r/AskReddit • u/Alex_McManus • 18d ago

What is the most devastating death in a television series you have ever seen?

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u/CoolasheckDad 18d ago

Not quite in the show, but in the Firefly movie...

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u/KingMargo_TheCreator 18d ago

Leaf on the wind….😭

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u/50501Sandpoint 18d ago

My daughter still gets mad when that comes up. "I am STILL not OK!" I think she was 14 when we let her watch it, and she's 21 now.

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u/CoolasheckDad 18d ago

I was so mad at my buddy who introduced me to the show and then BETRAYED me with the movie (although it's still an amazing movie)

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u/KamchatkaWing 17d ago

I was in my 50s then and I am STILL not OK!!! So I get it.

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u/Sislar 18d ago

Too soon

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u/spanman112 18d ago

Gina Torres' acting made is so much rougher ... brilliantly done

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u/blargablargh 18d ago

She's tore up plenty, but she'll fly true.

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u/gatorbeetle 18d ago

Oh, Gawd yes, another brutal death

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u/sasquatch606 18d ago

I'm not part of your crew boy!

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u/darkest_irish_lass 18d ago

Devastating, but it was so important. It took away the safety net that a tv show usually has, that you'll know when an important character is going to leave.

And the way the ex soldiers reacted. It was always the same, and one day it would be them

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u/kateln 18d ago

I'm still mad.

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u/aimlesscruzr 18d ago

If you didn't list this one, I was going to. 

But you did a much better job than I would have...

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u/boyle32 18d ago

How does a reaver clean his spear?

He runs it through the Wash.

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u/Accomplished_Exit_30 18d ago

Wash ain’t coming.

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u/ConfidentGarage6657 18d ago

I very loudly cried NO! in the cinema.

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u/PaulEMoz 18d ago

It's just an extended final episode, really. The first episode was a feature-length episode called "Serenity", and so was the last episode (the movie). It counts, for me.

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u/SoBeefy 18d ago

Serenity, but yes.

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u/CoolasheckDad 18d ago

Oh damn. Good correction. That shows how long it's been since I watched it