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Brace yourselves for some of the most heart-wrenching and jaw-dropping moments in live-action TV! From detectives losing their lives in the line of duty to beloved characters meeting tragic fates, this countdown dives into the most unforgettable on-screen deaths. These shocking exits changed stories forever, leaving fans stunned, devastated, and desperate for answers. Which heart-shattering goodbye still haunts you?
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00:00Baby, I've been here before
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:07And today, we're counting down our picks for the live-action TV characters
00:12whose sudden deaths had us clutching our pearls.
00:15We'll be including major spoilers, so consider this your warning.
00:19And you...
00:24are...
00:33it.
00:35Number 50. Lawrence Larry Zito, Miami Vice.
00:51In this 80s TV staple, the Metro-Dade detectives could seem invincible.
00:57A season 3 two-parter would up the stakes with the death of Detective Larry Zito.
01:03Although he reportedly earned $200,000 the previous year,
01:07after John Deal felt the character had run his course.
01:11That's what we're talking, right?
01:12I was thinking...
01:13Big money. I hear there's a cable deal going down.
01:15Wanting to pursue other opportunities on the New York theater scene,
01:19Deal's request to exit was fulfilled by having Zito die in an undercover operation gone wrong.
01:26Ironically, Deal thought he had to do more in the episode where Zito died
01:30than in some of the ones leading up to it.
01:32Night.
01:32Hopefully I don't sink her.
01:34The gym tomorrow morning.
01:35We'll meet at the shop at 7 a.m.
01:36While Deal was ready to leave Miami Vice,
01:39Zito's fellow detectives weren't prepared to say goodbye.
01:43Least of all, his partner and best friend, Stan Switek.
01:57Number 49.
01:58Teddy Uris, Phil Malkin, and Susie Malkin.
02:02It welcomed to Derry.
02:03Billy? Teddy?
02:06Yeah!
02:07The pilot of this prequel series introduces us to a new club of losers,
02:12who will seemingly be our main characters.
02:15Some are, although others don't live to see the second episode.
02:19Instead, I just sent him away.
02:22And he was gone.
02:25What we did was worse.
02:27Catching the music man at the local movie theater,
02:30the gang finds themselves in trouble.
02:32The missing Maddie appears on screen,
02:35unleashing a demented baby.
02:37So what?
02:37Is it just gonna scare them like in the movies?
02:40Nah.
02:41It isn't playing around this time,
02:43disposing of Teddy and Phil.
02:58Even little Susie isn't spared.
03:00Only Ronnie and Lily manage to escape,
03:03along with a piece of one friend.
03:05The ending firmly establishes that nobody is safe in this story,
03:08making us fear for them with each passing episode.
03:12What do you mean they're all gone?
03:14What happened?
03:18Number 48.
03:20Sandy.
03:21Growing Pains.
03:22Matthew Perry appeared in three episodes
03:24throughout the fourth season of this sitcom,
03:27playing Carol's boyfriend, Sandy.
03:29It appeared Sandy might stick around
03:31until he became a casualty of a very special episode.
03:35What?
03:36How bad is Sandy hurt?
03:41Really?
03:43Involved in a drunk driving accident,
03:45Sandy feels grateful that he survived,
03:47and still has a future with Carol.
03:50Unfortunately, what seemed like a second chance
03:53was the end of the road for Sandy.
03:55Upon returning home,
03:56Carol receives the news that Sandy died in the hospital
03:59from internal bleeding.
04:00That guy, Doug, just called from the hospital.
04:05Uh-huh.
04:07Well, he told me that, uh...
04:10He said that...
04:11What is it, Mike?
04:15Carol, Sandy just died.
04:17Although Sandy wasn't a principal cast member,
04:20it was jarring to see him suddenly exit
04:22this family-friendly comedy on such a dire note.
04:25It's even sadder knowing that Perry would unexpectedly die
04:28amid what looked like a second act years later.
04:32But that's impossible!
04:33I mean, we were just down there!
04:36I saw him!
04:38He looked good!
04:38He was laughing!
04:41And joking!
04:42I'm sorry that this happened!
04:43He wouldn't dare die!
04:45No!
04:46Number 47.
04:48Billy Butcher.
04:49The Boys.
04:50With Homelander defeated,
04:52Billy Butcher has finally achieved his revenge.
04:54At the same time,
04:56Butcher has little left to live for.
04:58We need to end
04:59the whole bloody notion
05:01of Supes.
05:05And we need to make it
05:08permanent.
05:10Especially with Ryan rejecting him
05:12and poor terror passing away.
05:14Butcher decides that Homelander wasn't enough.
05:17He's going to eradicate the world of Supes
05:19and potential spinoffs
05:21with the virus.
05:22Huey tries to talk him off a ledge,
05:24but Butcher makes it clear that
05:25if he wants to stop him,
05:26only one is leaving the room alive.
05:29I will if I have to.
05:32Nah.
05:34He ain't got them.
05:37Butcher briefly hesitates,
05:39thinking about how Huey reminds him
05:40of his late younger brother Lenny.
05:42We'll never know if Butcher would have gone through with it,
05:45as Huey pulls the trigger.
05:46Perhaps this is what Butcher always wanted,
05:49knowing that Huey wouldn't let him release the virus.
05:52I don't know what to do.
05:54You don't need to do anything.
05:59Number 46.
06:01Lane Price.
06:02Mad Men.
06:03What's going on?
06:04I think something's terribly wrong in Mr. Price's office.
06:08I can't get the door open.
06:09Initially brought on to help with finances,
06:12Lane Price seals his fate through embezzlement.
06:15Once Don catches on,
06:17he orders Lane to resign.
06:18Just when it seems that his day can't get any worse,
06:21the jobless Lane returns home
06:23to learn that his wife has purchased him a Jaguar.
06:26Feeling that he can't start over,
06:28Lane attempts to use his Christmas present
06:30as a means of self-destruction.
06:32When the Jaguar doesn't start up,
06:34Lane returns to the company he helped build.
06:36Leaving behind a letter of resignation,
06:38Lane meets his end in his office.
06:41Don tries to preserve his body before it's taken away.
06:44Deep down,
06:45Don knows that maybe this could have been prevented
06:47had he recognized what Lane was going through.
06:52It's a resignation letter.
06:56It's a boilerplate.
07:03Number 45.
07:05Haley Hotchner.
07:06Criminal Minds.
07:07Promise me that you will tell him how we met
07:11and how you used to make me laugh.
07:13Haley.
07:15He needs to know that you weren't always so serious, Aaron.
07:18Aaron Hotchner's wife had been a recurring character
07:21since this crime drama's pilot episode.
07:24Following the couple's divorce in season three,
07:26Haley returned during the fifth season,
07:29although the show's landmark 100th episode
07:31culminated in a fatal encounter with the Reaper,
07:34a.k.a. George Foyette.
07:36And the story should have ended there.
07:38I don't believe in fairy tales.
07:40Do you?
07:41That's the thing, George, this isn't a fairy tale.
07:43You don't have to write this story.
07:44You don't have to do any of this.
07:46Hotch finds himself on the phone with the serial killer,
07:48who has kidnapped his ex-wife and their child, Jack.
07:52Foyette punishes Hotch for his continued pursuit of him,
07:55seeking to take away the family that came second to his job.
07:58While Foyette allows Jack to leave the room,
08:01Hotch and Haley have accepted
08:03that this will be their final conversation.
08:05I want him to believe in love
08:07because it is the most important thing.
08:12But you need to show him.
08:14Despite their differences,
08:16Haley reflects on the love she shared with Hotch,
08:18insisting that he tell Jack about a happier time.
08:25No. 44. Ben Sullivan, Scrubs
08:35After previously being diagnosed with leukemia,
08:39Ben Sullivan returns to Sacred Heart,
08:41now in remission and appearing livelier than ever.
08:44My brother Ben coming in for this thing, too.
08:46Oh, yeah.
08:47He always has to make some grand entrance,
08:49then he just winds up depressed afterwards.
08:51Why's that?
08:54Because he never surprises us.
08:56Not even Ben's upbeat presence
08:58can get Dr. Cox's mind off a patient's death,
09:01for which he holds JD accountable.
09:04Cox is so distraught
09:05that he seemingly won't even go
09:07to his own son's birthday party.
09:09If I'm not here, people die.
09:12If I'm not here, people die.
09:14Oh, come on.
09:15With Ben's help,
09:17Cox decides to attend the big day
09:19and forgive JD,
09:20accepting that there was nothing anyone could have done.
09:23For somebody who's often surrounded by death,
09:26we're not sure why Cox took this one so personally,
09:29until we notice that Ben doesn't have his camera,
09:31which he vowed to carry until the day he died.
09:34There was your camera.
09:35Aren't you...
09:36Aren't you going to take some pictures?
09:39Pictures of what?
09:41You know, crying babies covered in chocolate,
09:44people singing happy birthday to my son
09:46who've never even met him before.
09:47You know, the whole routine.
09:51Where do you think we are?
09:56Cox isn't at a party,
09:58but rather Ben's funeral.
10:01Number 43, Nicholas Brody, Homeland.
10:04The Homeland team had been toying
10:06with killing off Brody since season one.
10:08With the chemistry between Brody and Carrie
10:11being what sucked many into this thrilling series,
10:13it was hard to imagine one without the other.
10:16Brody, run!
10:17Get down now!
10:21Lie flat.
10:22Hands behind your head.
10:25By the third season's conclusion,
10:27Brody's luck officially ran out.
10:29Not long after Carrie tells him
10:31that she's pregnant with their child,
10:32Brody is taken by Iranian forces.
10:35Brody swiftly goes from his trial to his execution.
10:38While Carrie is in the crowd,
10:40she isn't there to rescue him.
10:41Like the viewer,
10:43Carrie is powerless to do anything.
10:44All she can do is watch
10:46as the noose around Brody's neck tightens.
10:51Brody's only comfort
10:52is that he hears Carrie call out his name
10:54before taking his last breath.
10:57Brody!
11:00Brody!
11:00Number 42, Jimmy Darmody, Boardwalk Empire.
11:05Tell Nucky I want to talk.
11:10Nucky's mentee turned rival,
11:12Jimmy essentially served as this period drama's
11:15deuteragonist for the first two seasons.
11:18Boardwalk Empire was never the same
11:20after Nucky decided that he'd had enough of Jimmy,
11:22who was already resigned to his fate.
11:25This is your choice, James.
11:28I died in the trench years back.
11:33I thought you knew that.
11:35Attending a rain-soaked meeting without a weapon,
11:37Jimmy knows precisely what he's doing there.
11:40As Jimmy sees it,
11:41he never came back from the war,
11:43and his journey is destined to end here.
11:45With Nucky and Jimmy's dynamic being so integral up to this point,
11:49we genuinely thought that there might be a scenario
11:51where the scene didn't result in bloodshed.
11:54My first time, I vomited after.
11:59Two days straight.
12:01Second time, I didn't even think about it.
12:03Alas, Jimmy was right.
12:05His death was inevitable,
12:06and Nucky's unforgiving face is the last one he ever sees.
12:11Number 41, Keith Scott, One Tree Hill.
12:15He's gone, Danny.
12:18He's gone.
12:25Keith will always be remembered
12:27as one of Tree Hill's most beloved residents.
12:29The same can't be said of his younger brother, Dan,
12:32whose name alone garners such hate
12:34that we can't believe they're related.
12:35For all the terrible things that Dan did to Keith,
12:38nothing could prepare us for this season three episode.
12:41Amid a school shooting,
12:42it appears the brothers may put their differences aside.
12:45Keith attempts to talk down the shooter, Jimmy,
12:48who ultimately turns the gun on himself.
12:50The nightmare isn't over, however.
12:52Wrongfully believing that Keith had tried to burn him alive,
12:55Dan seizes this opportunity to kill Keith,
12:58setting up Jimmy to take the blame.
13:00No matter what he did going forward,
13:02this act solidified Dan as the worst.
13:05Does this darkness have a name?
13:09Number 40, Lance Sweets, Bones.
13:13Even before they officially got together,
13:15Bones and Booth were kind of like this show's mom and dad.
13:19We guess that would make baby-faced psychologist Lance Sweets their surrogate son.
13:23We need to talk to the security guy, Gerald Norsky.
13:26Norsky, I'm going to be in that area.
13:27Let me do this.
13:28It's fine.
13:29Speaking of kids,
13:30we learn in the season 10 premiere
13:32that Sweets and Daisy are expecting a little Lance.
13:35Sadly, Sweets won't be around for his son's birth.
13:38Bones and Booth arrive at a parking garage,
13:41where Sweets is bleeding internally.
13:43Sensing that this is the end,
13:45Sweets attempts to leave his friends with some final words of optimism.
13:49I fought.
13:49I fought back.
13:52You be proud.
13:53Although he can't complete his sentence.
13:56The hard part is just the beginning,
13:58as they still need to perform Sweets' autopsy.
14:01While he tried to stay positive to the end,
14:03his exit felt more bitter than Sweets.
14:05The world's a lot better than you think it is.
14:10It's...
14:19Number 39, Prue Hallowell, Charmed.
14:22It's no secret that there was tension on the set of Charmed,
14:26supposedly due to a feud between Shannon Doherty and Alyssa Milano.
14:30Phoebe, I'm not looking for your approval, Piper.
14:32Just your support.
14:33Well, Phoebe, it's sort of hard to give you support
14:36when you're just setting yourself up to get hurt again.
14:38Cole is good inside.
14:39I know it.
14:41Even if you were aware of the alleged behind-the-scenes drama,
14:44it was difficult to picture the Hallowell sisters without Prue.
14:47As it became clear that Doherty wouldn't be returning for a fourth season,
14:51there were discussions about recasting the eldest Hallowell.
14:55Season 3 thus ended on a cliffhanger,
14:57with it unclear if Prue survived her encounter with the demon Shaxx.
15:01What are you?
15:02The end.
15:19The creative team made a definitive decision in the season 4 premiere,
15:23which opens with the revelation that Prue didn't survive,
15:26and not even magic can bring her back.
15:28Rose McGowan would fill the void as a long-lost fourth sister, Paige.
15:33Number 38.
15:34Mr. Collins.
15:35The Wonder Years.
15:37As kids, we can struggle to see our teachers as human beings,
15:40especially if they push us to try harder.
15:43As math teacher Mr. Collins starts tutoring him,
15:46Kevin is surprised by how well they get along.
15:48Kevin is disappointed when Collins prematurely ends their sessions.
15:52After Collins says that he's his, quote, teacher rather than a, quote, friend,
15:57Kevin takes it the wrong way, purposely flunking his midterm.
16:01An opportunity to do your best.
16:03Isn't that why you came to me?
16:06You said a C is better than a D, but not as good as an A.
16:13Well, sure, but...
16:15Realizing he was wrong, Kevin attempts to reconcile with his teacher.
16:19Finding Mr. D. Perna instead,
16:21Kevin learns that Collins wasn't nearly blowing him off.
16:24He had a heart condition and died earlier that day.
16:27Kevin.
16:29But I wasn't buying.
16:30He'd said it was up to me, so I'd made my choice.
16:33An F.
16:34A perfectly respectable F.
16:37Even when Kevin gave up on himself, Collins still believed in him,
16:41throwing out his midterm so he could retake it.
16:48Fifty minutes, Arnold.
16:50You may begin.
16:53Number 37.
16:55Mike Delfino.
16:56Desperate Housewives.
16:58Throughout this episode, it's teased that somebody on Wisteria Lane is going to die.
17:03After multiple fake-outs, the episode climaxes with Mike peacefully sitting on his front porch.
17:08You're still mad, aren't you?
17:10No.
17:12You're a hard guy to stay mad at, Mike Delfino.
17:15As Susan joins her husband, reflecting on their life together and why she can't stay mad at him,
17:20we suddenly become very concerned for Mike.
17:22Those fears are vindicated,
17:24as the loan shark Mike previously clashed with drives by and pulls a gun.
17:37We all take the gift of life for granted.
17:40Pushing his wife out of the way, Mike's life with Susan flashes before his eyes.
17:46Time seemingly slows down, but the next thing Susan knows,
17:50she's grasping onto Mike's lifeless body.
17:52Even if the buildup wasn't exactly subtle, that didn't make losing Mike any easier.
17:57The gift is gone.
17:59Number 36.
18:01Ruth Langmore.
18:02Ozark.
18:03The Byrds might have had their issues with Ruth,
18:05but by the final episode, she was practically family.
18:08If you don't trust me, so if you want,
18:11I've got the name of a PI that can give you a brand new identity.
18:16You've got money, you can start clean.
18:21I'll lock my name.
18:24Me too.
18:26Practically is the key word, however.
18:28After Camilla learns that Ruth was responsible for killing her son,
18:32Marty and Wendy see no other alternative.
18:34If they warn Ruth, Camilla will come for them and their children.
18:38Getting out of her car, Ruth realizes that she's been found out.
18:42Even when staring death in the face,
18:44Ruth is true to herself, telling off Camilla and her late son.
18:48I'm not sorry.
18:52Your son was a murdering bitch.
18:57As Marty and Wendy address a crowd,
19:00Ruth bleeds out alone,
19:02unaware that the people she trusted most stood by
19:05as she drove to her final resting place.
19:07There goes any potential for an Ozark spinoff.
19:19Number 35, Logan Eccles, Veronica Mars.
19:24Although all of the deaths on this list are shocking,
19:27few ignited more rage than Logan Eccles.
19:30Initially an entitled bad boy,
19:32Logan matures throughout this detective series,
19:34developing a sincere relationship with Veronica.
19:52It seems season four would allow Veronica and Logan
19:55to live happily ever after as they finally said, I do.
19:59The honeymoon ends before it even begins, however.
20:02The killer that Veronica just brought to justice
20:04left one more bomb behind in her car.
20:07What's the time difference in Fiji?
20:10Penn's limerick, midday round Fiji?
20:13Hold that thought, I'm moving it.
20:15As Veronica pieces this together,
20:18Logan is already in the vehicle, going up in smoke.
20:21It remains to be seen if there will ever be
20:23a fifth season of Veronica Mars.
20:25Unless they're planning on retconning Logan's death, though,
20:28most fans don't seem interested.
20:30On my way to see you, a DJ came on the radio
20:34and was like, time to party, Neptune.
20:37It's spring break.
20:38And I was looking out the window thinking,
20:41who are you fooling?
20:43Number 34, Gary Shepard, 30-something.
20:47From the beginning, the creators of 30-something
20:49knew that a major character would die at some point.
20:52In a show that strived to deliver a realistic slice of life,
20:56confronting loss seemed unavoidable.
20:58By the final season, many suspected it would be Nancy,
21:01who had been dealing with ovarian cancer
21:03since the previous season.
21:05Just as Nancy is proclaimed cancer-free,
21:07the writers pulled a bait-and-switch.
21:10Michael.
21:13Gary's dead.
21:14Oh, funny.
21:15No, nope.
21:18I had a message from a police officer,
21:22and he wants me...
21:25Oh, Hope, I have to go to a hospital.
21:28I have to go to another hospital.
21:29They want me to...
21:29No.
21:30Driving to the hospital to visit Nancy,
21:32Gary dies in a car accident.
21:35Gary was planning on giving her a copy
21:36of Through the Looking Glass.
21:38To a degree, audiences felt like they were in Wonderland,
21:41as nothing about Gary's death made sense.
21:44Of course, the same can be said about any loved one
21:46who's suddenly gone.
21:48Are you sure?
21:52Yeah.
21:53I mean, about the food,
21:55I didn't think anybody would volunteer to call Ellen.
21:58Number 33.
22:00Marissa Cooper.
22:01The O.C.
22:02Just as it seems Marissa Cooper
22:04is about to begin a promising new chapter,
22:06an inebriated Kevin runs her and Ryan off the road.
22:11What the hell?
22:13All right, hold on, hold on.
22:18Although Ryan emerges from the wreckage alive,
22:21Marissa dies in his arms.
22:23Killing off Marissa at the end
22:24of this teen drama's third season was a gamble.
22:27One that paid off?
22:28Well, it was certainly a talking point over the summer.
22:31Mmm.
22:38Mmm.
22:46Once the O.C. returned, though,
22:48some weren't interested,
22:49knowing that Marissa would never have
22:51a happy ending with Ryan.
22:52While others argued that season four was an improvement,
22:55it also marked the beginning of the end.
22:57Would that have been the case if Marissa had survived?
23:00Either way, her last scene with Ryan
23:02remains a pivotal mid-aughts moment.
23:18Number 32, Nate Fisher, Six Feet Under.
23:22Between Bobby Nash on 9-1-1 and Nathaniel Fisher,
23:26we've learned the hard way that getting attached
23:28to Peter Krause's characters is heartbreak waiting to happen.
23:31Of all the Fishers, eldest son Nate
23:34had the most close calls with death.
23:36After coming out of another surgery,
23:38it appears Nate will pull through once again.
23:41We're not even gonna try.
23:43We've been trying.
23:47Both of us for a long time.
23:49Where Brenda sees this as an opportunity for reconciliation,
23:53Nate decides he wants to break up for good.
23:55Maybe Nate would have reconsidered this conversation
23:57had he known it'd be his last with Brenda.
23:59With brother David by Nate's bedside,
24:02both doze off.
24:03David awakens from their dream,
24:05but Nate doesn't.
24:06Although the show repeatedly taught us
24:08that death is unpredictable,
24:10nobody was ready for Nate to leave.
24:18Nate.
24:24Nate.
24:42Nate Jacobs goes through life feeling that he can control others.
24:46His life eventually spirals out of control, though,
24:48when Nate can't pay off his debts to loan sharks.
24:51After several beatings and the loss of multiple body parts,
24:55Nate is buried alive until Cassie comes up with the money.
24:58Although she's given 72 hours,
25:00it turns out that Nate has even less time.
25:02It's gonna be okay, don't worry.
25:05The loan sharks weren't anticipating a rattlesnake
25:08crawling down his air tube.
25:10We wouldn't say we feel sorry for Nate,
25:12given everything he's put Cassie,
25:13Maddie, and others through.
25:28As the snake slithers toward his face, though,
25:31we can't help but dread what's coming.
25:33By the time Cassie gets to him,
25:35Nate has already met his toxic end.
25:50You might think a show that took place in the White House
25:53would be knee-deep in heavy topics,
25:55but the West Wing often skewed toward the warm and fuzzy.
25:59So when President Bartlett's beloved secretary,
26:02Mrs. Landingham,
26:03was abruptly written out after a deadly car crash,
26:06it was a notable departure in tone.
26:08They ran ahead of high speed.
26:10Charlie's show, right?
26:13No.
26:15She's dead.
26:16Never afraid to speak her mind
26:18while still respecting the Oval Office,
26:20Mrs. Landingham was a breath of fresh air.
26:23Coming at a time when Bartlett faced mounting scandals
26:25and political opposition,
26:27her death marked a turning point
26:29for Bartlett's presidency and his faith.
26:31Put Mendoza on the bench.
26:33We're not fighting a war.
26:34I've raised three children.
26:37That's not enough to buy me out of the doghouse.
26:39Number 29.
26:41Terry Bauer, 24.
26:43The first season of this groundbreaking
26:45and controversial series features
26:48counter-terrorist unit agent Jack Bauer
26:50attempting to rescue his kidnapped wife and daughter.
26:54Their captors are a group looking to frame Bauer
26:56for an upcoming political assassination.
26:58He stops them, of course,
27:00but his success is short-lived.
27:04I thought she was here with you.
27:06I'll go find her.
27:07Okay.
27:07Just stay here with the guards, okay?
27:09Okay.
27:10The season finale ends with him
27:11finding his wife, Terry, shot to death.
27:14The image of him cradling her body
27:16as the clock strikes midnight
27:17is something first-time watchers will never forget.
27:20In the world of 24,
27:22even when the protagonists win,
27:24it will always come at a cost.
27:25I'm so sorry.
27:28So sorry.
27:29Number 28.
27:31Villanelle, Killing Eve.
27:33She could speak several languages.
27:35She could vanish without a trace.
27:37She could kill with machine-like accuracy and efficiency.
27:41But even world-class assassins have to die sometimes.
27:44And this is why you're here?
27:49You know why I'm here.
27:52You want this as much as I do.
27:54Still, Villanelle's series-long
27:56obsessive romantic relationship with Eve Palastri
27:59had enough viewers rooting for her
28:01to get away with her crimes
28:02and settle down with the MI5 agent.
28:05But all that came crashing down
28:06in the last minutes of the series finale
28:08when Villanelle was taken out by a sniper
28:11as she and Eve embraced.
28:13I did it, Eve.
28:18Don't you mean we did it?
28:21Yeah, but mostly me.
28:23The last we see of her
28:24is her body sinking to the bottom of the Thames.
28:27Fans weren't just shocked.
28:29Many were outraged.
28:31Number 27.
28:33Omar Little, The Wire.
28:34You work in a Stanfield corner.
28:37Which means you working for a straight-up punk.
28:39You feel me?
28:40Taking place on the streets of Baltimore,
28:43HBO's series about the drug trade,
28:45the institution of the police,
28:47and city life broke a lot of ground.
28:49Stick-up man Omar Little is a myth unto himself.
28:52He's feared, but the show gives him a moral clarity,
28:55a complexity, and even a tenderness
28:57that made audiences love him.
29:04All in the game, yo.
29:07All in the game.
29:09When his time finally came,
29:11it was at the hands of a very young,
29:13up-and-coming drug dealer looking to prove himself.
29:16After all the dangerous situations he'd been in, though,
29:19who knew he'd die just buying cigarettes
29:21at the local corner store?
29:23Number 26.
29:24Rosalind Shays.
29:26L.A. Law.
29:26Every good drama needs a villain.
29:29For almost five seasons of L.A. Law,
29:31Rosalind Shays more than fit the bill.
29:34You don't have to preface anything, Leland.
29:37Your answer is no.
29:39But all her conniving and manipulations
29:40finally caught up with her.
29:42Her totally bizarre, kind of funny,
29:44and altogether unexpected death
29:46may be one of the most talked-about TV moments of all time.
29:49Rosalind's end seemingly came out of nowhere.
29:52One minute she was having a conversation with Leland McKenzie,
29:55and the next she was tumbling down an open elevator shaft.
29:59I don't resent you, Leland.
30:00If anything, maybe I resent myself.
30:03For staying with a man who doesn't love you.
30:05I really don't want to talk about it.
30:09Not only did it mark the end of a great character,
30:11but it made an entire generation of TV lovers
30:14extremely cautious every time they catch an elevator.
30:18Number 25.
30:19James Evans.
30:20Good times.
30:21Times definitely were not good behind the scenes
30:24of this Norman Lear sitcom.
30:26After the third season,
30:28lead actor John Amos was allegedly fired from the show.
30:31Rather than recast the role of James Evans,
30:34the producers decided to kill him off.
30:36At the start of season four,
30:38James Evans was preparing to relocate the family
30:40from Chicago to Mississippi.
30:42We regret to inform you that your husband,
30:45James Evans,
30:46was
30:50killed in an automobile.
30:52Oh my God.
30:54But they wind up receiving news of his death
30:56in a car accident during their going away party.
30:58The episode comes to a screeching halt.
31:01In one fell swoop,
31:02the Evanses lost their patriarch,
31:04and the cast lost a key member.
31:07It was an unceremonious exit for a beloved character.
31:10Damn, damn, damn!
31:14Number 24.
31:16Tanya McCoyd.
31:17The White Lotus.
31:18Jennifer Coolidge dazzled viewers with her performance
31:21as an endearingly strange,
31:23narcissistic heiress in the first two seasons
31:25of The White Lotus.
31:26Her death became a possibility
31:27as the second season chugged along,
31:29as she found herself the unwitting target
31:31of a group of hitmen
31:33implied to be hired by her new husband.
31:35In a minute!
31:37This isn't a bathroom, is it?
31:41It's a bedroom.
31:43You need some help?
31:44The plot comes to a head on a yacht
31:46in the Mediterranean,
31:47where the generally helpless Tanya
31:49takes down her would-be murderers.
31:51Then, she falls and sustains a fatal head injury
31:54while climbing into a lifeboat.
32:00It's a death that creator Mike White
32:02described fittingly as, quote,
32:03derpy.
32:04Number 23.
32:06Marvin Erickson Sr.
32:08How I Met Your Mother.
32:09Marshall Erickson has been expecting
32:11to get bad news
32:12all throughout this devastating episode.
32:14As he and his wife Lily struggle
32:16with possible fertility issues,
32:18they await the results of testing.
32:19Things are looking up when he gets the results,
32:21and he's just about to call his dad
32:23with the good news when Lily finds him.
32:25Something's happened.
32:28Your father, he had a heart attack.
32:33He didn't make it.
32:35The audience learns with Marshall
32:36that his father has passed away
32:38from a sudden heart attack.
32:39Viewers had just seen Marvin Sr.
32:42earlier in the episode.
32:43Then, he was gone.
32:44Marshall's emotional whiplash
32:46feels all too real.
32:47I'm not ready for this.
32:51Number 22.
32:52Dan Conner.
32:53Roseanne.
32:54There were few things
32:55that could have restored fans' love
32:57for the once hilarious
32:58and relatable sitcom
32:59after its somewhat disastrous
33:01ninth season,
33:02which saw the working-class family
33:04winning the lottery.
33:05We won the lottery!
33:09Oh my God!
33:11Oh my God!
33:12We won the lottery!
33:13Killing off the beloved dad
33:15was certainly not one of them.
33:16In the last few minutes of the finale,
33:18Roseanne revealed that
33:20several of the events
33:21of the series never took place
33:22and that Dan had actually
33:24died from a heart attack.
33:29Roseanne?
33:35Rosie?
33:36His suddenly empty chair at the table
33:38was a gut punch to viewers.
33:40It didn't erase the weirdness
33:42of the season,
33:42but it did remind us
33:43of what the series could do
33:45at its best.
33:46Number 21.
33:47Susan Ross.
33:49Seinfeld.
33:49Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld's sitcom
33:52took nothing too seriously.
33:54Not even death.
33:55In an iconic episode
33:56from the show's seventh season,
33:58George Costanza's fiancé
34:00dies in the cheapest way possible.
34:02No, that's literally what happened.
34:04George is too cheap
34:05to buy wedding invitations
34:06with good adhesive,
34:07leaving Susan to seal
34:09and mail them all by herself.
34:11She ends up getting poisoned
34:12from the toxic adhesive.
34:14We found traces
34:15of a certain toxic adhesive
34:17commonly found
34:18in very low-priced envelopes.
34:21Seinfeld wasn't exactly
34:23the kind of show
34:23to throw a character death
34:24at you out of nowhere,
34:25but they dealt with it
34:26in the show's characteristic manner.
34:28The core cast of four
34:29move right along
34:30to the acceptance stage of grief
34:32and go out for coffee.
34:34What can I tell you?
34:35All right.
34:37Come on, let's get some coffee.
34:40Number 20.
34:41Eddie Munson
34:42Stranger Things
34:44Stranger Things
34:44has had several
34:45surprise deaths
34:46during its run,
34:47and while Bob's
34:48heartbreaking death
34:49also had many of us in shock,
34:52we're going for
34:52a more recent one.
34:54Eddie Munson
34:54was a breakout character
34:55in the show's fourth season,
34:57with his charisma
34:58and quest for justice
34:59endearing him to many.
35:01What do you say, Anderson?
35:05Are you ready
35:06for the most metal concert
35:08in the history of the world?
35:11In the end, however,
35:13the Hawkins gang's risky plan
35:14results in Eddie's downfall.
35:16The Upside Down
35:17is not a place
35:18you want to spend
35:18a ton of time,
35:19unless you don't mind
35:20getting into it
35:21with some bats.
35:22Eddie's sacrifice
35:23to save Dustin
35:24and ensure the team's success
35:26is probably the most
35:27metal thing he's ever done.
35:29Rock on, Eddie.
35:30Rock on.
35:31Say I'm going to look after them.
35:35Say it.
35:38I'm going to look after them.
35:43Good.
35:44Number 19.
35:46Derek Shepard, Grey's Anatomy.
35:48Ma'am.
35:50Ma'am, is this the home
35:51of Derek Shepard?
35:52It is.
35:54He's my husband.
35:56I'm afraid there's been
35:58an accident.
35:59Yeah, they really killed
36:01McDreamy.
36:02Dr. Derek Shepard
36:03is on his way
36:04to the airport
36:04when he witnesses
36:05a car crash.
36:06After saving multiple people,
36:08he gets back in his car
36:10and pulls out
36:10into the road
36:11when he's distracted
36:12by his phone.
36:13Unfortunately,
36:14he's struck by a truck
36:15soon after
36:16and taken to the hospital.
36:18Frustratingly,
36:19both he and Dr. Penny Blake
36:21know that he needs
36:22a CT scan,
36:23but he can't speak
36:24and she's ignored.
36:26By the time
36:27his doctors learn
36:28what he needs,
36:29Derek is brain-dead
36:30and he's taken off
36:31life support.
36:32Meredith's goodbye
36:33still breaks our hearts.
36:35It's okay.
36:40You go.
36:47You're gonna be fine.
36:50Number 18.
36:51Zoe Barnes
36:52House of Cards
36:53Zoe Barnes
36:55is an up-and-coming journalist
36:56whose relationship
36:57with the unscrupulous
36:58politician Frank Underwood
37:00helps advance
37:01her career.
37:02However,
37:02during a clandestine
37:03meeting with Underwood
37:04in a subway station,
37:06she seals
37:06her own doom.
37:08Have you thought
37:08about what we discussed?
37:10I think you're right.
37:12We should start
37:12with a clean slate.
37:15What about
37:16our text messages?
37:17To clear the air
37:17between them,
37:18Zoe deletes all evidence
37:20on her phone
37:20of their connection.
37:21She also voices
37:22her suspicions
37:23about odd details
37:24in the death
37:25of Peter Russo,
37:26whom Frank murdered,
37:27unbeknown to her.
37:29I haven't discussed
37:30this with anyone.
37:31I wanted to ask you first.
37:33I have no idea
37:34what happened that night
37:35except that Peter
37:36started drinking again.
37:37I don't know
37:37who was or wasn't there.
37:39I wish I was.
37:40Rather than subvert
37:41her investigation,
37:43Frank simply pushes
37:44her in front
37:44of an oncoming train.
37:46With hindsight,
37:47this one became obvious.
37:48But in the moment,
37:49we're all nearly as shocked
37:51as everyone
37:51on that train platform.
37:54Number 17.
37:55Logan Roy
37:55Succession
37:56As the patriarch
37:58of the wealthy Roy family,
38:00the prospect of Logan dying
38:01is in the back
38:02of the audience's minds
38:03from the beginning.
38:04It's in the series title
38:05after all.
38:06However,
38:06we still weren't prepared
38:08for when it happened.
38:09The way this all unfolds
38:10over a phone call
38:11from Tom
38:12is perhaps what makes
38:13it all so surprising.
38:15Is he okay?
38:16Who's with him?
38:19Had a very serious...
38:21Serious what?
38:22It is very, very bad.
38:24It seems very bad.
38:25I'm so sorry
38:25to call you like this.
38:26We find out in real time
38:28what happened to Logan,
38:29exactly the way
38:30Kendall and Roman find out.
38:32Their reactions
38:32are some of the most realistic
38:34we've ever seen on TV,
38:35and it makes for a
38:37particularly harrowing
38:38experience for everyone,
38:40including the audience
38:41who feels like
38:42they're right there
38:42with the brothers.
38:43I, I, uh...
38:46It's okay.
38:49Um...
38:50And, and, and, and...
38:52I love you.
38:53Number 16.
38:54Howard Hamlin
38:55Better Call Saul
38:56The eponymous
38:58Saul Goodman,
38:58or Jimmy McGill,
39:00and Kim Wexler,
39:01enjoy pulling schemes together,
39:03but their plan
39:03to humiliate
39:04Howard Hamlin's reputation
39:06ends in unmitigated disaster.
39:08The duo make it seem
39:09as if their smarmy
39:10yet well-meaning
39:11former boss
39:12is on drugs,
39:13ruining his reputation.
39:15Howard goes to confront
39:16them at their apartment.
39:17And my clients and peers
39:18will whisper that
39:19Howard Hamlin's
39:20a drug addict.
39:21You're right.
39:22I've worked my way
39:23through worse.
39:24Debt.
39:25Depression.
39:27My marriage falling apart.
39:28He delivers a speech,
39:30holding a mirror up
39:31to show how far
39:31they've gone,
39:32and claiming that
39:33while he'll rebound,
39:34he'll make it his mission
39:36to expose them.
39:37Tragically,
39:38he's not their only visitor.
39:40Jimmy's client,
39:41Lalo Salamanca,
39:42an unhinged cartel boss,
39:44arrives too.
39:45Howard.
39:46Howard, you need to leave.
39:48Who are you?
39:50Me?
39:52Nobody.
39:53Howard doesn't realize
39:54the danger he's in
39:55until it's too late.
39:56Lalo's unceremonious
39:58execution of Howard
39:59leaves Jimmy,
40:00Kim,
40:01and all of us at home
40:02completely shook.
40:04Number 15.
40:05Ana Lucia Cortez
40:06and Libby Smith.
40:08Lost.
40:08Ana Lucia is faced
40:10with a dilemma.
40:11Her group of plane crash
40:12survivors have a prisoner
40:14from one of the mysterious
40:15island inhabitants
40:16who have kidnapped
40:17and killed many of them.
40:19However,
40:19as she tells Michael Dawson,
40:21she couldn't bring herself
40:22to kill the man.
40:23Michael has quite his own
40:24history with the others,
40:26so he offers to do it instead.
40:27They took my son
40:29right out of my hands.
40:30They took my son and...
40:35I'll do it.
40:36Give me the gun.
40:37I'll kill him.
40:38The utter shock
40:39that comes from watching
40:40Michael about face
40:42in this scene
40:42is unmatched.
40:44As if Ana Lucia's death
40:45wasn't enough of a blow,
40:47even Michael looks taken aback
40:48by how instinctively
40:49he shoots Libby.
40:51Knowing that she was really
40:52just in the wrong place
40:53at the wrong time
40:54always makes us sad.
40:57Michael.
40:59It's okay.
41:00He made it Libby.
41:01It's okay.
41:02It's alright.
41:03Number 14.
41:04Matthew Crawley
41:05Downton Abbey
41:06This period drama
41:08has a surprising number
41:09of unexpected deaths.
41:11While Lady Sybil's death
41:12in childbirth is traumatic,
41:14it wasn't quite the most
41:15startling of them all.
41:16Matthew and Mary Crawley
41:18welcome their first child,
41:19a boy.
41:20It's a joyous occasion
41:21for the happy couple
41:22as well as the rest
41:23of the household.
41:24You'll be my Mary always.
41:28Because mine is the true Mary.
41:32Do you ever wonder
41:33how happy you've made me?
41:35As Matthew drives back
41:36to Downton from the hospital,
41:37though,
41:38that happiness comes
41:39to an untimely end.
41:40A truck appears on the road
41:42coming the other way.
41:43Matthew swerves to avoid it
41:44and, in an insane twist,
41:47dies in the wreck.
41:48And I wonder what I've done
41:49to deserve it.
41:53I agree.
41:56But then,
41:57we don't always get
41:58our just desserts.
42:00Vehicular accidents
42:01happen all the time
42:02in real life,
42:03but none of us
42:03were expecting
42:04to see Matthew
42:04meet his end
42:05behind the wheel.
42:07Number 13.
42:08Poussey, Washington
42:09Orange is the New Black
42:11During a peaceful protest
42:12in a prison cafeteria,
42:14Poussey, Washington
42:15intervenes
42:16when things turn physical
42:17between her friend Suzanne
42:18and one of the guards,
42:20Bailey.
42:20Get her to start.
42:22Get her to start.
42:22Get her to start.
42:23Get her to start.
42:24Get her to start.
42:24Get her to start.
42:24Get her to start.
42:25Get her to start.
42:25Just let me talk short.
42:26Hey, stay down.
42:27No, come on, man.
42:28I'm shut out.
42:29Bailey subdues Poussey,
42:30but he does so
42:31by getting her on the ground
42:32and putting a knee
42:33on her back.
42:34Watching this scene
42:35after knowing
42:36about very real
42:37and horrific instances
42:38of police brutality
42:39ending in tragedy
42:40makes it even more
42:42unbearably disturbing
42:43than it already was.
42:44Poussey's last words
42:46are all too familiar,
42:47and even at the time
42:49of this episode's airing,
42:50viewers were up in arms
42:52and in tears
42:53over the character's
42:54unjust death.
43:00Number 12.
43:01Lawrence Kuttner, House.
43:03A promising and entertaining
43:05part of Dr. Gregory House's
43:07diagnostic medicine team,
43:09Lawrence Kuttner is a fun guy
43:11and seems to enjoy his work.
43:12But when he doesn't show up to work,
43:14House sends doctors Foreman
43:16and Thirteen to find out why.
43:18Upon their arrival,
43:19they find him dead
43:20from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
43:22There's nothing on his calendar.
43:24His pager's still here.
43:26The team and House
43:27are devastated and confused
43:29by Kuttner's death,
43:31though they don't all show it
43:32in the same way.
43:33They question why he did it
43:35and why he never reached out,
43:36and why they never noticed signs
43:38that anything was wrong.
43:39It's so out of left field,
43:41yet it also feels true to life,
43:43since not everyone is an open book.
43:46Rest, even as you
43:49are starting to feel
43:51the way I used to.
43:56Number 11.
43:57Anatoly Ranskohov,
43:59Daredevil
44:00In the titular Daredevil's
44:02attempts to get to kingpin,
44:03Wilson Fisk,
44:04he runs afoul of Anatoly
44:06and his brother Vladimir,
44:08leaders of the Russian mafia
44:09in New York.
44:10While they're initially too proud
44:12to ask for Fisk's help,
44:14eventually,
44:14Anatoly decides to accept
44:16Fisk's offer.
44:17However,
44:18he does so by interrupting
44:19Fisk's date.
44:20What is this?
44:23We need to go.
44:24Now.
44:25I'm sorry.
44:26I want to tell you,
44:26my brother and I,
44:27we gratefully accept...
44:28Wesley will take care of you.
44:30Put him in a car.
44:32Anatoly discusses the incident
44:33with Fisk's right-hand man,
44:35Wesley,
44:36but is dragged out of the car
44:37by Fisk,
44:38who angrily beats the gangster
44:39repeatedly,
44:40before smashing his head in
44:42with the car door.
44:43The suddenness of Fisk's attack,
44:46as well as the brutality
44:47of Anatoly's death,
44:48makes this a murder
44:49that's both surprising
44:50and hard to watch
44:51without losing our lunch.
44:53Take what's left of him
44:54and send it to his brother.
44:57It'll start a war.
45:00I'm counting on us.
45:03Number 10.
45:03Mark Green,
45:05ER.
45:05Dr. Mark Green
45:07is diagnosed
45:07with inoperable brain cancer.
45:09So while his death
45:11isn't entirely unexpected,
45:12it's still a gut punch.
45:14Mark relocates to Hawaii
45:16and reconnects
45:17with his daughter, Rachel.
45:18One night,
45:19he wakes up and speaks to her,
45:20encouraging her
45:21to be generous
45:21with her time,
45:23love,
45:23and life.
45:24Be generous
45:29with your time,
45:32with your love.
45:34Even though we don't know it for sure,
45:36the conversation
45:36feels somewhat like goodbye.
45:38Rachel slips a pair
45:39of headphones on her dad,
45:41playing him,
45:41Israel Kama Kavikavole's rendition
45:44of Over the Rainbow
45:45as he drifts back to sleep.
45:47Visions of himself
45:48in the empty hospital
45:49back in Chicago
45:50lull Mark into a quiet passing.
45:52It's enough to make anyone ball.
46:09The foreshadowing is there.
46:11We see Jeffrey Grant
46:12eyeing the guard's gun.
46:13We see his interpretation
46:14of the situation
46:15and the panic
46:16in his demeanor.
46:17It's unsurprising then
46:19when we cut to Diane's courtroom
46:20and gunfire is heard.
46:22What is surprising
46:23is who goes down.
46:25Did the noise get out?
46:26I think one ran behind
46:27the judge's bench,
46:28but there could be two others.
46:30Will!
46:30Dammit, Kalinda,
46:31back off.
46:31My boss is in there.
46:33The moment happens off screen,
46:35with the camera focusing
46:36on Diane and Kalinda's reactions,
46:38and the slow discovery
46:39that Will's been shot.
46:41His fate is left
46:42very much up in the air
46:43until Kalinda finds
46:44his body at the hospital.
46:46It's a jaw-dropping loss,
46:48to say the least,
46:49and one that we continued
46:50to feel throughout
46:51the remainder of the show.
46:53Will's dead.
46:57There's a shooting
46:58in the courthouse
46:58and he got caught up
46:59in the crossfire.
47:00I need to speak to Alicia.
47:03Number 8.
47:03Adriana LaServa
47:05The Sopranos
47:06Deaths are frequent
47:07on this mafia series,
47:09but they still manage
47:10to surprise us.
47:11Adriana LaServa
47:12is the girlfriend
47:13of Christopher Moltisanti,
47:15Tony Soprano's
47:16heir apparent.
47:16However,
47:17she becomes an informant
47:18to the FBI
47:19against her will.
47:21Eventually,
47:21she confesses to Chris,
47:23hoping they can
47:23run away together.
47:25They wanted me
47:25to wear a wire,
47:26but I wouldn't do it.
47:28But now,
47:29there was a murder,
47:30Christopher,
47:31and they know about it.
47:33The furthest thing
47:34from her hopes transpires.
47:36Distraught at the news,
47:37Christopher reacts violently,
47:39but ultimately lets her off.
47:40She's soon picked up
47:41by Silvio, however,
47:43and the pair go for a drive.
47:44It's during this drive
47:46through remote woods
47:47that Adriana gradually realizes
47:49what's in store for her.
47:50When they stop,
47:51she tries to flee,
47:53but to no avail.
47:54No!
47:55No!
47:56No!
47:57No!
48:01There are a lot of mafia hits
48:03in TV shows,
48:04but this one still haunts us.
48:06Number 7.
48:07Henry Blake,
48:08M.A.S.H.
48:09Colonel Henry Blake
48:10is the first commanding officer
48:12of the M.A.S.H. unit
48:13the series follows.
48:14After acquiring enough points
48:16to receive an honorable discharge,
48:18Blake prepares to leave for home.
48:19He says his goodbyes,
48:21which are both silly and emotional.
48:23So long, Hawk.
48:26I'm afraid just a handshake
48:27won't do it, Henry.
48:31And that's it.
48:32Life appears to go on.
48:34However,
48:34during a routine operation,
48:36Radar comes in
48:36and makes an announcement.
48:38Blake's plane was shot down
48:39on his way home.
48:40No survivors.
48:42It was shot down
48:44over the Sea of Japan.
48:47It spun in.
48:52There were no survivors.
48:54The audience's shock
48:55was mirrored on the faces
48:56of the actors,
48:57since most of them
48:58weren't told
48:59until just before shooting.
49:01It's an older series,
49:02but this staggering reveal
49:03still hits today.
49:05MASH 4077
49:06bids Henry Blake
49:08a reluctant
49:09and affectionate farewell.
49:11Number 6.
49:12Rita Morgan
49:13Dexter
49:14Dexter Morgan
49:15may be a serial killer
49:16who kills serial killers,
49:18but he hopes to connect
49:19with his humanity,
49:21particularly through
49:22his bond with his wife Rita.
49:23After planning a vacation
49:25with her,
49:25he has just one last thing to do.
49:28Kill the Trinity Killer.
49:29I accept
49:30nothing.
49:32Nothing
49:33is inevitable.
49:35It's already over.
49:37But Arthur Mitchell
49:38is resigned
49:39when Dexter kills him.
49:40It's already over,
49:41he says.
49:42When Dexter returns home,
49:44he gets a message
49:44from Rita
49:45saying she came back
49:46for her ID.
49:47Hey, sweetie.
49:48I'm a dope.
49:49It was in such a rush
49:50to get Harrison organized
49:51I forgot my ID for the plane.
49:53So I'm zooming home for it.
49:54It means we'll be
49:55on a later puddle jumper,
49:56but we'll still be there
49:57waiting for you.
49:58Then Dexter
49:59hears his son crying.
50:00All at once,
50:01Arthur's words
50:02makes sense.
50:03It's a brutal twist
50:04that no one saw coming,
50:06and it's traumatic
50:07for both Dexter
50:08and the audience.
50:10Number 5.
50:11Joyce Summers
50:12Buffy the Vampire Slayer
50:14Mom!
50:15Mom!
50:15Mom!
50:16Mom!
50:17Mom!
50:17Mom!
50:18Mom!
50:18Mom!
50:18Mom!
50:18Mom!
50:19A show like Buffy
50:20has plenty of shocking deaths.
50:22While Tara's untimely demise
50:24is also surprising,
50:26even her death
50:26pales in comparison
50:28to how unexpected
50:29Joyce's is.
50:30One day,
50:31Buffy comes home
50:31to find her mother dead.
50:33There's no one to blame.
50:34No supernatural cause.
50:35She suffered an aneurysm
50:37and passed away.
50:38It's straightforward
50:39and heartbreaking
50:40and manages to ground
50:41the show
50:42in a way
50:42that it often isn't.
50:44Buffy's devastation
50:45and the grief
50:46she and those around
50:47her experience
50:48feels unnervingly
50:49true to life.
50:50Joyce!
50:51They're coming for her.
50:52No, no.
50:53Joyce!
50:54We're not supposed
50:55to move the body!
51:00In fact,
51:01the whole scene,
51:02from Buffy convincing herself
51:03that she can give
51:04her mom CPR
51:05to throwing up
51:06in a corner
51:06is unnervingly
51:08true to life.
51:09Number 4.
51:10Robb and Catelyn Stark
51:12Game of Thrones
51:13I'm sure you endured
51:14yours with grace.
51:15Oh, Nat forbade it.
51:18He said it wouldn't be right
51:19if he broke a man's jaw
51:20on our wedding night.
51:21Game of Thrones
51:22has one shocking death
51:23after the other.
51:25We've done an entire list
51:26on the subject
51:26and although
51:27Oberyn Martell's
51:28brutal death
51:29in his duel
51:30with the mountain
51:30also turned our stomachs,
51:32there's no beating
51:33this infamous moment.
51:34At the wedding
51:35of Robb Stark's uncle
51:36Edmure,
51:37things start to feel
51:38off.
51:39Clues start piling up
51:40until everything
51:41explodes into chaos.
51:42I haven't shown you
51:45the hospitality
51:46you deserve.
51:49My king has married
51:50and I owe my new queen
51:52a wedding gift.
51:54Robb's wife
51:54Talisa
51:55and their unborn
51:56child are killed.
51:57Robb is shot
51:57by crossbows
51:58and stabbed
51:59by one of his
52:00right-hand men,
52:01Roos Bolton.
52:02His men are
52:02slaughtered wholesale.
52:04Finally,
52:04his mother Catelyn
52:05is killed too.
52:06The Red Wedding
52:07is one of the most
52:08shocking and traumatic
52:09events in television
52:10history,
52:10and it'll be a long
52:12time before we get
52:13over it.
52:14Number 3.
52:15Gustavo Fring
52:16Breaking Bad
52:25Breaking Bad is a
52:27thrilling series with
52:28shocking developments
52:29around every corner.
52:30Although Gustavo Fring
52:32killing his henchman
52:33Victor also made us
52:34leap out of our seats,
52:35the death of the man
52:36himself takes the cake.
52:37The calculating meth
52:38kingpin is locked in a
52:40battle of wills with
52:41protagonist Walter White.
52:42Walter goes to Gus's
52:44old enemy,
52:45Hector Salamanca,
52:46for help.
52:46The elderly Hector
52:47appears helpless as
52:49Gus arrives to kill him
52:50in his nursing home.
52:51Is that how you want
52:52to be remembered?
52:59Last chance to look
53:00at me, Hector.
53:01However, Hector
53:01repeatedly rings the bell
53:03on his wheelchair,
53:04revealing that Walt
53:05has strapped a bomb to it.
53:06Even the ensuing
53:07explosion doesn't appear
53:08to work on Gus at first.
53:10Then we see his face,
53:12or lack thereof.
53:13It's an astonishing end
53:14to one of television's
53:15best villains.
53:17Number 2.
53:18Tara Knowles,
53:19Sons of Anarchy
53:20Tell them I'm ready.
53:22I have to bring you in.
53:23Another no-show,
53:24it'll be dead.
53:25Nope, I want to meet
53:26with you first and make
53:27sure the deal is what
53:27they promised.
53:28This gang drama delivers
53:29some real shockers
53:31throughout.
53:31Despite how gruesome
53:32and unexpected Opie's
53:34death is, we're going
53:35with Tara's.
53:36Tara wants to leave
53:37the life her husband
53:38Jax leads to protect
53:40their boys.
53:41Jax agrees to turn
53:42himself in in exchange
53:43for her and the kids'
53:44protection.
53:45I can't protect her
53:47with that.
53:47I won't need it.
53:49Nothing will happen
53:49to her or my boys.
53:53She's free to take them
53:54anywhere she wants.
53:56Tragically, a series
53:57of misunderstandings
53:58and a lack of communication
53:59leads Jax's mother,
54:01Gemma, into believing
54:02that Tara sold them all out.
54:04When Tara arrives home,
54:05Gemma is waiting
54:06and attacks.
54:07The utter brutality
54:08of the moment
54:09still gets to us,
54:10and it firmly turned
54:11nearly every viewer
54:12against Gemma for good.
54:14Number 1.
54:15Glenn Rhee
54:16The Walking Dead
54:17Death is a constant
54:19in The Walking Dead.
54:20Even so, fans were still
54:22unprepared for when
54:23Negan made his debut.
54:24From the last episode's
54:25cliffhanger, it seemed
54:27at least one death
54:28was inevitable here.
54:29You can breathe.
54:30You can blink.
54:32You can cry.
54:34Hell, you're all
54:36gonna be doing that.
54:37The tension is truly
54:39unbearable, especially
54:40after we know
54:41someone's been killed.
54:42We just don't know who.
54:43Finally, it's revealed
54:45that Abraham was beaten
54:46to death, and Glenn
54:47suffered a similar
54:49horrific fate.
54:50I need you to know me.
55:01So, back to it.
55:03The gratuitously graphic
55:05scene shocked not only
55:06Glenn's loved ones,
55:07but TV viewers in general.
55:09Glenn's death nearly
55:10broke the fan base
55:11and marked a major
55:13turning point for the series.
55:15Which TV death are you
55:17still not over?
55:18Let us know in the comments.
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