19 Shocking And Unexpected TV Deaths That Changed Everything

We asked the BuzzFeed Community which TV deaths were so shocking and unexpected that they changed the entire series. Here's what they said:

🚨Warning: There are MASSIVE spoilers ahead!🚨

This post also includes mention of suicide.  

1. On Young Sheldon, when George Cooper Sr. had a heart attack at work and died.

2. On This Is Us, when Miguel died after years of taking care of Rebecca and ignoring his own declining health.

3. On The Last Of Us, when Henry killed himself immediately after he killed his younger brother Sam, who'd been infected.

4. On Killing Eve, when Villanelle was shot and killed during the series finale while protecting Eve, and only moments after she and Eve finally got together.

5. On You, when Love was outsmarted by Joe (her seemingly perfect match) and then framed for several other murders that he committed.

6. On Yellowjackets, when Jackie accidentally froze to death because she decided to sleep outside of the cabin after getting in a huge fight with Shauna and the rest of the girls.

7. On Arcane, when Isha loaded Jinx's pistol with a Hextech gem and sacrificed herself in order to destroy Vander and the Noxian soldiers before they could hurt Jinx.

8. On Veronica Mars, when Logan was blown up right when he and Veronica were finally happy.

9. On Criminal Minds, when Hotch's ex-wife, Haley, was killed just as the FBI were on their way to save her, and the entire team listened to it happen over the phone.

10. On 13 Reasons Why, when Justin had finally redeemed himself and had the best character arc on the show, only to then be diagnosed with AIDS and killed off.

11. On Dead Boy Detectives, when Niko was killed while protecting Crystal from a dagger thrown at her by Esther.

12. On Sons of Anarchy, when Opie was beaten to death by a prison gang as his friends watched helplessly from the next room.

13. On Power, when Ghost was shot and killed by his son Tariq.

14. On The Resident, when Nic got into a car accident and was declared brain dead and so Conrad decided to take her off life support.

15. On House, when Kutner died by suicide, and House was so caught off guard he couldn't believe that was what really happened.

16. On Jane the Virgin, when Michael collapsed and stopped breathing because of complications from his gunshot wound.

17. On The 100, when Lexa was accidentally shot by someone who actually meant to shoot Clarke.

18. On Degrassi: The Next Generation, when J.T. was stabbed outside a friend's party and Liberty found him after it was too late to save him.

19. Finally, on The Good Wife, when Will was shot and killed by his client in the middle of the courtroom.

What other TV character deaths changed the entire show for you? Let us know in the comments.