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... David Tennant in Doctor Who.

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The only big shocking death from an older series I can think of is the Colonel on MASH. There must be others, but that's all I can think of.

But really, most of their readers are not likely to be familiar with any shows older than 20 years, so it makes sense to keep the scope of the list limited, especially since it's purely subjective anyway.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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... David Tennant in Doctor Who.

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How shocking can it be when they announce it a year before it airs?

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Mass murderer Joss has done in too many for me. Jenny, Tara, Joyce, Anya, Book, Wash. Then he went outside of TV and killed Penny.

The man must be stopped.

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... David Tennant in Doctor Who.

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Okay that's a fair point which means I should have explained myself better. The regeneration was signposted for a long while so that wasn't the shock part of it. It was the fact that after all the build up of the Master and the Time Lords return it ended up being lovable old Wilf that finally needed rescuing and that would start the whole process for The Doctor. Maybe even then it was not so much of a shock but more of a dawning realisation after The Doctor survives the final fight just before we hear the four knocks on the glass.
I stand corrected.



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I keep forgetting about Jenny.

I was so at Angel... err.... Angelus

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Tasha on TNG.

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*pssst*
(whispering)
Could someone be kind and post the list? My connection is stupid slow.

Thanks in advance.

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As big a Trekkie as I am, I've got to disagree with that one. It packed absolutely zero dramatic punch. They kill her early in the episode and you suspect she's not really dead ('cause it's Trek and they do these things) then it slowly settles in over the course of the episode which has nothing to do with Tasha so you're not really thinking about it and when they have her memorial service in the end you're just left to go, "oh, she's really dead? darn..."

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Way to miss the point of the thread, then. Bravo.

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I was only 12 at the time, and when it happened, I was completely surprised.

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I had pretty much the same reaction when Wash died, too.

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Didn't see most of those.
Agree with ER.
Dan Conner died? Somebody on NCIS?

All those detectives dying on NYPD Blue, no mention? Like Ricky Schroeder?

No votes for Max Guevera?

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As for Max then I have to say that she never stayed dead so doesn't count IMO. There was one episode of the season still to go so there was no way they were really gonna do that. It's like Buffy's 'death' at the end of season 1. To me this list represents characters that stay dead.

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Not TV, but yeah, when Wash got it, I was freaked. I was like: Whedon is EVIL!!!!! I HATE THIS MOVIE!!!!

But

I got better.

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TV has been around for over 65 years, the oldest one they list isn't even 20 years old yet. They need to do more research.

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Okay, here goes. I'm spoilering this, because THERE ARE SPOILERS FOR SOME SHOWS THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T SEEN YET!

Proceed at your own peril. You've been warned. At least one show was impacted for me. :(



20. Omar Little, The Wire
19. Dee Dualla, Battlestar Gallactica
18. Agent Caitlin Todd, NCIS
17. Gary Shepherd, 30something
16. Dan Conner, Roseanne
15. Lucy Knight, ER
14. Kenny, South Park
13. Ianto Jones, Torchwood: Children of Earth
12. Maude Flanders, The Simpsons
11. John Locke, Lost
10. Lawrence Kutner, House
9. Susan Ross, Seinfeld
8. Mrs. Landingham, The West Wing (Hey, whattaya know! One of my picks was on their list!
7. Sayid Jarrah, Sun-Hwa Kwon, and Jin-Soo Kwon, Lost
6. Joyce Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
5. Adriana La Cerva, The Sopranos
4. Rosalind Shays, L.A. Law
3. Terry Crowley, The Shield
2. Teri Bauer, 24
1. Rita, Dexter

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Didn't see most of those.
Agree with ER.
Dan Conner died? Somebody on NCIS?

All those detectives dying on NYPD Blue, no mention? Like Ricky Schroeder?

No votes for Max Guevera?

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