Illegitimacy in Fiction - Television

Television

  • Peyton Place (1964–69, ABC TV series based on Grace Metalious' novel)
  • Friends - Ross Geller and Rachel Green, two of the main characters, have an illegitimate child.
  • NCIS - Ziva David's paternal half-brother, Ari Haswari, is an illegitimate half-Hebrew/half-Arab Mossad traitor.
  • One Tree Hill - Lucas Scott, illegitimate son of Dan Scott
  • Game of Thrones - Jon Snow, illegitimate son of Eddard Stark
  • Midsomer Murders - the episode Bantling Boy centred around the illegitimate son of a baronet.

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