TV's Most Shocking Deaths

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DMI

Thursday, May 6, 2010 3:50 PM

Top 20 most shocking TV deaths from EW:

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20366760,00.html

Dee's suicide from BSG season 4 came in nineteen and a Buffy death came in sixth.

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CYBERSNARK

Thursday, May 6, 2010 5:29 PM

. . . Why does Derek Reese not get a mention?

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STORYMARK

Thursday, May 6, 2010 5:37 PM

Probably because not enough people were watching to notice?

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

LWAVES

Thursday, May 6, 2010 5:49 PM

Some good picks, some I've never seen.

I'll second Derek Reese.

Buffy is a stand out because of the way the episode was handled. Brilliant piece of TV.

Sam Tyler's 'death' in Life On Mars, depending on your viewpoint of whether he died or not.

Again a sort of death in the regeneration of Tom Baker and David Tennant in Doctor Who. Okay Tennants goodbye went on a little long but the moments that led to it are fantastic.

Blake from Blake's 7. Having gone missing after two seasons Avon continued to search for him despite his constant comments as to not liking the guy. Then in the finale they finaly meet up with Avon believing that Blake has betrayed them all. The final image of Avon over Blake's dead body is still one of the best endings ever.

Larry Zito from Miami Vice. My fave outside of the main two. Especially poignant because of the way he went. His partner Stan never ran with another and IMO never really got over his death.

Plus I'll add Crow from Firefly. Didn't get to really know the character but for pure shock value the 'kicked into engine' scene is one of Joss's best WTF moments.

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CHRISISALL

Thursday, May 6, 2010 5:50 PM

Joyce was the one for me, AND I EVEN KNEW IT WAS COMING!!!!

The laughing Chrisisall

STORYMARK

Thursday, May 6, 2010 5:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:
... David Tennant in Doctor Who.

How shocking can it be when they announce it a year before it airs?

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

FARFLY

Thursday, May 6, 2010 8:39 PM

Mass murderer Joss has done in too many for me. Jenny, Tara, Joyce, Anya, Book, Wash. Then he went outside of TV and killed Penny.

The man must be stopped.

WHOZIT

Thursday, May 6, 2010 9:39 PM

TV has been around for over 65 years, the oldest one they list isn't even 20 years old yet. They need to do more research.

STORYMARK

Thursday, May 6, 2010 9:45 PM

The only big shocking death from an older series I can think of is the Colonel on MASH. There must be others, but that's all I can think of.

But really, most of their readers are not likely to be familiar with any shows older than 20 years, so it makes sense to keep the scope of the list limited, especially since it's purely subjective anyway.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

WHOZIT

Thursday, May 6, 2010 10:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
The only big shocking death from an older series I can think of is the Colonel on MASH. There must be others, but that's all I can think of.

But really, most of their readers are not likely to be familiar with any shows older than 20 years, so it makes sense to keep the scope of the list limited, especially since it's purely subjective anyway.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

True, the 18 - 49 demo seems to be the one that matters most.

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