It was a rough year to be a TV fan. The 2017-2018 TV season left the streets littered with the bodies of characters you both loved and hated. Whether it was iconic villains that finally put up their final fight or the heroes viewers have been cheering on for years, seemingly nobody was safe.
In the end, though, these are the stories that get told on TV. Not everyone makes it out alive in most action and drama series. If the stakes aren’t real, it’s a lot harder to get invested in the journey. GameSpot went back through the year in TV to pick out what we believe are the 30 biggest TV deaths this season. Some made us cry, other made us cheer. And yet, there were also some that simply left us scratching our heads.
Come along as we look back on a year of TV and say goodbye to the characters that have taken their final bow–at least for now. After all, there are some shows that kill people all the time, only to find ways to resurrect them later.