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I was delighted to find The Numbers from LOST:

https://oeis.org/A104101



> It is easy to fit formulas to the first six terms, in a million different ways, but none of them are of any interest (the seventh term can be chosen to be any number you wish). - N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 22 2017

A microcosm for the "plot" of that show, where the writers just pulled some new twist out of their backsides every episode!




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