Solely 5 months into 2025, and there’s already a winner for probably the most stunning TV character loss of life of the yr. The No. 1 spot is revealed within the gallery under, and we will’t think about that many may disagree with our choice. All in all, it’s been a tv season filled with deaths we didn’t see coming, plus one we did, however that doesn’t make the influence much less highly effective. What units this yr’s TV deaths aside is the sheer needlessness of a few of them.
Whole seasons — and in a single case, a complete collection and its grand finale — have left bitter tastes in viewers mouths due to the choices to kill off sure characters with storylines that arguably don’t make sense as outcomes of the buildup predating them. However for higher or for worse, these characters are gone. A few of the reveals within the gallery under may have some severe explaining to do in upcoming episodes/seasons to make these deaths make sense in hindsight.
The 2025 TV deaths aren’t all dangerous. Some make good sense and actually had been all the time anticipated should you knew the supply materials on which a sure hit collection is predicated. One of many character losses is made all of the extra unhappy by the real-life passing of the actor who performed them.
Right here, we break down the 11 saddest TV deaths of 2025 to this point (throughout broadcast, cable, and streaming), ranked by the shock they delivered for viewers. All the episodes depicting these deaths got here out between January 2025 to the time of publication, so don’t anticipate to see any TV deaths that got here out in 2024, even when that present’s corresponding season began in 2024 and continued into the brand new yr. Clearly, copious spoilers forward.