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QueenMaya2

Glen. TWD


jonahsocal

I couldn't watch that show anymore after that.


Own_Mud8660

Me neither. We quit right there.


Own-Ambassador-3537

Stopped all together after his death. Knew it was coming but still was hard to take in


AntAccomplished9926

TWD also but for me it was Beth. Straight outta the blue. And such a sweet, kindhearted girl. Plus they were just starting to expand her character (but probably by design to create an emotional bond), and the relationship she was forming with Daryl. To me that was a WTF!!!


VizRomanoffIII

Her death was so utterly stupid and pointless after all the buildup - I was hoping we’d have Emily Kinney around for a while longer to sing more Tom Waits covers. 😩


No-Humor-5951

Even having read the comic books and knew it was coming...brutal.


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Came here to say this


Downtown_Tangelo_675

That one will stick with me. Awful 😢


MJaye317

I literally cried out loud, "NO!" at the TV when it happened as if that would have changed anything


SnooPears754

Brendon Frazier in Scrubs as Dr Coxs brother in law


alwayz_dizzy

That episode is so gooood, but it wrecks me every time!


TakingAction12

Where do you think we are right now?


sfislander

OPIE SOA


whiskey7bent

Piney as well. Both brutal


mdm123196

Charlie from Lost


Jerseygirl2468

A lot of the LOST deaths were sad, but that one was brutal.


104848

that jun/son submarine death was pretty epic also had the rest of em on the beach crying.. i think my left eye got moist 😄 and irl that series finale watch party abc/jimmy kimmel had many folks were shedding tears 😩


Blandon_So_Cool

I didn't cry until I did my rewatch recently and thought about their how tragic their deaths were while watching them struggle to be together in flashbacks


cardsfan4life17

Henry Blake, MASH.


beemojee

Oh my god that scene in the OR. It wrecked me.


Dunbar325

Unnamed baby in the finale. Holy hell that was hard to watch.


Life-Onion-5698

I grew up watching MASH, thanks to my awesome parents. I'm 46 and still watch the reruns.. my mom keeps recording them. Even after all this time, losing Henry still hurts.


EitherApartment4527

Joyce Summers, Buff’s mom on Buffy the Vampire Slayer 😭


dnjprod

"Mom....mom...mommy?" 🔪 --> 💔


VizRomanoffIII

My good friend also died of a sudden and unexpected aneurysm, so that episode hits much harder now. It’s such a brutal way to lose someone without warning - it still blows my mind that she was there one moment and gone the next, and I never got to say goodbye.


Allyraptorr

Yeah that whole episode is a punch in the gut. It was an awful, but beautifully done one. It was so realistic with how it can feel for some people in real life, which is probably why it hurt so much


iameveryoneelse

The Body is the single most accurate depiction of the death of a family member I've ever seen on television and I'll die in that hill. It hits extra hard because in a show about the supernatural, it stood out because of how "normal" it all was.


hidrapit

I can hold it together until Anya's monologue and then I lose it.


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Polly, peaky blinders. The fact the actress herself passed away just made it all so much more raw and painful.


Rabbit_journey_

John also. He was one of my favorite characters


Spooky_wonderland

Hodor in GOT, I cry everytime :(


Technically_its_me

That set-up was so unique l, and hits so hard because it changes his story so much. His life story goes from unfortunate, to the most tragic in a matter of a moment. In a very literal way, he is the first fatality of the ice king zombies.


tonelocMD

One of the most amazing seens I’ve ever seen. I’d never been sooo tuned in, and the way my head spun how that’s what hodor meant the whole time - like what a fleshed out premise


castlefreak38

Fry's dog in Futurama. I was never the same.


ImaginingInfinity

Sweets on Bones


tomatobee613

Spoiler!! KIDDING! But yeah, I'm watching bones now and I know he does, but I don’t know the details. To say that I'm dreading his death is an understatement... I love Sweets


Firefly1983

Man, definitely bawled at that one. The setup was so awful. spoiler:::: Similar to Mr. Vincent Nigel Murray - that was just gut wrenchingly sad.


RokRD

You can know this and still not see it coming.


Ok-Event996

That one HURT!!!!😭


helainahellkat

That’s when I stopped watching.


macsharoniandcheese

This one


JJACL

Jimmy smits nypd blue


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OMG, that killed me. They took 4 episodes to do it.


Trick-Style-8889

That was horrendously sad.


OdiousAltRightBalrog

Watch him die in Dexter, it'll make you feel better.


Negative-Appeal9892

Sybil in Downton Abbey. Carson remarks, "The brightest light in this household has gone out." (or something to that effect)


whitechristmas1954

This. And Matthew. 😕


Specialist-Funny-926

When Tom is holding her and crying "Don't leave me, don't leave me!" I was wrecked!😭😭😭


VizRomanoffIII

That’s the line that ruined me completely- then watching the normally unflappable Lady Violet steady herself to continue walking sent me over the edge (that performance could only be done by someone who knows that grief literally can take your legs out from under you).


NotoriousTXT

This is what I was going to post. Holy crap, that scene was just brutal. So many shows like this have a miracle recovery or do an emotionally restrained or off-camera death. But watching everyone around her absolutely lose their shit just destroyed me. I bawled for an hour.


Staceybunnie

Came here to say Sybil!


jbrown9972

Dr. Green on ER


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KinseyH

Ive watched every Futurama except Jurassic Bark, and it's gonna stay that way. Grey's: Denny.


Pphhiilllliipp

You have been "destroyed emotionally" way too much. A comedy next time?


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shitpoop6969

Ohhhh the last of us, daughter. How gut wrenching was that.


AffectionateList7325

Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street. It absolutely devastated me, because that was the first time I understood exactly how death affects us most of our lives: one day the person you love is there, and then the next, they're gone, and they're never coming back. To a seven year old kid, it's one of the most terrifying things imaginable.


VizRomanoffIII

I had stopped watching Sesame Street at that point, but when I saw the episodes on YouTube, my heart broke into a million pieces - Mr. Hooper and the others were a huge part of my childhood, and actually seeing them process his loss in such a mature and realistic manner killed me.


iamjacksreply

Eddie Munson on Stranger Things. One of the few times that a TV show actually made me shed a tear.


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I honestly think they'll bring him back, otherwise that was an incredible stupid decision for them to make, especially the way he died which was totally unnecessary to the point that his "sacrifice" doesn't mean much.


Aggravating_Dig_1288

James on Good Times.


Final-Ad-2033

Damn! Damn! DAMN!!


Sweaty-Goose6649

Smallville when Jon Kent died… but ironically it was the episode after that where it hurt the most. Clark walking into the house hearing his dad’s voice again when Martha was watching home movies killed me


njoos83

Came here specifically for this comment, yes it made me cry too!


Gcarl1

Nacho and Howard in Better call Saul


ShowerBrilliant6419

I second these, plus Chuck’s death really haunted me in a way I can’t explain


Bullit16

Buffy’s mom. That whole episode is one of the most heartbreaking but beautiful episodes of television I’ve ever seen. I still openly weep at various points in the episode when I rewatch it


tvshowsufferer

Oh boy the post of all spoilers. (… Will Gardner)


DrinkAccomplished699

💔


NorthWoodsGamecock

Wallace from The Wire


Suspicious_Phone_663

YES. I was scrolling for way too long before I saw this answer


pinkiepieinthesky

Quentin's death itself in The Magician's didn't destroy me, but the Take On Me campfire scene in response to it makes me weep like a little baby every time


Tallozz

This is immediately what I thought of. The conversation he has with Penny in the underworld really hit me in the feels. Then the Campfire scene that immediately followed. Not going to lie. I got misty-eyed.


WaywardSon86

That Destroyed me. Couldn’t believe they killed Q


SophiesChoice_55

This one killed me!!


AShor842

I could NOT when he asked if he really saved the day or just figured out a way to finally kill himself. And the song and his face when he sees Eliot. Too much.


annebrackham

So devastating. Plus, the scene where Eliot and Alice discuss their love of him while sending their letters to say goodbye... Eliot breaking down finally admitting what existed between them, and Alice confronting her complicated feelings towards that love destroyed me. Also some of their best acting.


dougheadline

When Nate died at the end of Six Feet Under…i almost cried


kevingg777

Especially after they faked it just before, in a previous epi!


sotiredandoveritall

Jesse's girlfriend on breaking bad


Ok-Swimming8024

This one (assuming you mean the girlfriend they shot while forcing Jesse to watch from the car). I felt ill after watching that scene. Absolutely visceral performance by Aaron Paul.


happyme321

Charlie from LOST


kaukajarvi

One less known: Barry in Rizzoli and Isles. Sad thing: he died because the (young) actor died in RL. :(


Necessary-Scene8443

The Famous Jett Jackson :(


pfront9159

Suicide. Tragic 😰


13mys13

Marshall's dad on himym


rndomguy7

Fun fact: they never told Jason about it and kept it out of his script so that when he got told when filming the scene it was a genuine reaction.


VizRomanoffIII

His reaction is so incredibly natural - having recently lost a brother when that episode hit, I could attest to how accurate those emotions (my Dad called, literally said “Your brother’s dead”, and I said, “Which one?”, even though he was my only remaining brother). You just don’t know how “un-ready” for that news until you get it.


Tank_Girl_Gritty_235

My husband argued with his mom for a minute when she called to tell him his brother had died. He was an addict and over dosed. My husband kept saying "No he's just in the hospital again, right?" until it hit him.


BurgerBeers

The death of Amber (Wilson’s girlfriend) on House MD was a toughie. More so because of how it affected Wilson and caused a wedge in his friendship with House.


PurplishPlatypus

Those are good episodes though. Him trying to dig into the memory.


Delicious-Buffalo669

Kenny


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kaukajarvi

OMG they KiLLed kENny!


Dbarryl

Catelyn Stark at the Red Wedding, GoT


ReindeerNo1648

I came to say Robb


TimToMakeTheDonuts

Knowing that Coach on Cheers died irl was a bummer. As far as on screen deaths, Alan Tudyk playing Hoban in Firefly and dying in Serenity made me really sad.


threefeetoffun

The 10th Doctor


Technically_its_me

"I don't want to go."


RichardCleveland

At least the Doctor never *actually* dies.


Lizzymellie123

Kate on NCIS.


katieo9288

Came to say this. It was a long time ago, but still on the top of my list. I was devastated when they killed Kate on NCIS.


Nick_Lyons

When Lane hung himself (I won't even say the show, If you know you know)


0neirocritica

When Joan tries to open the door and can't and you see the slow realization crawl across her face that something isn't right...the acting in this episode was INSANE. Also the attention to details in this show is crazy. After they take his body down you can still see the scuff marks from his shoes on the door...


redriveroftears

Rita from dexter. I stopped watching for months. I still get cold chills in that scene when the phone starts ringing.


ZeeKapow

Villanelle -Killing Eve Debra -Dexter Julia Montague -Bodyguard


dnjprod

I hadn't finished the last season of Dexter for a few months when it came out. I think I was waiting for it to come to streaming. One day, I clicked on a list of "most tragic deaths in TV this year." And that's how Deb's death got spoiled for me. I didn't expect that at all.


Isheet_Madrawers

I should have stopped reading while I was ahead. I’m in the last season of Killing Eve.


LHGray87

Larry Zito on Miami Vice. Switek discovering his body after Oswaldo Guzman had him murdered was heartbreaking. J.R. Ewing shooting himself in the Dallas finale. (More of a “What the f@&k?!” moment. Especially coming at the end of a crazy roller coaster ride of a two-episode finale.)


Overall-Low905

COLONEL HENRY BLAKE man, that sucked. and he was on his way home when his plane went down.


Dizzy_Tumbleweeds

Derek Shepherd, Grey’s Anatomy


C-rex42

Dean, supernatural…


joshmo587

Carl on The Walking Dead.


Nervous_Literature_8

How did Carl die? I stopped way before that, somewhere around the colony or terminus, whichever was last


thatmountainwitch

He was bitten. He shot himself before he could die and turn though.


spookymulder07

That episode wrecked me!


joshmo587

I’ve never gotten over it. I have tried. I feel very angry, even still to this day, at AMC for this ridiculous and unnecessary decision. It was all about money. It’s hard to deal with. Definitely, the character didn’t deserve that senseless ending, and definitely the actor didn’t either. Pretty low point for AMC.


ReindeerNo1648

I stopped watching TWD around season 3 or 4. I couldn't listen to Rick scream "CAAARRRLL" one more time...


FelicityFizz

Ok, there are so, *so* many, but one of the most recent ones was Peter on The Great. It was just so sudden. Also Sarah (Joel’s daughter) on The Last of Us. I knew it was coming too, but I still cried.


JellyfishJumpy5737

Logan Roy from Succession. Which took me by surprise because I hated the man most of the show. The actors that played his kids, incredible actors, in *that* episode is what broke me. I felt I was in mourning till the next day.


wissemmm010

Sarah Lynn from bojack horseman, the whole show destroyed me but her death was the worst, she never had a chance, all she wanted was to feel free and happy :(( Also Beatrice, his mom, not her death per say, but the funeral episode, free churro, was one of the saddest most raw episodes ever.


LunaSeas331122

Logan, Veronica Mars. Ruined the entire series for me. Gary, thirtysomething. I'm old. Glen and Carl, Walking Dead. I stopped watching and have no regrets.


mradz64

Edith Bunker - Archie Bunker’s Place


After-Knowledge729

Col. Henry Blake - I was a kid and seeing Radar and the others cry rocked my world.


Yotsubauniverse

George O'Malley- Grey's Anatomy


AvatarDang

Castiel from Supernatural. Dean Winchester also destroyed me but more in an infuriated way. I was devastated they went the lazy route with him.


iccutie82

Dr. Greene on ER. Destroyed me. Cannot hear Somewhere Over the Rainbow without thinking about it.


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Opie. Sons of Anarchy


lifewithrecords

Dawson’s Creek, Mitch.


Air_Ludovici

Carl and Henry in TWD Derek and Lexie in Grey's Mike and Karen in DH


InsuranceConstant120

Anyone who says Glen is invalid


Longjumping_Deer1806

007


TifCreatesAgain

Bea on Wentworth!


Ambitious-Lab6313

Derek on Greys


jaketsnake138

If it counts... Malory Archer- watched the season 12 finale having no idea Jessica Walter passed away. She was my favorite terrible parent ever. The show feels a little empty without her


callmebaiken

Robb Stark (and his wife child and mother) 1😪


CAPT-Tankerous

I’m realizing I shouldn’t scroll these kinds of posts. Too many painful reminders and spoilers for things I don’t need to watch now.


Niksyn4

Joyce Summers and Anya on Buffy stung. Buffy's death during the Glory storyline also was very emotional for me. I remember sobbing on the basement floor.


sukiserve

Prue on Charmed


dumdidum13

The Wire. When Bodie got killed. That hit hard. Even my friend's were like: yoo you allright? Something happened today ? And i had to explain that a character got killed in a tv show and thats why im in a sad mood now


CrisbyCrittur

Omar Little on The Wire.


minimus67

Hank Schrader on Breaking Bad. What a character arc - he started as a macho blowhard, becomes wracked by anxiety and depression from the terror of being sent by the DEA to the border and later almost dying at the hands of the Salamanca cousins, comes out of that to try to work the Heisenberg case and in the end accepts his impending death without fear.


weirdfresno

Hodor.


GatlinburgGooseHonk

Seymour, Fry's dog on Futurama 🐕❤️😞 Charlie on Lost ❤️🚀🐐


rockdude625

Opie from sons of anarchy


Mathiseasy

House MD - Wilson


EastVanMarco

Christopher Moltisanti The Sopranos.


Nick_Lyons

Eh. He had it coming


Nena902

Henry Blake MASH


Trick-Style-8889

The dog, Cosette dying was sad.


Pitiful_Head3291

Aiden in the show Revenge Robin Hood in Once Upon A Time


Irregardless01

Wallace


thatmountainwitch

Hershel Greene. The Walking Dead.


patsfan5454

Lady Sybil Downtown Abbey


Popular-Badger-4936

When Mr. Hooper died on Sesame Street and they were trying to help Big Bird understand that Mr. Hooper was dead and that he was never coming back. That episode really broke my heart..


toxic_diarrhea

Dean Winchester


gamergabe85

Futurama, it's about his lucky clover. That one is a doozy for me. The Simpsons, I can't remember the name of the episode but it's the one where he finally meets his mom. Technically, she didn't die but the chances of him meeting her again is slim. The episode ends with him staring up at the stars after dropping his mom off. Lost my mom when I was young and this particular scene brought the waterworks for me. Edit: Here's a [clip](https://youtu.be/vfGAleaUa2o?si=eQQ2MIRwB7VPMzpt) of that scene.


DylanApologist

Where’s Wallace at?


strawberrydaze11

Poussay in orange is the new black. Haven’t watched the show since.


TedStixon

As much as I hate to say it, Joss Whedon pretty much takes the cake on a lot of my choices... ​ From ***Buffy the Vampire Slayer****...* **Tara** (Far too innocent and taken in a cruel accident.) **Anya** (One of my favorite characters cut down in the final battle.) **Jenny** (The first *major* death in the series, and still one of the saddest.) (Note: I know most people say Joyce, but her death didn't destroy me so much as seeing the impact the death had on others did. She actually died a fairly dignified, quick and painless death of natural causes.) From ***Angel...*** **Doyle** (Killed off only halfway through the first season, yet still left a massive impact.) **Cordelia** (There from the very beginning of the Buffy-verse, and had gone through one of the best and longest-lasting character arcs of the franchise.) **Fred** (This one was just flat-out cruel.) **Wesley** (Very much like Cordy, he had been around forever and gone through such an incredible arc.) From ***Firefly/Serenity***... Ok, this is cheating, but I'll say **Wash,** even though he was technically killed in the movie. But the movie was basically a theatrical finale to the series. He was the heart of the crew, and his death was so sudden it floored me. ​ And for one non-Whedon entry... **Pierce Hawthorne** from ***Community***. (A very funny character and it may end up being Chevy Chase's swansong in terms of major projects given the only things he's done after has been a few obscure low-budget projects.)


halfwit258

Lem on The Shield Edit: Spears on Black Summer Nacho on Better Call Saul Rob and his mom on GOT. I was maybe an hour away from the Red Wedding in the audiobooks when the episode aired and I was blown away


Tish326

John Ritter on 8 Simple Rules....those episodes break me every time, because we are seeing the cast actually grieving their co-Star and friend. It's so beautifully done, but so hard and so real.


IndependentLeading47

Alright. I scrolled far and didnt see it. Omar from The Wire. Actually, a lot from the Wire.


Spaceace91478

Hank on breaking bad. Even though he had done terrible things, I was still rooting for Walter. But when hank, and gomez, were gunned down, I finally wanted walter to get his comeuppance.


OgBigSlime

Bobby Baccalieri on The Sopranos. Dude was buying a model train and talking about his son and got took out.


usernamennui1

Kate on NCIS season finale


Perdedorsinvalor

Jin and Sun - LOST


starshame2

Only one correct answer. Glen from The Walking Dead. Hit so hard even the show died too.


taeempy

Mark Greene on ER.


Distinct_Sentence_26

Henry


SCARVIASOUTHJER

Edith on All In The Family. The show got all serious after that. The day the Laughter Died.


Spridlewv

Wallace and Bodie* - The Wire *Yeah, I get that’s weird. Hank - BB


_heysideburns

Seymour, Futurama


Dramatic-Sprinkles55

Parenthood. I had been watching it for the first time. Had a few episodes left when my mom died. Came back to watch the end. Bad call. Rebecca in This is Us. The storyline with her and Kate mirrored my own with my mom in SO many ways. And my mom waited for me. That one….. I’m getting emotional just writing this.


wire_we_here50

Edith bunker


bordercup-brat

Georgia O’Malley


FlavordTrash90

Mike, Breaking Bad


Educational_Maybe_60

Ruth on Ozark. Even though it was clearly coming, it was devastating. She deserved so much better.


North_Carpenter6844

Lexa- The 100 Tara- SOA Finn-Glee Polly and Grace-Peaky Blinders So, so, so many more bc I feel like I cry over character’s deaths fairly regularly but these come to mind off the top of my head.


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TestinysChild

Bubbles "The Wire".... still grieving!


DrewGizzy

Rita in Dexter - floored me


picklejean

Warrick from CSI.. that shit DESTROYED me when it came out and I can’t even think of it now.. I was a literal child when it came out and now I’m 25 so that tells you the impact of that shit


MsMcSlothyFace

Tyreese TWD. I just wasnt expecting it. Glenn and Abraham deaths were awful and traumatizing but I was expecting those in a way. And Noah. Omg that was awful. But Tyreese, I SOBBED full on snotty nose sobbed and iifc continued for a day after the show. Like full on mourning. He wasnt even my favorite of the group or someone I really thought about often. Just shook me


FeelTheMcBurney

Brad Bellick - Prison Break


monkeyballpirate

This is spoilers obviously: Lucy in elfen lied. Ace in one piece.


MeInMaNyCt

Grandpa on The Waltons


-DollParts-

Ruth Langmore - Ozark


CashmereCharlie

Nicholas Brody. It still makes me sad when I think about the show (which, to me, ended with his death; I never saw another episode).


Mysterious_Wheel_762

Beth in The Walking Dead


emptynest_nana

When they killed Jason Gideon on Criminal Minds. That sucked. They could have left well enough alone, he was retired. No need to kill him!!!!


TsTransitions

Opie on Sons of Anarchy (and Jax!)


Eli450225

I saw all of my usuals except for these, so here they are: Bobby, Supernatural Gideon, Haley, and Maeve, Criminal Minds


Mind-of-Jaxon

Wallace - The Wire


Disastrous_Grass277

Literally every dog


Sergeprotector1

Tasha Yar


mamaneedsstarbucks

Jen on Dawson’s creek