We become so invested in our favorite TV shows that when a character leaves or is killed off, we are devastated. It takes us a good few episodes to get over the loss (if ever we do) or until there’s a new character introduced that fills the hole in our TV heart. Over the years some major characters have departed TV terra firma to go to the firmament of stars past. Let’s be reminded of them.
* contains spoilers
1. Dr. Derek Shephard – Grey’s Anatomy
Grey’s Anatomy loves nothing better than to break our hearts, but with so many to choose from and after all we’ve been through, Derek’s death still tears me up the most!
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2. Will Gardner – the Good Wife
We all knew that Will and Alicia were meant to be together from day one, and that made his tragic death even harder to swallow.
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For a show about a serial killer that contained a whole heap of death, we were still utterly heartbroken when the tragedy found its way in to Dexter’s own family!
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4. Dr. Lance Sweets – Bones
Sweets was an adorable, helpful doofus and he was an irreplaceable part of the team at the Jeffersonian. I still miss him.
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5. Moira Queen – Arrow
Moira’s death has to be the saddest, most heart-breaking in the entire show, and is the high point (in a good way) of the best season in my opinion.
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6. Capt. Roy Montgomery – Castle
Montgomery had Beckett’s back from day one, and to see him die protecting her was a poetic yet heart-breaking way to say goodbye to the character.
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Just when we thought everything had finally fallen in to place for Mary and Matthew, tragedy struck and turned everything back on its head again!
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8. Tara Knowles – Sons of Anarchy
What made Tara’s death scene even more emotional was seeing such a tough guy like Jax break down completely. Truly heart-wrenching.
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9. Vincent Nigel-Murray – Bones
Bones strikes once again with a sad, wasteful death! Vincent Nigel-Murray and Bones had a real geeky connection and it was so sad to see that connection die.
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10. Finn Collins – the 100
Finn’s death came way too soon in this great series. None of us were prepared for it to happen at all!
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11. Marissa Cooper – the O.C
Whether you loved her or you hated her, you can’t deny that Marissa’s death on The O.C. was something of a guy punch. She was an important and controversial character.
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12. Oberyn Martell – Game of Thrones
Game Of Thrones has literally changed the game when it comes to heart-breaking deaths on TV. We daren’t get attached to any characters, because we know what’s going to happen!
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13. Leslie Shay – Chicago Fire
This one was super tough to take; Leslie Shay was pretty much everybody’s favorite character on Chicago Fire!
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14. Detective Carter – Person of Interest
Even though she’s currently tearing it up on Empire, we were all devastated when Taraji P. Henson made her exit from Person Of Interest!
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15. Neal Cassidy – Once upon a Time
I sometimes find it hard to keep track of the storylines in Once Upon A Time, but the emotion of Neal’s sacrificial death was definitely not lost on me!
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16. Bill Compton – True Blood
Bill’s death at the hands of Sookie was so bittersweet, wrenching to watch and accompanied by a great score!
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17. Hershel Greene – the Walking Dead
Poor old Hershel. It was so sad to see one the show’s most beloved characters meet such a horrible end.
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18. Daniel Grayson – Revenge
Daniel definitely had to do a lot of character rebuilding to get us to like him again, but it must have worked because I was crushed when he died!
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19. Zoe Barnes – House of Cards
Just when I thought the Zoe was going to play a huge role in House Of Cards season two, Frank had some very different thoughts and pushed her in front of a damn train!
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20. Ned Stark – Game of Thrones
Arguably the TV death to end all TV deaths, only book readers could have possibly seen this coming. Ned was the show’s main character, how could he have been killed in season one?
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21. Charlie Pace – Lost
Charlie’s character went from self obsessed and unlikable in the beginning to a heroic sacrificial lamb at the end. This scene is so sad!
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22. Hank Schrader – Breaking Bad
I still can’t believe the chaos of Breaking Bad’s final season; poor Hank was a great cop and didn’t deserve to get wrapped up in Walt’s madness.
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23. Joyce Summers – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
It was devastating to see Buffy come down the stairs and find her mother like that. It was such an unexpected twist for the show to take.
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24. Nate Fisher – Six Feet under
Nate’s death was one of the more original deaths on TV, with a weird hallucination to boot. It was still super sad though.
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25. Paul Hennessy – 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter
This one was made even more poignant by the real life death of actor John Ritter. It completely shocked everyone and it was such a hard and emotional thing to watch the episode that dealt with his death.
Which TV deaths do you mourn the most?
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Elly
2015-12-29T08:02:36.133Z
Angelo from switched at birth
Eponine
2015-12-29T05:51:52.968Z
Derek, Neal/Daniel (Also OUAT) Obyern/Ned, Danny on Grey's, Daniel and David on Revenge,
polarbearsoat
2015-12-29T00:16:07.776Z
Where's Finn from glee?!
Sapna
2015-12-29T16:28:00.878Z
Will Gardner stopped watching good wife post his dearth
Kpoprose
2015-12-29T03:51:35.626Z
Dr lance sweets❤️❤️😞
Greer
2016-01-02T11:42:13.527Z
Allison from teen wolf
Danya
2015-12-29T17:20:07.687Z
Where's Sheriff Forbes from TVD?
BrittanyBAKER
2015-12-29T00:54:31.715Z
Derek dies?!
Nanig
2015-12-29T08:11:38.794Z
And you forgot Mike from desperate housewives.... That was the ultimate tragedy
Olivia
2015-12-29T03:20:32.478Z
Amber Volakis from House MD :(
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