25 TV Character Deaths That Made Everyone Cry (And Gasp And Cry Some More) In 2023 So Far

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I literally can't watch the Bill and Frank episode of The Last of Us without absolutely sobbing.

🚨 There are obviously MASSIVE spoilers ahead for some of this year's biggest shows, like Succession, The Last of Us, Yellowjackets, The Summer I Turned Pretty, Secret Invasion, Barry, and more! 🚨

1. First, on Succession, when Logan shockingly died while on a plane, and Kendall, Shiv, and Roman found out while attending Connor's wedding.

Kendall, Shiv, and Roman reacting to hearing over the phone from Tom that their father is deathly ill on the plane

2. On Chicago Fire, when Mouch suddenly flatlined after being hit by shrapnel, and the season ended with Mouch bleeding out and us not knowing whether he will survive.

Christopher talking to Mouch at his bedside when he suddenly flatlines, and then yelling for a doctor

3. On All American, when Billy went back to save Jabari after their bus crashed while the team was heading back from a scouting combine.

Jabari turning around to go back, and Jordan saying his dad is gone

4. On The Great, when Catherine failed to convince Peter to turn around and come home, and he fell to his death through an ice-covered lake.

Peter saying "I love you, my whole fսcking heart and all my body and whatever ineffable spirit animates me, everything" and falling through the ice

5. On 9-1-1: Lone Star, when Gabriel, Carlos's dad, was suddenly shot and killed only a few days before Carlos and T.K.'s wedding.

Gabriel saying "Do I need any alterations before the wedding? 'Cause I don't wanna outshine the boys on their special day" before being shot

6. On The Last of Us, when Sarah was shot and killed while she and Joel were trying to escape at the very beginning of the outbreak.

Joel carrying Sarah and then telling her, "Come on, baby girl, you're okay, I know, I know," over and over again after she's shot

7. On The Last of Us, when Tess was bitten by an infected while she and Joel sneaked Ellie out of the Boston quarantine zone, and then she sacrificed herself so Joel and Ellie could escape.

Tess saying "I'm stayin'; I mean, our luck had to run out sooner or later" and then facing an infected

8. On The Last of Us, when Frank, after living a long and full life alongside Bill, decided to die as he was getting sicker and sicker.

Frank saying to Bill, "Well, I'm not gonna give you the 'every day was a wonderful gift from God' speech — I've had a lot of bad days; I've had bad days with you, too, but I've had more good days with you than anyone else"

9. And then, on The Last of Us, when Bill decided to die alongside Frank because he knew he didn't want to live a life without him.

Bill saying to Frank, "This isn't the tragic suicide at the end of the play; I'm old, I'm satisfied, and you were my purpose"

10. On The Last of Us, when Sam was bitten while trying to escape Kathleen and a horde of infected in Kansas City. Then Henry shot Sam after he attacked Ellie, and then killed himself.

Ellie reading Sam's message, "If you turn into a monster, is it still you inside?" and then Henry shooting Sam and asking "What did I do?"

11. On The Last of Us, when Riley and Ellie were bitten by an infected while exploring the abandoned mall and Riley died, while Ellie found out she was immune.

Riley to Ellie, "It ends this way for everyone sooner or later, right? Some of us just get there faster than others. But whether it's two minutes or two days, I don't want to give that up. We can just be all poetic and shit and lose our minds together"

12. And on The Last of Us, when Anna was bitten by an infected mere minutes before giving birth to Ellie, and Marlene had to kill Anna after finding her.

"I want you to take her with you to Boston, find someone to bring her up, and make sure that she's safe. I want you to give her this"; when Marlene says she can't, Anna says, "You pick her up right now and then you kill me"

13. On The Legend of Vox Machina, when Vex was killed after Percy opened a sarcophagus in the sunken tomb, and Vax ultimately offered up his life to the Matron of Ravens in order to bring Vex back to life.

Scanlan telling Vax to "Get your ass up here!" and Vax saying "I was gone for 30 seconds, what the hell happened?" and then sobbing over Vex

14. On Secret Invasion, when Gravik disguised himself as Nick Fury and shot and killed Maria Hill. Then the real Fury found Maria as she was dying.

Fury holding Maria

15. On You, when Joe tortured and killed the real Rhys, and we found out that Joe had been imagining the version of Rhys he was with all season. Meaning that Joe was actually the “Eat the Rich” Killer all along.

Rhys saying to Joe, "Uh, well, you've been going crazy for quite a while"

16. On Yellowjackets, when adult Misty accidentally injected Natalie with a lethal dose of a sedative after Natalie jumped in front of Lisa.

Misty injects Natalie and Taissa asks, "What do we do?" Misty says "Nothing, it's too late!"

17. On Ghosts, when Season 2 ended with Samantha and Jay returning home and seeing a ghost get "sucked off," but we don't know which one might've moved on to the afterlife.

Samantha and Jay in the car, and Sam says, "Oh my god, I think one of the ghosts just got sucked off"; when Jay asks which one, Sam says she has no idea, and Jay says, "I hope it's Trevor"

18. On The Summer I Turned Pretty, when Season 2 began with Belly revealing that Susannah had died between last summer and the present day.

Belly seen in class and then saying, "I wasn't in Cousins. Conrad and I weren't together, and Susannah was dead. Nothing would ever be the same again"

19. On Outer Banks, when Ward sacrificed himself to save Sarah after one of Singh's men threatened to shoot and kill her.

Ward takes the bullet for Sarah

20. On Barry, the series ended with Tom finally convincing Barry to turn himself in, but Gene suddenly arrived and killed Barry.

Barry saying "You should call the cops. I'm gonna turn myself in—" and then Gene shoots him

21. On Poker Face, when Cliff shot and killed Natalie, and her murder led to Charlie investigating what really happened to her friend, thus setting Charlie's entire story in motion.

Close-up of headline "Local woman slain"

22. On Ginny & Georgia, when Georgia shockingly smothered Tom, Cynthia's husband, with a pillow, and unknown to her, Austin saw the whole thing.

Austin watching as Georgia sits by Tom's hospital bed and says "She's strong. They're gonna be okay. I'm gonna look out for them, I promise. Okay? It's okay, it's all gonna be okay, it's all right" and then smothers him

23. On Shadow and Bone, when Alina stabbed and killed the Darkling after the duo fought, and Alina managed to destroy the Fold.

Alina says "You can't control them, can you? You can't control any of it," and the Darkling says "I thought I could control it all once. Find peace. And for a moment, I swear I did"

24. And on Shadow and Bone, when David sacrificed himself to save Genya from the Darkling's Nichevo'ya, aka his shadow creatures.

Genya says, "David, what are you doing? No, no, David, David, please! Don't do this! David! Open the door! David!" And David says, "Brave, and unbreakable, Genya Safin"

25. And finally, on Love & Death, when Candy struck Betty 41 times with an axe after Betty found out that Candy had an affair with her husband, Allan.

Candy hitting Betty with the axe

We can't fit everyone into one post, so tell us in the comments below which other TV characters' deaths from 2023 (so far) were devastating or shocking!

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