Top 30 Most Shocking TV Deaths Ever

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Published 2024-06-02
Nobody was prepared for these TV deaths. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the live action TV characters whose sudden deaths had us clutching our pearls. We’ll be including major spoilers — so consider this your warning. Our countdown includes "24," "The Wire," "The White Lotus," and more! Which sudden TV death will YOU never get over? Tell us in the comments!

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All Comments (21)
  • @MsMojo
    Which sudden TV death will YOU never get over? Let us know below, and be sure to also check out our video of the Top 10 TV Characters Who Got Killed Off Because the Actor Wanted to Leave - https://youtu.be/k_6LeW8rYjo
  • @henri191
    Villanelle didn't deserve that ending , her character was awesome , Killing Eve gets worse as the series goes on , season 1 and season 2 were awesome , season 3 was kind of okay , not as good as the previous but okay , season 4 was just a mess and awful , but Jodie Comer indeed is amazing playing this character anyway
  • @Armillifer
    Nothing, NOTHING, will ever shock me as much as Kate dying in NCIS. That one was horrible and really got to me. So sudden.
  • @oliverfa08
    Fun fact: the creator of the book Codename Villanelle, Luke Jennings, like the fans, completely hated what they did with the character Villanelle at the end of the series, he said that in the books the ending is different and much better (I won't give spoilers because I do too I haven't read it and I will read it one day), the actress Jodie Comer, who plays Villanelle, didn't like it very much either, she said that for her Villanelle swam out of the river and lives.
  • @Noah_ol11
    I still haven't gotten over Villanelle's death, I watched the series and fell in love with her (as all the fans did ), unfortunately as the series progressed it got worse, I believe that the change of writers per season directly influenced, Killing Eve for me it was a waste of potential, it could have been much better than it was, seasons 1 and 2 prove that
  • Mark Greene’s death was so gut wrenching because we knew it was coming and we watched him suffer. Tears of pain and relief were shed for Dr. Greene. Then the letter that the staff reads is equally harrowing as we and them must go on without him. 😢
  • @singmetosleep29
    George’s death on Grey’s was way more shocking, because they set up his leaving the show in a different way. Also, Ellen Pompeo’s acting when she figures it out was incredible. Derek was shocking, but she knew he was leaving and knew once he was hit that was how he was leaving the show.
  • @blueraccoon1088
    If I had to pick I'd say Miss wolowitz.(Carol anne susie) she was beautiful woman. Her character may not have been seen, Howard may yelled at her but she loved her son, his friends like a mother does. Raise a cup of milk to Miss W.
  • @Sedona_raye
    Lavern from Scrubs and Hayley from Criminal Minds. Those break my heart every time
  • I bawled my eyes out when Mark Greene died 😭😭😭 he was the heart and soul of ER❤️
  • Why do you guys hate "Ally McBeal." The sudden death of Billy Thomas as he is giving his closing argument in his case when suddenly he turns to Ally and proceeds to say their married with kids and it's everything (he's suffering from a brain tumor in the previous episode) when he all of sudden sits down in the court room and dies ... Calista Flockhart's heart-wrenching realization that Billy is gone still gets me to this day ... then you see her enter Cage & Fish via the elevator where she asks for everyone's attention and proceeds to say that 40 minutes ago Billy Thomas Died. There's is not one word as all the employees just stand there in shock and dismay ... come on #MsMojo
  • With ER, I will always cry to this very day when his coworkers read the fax from Corday about his passing. Just really hits deep same with Lucy's. Dr. Greene's passing was the last good send off, the subsequent ones: helicopter (Romano, the entire helicopter saga is an issue of its own), explosions (Gallant in the army, Pratt in an ambulance bomb) felt so tacky.
  • @VJAllison1974
    Mark Greene's passing in ER just about did me in. He was the first character we saw in the show and one of the last of the original cast left at the time Anthony Edwards bid farewell to his scrubs and moved on. Another one that I thought was a bit of a shock was Warrick Brown on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He was shot in the Season 8 finale and we didn't know if he lived or died until the Season 9 premiere. Fans knew the actor was on the way out but we were hoping he'd be fired, or unable to work due to permanent damage from his wounds. Seeing him pass away in Grissom's arms made me cry ugly tears. It wasn't just a shock, it was a horrible way for him to go.
  • @jaanfo3874
    4:30 - And to this day I take an extra 1.5 seconds to make sure the elevator is there before I step into it. EDIT: 4:50 - EXACTLY!
  • @Terahnee
    When it comes to Marshall's dad on How I Met Your Mother, the thing that lists like these don't mention is that there is a countdown. It's subtle, but once you know it's there IT'S THERE. Kutner's death on House - House always needed to know WHY. But, in that case, although he tried over and over to figure out why, there was never answer. And, as sad as that is, it's LIFE. Sometimes when people commit suicide there is no warning. There just isn't. A lot of times, in hindsight, there is, but sometimes....there just is no answer.
  • @greyhorseazeri
    Ned Stark. Killed the main character in season one. I think that was more shocking than the Red Wedding.
  • @user-ts2jz9us4o
    I legit cried when Eddie and Glenn died in their respective shows stranger things and The walking Dead they were my favorite characters in the shows and they died 💔
  • @SuzannePada
    Aside many of the ''Supernatural'' deaths, I also like to mention Hershel's horrific death on the ''Walking Dead''. It really left me cringe and bawl within in so many ways.