Characters you wish hadn’t been killed off [Spoilers warning added by MNHQ]

[Sarahandduck18]

Betty in Mad Men - just no need, it was the end of the series and unrealistic for a young woman to die of lung cancer

Cordelia in Angel - think they did this to get back at the actress for getting pregnant, the death was so senseless and ruined the long term story arc

Mark in ER - could he not have had a happy ending on that beach? Also it was such a rare condition.

Meg in Home and Away - this made teenage death seem so real

Chris in Stand By Me - a bad boy made good surely he was due good karma and a long life?

Luke and Han in Star Wars - just done for shock value

No one ever dies of dementia in films or tv!

Omg!!! Donna dies in mamma Mia!!?!?

Dobby.

I'm still not over it.

Ruth Evershed at the very end of the last episode of Spooks. I found that hard to forgive from the writers when she and Harry had been thwarted at every turn.

Carl. Walking dead.

William Russell in ’Flambards’ 🐎

Bilborough in Cracker. Shocked me to the core.

Fran in the Shetland series

Jeffrey in Skin Privilege. The most surprising and traumatic death in a book

@Sarahandduck18 could you report your thread and ask MNHQ to put a Spoilers warning on your title. I started a similar thread once and got some very unpleasant abuse from a couple of posters who hadn't yet watched some old series.

Mine are books

Nigel in The Archers.

Matthew and Sybil in Downton Abbey

Claire Goose's character in Waking the Dead

Wash in Firefly/ Serenity

Dylan Harris in “Hidden” because now there won’t be a second series 😢 and John in “Peaky Blinders”.

Donna in Mamma Mia?!!!!! W.T.F. Really???!!!!!!!

Yes to Derek Shepherd. I was in shock.

Poussey, I just about managed to finish that season then couldn’t bear to watch it any more

Rachel in Cold Feet. I found the idea of a mother of a young baby dying really traumatic. Also, I agree with a previous poster about Damon from Brookside - so random.

L'il Sebastian.

Rachel in Cold Feet

Ronnie and Roxy

Abby

Daphne in Neighbours

Sue and baby Danny in Brookside - awful

MissMarplesKnitting I came on the thread to say Dobby too

He barely had time to enjoy his freedom!

Here lies Dobby, a free elf. sob

at Li'l Sebastian

Henry in MASH. He was going home . I just remember being so utterly shocked.

Dobby. Hedwig. Roger (HDM).

Oh yes gower, evil Barry Grant

Derek in Greys.

Will in Good Wife.

Ned Stark in GOT.

Peter Quinn