I’m the kind of person who gets incredibly attached to TV shows . So you can understand how and why I’m not the biggest fan of dark drastic plot twists.
There is of course always a time and a place, but occasionally a series takes things too far for audiences to bear. See what I mean and check out these 10+ TV show plot twists that seriously messed us up.
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Dexter’s brother is the Ice Truck Killer in *Dexter*.
Season 1 of Dexter was truly unprecedented. I mean, basing a show around a serial killer who kills serial killers? It was unfathomable.
Learning the truth about ‘Biney’s’ ties to Dexter had me in a state of shock for days.
The Good Place is really The Bad Place on *The Good Place*.
Holy forking shirt balls, indeed. The season finale of The Good Place was about as jaw-dropping a revelation as there has ever been.
It was the first of many wacky, zany twists to come.
Nell is the Bent-Neck Lady in *The Haunting Of Hill House*.
The grand metaphor at play in The Haunting of Hill House is that ghosts don’t exist. Rather, it’s people who choose to be haunted.
That said, discovering Nell was the Bent-Neck Lady all along kept me up for days.
Jane’s overdose scene on *Breaking Bad*.
It seemed like Jane would be the inevitable demise of Walt and Jesse when all of a sudden she starts to asphyxiate — right in front of Walt!
This was one of the most violent deaths of the entire series, and that’s saying something.
When Castiel becomes God in *Supernatural*.
I have defended the Winchester Brothers at so many different junctions over the years that I’ve lost count.
But even I was rolling my eyes when Castiel announced that he was the new God.
When Kenny dies for good in *South Park*.
Up until this point, South Park had never really been a show that took itself too seriously. Killing off Kenny for good can be viewed as a metaphor for Trey and Matt Parker’s new approach to storytelling.
It’s a turning point in the series.
When Frank pushes Zoe Barnes in front of a moving train in *House Of Cards*.
It looked as if everything was about to come crashing down and them WHAM! Zoe’s in front of a moving train.
This was a pivotal moment in the series; the instance where Frank showed the audience how willing he was to get his hands dirty.
The Mad Queen, Daenerys Targaryen on *Game Of Thrones*.
And so the daughter becomes the father. I’m not necessarily mad about the ‘Mad Queen’ arc on Game of Thrones , I’m just more so upset at the underlying motivations behind it.
The writers reduced the Mother of Dragons to nothing more than a green-eyed ex-girlfriend.
Discovering Dr. Cox was at Ben’s funeral in *Scrubs*.
What’s crazy is that this reveal was building for roughly three episodes. The bulk of the time that we see Ben in “My Screwup,” he’s already dead.
In a series packed with heart stabbing moments, this one cut deep.
Michael is back from the dead in *Jane The Virgin*.
It wasn’t enough that they killed Michael off in the first place, but then the writers of Jane the Virgin (in true telenovela style) went and brought him back from the dead?!
My emotions can’t take this kind of trickery!
Realizing that everybody turns in *The Walking Dead*.
Granted, the show had left clues and breadcrumbs along the way. But until Shane is killed by Rick, it was believed that the only way to be ‘turned’ into a Walker was to be bitten by one.
Shane’s death was the biggest revelation of the entire series.
Peggy’s surprise pregnancy in *Mad Men*.
When I re-watch Madmen , I’m always shocked at how I never picked up on Peggy’s pregnancy. It seems so obvious!
But when the news broke, I was in a state of shock. Even more so after we learn of her decision regarding her baby.
Dan Humphrey is *Gossip Girl*.
Ugh. I’m sorry but making Dan Gossip Girl was such a letdown of an ending, I don’t even know where to begin.
It just flat out doesn’t make sense. It’s almost as if they were just drawing names from a hat.
Ned Stark losing his head in *Game Of Thrones*.
How many times is a show bold or confident enough to kill off their main protagonist in the very first season? Never, because it’s never happened before Game of Thrones .
Ned’s death left global audiences utterly aghast and clamoring for justice.
The Plane crash in *Grey’s Anatomy*.
Are you freaking kidding me — a plane crash!? How has a demolition crew not been hired to burn this cursed hospital to the ground? They should salt the earth so that nothing can ever grow.
How many more tragedies can this staff possibly be expected to endure?
