15 Of The Most Heartbreaking Character Deaths In The History Of Television
This week, Reddit user u/RIGORR_MORTIS posed the question, "What was the saddest death in any TV series?" Here are some of the heartbreaking responses:
Warning: Spoilers obviously ahead!
1.Opie from Sons of Anarchy
"Opie's death was the hardest in the show for me to watch. I love that after his funeral, SAMCRO all have an 'In memory of Opie' patch on their cut."
2.George O’Malley from Grey's Anatomy
"I gotta mentally prepare myself to rewatch that episode."
3.Andrea Cantillo from Breaking Bad
"That’s the worst moment in Breaking Bad. It’s one of those moments that’s so awful, you almost resent the writers for putting it in there. In a way, it shows you how Jesse would feel, just wishing it wouldn’t have happened. That show always blows my mind with how they're able to make you feel such strong emotions."
4.Joyce Summers (Buffy's mom) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
5.Glenn from The Walking Dead
"Such a genuinely good guy, too. Even to the very end, he was keeping an eye out for Maggie."
"This absolutely messed me up and was pretty much the end of TWD for me. Glenn. That hurt so, so bad."
6.Seymour the dog from Futurama
"I normally skip 'Jurassic Bark' as I know I can't handle it. But upon a recent rewatch from beginning to end, I decided to put on a brave face, knew what I was getting into, braced myself, and watched it along with all the other episodes. I had to stop watching because I couldn't see the TV through my tears."
"He waited and waited and waited like a good boy."
7.Sarah Lynn from BoJack Horseman
"God, just the fact that her last words were 'I wanna be an architect.' Her wish since she was a child, but that her mother took away from her. And that BoJack could've saved her but waited 17 minutes to call an ambulance and tried to set everything up so that he wouldn't get blamed."
8.Chidi Anagonye from The Good Place
9.Ben Sullivan from Scrubs
10.Adriana La Cerva from The Sopranos
"It’s one of the most heartbreaking, cruel death scenes I’ve ever seen on a TV show. Just brutal and sad and shocking."
11.Maes Hughes from Fullmetal Alchemist
"FMA was my introduction to anime, and Maes's death shook me a lot. It's such a raw, emotional scene."
"This is the only thing in this comment section that can actually put a burn behind my eyes just from reading it. Blows any other character's death out of the water."
12.Lady Sybil from Downton Abbey
"That was absolutely traumatizing."
13.Bob Newby from Stranger Things
"My man Bob did not deserve that. I still get a little upset whenever someone brings it up."
"Dude lived and died the kind of quiet hero we all can look up to."
14.Poussey Washington from Orange Is the New Black
15.And finally, Shireen Baratheon from Game of Thrones
"Sacrificed by her parents and burned alive while they watched and didn’t help her."
"I mentally block that scene from my memory. Her screams...absolutely haunting stuff."
Which TV character's death broke your heart? Let me know in the comments below!
Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
