Recently, I did post about characters that were unnecessarily killed off for shock value in the last few episodes of shows, and the BuzzFeed Community had a ton of thoughts. Here are some more submissions that were too good not to make a post out of!
WARNING: Spoilers ahead!
1.On The 100, when Clarke shot Bellamy in the fourth-to-last episode:
2.On Torchwood, when Ianto died in Jack's arms in the last few episodes:
3.On Dexter, when Dexter unplugged Deb's life support after she was shot and then dropped her body in the sea:
4.On The Originals, when Hayley died protecting Hope:
5.Also on The Originals, when Klaus and Elijah killed each other in the last moments, leaving Hope with no family left:
6.On Skins, when Chris died in the last episode of Generation 1 after it seemed like he'd be okay:
7.On The Vampire Diaries, when Stefan died literally hours after marrying Caroline:
8.On Game of Thrones, when Theon died defending Bran after going through arguably the worst treatment in the series:
9.On Dawson's Creek, when Jen died of a fatal heart condition in the finale, leaving behind her 1-year-old daughter and grandmother with cancer:
10.On How I Met Your Mother, when Tracy was revealed to have died in the finale and it turned out the whole show was a buildup to Ted and Robin being together:
11.On Veronica Mars, when Logan's car exploded in the last minutes of the series finale:
12.On Desperate Housewives, when Mike was shot in front of Susan:
13.On Six Feet Under, when Nate died from a brain hemorrhage after being told he would recover:
14.On True Blood, when Tara was killed offscreen:
15.On The League, when Sofia died suddenly after plastic surgery went wrong:
16.On Bones, when Max died in front of his daughter:
17.And finally, on Smash, when Kyle was hit by a car in the last second of an episode:
If you've got any more for us, let us know in the comments! Meanwhile I'll just be sitting here staring at this list like: