Worst TV Character Deaths

[CMWaters]

All right, we've had a best thread, let's go the other route now.

For me, being a Star Trek fan back when these shows were on: both Tasha Yar from TNG and Jadzia Dax from DS9's deaths seemed pointless (even though they were necessary, due to their actresses leaving)

[Free Hat]

When I saw the thread title, Tasha and Jadzia were pretty much the first two that came to mind. But at least they redeemed Tasha's death with the excellent Yesterday's Enterprise. Jadzia had no such luck.

[darthalexander]

This may be up for debate (is it really a death, etc...) but I have to say:

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Tony Soprano at the end of the series. If he is dead, I don't like the way it was handled.

[Perd]

Lost spoilers.









Mr. Eko. The actor who played Eko didnt't like living in Hawaii and the writers had to kill his character off. It seemed like there were big things ahead for Mr. Eko, but it wasn't meant to be.

[Ducky Momo]

Kat from Battlestar Galactica
Anya from Buffy
Wesley from Angel

[mattperiolat]

Poochy in The Simpsons.

/end thread.

[bibboid]

The Lone Gunmen just a few episodes before X-Files ended.
Their deaths were pointless and unnecessary.
I think the only reason they killed them was because their spin-off failed so badly.

[ritt works hard fo da chickens]

Omar from the Wire. It was just so WTF and pointless. I mean it served the script I guess in the long run but it definately did not serve the fans.

[Alucard]

Mar 9, 2010 16:17:33 GMT -5 bibboid said:

The Lone Gunmen just a few episodes before X-Files ended.
Their deaths were pointless and unnecessary.
I think the only reason they killed them was because their spin-off failed so badly.

Actually that's pretty much *the* reason why they were killed

I'd have to say:

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{Spoiler}Lawrence Kuttner last season of House. I know the character had to be written out somehow, but the way it was done was so jarring that the unexpectedness made it more of a "wtf" than a sad moment.

Marissa Cooper in The OC is up there too. It was more of a "meh" than a

[ritt works hard fo da chickens]

What?!?!? They killed the lone gunmen? No wonder I quit watching that show.

[fuzzywarble, squat cobbler]

Poochie's death touched me the most. I've always been sensitive toward people dying during intergalactic travel.

[Alucard]

Mar 9, 2010 16:27:40 GMT -5 fuzzywarble, squat cobbler said:

Poochie's death touched me the most. I've always been sensitive toward people dying during intergalactic travel.

Poor guy never made it back to his home planet.

[mattperiolat]

Mar 9, 2010 16:29:06 GMT -5 Alucard said:

Mar 9, 2010 16:27:40 GMT -5 fuzzywarble, squat cobbler said:

Poochie's death touched me the most. I've always been sensitive toward people dying during intergalactic travel.

Poor guy never made it back to his home planet.

And that sick Krusty and network exec were HAPPY!

W
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[Cry Me a Wiggle]

The thing is, The Lone Gunmen's spinoff didn't even do that badly. It was pulling in solid numbers for the demographic in the Friday night timeslot The X-Files debuted in. However, whereas The X-Files was nurtured until it was a hit, this was the era of Fox that canceled everything that wasn't an immediate ratings success (see Family Guy and Futurama).

But yeah, they couldn't even give the characters a happy ending. They had them catch a horrible, flesh-eating disease and die together. But they saved lives or whatever, and got buried in Arlington, so I guess it's supposed to be "bittersweet."

Actually, The X-Files should just win this thread, because they killed off all of their great characters haphazardly. Deep Throat was fine, because it gave us Mr. X, but then they killed him off! Not to mention the Cigarette Smoking Man (who they brought back in the finale to kill off again), all of the Elders, the entirety of Mulder and Scully's families, Krycek, et al.

[delurked]

George's fiancee Susan from "Seinfeld". I understand writing her out, because they couldn't have the character get married, but it was just so stupid the way she was killed and the characters' blase reaction to the news made them look more sociopathic than self-absorbed. Not funny at all.

I was disappointed the way Sherriff Lamb from "Veronica Mars" died too.

[fw91]

Chef.

[Citizen Snips]

Curtis on 24. They had spent 2 season building the guy up as almost on par with Jack Bauer, then pointlessly kill him a few episodes into the awful Season 6.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Mar 9, 2010 16:57:19 GMT -5 @delurked said:

George's fiancee Susan from "Seinfeld". I understand writing her out, because they couldn't have the character get married, but it was just so stupid the way she was killed and the characters' blase reaction to the news made them look more sociopathic than self-absorbed. Not funny at all.

I was disappointed the way Sherriff Lamb from "Veronica Mars" died too.

I actually liked it. I think Kramer's line "Poor Lilly" makes it even better.

He still didn't know her name.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Mar 9, 2010 16:17:33 GMT -5 bibboid said:

The Lone Gunmen just a few episodes before X-Files ended.
Their deaths were pointless and unnecessary.
I think the only reason they killed them was because their spin-off failed so badly.

This, and I also agree about Jadzia on DS9.

[Magician under the moonlight]

I could name a bunch in Heroes but it would take too much space.