Hello, I'm Hannah, and I watch a LOT of TV. It's basically my job.*
I hate drama IRL, but there's really nothing that beats a super-dramatic scene in a TV show — especially when there's some HUGE twist that you NEVER saw coming.
Here are 23 of my absolute favorite plot twists that literally had me gasping on my couch.
1.On The Good Place, when Eleanor realized they'd been in the Bad Place all along:
Watch the scene here:
2.On Supernatural, when Chuck was revealed to be God:
Watch the scene here:
3.In Squid Game, when Gi-hun realized Il-nam was still alive and behind the whole game:
6.On The Mandalorian, when the Jedi answering the call ended up being LUKE SKYWALKER HIMSELF:
Watch the scene here:
7.On Angel, when the gang tried to bring Angelus back, but it failed, and then they resolved basically all the season's plotlines...only for the episode to end with the reveal that this was all in Angel's head to force him to lose his soul, and that Angelus was back:
I can't find the scene online, but it happens at the end of Season 4, Episode 10. You can watch the show on Hulu or Amazon.
8.Similarly, on Teen Wolf, when the Nogitsune was possessing Stiles, and we spent a whole episode thinking Stiles was in control, only to realize it was actually the Nogitsune:
Watch the scene here:
9.On WandaVision, when Pietro showed up (and he was played by Evan Peters, who played Quicksilver in the X-Men series):
Watch the scene here:
10.Also on WandaVision, when we found out Agatha was behind everything going wrong in Westview:
Watch the scene here:
11.When Darla was revealed to be pregnant on Angel:
I can't find the scene online, but it happens at the end of Season 3, Episode 1. You can watch the show on Hulu or Amazon.
12.When Dexter found his wife dead in the bathtub on Dexter:
Watch an edit of the scene here:
13.On Yellowjackets, when the woman in the tree was revealed to be Taissa:
I can't find the clip online, but it happens at the end of Episode 6. You can watch the episode on Showtime.
14.On The Wilds, when it was revealed the plane crash was all some kind of experiment:
The scene happens at the end of Episode 1. You can watch the show on Amazon or the first episode on YouTube (this scene is at 54:49).
15.On Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when Buffy's mom died:
Watch the scene here:
16.Also on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when it was revealed Spike had gained a soul:
Watch the scene here:
17.On Revenge, when David Clarke was revealed to actually be alive, then he killed Conrad:
Watch the scene here:
18.When Mona was revealed to be alive on Pretty Little Liars:
Watch the scene here:
19.On The Vampire Diaries, when Stefan killed Enzo and then Bonnie gave him the cure:
Watch the scene here:
20.And when it seemed that Damon was the one who was going to die, and then Stefan revealed he'd gone back, given Damon the cure, then died with Katherine instead:
Watch the scene here:
21.On And Just Like That..., when Big died from a heart attack:
Watch the scene here:
22.On Lost, when Hurley realized one of the "survivors" hadn't even been on the plane:
Watch the scene here:
23.And finally, on Breaking Bad, when it was revealing Walt had poisoned Brock: