave no indication that they would be leaving Tree Hill.

* On ''Series/{{MASH}}'', Henry, Trapper, Frank, and Radar were all discharged and Put On A Plane back to the states. In Henry's case, [[BusCrash the plane crashed]]. Trapper and Radar both left the Army to return to civilian life, while Frank was KickedUpstairs to a VA Hospital in Indiana.

* On ''Series/{{MASH}}'', Henry, Trapper, Frank, and Radar were all discharged and Put On A Plane back to the states. In Henry's case, [[BusCrash the plane crashed]].

** Tegan gets left behind at an airport in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E7TimeFlight Time Crash]]". She comes back with shorter hair next season.

* ''Series/ControlZ'': Due to [[Creator/ZionMoreno her actress]] having already committed to [[Series/GossipGirl2021 another series]], Isabela didn't return in Season 2, although she is briefly mentioned during Raúl's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Pablo and her absence is justified by María saying that Isabela, following the exposure of the hacker, had left Colegio Nacional without a word.

* ''Series/ControlZ'': Due to [[Creator/ZionMoreno her actress]] having already committed to [[Series/GossipGirl2021 another series]], Isabela didn't return in Season 2, although she is briefly mentioned during Raúl's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Pablo.

* ''Series/AllInTheFamily'': Henry Jefferson was devised as a sort of "placeholder" character to stand in for George Jefferson until actor Sherman Hemsley (who had been offered the role of George but [[AbsenteeActor wasn't available]] due to his commitment to the Broadway show ''Purlie'') finally became available in season 4. Once that happened, Henry moved to Chicago to open his own dry-cleaning store. He was only sporadically mentioned on the spinoff ''Series/TheJeffersons''. His son, Raymond Jefferson (played by Gary Coleman), appeared on an episode in the 5th season.

** Mando’s brethren The Tribe who were hiding out on Nevarro, namely Paz Vizsla and The Armorer and many more including some Mandalorian [[ChildSoldiers foundlings]] disappear after Season 1. Paz Vizsla and other Mandalorians are last seen aiding the protagonist escape in "Chapter 3: The Sin", it’s confirmed later in Chapter 8: “Redemption" that Imperials killed many of them but The Armorer who’s shown to have survived assures Mando that some of his tribe likely escaped genocide. Though none of them including The Armorer show up in Season 2.

** [[spoiler: Grogu aka The Child gets on a X-Wing ride with Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 after saying goodbye to Din Djarin aka Mando]].

* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': Wawan exits the show by moving out off-screen in episode 41 and leaving behind a letter explaining that he left to take care of his inheritance in his home village.