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The 13 Most Shocking TV Deaths

We really should've known better. We waited two weeks for Brothers & Sisters'
"shocking death," when all along we should have realized that what the
network had been teasing for weeks (months even, among insiders) in the
end wasn't all that shocking — especially when it didn't even really happen.

Oh
well, maybe we're all patsies. But to make ourselves feel better, here
are the TV deaths that actually delivered a gutshot and had us talking
about a character's demise the next day — for all the right reasons.

13. Dan Conner, Roseanne
Critics
attacked the "Roseanne wins the lottery" story arc for betraying the
show's everyman, blue-collar ethos. But Roseanne (the actress-producer,
that is) had a plan all along: In the series finale, it's revealed that
the whole shebang was the product of Roseanne Conner's fertile,
writerly mind, a literary defense mechanism she created after Dan
suffered a fatal heart attack at Darlene's wedding.

12. Terry Crowley, The Shield
Before
you get all, "What about Lem and the hand grenade?" let us explain.
Yes, Shane blowing his partner to bits was an amazing twist, but it
came five seasons into one of the riskiest and most brutal TV series
we've seen; we practically expected it. On the other hand, Vic Mackey
popping a fellow cop to cover up his unit's misdeeds in the series'
pilot caught us completely off guard, and provided a small taste of
things to come.

11. Joyce Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
This
one got to us simply because, in the context of an otherwordly battle
between vampires and slayers, Joyce's death by brain aneurysm is a
little too real. Perhaps we just didn't think the writers would off
Joyce so quickly after she had begun recovering from a brain tumor.

10. J.R. Ewing, Dallas
OK, fine. We know his death(s) were always survived or explained, but you have to give Dallas credit for basically inventing the season-finale cliff-hanger. Have you ever seen a "Who Shot Mary Alice" T-shirt? Thought so.

9. Adriana, The Sopranos
Just
as it appeared that the Feds had convinced Ade to flip, her shocking
demise came at the hands of so-called "nice" wise guy Silvio. She
frantically crawled off-camera through autumn leaves, begging for her
life, and then two gunshots echoed, silencing one of the show's vivid
female portrayals.

8. Gary Shepherd, thirtysomething
While
everyone was focused on Nancy's mortality as she awaited test results
after cancer treatment, it was Gary who kicked the bucket after being
involved in a chain-reaction car accident. Yes, the same Gary who
usually rode a bicycle because he hated cars. Bitter irony alert!
7. Uh, Everyone, Six Feet Under
Even
for a show that began each episode with a death, Nate's death a few
episodes shy of the finale still packed a punch. In the show's chilling
last six minutes, though, the narrative fast-tracks audiences through
79 years, showing how each of the protagonists departed the mortal
coil. Talk about tying up loose ends.

6. John Locke/Jeremy Bentham, Lost
Just
as John accepts his destiny to lead the island-dwellers known as The
Others, it's revealed via flash-forward that Locke is the man in the
coffin three years later in Los Angeles. Of course, death is a relative
term on Lost (he has since appeared to have been
resurrected), but seeing our favorite faith junkie lying in eternal
slumber was perhaps more mind-blowing than watching the island
completely disappear.

5. Mrs. Landingham, The West Wing
Similar
to Gary Shepherd, the demise of President Bartlet's beloved,
wisecracking secretary comes via a car accident at 18th and Potomac. In
the first new car she'd ever owned. We think we'll stick to the subway.

4. Rosalind Shays, L.A. Law
Writers
often leave loathsome characters on a show too long, but sometimes,
they dump them down an elevator shaft when you're least expecting it.
No, we're serious, Rosalind fell down an elevator shaft, just as she
had silenced her own demons and found love with Leland. It was a
jaw-dropper that would have had the Internet abuzz ... had Al Gore
invented this here thing yet.

3. Dr. Lucy Knight, ER
Again,
some might point you to the stunt-ier blockbuster death of Dr. Romano,
who was pinned underneath a crashing helicopter, but Lucy's sudden and
unexpected stabbing at the hands of a schizophrenic patient remains one
of the show's truly haunting moments. Sadly, she made it through a
surgery to treat her tissue damage, but still died due to pulmonary
embolism and other complications.

2. Teri Bauer, 24
When
you're in a high-profile national security job like Jack Bauer's, the
wife and kids are usually among the first to be targeted for leverage.
Even so, Teri snuck and killed and survived her way through Day 1
almost better than Jack. Until CTU mole Nina kidnapped her and shot her
fatally in the stomach. Can we get a Jack Bauer "Damn it!" on that one?

1. Lt. Col. Henry Blake, M*A*S*H
More
than 30 years later, this classic death is tough to top. After finally
getting discharged from the Army and bidding farewell to the 4077th,
Blake's transport plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan. The show
had a knack for balancing laughs with serious reflections on war, but
it was never more emotional than when Radar delivered the sad news to
the company.
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