9+ Of The Most Shocking Deaths In Television History

When Star Trek: Discovery was announced, one of the biggest selling points was having Michelle Yeoh in the Captain's chair...

...which she stayed in for about 3 episodes. The show killed Captain Georgiou off almost immediately.

Yeoh remains on the show, however, as an alternate universe (or "mirror") version of Georgiou. But there's no replacing Discovery's first Captain.

We barely had a chance to let Sayid's self-sacrificial death (via bomb) sink in before an unintended consequence emerged: the bomb had trapped Jin and Sun in a sinking submarine.

Losing Sayid, Jin, and Sun all on the heels of one another is what pain is made of, people.

I remember actually screaming when this death happened.

Zoe Barnes was an intrinsic part of House of Cards.

So, having the first episode of Season 2 involve Frank Underwood pushing her in front of a train? Scream-inducing.

Bob is the new Barb.

I said it, I meant it.

It looked like Bob was totally going to survive his encounter with the Demodogs — until one got him at the very last second, just as he and Joyce thought he'd made it.

The story behind this death is wild.

Season 9 was a fictional novel, conjured up by Roseanne to cope with Dan's death in the season 8 finale.

And viewers only found that out in the series finale of the show.

When Roseanne came back in 2017, the show undid Dan's death by having it happen in the actual book Roseanne had been writing.

Yeah. Idk either.

One of the most heart-wrenching deaths in TV history has to go to Omar Little.

After 5 seasons, he was killed in a random shooting in a convenience store, striking down an iconic character before his time.

I still can't believe they killed McDreamy.

Grey's Anatomy closed off Season 11 with our beloved Derek Shepard injured in a car accident.

He was eventually taken off life support by his wife, Meredith.

The only thing more shocking than his death was what happened after it.

Michael was shot by his partner at the end of Season 2, and died in Season 3.

...Except that he didn't. In Season 4, it's revealed that his death was faked. Um...what?!

The death felt 'round the entertainment industry.

The death of Commander Lexa by a stray bullet unveiled some ugly statistics about the death rate of LGBTQIA characters in TV.

It also perpetuated the "Bury Your Gays" trope.

From her death came "LGBT Fans Deserve Better," as well as "The Lexa Pledge."

The death of the character lovingly called "Dee" came as a massive shock in Battlestar Galactica's fourth season.

After seemingly enjoying a night with her estranged husband, Lee, Dualla took a gun out of her locker and killed herself.

You deserved better, Dee.

The Good Wife was only halfway through its fifth season when the unthinkable happened.

During a courtroom scuffle, Will — who was one of the show's key characters — was shot in the neck and died.

This one is a double whammy.

While Poussey's death was handled far more carefully and with more respect than most (the episode was written by actress Samira Wiley's real-life wife, Lauren Morelli), it had the misfortune of happening right after Lexa's.

Poussey was killed unintentionally by a poorly trained guard trying to restrain her.

Iconic comic book character Midge Klump was killed by The Black Hood, aka Betty Cooper's father.

It's safe to say that never happened in the Archie comics.

Another shocking Riverdale death? Mild-mannered Dilton Doiley.

This death came out of nowhere.

In the middle of one of Joss Carter's best arcs, she was struck down by a henchman in an alleyway.

She died in Reese's arms, having only just discovered that he and Finch were the dedicated agents of an all-knowing AI.

Of course Game of Thrones would be on this list.

Arguably one of the most shocking deaths ever, Ned Stark's beheading set the entire course of Game of Thrones.

It also demonstrated the show (and book's) willingness to kill anyone — even the main character.