the tears we shed for them were not
worth it
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
TV character deaths that hurt the show
I’m not letting you die before we begin
we publish new videos every day so be
sure to subscribe for more great content
for this list we’re looking at shows
that decided to kill off characters and
ended up killing some of their own
momentum in the process this doesn’t
mean that the series suddenly became
awful but we couldn’t help but feel like
something was missing
obviously it’s impossible to discuss
these moments without getting into
specifics so spoilers will be included
are you ready
number 10 Sun and Jin lost
[Music]
see ABC’s complicated series didn’t
hesitate to kill off beloved characters
so this one was far from a surprise
spending eons apart before finally
reuniting in season 6 the couple ended
up stuck in the sinking Dharma submarine
as the vessel filled with water gin
decided to drown alongside his trapped
wife repeating that he will never leave
her alone again admittedly this tragic
moment did lead well into the series
finale but it killed off two of the only
remaining major characters as the couple
was still part of the alternative
timeline this felt like a cheap attempt
to tug at our heartstrings Plus did gin
forget that he had a daughter waiting
for him number 9 the mother How I Met
Your Mother
that kids is how I Met Your Mother some
deaths are so stupid or unnecessary that
they retroactively Lee hurt the entire
show following a rather subpar season
the finale of How I Met Your Mother
felt more like a slap to the face than a
satisfying climax to 9 years of content
Ted finally finishes his story about how
he met his children’s mother before
revealing that she died and he wants to
date Robin again yes you heard it right
Ted decided to explain in excruciating
detail every single woman he dated to
his children who had recently lost their
mother frankly that is just not good
parenting the point of this story is
that is that you totally totally totally
have the hots for aunt Robin yes you’re
grounded number 8 LexA the hundred
in the first few episodes this CW
post-apocalyptic drama felt like a poor
retelling of Lord of the Flies this
changed with the introduction of
grounders humans that survived the end
of the world there are not only the most
entertaining part of the series but the
main characters became considerably more
interesting once they started developing
relationships with them the grounders
commander the complex LexA was
introduced in season 2 and quickly
became one of the best characters on the
show before being done in by a stray
bullet a year later this unexpected and
anticlimactic death zapped the energy
from season 3 which took the hundred a
whole year to recover number 7 Curtis
Donovan misfits this one can’t all be
blamed on Curtis as his departure just
ended up being the straw that broke the
camel’s back misfits follows five
delinquents who end up getting
superpowers after being struck by
lightning boosted by terrific cast in
some brilliantly dark writing viewers
quickly became enamored with the gang
then they started to drop like flies
with Alicia Daniels departure being a
particular downer by season 4 Curtis was
the only original character left
surrounded by newbies that were not fun
enough to carry the show on their own
the writing remained great but it was
hard to feel invested once the entire
gang disappeared
number six Jimmy Darmody Boardwalk
Empire that one this is an HBO series
where a main character is killed off why
we never heard of such a thing
Boardwalk Empire seemed destined to be
the new Sopranos before shooting itself
in the foot at the end of the second
season Jimmy’s death was inevitable as
the wounds left by his time fighting
during World War one never really healed
but is still hurt like hell when it
finally happened after failing to take
out his mentor in a botched
assassination attempt
Nucky got his revenge by blowing Jimmy’s
brains out and the only person left a
judge was the series subsequently ran
for a couple Jimmy ‘less seasons and was
not better for it I am NOT seeking
forgiveness number 5 brian Griffin
Family Guy God look at this day huh
viewers do not seem to agree when Family
Guy lost the plot some say that it was
around season 8 others believe that
everything after its revival sucks and a
few would go as far to say as it was
always terrible but by the time season
12 started nothing Seth MacFarlane
cooked up could possibly surprise us
except maybe killing one of the Griffins
so Brian got hit by a car and went to
doggy heaven the surprisingly poignant
episode hit home for anyone who ever
lost a pet but two episodes later Stewie
goes back in time and saves him making
the whole thing pointless and
manipulative what of course I’m alive
what the hell’s going on here
number four Marissa Cooper the OSI where
there’s nothing worse than a meaningless
death especially when it comes
completely out of nowhere in its first
year the OSI proved to be a massive hit
but was in decline just two years later
showing that they were truly out of
ideas the writers decided to spice
things up by acting off a main character
Marissa drew the short straw and bowed
out after a tragic car accident sure the
moment served its purpose it shocked
viewers so much that they forgot to tune
in for season four
verse number three mod Flanders the
Simpsons alone again that true a did Lee
is not the worst Simpsons episode ever
but it is the one that had arguably the
worst impact mud Flanders was hardly
anyone’s favorite character but she
served as an able enough straight woman
to the countless insane characters that
populate Springfield unlike everything
that came before it her death could not
be reversed or ignored it changed the
Simpsons forever ignoring that Homer is
that is absolute jerkiest during this
episode her departure ruined Ned’s
character as he became a caricature of
the person he used to be he even goes on
dates in the same episode Maude dies I’m
some class man let’s talk in August
number two Rita Morgan Dexter Dexter the
show and the character lost everything
when he found Rita lying motionless in
their bathtub during the climax to a
season long storyline which saw the
serial killer in a battle of wits and
body parts with John Lithgow’s Trinity
Killer Dexter arrived home to find the
family life he had worked so hard to
build shattered the episode itself is
damn near perfect but Juli Benzes
departure through the series out of
balance
she was the fire – Dexter’s ice and
together they formed the heart of the
show despite trying to replace her time
and time again
Dexter continued to fall short thanks is
McKay Hannah no you were right I think
we should keep things on a lastname
basis number one
Charlie Harper two and a Half Men I’m
Charlie’s brother Alan someone please
explain to Chuck Lorre the difference
between fiction and reality after a
falling out with Charlie Sheen two and a
Half Men lost its leading man and had to
bring in a replacement in the form of
Ashton Kutcher’s Walden despite Kelso’s
best efforts Walden and Alan failed to
replicate any of the chemistry scene
between the two brothers to be fair
Laura’s decision to spend all of season
nine pissing on Charlie’s character to
get back at Sheen certainly did not help
adding insult to injury they drag
Charlie back in the series finale to
once again
kill him off in pathetic fashion winning
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
worth it
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
TV character deaths that hurt the show
I’m not letting you die before we begin
we publish new videos every day so be
sure to subscribe for more great content
for this list we’re looking at shows
that decided to kill off characters and
ended up killing some of their own
momentum in the process this doesn’t
mean that the series suddenly became
awful but we couldn’t help but feel like
something was missing
obviously it’s impossible to discuss
these moments without getting into
specifics so spoilers will be included
are you ready
number 10 Sun and Jin lost
[Music]
see ABC’s complicated series didn’t
hesitate to kill off beloved characters
so this one was far from a surprise
spending eons apart before finally
reuniting in season 6 the couple ended
up stuck in the sinking Dharma submarine
as the vessel filled with water gin
decided to drown alongside his trapped
wife repeating that he will never leave
her alone again admittedly this tragic
moment did lead well into the series
finale but it killed off two of the only
remaining major characters as the couple
was still part of the alternative
timeline this felt like a cheap attempt
to tug at our heartstrings Plus did gin
forget that he had a daughter waiting
for him number 9 the mother How I Met
Your Mother
that kids is how I Met Your Mother some
deaths are so stupid or unnecessary that
they retroactively Lee hurt the entire
show following a rather subpar season
the finale of How I Met Your Mother
felt more like a slap to the face than a
satisfying climax to 9 years of content
Ted finally finishes his story about how
he met his children’s mother before
revealing that she died and he wants to
date Robin again yes you heard it right
Ted decided to explain in excruciating
detail every single woman he dated to
his children who had recently lost their
mother frankly that is just not good
parenting the point of this story is
that is that you totally totally totally
have the hots for aunt Robin yes you’re
grounded number 8 LexA the hundred
in the first few episodes this CW
post-apocalyptic drama felt like a poor
retelling of Lord of the Flies this
changed with the introduction of
grounders humans that survived the end
of the world there are not only the most
entertaining part of the series but the
main characters became considerably more
interesting once they started developing
relationships with them the grounders
commander the complex LexA was
introduced in season 2 and quickly
became one of the best characters on the
show before being done in by a stray
bullet a year later this unexpected and
anticlimactic death zapped the energy
from season 3 which took the hundred a
whole year to recover number 7 Curtis
Donovan misfits this one can’t all be
blamed on Curtis as his departure just
ended up being the straw that broke the
camel’s back misfits follows five
delinquents who end up getting
superpowers after being struck by
lightning boosted by terrific cast in
some brilliantly dark writing viewers
quickly became enamored with the gang
then they started to drop like flies
with Alicia Daniels departure being a
particular downer by season 4 Curtis was
the only original character left
surrounded by newbies that were not fun
enough to carry the show on their own
the writing remained great but it was
hard to feel invested once the entire
gang disappeared
number six Jimmy Darmody Boardwalk
Empire that one this is an HBO series
where a main character is killed off why
we never heard of such a thing
Boardwalk Empire seemed destined to be
the new Sopranos before shooting itself
in the foot at the end of the second
season Jimmy’s death was inevitable as
the wounds left by his time fighting
during World War one never really healed
but is still hurt like hell when it
finally happened after failing to take
out his mentor in a botched
assassination attempt
Nucky got his revenge by blowing Jimmy’s
brains out and the only person left a
judge was the series subsequently ran
for a couple Jimmy ‘less seasons and was
not better for it I am NOT seeking
forgiveness number 5 brian Griffin
Family Guy God look at this day huh
viewers do not seem to agree when Family
Guy lost the plot some say that it was
around season 8 others believe that
everything after its revival sucks and a
few would go as far to say as it was
always terrible but by the time season
12 started nothing Seth MacFarlane
cooked up could possibly surprise us
except maybe killing one of the Griffins
so Brian got hit by a car and went to
doggy heaven the surprisingly poignant
episode hit home for anyone who ever
lost a pet but two episodes later Stewie
goes back in time and saves him making
the whole thing pointless and
manipulative what of course I’m alive
what the hell’s going on here
number four Marissa Cooper the OSI where
there’s nothing worse than a meaningless
death especially when it comes
completely out of nowhere in its first
year the OSI proved to be a massive hit
but was in decline just two years later
showing that they were truly out of
ideas the writers decided to spice
things up by acting off a main character
Marissa drew the short straw and bowed
out after a tragic car accident sure the
moment served its purpose it shocked
viewers so much that they forgot to tune
in for season four
verse number three mod Flanders the
Simpsons alone again that true a did Lee
is not the worst Simpsons episode ever
but it is the one that had arguably the
worst impact mud Flanders was hardly
anyone’s favorite character but she
served as an able enough straight woman
to the countless insane characters that
populate Springfield unlike everything
that came before it her death could not
be reversed or ignored it changed the
Simpsons forever ignoring that Homer is
that is absolute jerkiest during this
episode her departure ruined Ned’s
character as he became a caricature of
the person he used to be he even goes on
dates in the same episode Maude dies I’m
some class man let’s talk in August
number two Rita Morgan Dexter Dexter the
show and the character lost everything
when he found Rita lying motionless in
their bathtub during the climax to a
season long storyline which saw the
serial killer in a battle of wits and
body parts with John Lithgow’s Trinity
Killer Dexter arrived home to find the
family life he had worked so hard to
build shattered the episode itself is
damn near perfect but Juli Benzes
departure through the series out of
balance
she was the fire – Dexter’s ice and
together they formed the heart of the
show despite trying to replace her time
and time again
Dexter continued to fall short thanks is
McKay Hannah no you were right I think
we should keep things on a lastname
basis number one
Charlie Harper two and a Half Men I’m
Charlie’s brother Alan someone please
explain to Chuck Lorre the difference
between fiction and reality after a
falling out with Charlie Sheen two and a
Half Men lost its leading man and had to
bring in a replacement in the form of
Ashton Kutcher’s Walden despite Kelso’s
best efforts Walden and Alan failed to
replicate any of the chemistry scene
between the two brothers to be fair
Laura’s decision to spend all of season
nine pissing on Charlie’s character to
get back at Sheen certainly did not help
adding insult to injury they drag
Charlie back in the series finale to
once again
kill him off in pathetic fashion winning
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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