Posted on Nov 27, 2021

14 TV Character Deaths That Ruined An Entire Series And 14 Movie Deaths That Messed Up A Whole Film

WARNING: Spoilers and sadness ahead.

by Christopher Hudspeth

BuzzFeed Staff

We asked TV fans and movie fans within the BuzzFeed Community to share character deaths that devastated them to the extent that it ruined the show or film for them entirely. Here are some of the several hundreds of submissions, starting with television:

WARNING: Some scenes contain graphic violence.

1. Sweets from Bones being attacked in a parking garage.

A man lays covered in blood, staring up with glazed eyes

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2. Dr. Greene from ER dying of a brain tumor.

A visibly ill man with a bandaged eye lies in bed

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3. Lexa from The 100 being shot.

A woman lies on the ground looking sad and hurt

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4. Glenn from The Walking Dead being beaten to death by Negan.

A man's eye bulges out of his head and his face is covered in blood

Here's the scene:

5. Quentin from The Magicians sacrificing himself to defeat the Monster.

Syfy

"Killed off because the writers couldn't see that staying true to the source material, at least with main/essential characters being ALIVE, is, you know...important for your viewers to feel vindicated in their dedication. It was blatant shock value that added nothing to any other character arcs or the story overall but a gaping, emotionless hole."

—paigeas

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6. Tara from Sons of Anarchy being brutally murdered.

"I hated that her storyline took such a turn, and it made Jax into everything he was trying to run from. That scene when he walked in and found Tara on the ground was GUT-WRENCHING and I bawled my eyes out. It was never the same after that."

—jenmarie11x1203

Here's the scene:

7. Carl from The Walking Dead being bitten by a walker.

A boy appears on the brink of death and says, "I love you, Dad"

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8. Poussey Washington on Orange Is the New Black getting killed during a confrontation.

A woman is pinned to the ground by a prison officer

Here's the scene:

9. Charlie from Lost drowning.

A man underwater smiles and presses his hand to glass

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10. Michael from Jane the Virgin having an aortic dissection after initially surviving a gunshot.

A man lies on the ground with his heart area glowing

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11. Silus from Vampire Diaries being stabbed by a dagger.

A man's face appears hurt and dazed after being harmed

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12. Prudence from Charmed being killed by a demon shooting her into a wall.

CBS Television Distribution

"I gathered my wits and waited four long years to continue watching it. It was so disrespectful how she wasn't acknowledged the rest of the show, especially the ending scene where they show the photos of the sisters in the Halliwell house with no sign of Prue."

—nahomistgo