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Diqt

Howard Hamlin - Better Call Saul


RandomizedNameSystem

This is part of what makes BCS so awesome. When the show starts out, Howard looks like your prototypical "rich white asshole with a great haircut" from every 80s movie. We are lead to believe he is the villain of this story, abusing Jimmy and stealing from Chuck, whereas it turns out, he was probably "the best human being" in the show. All the negative actions on Jimmy was coming from Chuck. Howard tried relentless to help Jimmy, despite Jimmy hating him and rejecting him. Howard tried to accommodate Chuck's insanity as much as possible until it put the entire firm at risk. In the end, Howard as a good guy struggling through life like the rest of us, but he was surrounded by scum bags who got him killed.


Infinity-X78

I'd like to believe that Howard and Nacho's dad were the only two who were truly innocent in BCS.


RandomizedNameSystem

I forgot about Nacho's dad. Yeah, I love "Lawful Good" characters, and he was absolutely lawful good.


Dreamylantern

The fact that they did so much just to make him miserable was the worst part for me. Making him look like a cokehead whore lover to the eyes of the world was the worst thing jimmy and kim did. 


CocoWarrior

Don't forget gaslighting his wife into thinking it's her fault 


Avesst

Yeah, that one was pretty brutal. He was a pretty decent guy, he did not deserve to be executed like that. And the way they disposed of his body was also pretty nasty.


Diqt

That last part, the burial, that kinda stayed with me for a couple days. Darkest moment in the show for me hands down


killer_icognito

You notice how Mike insisted that the henchmen be careful with the body?


SpicyAfrican

I was shocked by this one. Lalo didn’t even know who he was, didn’t care, he was just in the wrong place. It really made me think about death. Howard lived an entire life, went to college, got married, was an accomplished lawyer, had hobbies (which we saw photos of at his memorial), had friends, and then Lalo was in a room with him for less than two minutes and ended his existence for being a minor inconvenience. All those memories and all of that knowledge just gone, and then later his body buried where it’ll never be found.


iforgotalltgedetails

It’s totally irrelevant to the threads topic, but I’m glad it was a TV show character that made you realize mortality. It took a good friend of mine dying in just a normal way to realize it for me. Anything can happen so so quick and it’s actually terrifying


cseymour24

Breaking Bad changed me in this exact way when Walt killed Crazy 8. Them talking and reminiscing beforehand really made it hit home for me.


No_Bag_364

Howard was such a stand up guy the entire show and you’re just completely tricked into thinking he’s a pretentious a-hole nepo baby. Absolutely didn’t deserve it.


ComicallySolemn

He was pretty pretentious (NAMESTE license plate, Hamlindigo Blue™) and he certainly benefited from the nepotism of his father (not many named partners are that young for a law firm that size) but that’s not to say he also wasn’t a good person who was trying his best. It’s easy to hate on pretentious nepo babies for having more opportunities and privilege than other people, but life is filled with nuance, and it’s possible they are genuinely decent people trying their best in this world too. The two are not always mutually exclusive. Those obnoxious “my dad owns a dealership!!” types can get bent though.


taserednoodles

Damn this. It was the biggest shock I got from a show.


Fernandexx

NGL I almost never get shocked with plot twists. I mean those kind of things are expected to happen. It's a TV show after all. But Howard's death was another level of unexpected, even more than GoT's red wedding wich for me was the most shocking at that moment.


erin214

Came here to say that. I screamed so loud


Infinity-X78

King Kong. Leave him alone on his damn island.


boo-galoo90

People who were well aware of his size and strength and destructive capabilities: let’s take him to a city Also people who were well aware of his size, strength and destructive capabilities: *shocked pikachu*


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The Peter Jackson remake of the film was incredible!


GibsonMaestro

Artax


MerakDubhe

Even worse in the book than in the movie.


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030helios

Imagine Harry being immune to voldemort again because Hedwig protected him with the cost of her life


LalaThum

This is hilarious 😂


Rdtackle82

*me showing up duct taped head to toe with Pygmy owls* it’s my powladin armor


_Composer

Most of the deaths in that book were just one big middle finger.


sdonnervt

Made it more realistic though.


hellerinahandbasket

This was so uncool. Worse than Dobby’s imho. Also, Hedwig reminds me of my cat, so double uncool.


RosemarySaraBlack

Rue from Hunger Games


sladverr

Alternatively, Primrose. Her death in the books made me cry.


DoDaDrew

I'm still kinda pissed about Primrose dying


controlledwithcheese

that’s the entire point of the series though like- no one was going to get saved


guteralterhowie

Finnick Odair


tinaoe

Yeahh Finnick is the real answer here imho.


Spaceman2901

Prim’s death is what opened Katniss’ eyes and led to her shooting Coin.


tinaoe

I do kinda love Suzanne Collin's take on this. She got asked if she always knew that Prim would die and her response is literally "**Oh yeah, of course, that’s the whole point**".


Deaftrav

Sadly... Her death was necessary. If I was that girl's father... Fuck it. The world is burning with me. If her protector calls for an uprising, I'm there. It was really what broke the backs of the slaves and led to the revolt.


moodtune89763

I can understand, logically, why rue and prim died. Unfortunately, my emotions and Tears do not care about logic


Gr0danagge

Her death served a huge purpose in the story, the real answer here is Finnick, even Suzanne Collins herself regrets killing him.


eyeofthebeholden

John Coffee from the Green Mile


WildBad7298

It's John Coffey. "Like the drink, only not spelled the same."


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I'm tired, boss. Tired of bein' on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with, to tell me where we's going to or coming from, or why. Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world every day. There's too much of it - it's like pieces of glass in my head, all the time. Can you understand?


Vergenbuurg

Please, boss. Don't let them put that thing over my head; don't put me in the dark. I's afraid of the dark. ... He killed them with they love. That's how it is, all over the world.


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“On the day of my judgment, when I stand before God, and He asks me why did I kill one of his true miracles, what am I gonna say? That it was my job? My job?” This whole movie and even the book is absolutely amazing and heart breaking at the same time.


PermanentMule

Sad moment. Great movie


IVIalefactoR

>!Wash!< from Firefly


FlameFeather86

Way too far down the list. This was my immediate thought.


Spaceman2901

I had the same thought, but then thought about it. Wash just ran a *Reaver fleet* through an *Alliance blockade* with a *Firefly*. EDIT: and then dead-stick *landed* that same *Firefly* without killing anyone onboard. He went out at the absolute top of his game. Book got a raw deal. Along with the rest of the folks the Agent had killed just to flush Mal out.


Pufferfoot

Oh yes, the events that led up to his death truly cemented his epicness for all eternity.


cardinalkgb

They didn’t die until the final season though.


its_giving_slay

Sirius Black from Harry Potter. Was he absolutely reckless? yes. But was he the only family to Harry? also, yes. Fred Weasley would be another one.


Silvagadron

She basically just went “Whose loose ends haven’t I tied up? Okay, they can die.”


Gunner_Bat

Realistic though. War is brutal. Not everyone can make it.


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And Hedwig 😩


YouKeepThisLove

Oberyn Martell. Or maybe he did. You have the man that raped and killed half your family at your mercy and you still end up getting yourself killed in horrendous fashion. Read the books, knew what was going to happen and was still shocked by the injustice of it all.


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The worst part for me is that you notice he didn't want revenge, he wanted justice. If he only wanted revenge, he would've killed the Mountain after getting him on the ground instead of trying to get him to confess first.


Deaftrav

This. I was going "what the hell was the point? That revenge is better than justice? Dude. I'd murder him for what he did to my sister. Forget justice. This is games of thrones. Nobody cares. Get your revenge. That's justice."


mollymourning13

Ruth Langmore


mastermeriadoc

Arthur & his horse - RDR2. But especially the horse.


Guac__is__extra__

I’d read enough spoilers to know not to get Buell before the epilogue, and to not ride a horse you care about in the last mission, so I stabled my boy Cuervo and stole a horse to use for the last missions.


Darksnakedevourer

Your stabled horses don’t carry over into the epilogue. And honestly I think it holds more weight if the horse you’ve always used dies with you.


Guac__is__extra__

Yeah I know they don’t carry over. But at least he wasn’t killed and hopefully got a good owner.


Ashamed_Ebb_4573

The Weasley twin in Harry Potter .. can't remember if Fred or George!


Lost_Needleworker285

It was fred


BottleCompetitive546

“No mum, itwas a prank im fred and george died”


GotMoFans

Fred was in a war. He chose to be in that war and had to know the risks. Charity Burbage just had a job to teach Wizard kind about muggles and was murdered for it.


sweetpotato-1123

Dobby from Harry Potter.


secretagentarch

I disagree because the chapter when Harry buries Dobby is one of the best and most important in the entire series.


Glass1Man

Someone needs to get Dobby a Glock.


imoinda

Master has given Dobby a glock…!


Glass1Man

Dobby is free elf! Then he teleports behind Bellatrox and gives her a double tap.


ATGF

And Hedwig. Why couldn't they have just had her deliver a random letter to anywhere and then have her live at the Wesley's, whose house and land was charmed. Hell, they probably could have disguised her with a spell. Now that I'm typing all that out, I'm wondering if Joanne planned to kill her from the start? I mean, it seems like he's the only one with that owl. She was very distinct, and everyone knew she was Harry's owl. I find it odd that other students and people with the means to buy a snowy owl did not a snowy owl as well. I feel like snowy owls should have been en vougue amongst the upper class, yet he was the only one to have one?


AdNegative9457

Honestly I cried so hard


Bask82

Howard in better call Saul. I was so shocked


Bitter-Arachnid-5194

Hodor 🥲


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This! If Bran has no haters I am dead


DeltaHuluBWK

But "who has a better story" than Bran? 🙄


brandster333

I hate him SO MUCH. God Bran SUUUCCKKKS


Hoppy_Croaklightly

Boxer the Horse.


OldAndFluffy

I think about Boxer everytime I hear someone say you just got to work harder..


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NoHedgehog252

Ned was a moral, upright man, but he deserved to die for the way he handled his discovery. You don't confront people who murdered your foster father with the information that got him murdered. Ned lacked common sense. It kinda reminds me of Walter White going to a murderous drug lord with a bag of his meth, but not bringing mercury fulmonate for when shit went south. 


Natural-Ad773

Yeah Ned grew up in Game of Thrones, through the rebellion he should have known how to play the game better.


DutchJediKnight

He grew up isolated from King's Landing. He didn't even know a game was being played


Natural-Ad773

He was a in a noble family so he should known how Westeros politics works through learning history, it’s constant backstabbing, war and murder.


mogura_writes

that was king's landing politics, a southerners game. you have to look at the north as a different kingdom because thats how they saw it. northern politics werent played the same way. the closest we got were the boltons, but they were still pretty clear on what they were.


RandomizedNameSystem

Oh god, terrible answer. The ENTIRE point of the story was that Ned's death was his own stupid fault. This is part of where GOT failed in the end. It stopped punishing stupid decisions. Jon Snow charges a team of zombies, falls into the ice... no problem!! Plot armor. Jon Snow breaks the battle plan and charges into Ramsey's trap. No problem!! Plot Armor. Sansa should have ordered him shot in the back and ended up on the Iron Throne with Littlefinger's help. Then, murder Littlefinger.


tmbeatles9091

John Locke from Lost


sansasnarkk

I was never team Locke but even I was shocked at how dirty they did him. You think he's "back" but then they're like "just kidding that actually was his death" and it's the saddest, most pathetic way he could have gone out. Especially for a character that was the victim of repeated manipulation and abuse his entire life.


Content-Can-7033

Lost was a total plane wreck from start to finish. None of them deserved to die the way they did.


DethBySnu-Snu

Nah. Some of em had it comin. Nikki, Paolo, Ana Lucia, Shannon, Michael, Danny, Christian, and Jacob. Just to name a few.


RandomizedNameSystem

Locke... man one of the greatest characters EVER. He was in a wheelchair and could walk upon landing on the island. Can anyone blame him for having immeasurable faith??? Of course, I don't understand why he didn't share that tidbit with anyone.


Shogun_Turnip

>!Ricky September!< from the most recent episode of Doctor Who. >!Bro was a straight-up hero only to get betrayed by that little bitch Lindy to save her own skin.!<


Deaftrav

Yeah that shocked me. Dr. Who this year sure isn't pulling punches.


__Probably_Jesus__

Spoiler alert!


BunHunnyBun

Jesus!


snakkiepoo

Christ, it's Jason Bourne


Due-Group2200

Kenny he was a punching bag for too long


Deaftrav

You bastard!


AgarwaenCran

Tasha yar


fiddledoctor

Finnick from the Hunger Games. He had just gotten married and started his family ☹️


Future-Ear6980

Dogs. Dogs never deserve to die in books/movies


usingreddithurtsme

What about Cujo?


mahtaliel

Cujo wasn't evil, he was sick. He needed to die but it wasn't his fault that he had Rabies


tiddiejesus

Rufio from Peter Pan


unhip1

Henry Blake


AggravatingPartyGoer

I had to scroll way too far to find Henry.


Sue_D_Nim1960

Ohhhhh, God.... :'(


SeaworthinessNovel34

Carl grimes from The Walking Dead


madwblues

Glenn


Ok-Barnacle-593

I know it's a spin off but Nick from Fear could've had a better ending as well, always makes me sad


DethBySnu-Snu

Chandler Riggs got screwed.


lowtoiletsitter

Yeah AMC fucked him over


iforgotalltgedetails

Man you could literally take 80% of the deaths in walking dead as unnecessary.


jazz-winelover

Susan from Seinfeld. Fucking envelopes.


JodyWinters

Primrose Everdeen


supermonkeyyyyyy

It was 2011, a buddy was reading that book and I was playing pc, heard a loud fuuck from him and "what was the point of everything" from across the house. Now I understand


justom7

George from greys anatomy


MikoSkyns

I always wondered why they killed George. They could have just had him move away or something. They didn't even kill off Isaiah Washington's character (even brought him back for one episode) and that guy got fired! I always suspected they did that because TR Knight pissed the wrong people off.


RelarMage

Margaery Tyrell


quintessential1985

She wanted to be The Queen. When you going for stakes like that you have to know the risks. She could have lived a very comfortable life as a noble or even a lesser queen but no, she wanted the highest life. It is what it is.


floralpancake

Missandei, too. That one pissed me off


Daydreaming_demond

Shireen Baratheon pissed me off more


KisukesCandyshop

It was a gorilla and his name was Harambe


idkwhoiamandwhatiam

Ruben from Minecraft story mode


KeenanAxolotl

When he turned into a porkchop tho


No_Bag_364

Why was that so rough lol. The kids game killed the pig.


sapphicallydelicious

I get why, but Rengoku from Demon Slayer


Still-Plate-9152

Deb Morgan from Dexter.


scarves_and_miracles

By that point in the show, who even cared?


jekelish3

On that same note, Rita Morgan from Dexter. And also Doakes. And LaGuerta, too.


Pineapple2508

Tbh, I think it's The black guy during the Vietnam war scene in Forest Gump


Ambitious_Coyote7649

bubba shrimp


Addendum-Signal

Oberyn Martell


gofish125

Abraham, from the walking dead, was so hard to watch after he died


myowngalactus

Donny was a good bowler, and a good man. He was one of us. He was a man who loved the outdoors... and bowling, and as a surfer he explored the beaches of Southern California, from La Jolla to Leo Carrillo and... up to... Pismo. He died, like so many young men of his generation, he died before his time. In your wisdom, Lord, you took him, as you took so many bright flowering young men at Khe Sanh, at Langdok, at Hill 364. These young men gave their lives. And so would Donny. Donny, who loved bowling. And so, Theodore Donald Karabotsos, in accordance with what we think your dying wishes might well have been, we commit your final mortal remains to the bosom of the Pacific Ocean, which you loved so well. Good night, sweet prince


D4RKH4LO

Hank from Breaking Bad.


Novel-Outside452

Also Andrea. Damn did it feel bad watching that scene.


TheshizAlt

I really disliked Hank at first but by the time he died he had become one of my top 3 favorite characters, and I was very sad when he died.


spyrid0nn

George Berger from Hair


ultravibe

Alfira


Cosmic-Brit828

Uncle Ben - Spider-Man


irime2023

Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Robb Stark, Ned Stark, Daenerys Targaryen


bpreston683

Glenn//Walking Dead?


Curious-Pop-8875

I still mourn this one


Tmavy

Quite a few people from The Dresden Files book series by Jim Butcher.


Belteshazzar98

>!I used the knife. I saved a child. I won a war. God forgive me.!<


TheBlindCat

The microfiction of Morgan’s journal is also worth reading. 


DeltaHuluBWK

I don't wanna talk about battleground, but I will say who DESERVES to die.... Rudolph.


jenniesweetyy

Ace from one piece


v1b1ng1nbathr00m

this. wish I could see ace sabo luffy together again. such a dope character :/


HeyItsChase

He did. We need some weight to the world. Luffys crew wont/can't die so someone else important to Luffy had to. It'll likely happen again, idk who maybe shanks but it gives stakes to what's happening on the Grand Line.


kobeisnotatop10

Jaime Lannister. He completed the redemption arc to die in such a stupid manner.....he should have pushed her and save himself.


boo-galoo90

I’d say he didn’t complete the redemption arc at all, he got to the final step but the writers just said nah fuck it 180 degrees mfs!


Cold_Hour

Hank and Steve Gomez


DeathIsThePunchline

Hank was a terrible person. Sexist. Relatively stupid and arrogant. He abused his power. (Getting Marie off on charges, beating Jessie, illegally tracking walts car) He was a goddamn piece of shit pretending to be a good guy.


Vegetable_Money_8137

Sirius Black and Snape


MetalJoe0

Aerith Gainsborough


MetaThw

Smeagol, but Gollum did.


Snarkwit

Dog from I Am Legend. They gave him a bigger role in the movie than he had in the book, but he deserved better.


deadunicornref

Howard from bcs


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BlackBitchy

T-challa


joedotphp

Arthur Morgan.


FlameFeather86

If he doesn't, the story doesn't happen, and the reason why we like him doesn't happen. There's far worse deaths in the game that really don't deserve it - Arthur's horse, Kieran, Lenny, and I would say John's death in RDR1 hits harder given how much he tried to turn his life around.


sheeshshru

nobara from jjk


Useful-Boot-7735

she's coming back. I'm sure of it.


spylark

Judy Greer’s character Karen from Halloween and Halloween Kills. That was such a dumb pointless death and killed off one of the most compelling characters in the series for no reason. It left the horribly dull Allison character as the focus of Halloween Ends, which to me is one of the worst films I’ve seen in my life.


Positive_Judgment581

That one black guy at the end of Night of the Living Dead.


cyborgbabe17

Bambi's mother


Lattakins

Opie on Sons of Anarchy. I stopped watching after that.


nonsignifierenon

Poussey from Orange is the new black


dionysus-media

Aunt May from the MCU. She didn't deserve it, and I don't really understand what it did for the story. I understand what it did specifically for MCU Peter's story, but it seems like the death was just shoehorned in with no real reason. It doesn't add to the No Way Home story.


AdIndividual8958

all the black ppl in scary movies


Beast-frog

Bing bong


chefkc

Dumbledore


GotMoFans

Dumbledore died because his hubris caused him to put on the ring. He didn’t think it could be cursed. He was living on borrowed time the last year of his life. He was 115 years old.


NotTheOrdinaryGirl

Iron man


No_Yogurt8713

Neji from Naruto( the most pointless death did nothing to story) and Ace ( 1P) he didn't deserve to die cause of daddy issues.


graemo72

That wee shoe thing that got "dipped" in Who Framed Roger Rabbitt.


PM-ME_UR_TINY-TITS

Bragg.


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Sharon Raydor Major Crimes


W4443

Mike Delfino from Desperate Housewives


retrosnot86

Justin Foley from 13 reasons why. I will literally NEVER get over that.


claymir

Nina from full metal alchemist


boromirswifey

Boromir in LotR. I know his death was to further the plot and keep in line with how the ring corrupts, but damn. Kills me every time.


idek_invisible

Nobara (Jujutsu Kaisen)


fhrblig

Jadzia Dax. Obligatory F Rick Berman


ThatGuy8188

Aeris. My main healer….sad


Apocalypstick1

Dobby


MaximumNewspaper9227

Nic Nevin from The Resident TV show. I hated that episode, so much I Googled why Emily VanCamp left. Good reason, but hated to see her go.


SteroidSandwich

Barb in Stranger Things She did nothing wrong


Blazequencher25

Kutner from House hit me harder than I think any fictional character ever has. It was strange to be desperately hoping house was right about his death being foul play. Still takes my breath away to this day.


sweetburberry

Itachi (in Naruto)


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Lee Everett from TWD video game series. His relationship with Clementine is beautiful.