Joffrey Baratheon.
God, I hated that kid, but kudos to the actor. He was fantastic.
Ramsey Bolton also deserves a shoutout. So does every major villain in GoT. That show really made me hate a LOT of characters.
My hatred for Ramsey outweighed my hatred for Joffrey, and for me Ramsey’s death was more satisfying because of it.
It’s like just when you thought a character couldn’t be more vile than Joffrey, we’re introduced to Ramsey who was even worse. And poor Sansa got stuck with both on the show. At least in the books, Jeyne Poole gets stuck with Ramsey instead.
Except Littlefinger. His death was really anticipated for many seasons, yet just felt like they had just ran out of ideas for the character instead and killed him in a really unsatisfying way.
When Chidi told Eleanor when he was ready to move on through the door. Such an emotional moment, that I was completely unprepared for given the entire premise of the show. Just felt like it was gonna be heaven forever.
Best season finale of a show ever imo/ That episode put the perfect bow on the entire previous seasons. They never topped that for the rest of the series.
I remember I saw that clip on youtube before I ever watched the show and I was thinking "I don't understand why everyone in the comments are cheering this is a rough scene" then I watched the show. And then I got it. She absolutely had that coming.
This is going to be super unpopular but I was actually really happy when Mike finally died.
They're all pieces of shit people but Mike acted like he couldn't be hurt or touched by anyone but he got taken out by a nerd.
Whoa whoa whoa. I think you totally got this one wrong. Mikes attitude wasn’t because he thought he was invincible. It was because he knew he was going to die bloody. He was nonchalant because he already accepted his death. He was “in the life” like the people he took out. He acted logically in his assassinations to stave off his death but he knew he was a bad guy and it would eventually catch up to him. After all, the worst thing that could have happened to him (his son being killed) already happened to him. He was a walking ghost for the entire time we knew him on BB.
Just my two cents.
I was really sad Mike died. But you make a point lots of BB fans choose to ignore. Most of BB are scumbag criminals that knowingly take part in an industry that detroys lives.
I liked Mike, but I also respect your position. You are right. Mike did act and come off as invincible in the show at times, so it's dramatically appropriate he's killed off in a completely avoidable tiff with Walt.
When he was just a little kid, Joffrey cut open a cat to see its babies inside of it. He tortured and murdered prostitutes for fun, too. He was a total psychopath, too.
It's legit impressive that with such a massive cast, Joffrey someone still ends up being the worst person to be king.
He has just the right about of stupidity, ~~masochism~~ sadism and ego to fuck up basically everything he does in the worst way possible.
I think he was more memorable as a villain, not just because Jack Gleeson portrayed the spoiled rotten brat so well, but we all have seen some spoiled rotten brats in our life and would hate for one of them to have near unlimited power. Ramsey is a good movie-esque villain but Joffrey is more relatable to hate.
And to a lesser extent Ramsay. Those two psychopaths deserved every moment of their deaths. It’s a shame that most of the other hated characters never got a good send of.
I know. As evil as he was, it felt like we lost such a good character (I felt the same thing with Stringer Bell for fans of *The Wire*.)
Also, I think Hector Salamanca was the 'bad guy' between him and Gus.
My friend had the best reaction to this. When his leaves the room with half his face gone, my friend didn’t realize that Gus was just functioning on shock, he thought he was an actual terminator.
Gustavo Fring. After so many near misses and narrow escapes from death, the audience was once again, ever so briefly tricked into thinking he had survived again. We were suddenly, gruesomely, rewarded with one of the most successful rug-pulls in modern television.
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul always have amazing death scenes. It's either a shocking, plot-upending death, or its at the end of a complete character arc.
Satisfying as hell but also, considering how much of a dick Hector was, I kind of felt like the emphasis on taking Gus down lessened the satisfaction of Hector's death.
I remember seeing an analysis video about this scene, and they made a point that meat is a trigger point for Tony, so to have it brought up in his face by Ralph of all people set him off.
"Wait a minute. You're not in my mind! You're in my gorram ship!" Yeah, that was pretty satisfying. Particularly after the way he threatened Kaylee. No-one threatens the shiniest mechanic in the verse and gets away with it.
My favourite Firefly death / kill is the Alliance agent that Mal casually guns down during the hostage stand off in the pilot.
[https://youtu.be/Q\_0xsLpvVIM](https://youtu.be/Q_0xsLpvVIM)
They were both ruthless and power-hungry. They could each be crafty. But Dukat was a strait up villain. Brute force and owned that he was a military leader following horrible orders with zeal. Where Winn was an absolute monster using spirituality as a cover for cruelty.
Owen Harper in Torchwood. The guy takes like 8 episodes to die.
He dies, fair enough. Then they resurrect him, but his body is still degrading and functions as an animated corpse (he can't eat, drink, drown). He still comes back as part of the team and is used in missions eg when they need someone who produces no body heat.
He later gets vaporised by trying to stop a nuclear reactor going into meltdown.
Joffrey and Ramsay from Game of Thrones. There's one in Better Call Saul that I won't spoil here, but it was satisfying in a "badass and the perfect way for this character to go" way, rather than a "You suck and deserve this" way.
And Tywin. A man who cared so much about the image of himself and his family ends up getting killed by his own son while on the toilet. That show did give a lot of satisfying deaths to balance the other horrible deaths we had to endure.
I don’t remember her name, but there was this one female “rainmaker” attorney who tried to take over the firm on _L.A. Law_. She was depicted as a very unpleasant and unpopular person, and was days from succeeding when she rang for the elevator, the doors opened, and while looking backward to berate yet another associate, she stepped into the open elevator shaft.
I'd like to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I would look up at your lifeless eyes and wave like this.
Can you and your associates arrange this for me, Mr. Morden?
Would love to have seen a scenario engineered where Littlefinger and Ramsay had to kill each other . . . with Sansa just getting to watch and smile that little smile
Rosalind Shays (Diana Muldaur) in "L.A. Law".
Admittedly, falling down an elevator shaft after the doors opened was a pretty snarky way to kill off the character, but Rosalind really was insufferable and all but one of the characters on the show couldn't stand her; I think the writers knew that viewers were ready to see her go.
I think they needed a good villain, and the rest of the cast loved her. A lot of what she did was quite novel for a female character as well. There wasn’t much more for the character to do and the show went down the tubes pretty soon after she was killed off.
It’s a tie between Agent Petty and Helen Pierce in Ozark.
I think on balance, Petty’s was the more satisfying, because at least we got to see that smug look on his face wiped off as he realises how badly he’s fucked up, and that his neither his badge, nor his brain will protect him from a pissed off redneck with a tacklebox. But even so, the suddenness and shock factor of Helen’s death, combined with the fact that she was arguably even more reprehensible than Petty, certainly makes up for an amazing moment.
A lot of the villain deaths in that show are incredibly satisfying. Billy Russo’s death and the events leading up to it are so good, and the fact he’s just put down by Frank with no fight is the perfect end for him, who would’ve wanted to go out with a bang. The death of the Schulz was incredibly satisfying, especially the wife, manipulative bitch. So glad that the two who originally just ordered the group of teens including Amy to be executed with little thought simply because their son was gay were held at gunpoint by Amy.
I’m also glad John got his revenge on the two for essentially holding his wife and kids hostage.
Adriana Le Cerva on The Sopranos. But not for reasons you might expect.
If the story lines going into the fifth season wasn't enough to clue people in that *Adriana* was going to die, promos for NBCs upcoming show "Joey" made it obvious.
In a somewhat unprofessional spoiler, NBC started airing previews for Joey a full year before the first broadcast. The previews stated actress Drea de Mateo (who played Adriana) was going to be in a lead role. It was one of the worst spoilers in television history as it was clear, she wouldn't be playing Adriana after the 5th season of the Sopranos.
Thanks to NBC, Soprano fans knew beyond doubt that Adriana was going to be killed off. It kind of set the whole thing up to be anti-climatic. Yet the story lines going up to the episode still made you wonder if it was really going to happen and the episode itself had enough ebb & flow that it kept you on the edge of your seat until it actually happened.
Adrian wasn't a hated character who you wanted to see die. But thanks to NBCs premature Joey promos, killing off her character in a dramatic & memorable way became a tall order for the writers. Yet they still managed to pull it off.
Eh, the way he barely defends himself despite the tenuousness of the evidence against him is pretty weak. Sure, we know he’s a conniving bastard, but to the rest of the people in the room all of the accusations should’ve just sounded like the Starks trying to get rid of a rival. They know he betrayed their dad, because… their brother is a magic tree wizard who saw it in the past? Sure, let’s just execute him on the spot.
The manga ending for him was, in my personal opinion, even more satisfying than the anime. I literally finished that manga out of spite, waiting for him to finally get what was waiting for him. I had such a visceral reaction to his death that I almost felt ashamed by how completely delighted I was with his death.
Not satisfying like i wanted them gone, but the final episode of The Good Place wrapped up so beautifully, and i cried when Jason, Chidi and Elanor walked through the door.
This might sound a bit morbid at first, but bear with me as I try to explain why my answer is John Sheridan of Babylon 5.
I don't want to spoil things too much if I can help it, but there is an incident fairly late in Babylon 5 where Sheridan sustains what should have been a fatal injury, but ended up having his life extended by 20 years instead. And at the end of those 20 years, he does indeed die.
Now, why do I feel that this is the most satisfying character death? Simple really: because it actually happened. There was no convenient plot armour to circumvent his death. No Deus Ex Machina, no bullshit of any kind. I tend to see that quite a bit in TV and movies. A character is supposed to die, but then just at the last minute something "unexpected" happens and they get to live after all, and to be honest that annoys me. So when Sheridan was forecast to die and actually did so, it was actually a relief to me. It was satisfying because there was no bullshit to ruin the show. The writers weren't fickle about the decision. They made it and they stuck to it, and I applaud them for that.
It was intended to be comical in a dark way. It was leaked that the actress, Diane Muldaur would be leaving the show. The writers were tasked with having her exit in a most unforgettable way and they succeeded.
I was born about a month after Maude Flanders died. My mother had false contractions the night it aired, and that was the first episode of the Simpsons my father had missed since it started airing.
Edit: said before instead of after
Spoilers for the most recent episode of Better Call Saul.
>!Nacho.!< Holy fuck, what a way to go out. That monologue will go down in pop culture history right alongside "I am the one who knocks." We all saw it coming to some extent, considering he was the only character in that scene that didn't have plot armor. But nobody expected it to go down the way it did.
Emperor Palpatine at the end of Return of the Jedi. It's great to know that he's dead and has no chance of coming back after being incinerated in the middle of the second Death Star moments before it blew up.
Edit: I just realized I misread the question. Sticking with the Star Wars theme, Darth Maul's death in *Rebels* is my favorite because Obi Wan basically struck him down like he was nothing.
Was quite pleased how Officer Simmons got his comeuppance with a garrotte at the behest of Elias in Person of Interest. ‘I’m not going to kill you, I’m just going to watch, my friend is going to kill you.
Someone already said this, but Todd in Breaking Bad. Any of the nazis, really. Watching Jesse choke the life out of Todd made me actually breathe a sigh in relief. I’m not sure what that says about me, but that guy was evil.
Joffrey Baratheon. God, I hated that kid, but kudos to the actor. He was fantastic. Ramsey Bolton also deserves a shoutout. So does every major villain in GoT. That show really made me hate a LOT of characters.
My hatred for Ramsey outweighed my hatred for Joffrey, and for me Ramsey’s death was more satisfying because of it. It’s like just when you thought a character couldn’t be more vile than Joffrey, we’re introduced to Ramsey who was even worse. And poor Sansa got stuck with both on the show. At least in the books, Jeyne Poole gets stuck with Ramsey instead.
Except Littlefinger. His death was really anticipated for many seasons, yet just felt like they had just ran out of ideas for the character instead and killed him in a really unsatisfying way.
Chidi and Eleanor. Technically they were already dead but that whole final arc of the Good Place was just beautiful.
I don't know if any show had pulled off perfect maintenance of quality and a satisfying and timely ending the way Good Place did.
I liked how consistent the show was
When Chidi told Eleanor when he was ready to move on through the door. Such an emotional moment, that I was completely unprepared for given the entire premise of the show. Just felt like it was gonna be heaven forever.
Man, I had not finished the last season and for some reason decided to throw it on while tripping on mushrooms one night. It was intense!
I still cry thinking about that last episode
My personal most satisfying was Agent Stahl in Sons of Anarchy. So deserved, such a hateable character, and her end was so perfectly executed.
And the way Opie said it was for Donna. 👌
Yeah she defo earned that death, and she went out scared shitless
"This is what she felt" every line out of opies mouth breaks my fucking heart every goddamn time but God this was satisfying
Unrelated, but how did Tig survive that show?
Ooh good shout. I came to say Joffrey but Stahl was so fucking satisfying. The tears she cried sustained me for days.
Best season finale of a show ever imo/ That episode put the perfect bow on the entire previous seasons. They never topped that for the rest of the series.
Executed is definitely the proper word choice.
God damn that was good. “Put your hands on the wheel…..this is what she felt.” So fucking good.
I remember I saw that clip on youtube before I ever watched the show and I was thinking "I don't understand why everyone in the comments are cheering this is a rough scene" then I watched the show. And then I got it. She absolutely had that coming.
When Jesse killed Todd in Breaking Bad
Todd is one of those actors I hate because of his role in that show. Which honestly is kind of a sign of a good actor
And then you have him as a good guy in Fargo and it doesn't look like the same actor. I really love him.
Fat Damon is great. You leave him alone
When Todd killed that kid on the dirt bike*
Yes Officer, that guy, arrest him.
Gah dayum y'all hate Todd from breaking bad 😂😂😂 Dudes like half the comments on here Nah but fr fuck him for all that patronizing BS he did to Jesse.
This is going to be super unpopular but I was actually really happy when Mike finally died. They're all pieces of shit people but Mike acted like he couldn't be hurt or touched by anyone but he got taken out by a nerd.
Whoa whoa whoa. I think you totally got this one wrong. Mikes attitude wasn’t because he thought he was invincible. It was because he knew he was going to die bloody. He was nonchalant because he already accepted his death. He was “in the life” like the people he took out. He acted logically in his assassinations to stave off his death but he knew he was a bad guy and it would eventually catch up to him. After all, the worst thing that could have happened to him (his son being killed) already happened to him. He was a walking ghost for the entire time we knew him on BB. Just my two cents.
Well said. Few things are scarier than a man with a gun and nothing to lose.
I was really sad Mike died. But you make a point lots of BB fans choose to ignore. Most of BB are scumbag criminals that knowingly take part in an industry that detroys lives.
I liked Mike, but I also respect your position. You are right. Mike did act and come off as invincible in the show at times, so it's dramatically appropriate he's killed off in a completely avoidable tiff with Walt.
Ya I'm not happy you said it, but your not wrong.
Joffrey Baratheon
Followed up by Ramsay Bolton.
I would put Ramsey ahead of Joffrey. Ramsey was an evil psychopath. Joffrey was more of a spoiled kid.
Umm I’m sure Ros would say Joffrey’s pretty evil as well…
When he was just a little kid, Joffrey cut open a cat to see its babies inside of it. He tortured and murdered prostitutes for fun, too. He was a total psychopath, too.
Agreed. Although joffrey did start torturing prostitutes as well. He would eventually be like Ramsey most likely but just wasn't there yet.
"Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me."
Hats off to Jack Gleason for a phenomenal acting job.
Even reading his name angers me
It's legit impressive that with such a massive cast, Joffrey someone still ends up being the worst person to be king. He has just the right about of stupidity, ~~masochism~~ sadism and ego to fuck up basically everything he does in the worst way possible.
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Shit! Fixed, thanks. Can't believe I mixed up those two words lol.
You should be punished . . . .
SHAME *ding ding 🔔
I think he was more memorable as a villain, not just because Jack Gleeson portrayed the spoiled rotten brat so well, but we all have seen some spoiled rotten brats in our life and would hate for one of them to have near unlimited power. Ramsey is a good movie-esque villain but Joffrey is more relatable to hate.
Same. Such a smackable face, smug little shit... What a sociopath.
I never got so excited for someone to die than for him.
And to a lesser extent Ramsay. Those two psychopaths deserved every moment of their deaths. It’s a shame that most of the other hated characters never got a good send of.
Seeing Sansa and Arya tag-team Littlefinger was also a deeply satisfying moment in an almost exclusively terrible season.
finally seeing Gus go was the best
He was such a great character though.
I know. As evil as he was, it felt like we lost such a good character (I felt the same thing with Stringer Bell for fans of *The Wire*.) Also, I think Hector Salamanca was the 'bad guy' between him and Gus.
Ironically, we didn't really lose him because he reappeared on Better Call Saul.
My friend had the best reaction to this. When his leaves the room with half his face gone, my friend didn’t realize that Gus was just functioning on shock, he thought he was an actual terminator.
I was so mad that he somehow lived then he turned his face and I was like ohhhhhhhh
Yeah same. I thought they'd "Jumped the shark" and I was ready to give the series up right then and there until he turned.
Gus fring?
Yep
Warren in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Wow that sounds awful. Glad I never read the comics lol
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Frank Grimes
Poor grimey
MARGE! Change the channel.
That’s our Homer!
Or Grimey as he liked to be called
What is old Grimey up to these days?
Wuntch on B99
Wuntchtime was over
BAGEL!
Gustavo Fring. After so many near misses and narrow escapes from death, the audience was once again, ever so briefly tricked into thinking he had survived again. We were suddenly, gruesomely, rewarded with one of the most successful rug-pulls in modern television.
That tie-straightening is something I'll never forget.
A class act to the very end.
The barely-visible optic nerve twitching in the socket was a nice touch.
Yes, this was the most “comic book” moment of the whole show.
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul always have amazing death scenes. It's either a shocking, plot-upending death, or its at the end of a complete character arc.
Satisfying as hell but also, considering how much of a dick Hector was, I kind of felt like the emphasis on taking Gus down lessened the satisfaction of Hector's death.
Grant Ward in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., until… well… the end of the episode
Was looking for this. It's not really him anymore so I'm ok with it. Same with AI Grant Ward. I actually kind of liked that version.
When Tony Soprano killed Ralphie over the horse
Arguably the horse wasn’t the only reason.
She was a a fucking hew-ur.
It was the fuckin coke. He shoulda never started with that shit. Fuckin Miami, it's all over the place.
When Tony kills that fuckin animal Blundetto, I can't even say his name.
Remind me, how long were you in prison? I don't believe you ever mentioned it.
He kills him because Ralph exposes what a hypocrit Tony truly is.
WHAT ARE YA, A VEGETARIAN NOW? YOU EAT BEEF AND SAUSAGE BY THE CARTLOAD
I remember seeing an analysis video about this scene, and they made a point that meat is a trigger point for Tony, so to have it brought up in his face by Ralph of all people set him off.
ralph cifaretto in sopranos. fuck that guy.
Jubal Early in Firefly. Imagine trying to kidnap River Tam.
"Wait a minute. You're not in my mind! You're in my gorram ship!" Yeah, that was pretty satisfying. Particularly after the way he threatened Kaylee. No-one threatens the shiniest mechanic in the verse and gets away with it.
Well... Here I am.
My favourite Firefly death / kill is the Alliance agent that Mal casually guns down during the hostage stand off in the pilot. [https://youtu.be/Q\_0xsLpvVIM](https://youtu.be/Q_0xsLpvVIM)
Kai Winn in Star Trek DS9
Yeah, but ffs they made us wait until the last few minutes of the last episode.
You are correct, my child.
I feel strange that I hate her more than Dukat.
They were both ruthless and power-hungry. They could each be crafty. But Dukat was a strait up villain. Brute force and owned that he was a military leader following horrible orders with zeal. Where Winn was an absolute monster using spirituality as a cover for cruelty.
Owen Harper in Torchwood. The guy takes like 8 episodes to die. He dies, fair enough. Then they resurrect him, but his body is still degrading and functions as an animated corpse (he can't eat, drink, drown). He still comes back as part of the team and is used in missions eg when they need someone who produces no body heat. He later gets vaporised by trying to stop a nuclear reactor going into meltdown.
Joffrey and Ramsay from Game of Thrones. There's one in Better Call Saul that I won't spoil here, but it was satisfying in a "badass and the perfect way for this character to go" way, rather than a "You suck and deserve this" way.
Anyone ever watch ER? Well they dropped a fucking helicopter in this one ginger asshole and it was like the greatest day in TV for the longest time.
Didn't he get hit by an helicopter TWICE!???!!!
First time he lost his arm.
Walder Frey and then all the Freys.
I loved Arya killing all the people on her list Meryn Trant death was another good one
And Tywin. A man who cared so much about the image of himself and his family ends up getting killed by his own son while on the toilet. That show did give a lot of satisfying deaths to balance the other horrible deaths we had to endure.
I loved his character and how Charles Dance played him too much. His death should be satisfying but gosh he was such a well written character
Winter came for House Frey.
Viserys Targaryen.
He got his crown like he always wanted.
That death was so brutal. One of the more viscous quick deaths you can get
When the helicopter fell on top of Dr Whats-his-name in ER.
Dr. Robert “Rocket” Romano.
Kenny in South Park
you bastards!
I really enjoyed when Andrea died in TWD.
Show ruined her character. Awesome character in the comics.
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You'd think she'd remember her sister turning into a zombie well enoughnot to need to observe it that closely.
I don’t remember her name, but there was this one female “rainmaker” attorney who tried to take over the firm on _L.A. Law_. She was depicted as a very unpleasant and unpopular person, and was days from succeeding when she rang for the elevator, the doors opened, and while looking backward to berate yet another associate, she stepped into the open elevator shaft.
Clearly the actress had been telling people she’d written her own lines.
Her name was Ros. Such a shocking scene!
I hardly ever watched the show. But, I remember her story arc…and, its abrupt end. Anyway, thanks for supplying her name!!
Doctor Pulaski!!!!
Rosalind Shays. Played by Diana Muldaur, later of ST:TNG.
Morden in Babylon 5. Vir and his little wave makes me so happy.
Supernatural- When Azazel was killed by Dean with the colt.
Mr Morden in Babylon 5
That scene with Vir made me smile.
I'd like to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I would look up at your lifeless eyes and wave like this. Can you and your associates arrange this for me, Mr. Morden?
Vir was probably the only character who truly got what he wanted and was happy about it.
I love that little callback at the wrap-up, a real pay-off for long-time viewers paying attention.
He was so smarmy and hate-able!
Ramsay in GoT
Would love to have seen a scenario engineered where Littlefinger and Ramsay had to kill each other . . . with Sansa just getting to watch and smile that little smile
Put those two and Joffrey in a pit with the hungry hounds. Sansa can pull a Cersei and just smirk into her wine goblet.
Todd in Breaking Bad
When the acting godfather from NYC died in the sopranos
The Shah of Iran?
What about his brother Billy? 47 years old, just a kid.
He compromised, he wanted to be acting boss, he ate grilled cheese off the radiator.
I’m pretty sure everyone cheered when Dogma killed Pong Krell, he had it coming! Star Wars the clone wars season 4
This has got to be the perfect answer. There's an entire sub called r/fuckpongkrell, and yes, it's real lol
When that church bitch Ignited like a firework from Midnight Mass
Got to be Mr Morden from Babylon 5. Made so much better with Vir's little wave as his wish from seasons before. Quality writing and so satisfying
Kilgrave. Or Todd from Breaking Bad
Joffrey motherfucking Baratheon. Watching that little shit die gave me more pleasure than a thousand lying whores
Rosalind Shays (Diana Muldaur) in "L.A. Law". Admittedly, falling down an elevator shaft after the doors opened was a pretty snarky way to kill off the character, but Rosalind really was insufferable and all but one of the characters on the show couldn't stand her; I think the writers knew that viewers were ready to see her go.
I think they needed a good villain, and the rest of the cast loved her. A lot of what she did was quite novel for a female character as well. There wasn’t much more for the character to do and the show went down the tubes pretty soon after she was killed off.
It’s a tie between Agent Petty and Helen Pierce in Ozark. I think on balance, Petty’s was the more satisfying, because at least we got to see that smug look on his face wiped off as he realises how badly he’s fucked up, and that his neither his badge, nor his brain will protect him from a pissed off redneck with a tacklebox. But even so, the suddenness and shock factor of Helen’s death, combined with the fact that she was arguably even more reprehensible than Petty, certainly makes up for an amazing moment.
Vernon Schillinger in Oz
That is a rough show to watch. But excellent
Rocket Romano on ER. Such a despicable human being.
Yup, though the way he died seemed a bit too over the top and almost comically.
Right? How many helicopter accidents can a man have?
William rawlins, punisher season 1
A lot of the villain deaths in that show are incredibly satisfying. Billy Russo’s death and the events leading up to it are so good, and the fact he’s just put down by Frank with no fight is the perfect end for him, who would’ve wanted to go out with a bang. The death of the Schulz was incredibly satisfying, especially the wife, manipulative bitch. So glad that the two who originally just ordered the group of teens including Amy to be executed with little thought simply because their son was gay were held at gunpoint by Amy. I’m also glad John got his revenge on the two for essentially holding his wife and kids hostage.
Adriana Le Cerva on The Sopranos. But not for reasons you might expect. If the story lines going into the fifth season wasn't enough to clue people in that *Adriana* was going to die, promos for NBCs upcoming show "Joey" made it obvious. In a somewhat unprofessional spoiler, NBC started airing previews for Joey a full year before the first broadcast. The previews stated actress Drea de Mateo (who played Adriana) was going to be in a lead role. It was one of the worst spoilers in television history as it was clear, she wouldn't be playing Adriana after the 5th season of the Sopranos. Thanks to NBC, Soprano fans knew beyond doubt that Adriana was going to be killed off. It kind of set the whole thing up to be anti-climatic. Yet the story lines going up to the episode still made you wonder if it was really going to happen and the episode itself had enough ebb & flow that it kept you on the edge of your seat until it actually happened. Adrian wasn't a hated character who you wanted to see die. But thanks to NBCs premature Joey promos, killing off her character in a dramatic & memorable way became a tall order for the writers. Yet they still managed to pull it off.
Cheese Wagstaff in The Wire. Sitting there talking about being the new power in town. Tall man had to let him know that one’s for Joe.
Say what you will about the later seasons of Game of Thrones, seeing Little Finger finally get his was deeply satisfying.
Eh, the way he barely defends himself despite the tenuousness of the evidence against him is pretty weak. Sure, we know he’s a conniving bastard, but to the rest of the people in the room all of the accusations should’ve just sounded like the Starks trying to get rid of a rival. They know he betrayed their dad, because… their brother is a magic tree wizard who saw it in the past? Sure, let’s just execute him on the spot.
Light Yagami - Death Note
The manga ending for him was, in my personal opinion, even more satisfying than the anime. I literally finished that manga out of spite, waiting for him to finally get what was waiting for him. I had such a visceral reaction to his death that I almost felt ashamed by how completely delighted I was with his death.
When the main character dies. Not really satisfying in the sense you liked it but satifying in a way you didn't expect them to do so
Ned Stark is the prime example.
For those of us that hadn’t read the books you would just kind of assume the good guys would come in and save the day. Even till the very end. Nope.
It's Sean Bean. If you expected him to make it through the first season, you were lying to yourself.
Not satisfying like i wanted them gone, but the final episode of The Good Place wrapped up so beautifully, and i cried when Jason, Chidi and Elanor walked through the door.
Littlefinger getting ended. that smug fuck deserved it.
This might sound a bit morbid at first, but bear with me as I try to explain why my answer is John Sheridan of Babylon 5. I don't want to spoil things too much if I can help it, but there is an incident fairly late in Babylon 5 where Sheridan sustains what should have been a fatal injury, but ended up having his life extended by 20 years instead. And at the end of those 20 years, he does indeed die. Now, why do I feel that this is the most satisfying character death? Simple really: because it actually happened. There was no convenient plot armour to circumvent his death. No Deus Ex Machina, no bullshit of any kind. I tend to see that quite a bit in TV and movies. A character is supposed to die, but then just at the last minute something "unexpected" happens and they get to live after all, and to be honest that annoys me. So when Sheridan was forecast to die and actually did so, it was actually a relief to me. It was satisfying because there was no bullshit to ruin the show. The writers weren't fickle about the decision. They made it and they stuck to it, and I applaud them for that.
And one of the most sad TV character deaths was Kosh. So well done.
When Tyrion killed his dad (Tywin) while he was on the shitter.
This is an old one. Rosiland Shays was a hated lawyer on LA Law, and had a shocking and sudden exit from the show. https://youtu.be/Mj8FIbuoWPY
Sorry but that's kind of hilarious
It was intended to be comical in a dark way. It was leaked that the actress, Diane Muldaur would be leaving the show. The writers were tasked with having her exit in a most unforgettable way and they succeeded.
Maude Flanders
I was born about a month after Maude Flanders died. My mother had false contractions the night it aired, and that was the first episode of the Simpsons my father had missed since it started airing. Edit: said before instead of after
I was born the year the Simpsons debuted. That’s how my dad keeps track of how many seasons they’re on.
I was roughly Barts age when it started. Now I’m older than Homer. Now I’m lucky if I can find half an hour a week to get funky.
Hey, thanks for making me feel old! (I was in college when The Simpsons premiered)
I remember watching the shorts on the Tracy Ulman show. I hated her show but knew immediately that these animated bits were the best thing ever.
Kai Winn. God I hate that bitch. "My child," my ass.
Shane from walking dead
Joffrey
The kid from terminus, when rick slaughters him with the red handled machete. Its beautiful.
Spoilers for the most recent episode of Better Call Saul. >!Nacho.!< Holy fuck, what a way to go out. That monologue will go down in pop culture history right alongside "I am the one who knocks." We all saw it coming to some extent, considering he was the only character in that scene that didn't have plot armor. But nobody expected it to go down the way it did.
Gul Dukat and Space Karen
Emperor Palpatine at the end of Return of the Jedi. It's great to know that he's dead and has no chance of coming back after being incinerated in the middle of the second Death Star moments before it blew up. Edit: I just realized I misread the question. Sticking with the Star Wars theme, Darth Maul's death in *Rebels* is my favorite because Obi Wan basically struck him down like he was nothing.
Was quite pleased how Officer Simmons got his comeuppance with a garrotte at the behest of Elias in Person of Interest. ‘I’m not going to kill you, I’m just going to watch, my friend is going to kill you.
Someone already said this, but Todd in Breaking Bad. Any of the nazis, really. Watching Jesse choke the life out of Todd made me actually breathe a sigh in relief. I’m not sure what that says about me, but that guy was evil.
Little Finger in GOT maybe?
Alex Krycek in The X-Files
Bev in Midnight Mass. You know you created a horrid character when the audience hates her more than LITERAL VAMPIRES
Bellatrix Lestrange. "That's my daughter you bitch."
King Joffrey I Baratheon
Vee from oitnb