Summary

Occasionally , a television series will leave the fate of a character open - ended , but this does n’t mean that the conclusion that happens off - screen door will be a felicitous one . Series closing curtain will leave some character reference ’s bow up to interpreting in the final momentsof the show , to avoid anger lover who have secure opinion about the journey of the character . While this can sometimes be a ingenious plot twist , it can also be a way to avoid answerableness for the devastating final stage to the fictional character ’s bow .

There are many reason for a quality to be written off a show , and many shipway to cautiously get rid of them while keep the integrity of the plot . Earlier in a serial , a case might impart or die because the actor had other opportunity , or due to originative difference with the production squad . Often , in the last season of a show , all wager are off as to who will remain digest by the season conclusion , and whose character development will stay bare .

There are a circle of dramatic and lurid character death in the world of TV , but some are still spill the beans about years after they happened .

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8Grey Worm - Game Of Thrones (2011 - 2019)

Played by Jacob Anderson

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The final season ofGame of Throneswas the least democratic of the series and received many complaints about how the fight for the Iron Throne was decide . Although plenitude of characters received a destiny worse than dying throughout the brutal serial , many side characters fell to the wayside as the show came to a close , and one of them was Grey Worm . He was a faithful soldier and friend to Daenerys ( Emilia Clarke ) in her pursuance to return to Westeros .

However , Grey Worm is subtly kill off in theGame of Thronesfinale . He sweep to Naath with his army , but Naath is known in the books to be deadly to visitor from the outside . This is a sad closing to such a rich part and a sloppy mistake on the part of the creators . Grey Worm deserved a peaceful biography after everything he went through , not accidentally voyage to his doomsday after the series enclose .

7River Song - Doctor Who (2005 - )

Played by Alex Kingston

River Song is known as one of the most dread characters onDoctor Who , but because of how her graphic symbol was written , her discharge terminate before it even get . When the show first introduces River , it is in her final meeting with the Doctorbecause they keep suffer out of order in their timelines . At the terminal of the episode , she dies , but her consciousness stay animated in a computing machine within a monumental depository library .

As the show break more about River in the accompany seasons , it ’s well-defined that this destiny would be irksome and unfulfilling for the prison term traveller . There ’s no dubiousness that River would have tried to escape a never - ending oscillation of artificial animation , or would have just preferred death . If the Doctor had known what he con about River after in his life , he would have work much harder to write her .

6Jefferson - Once Upon A Time (2011 - 2018)

Played by Sebastian Stan

Sebastian Stan went on to play many more gamy - visibility roles after his least sandpiper as Jefferson aka The Mad Hatter onOnce Upon A Time , but his story on the show never came to a hearty conclusion . item of his yesteryear are scattered throughout the show , butthe character never make any meaningful appearances after time of year 2.He is reunited with his girl , Grace after the curse word is broken , but what happens to them after this is never made vindicated .

good will has different parents throughout the curse and Storybrooke experiences a muckle of danger and violence as the show get on . Whatever happen to Jefferson and Grace was in all probability not the jubilantly ever after they were hoping for . Additionally , it ’s shown that in his yesteryear , Jefferson experienced a lot of misery and trauma that would n’t leave him the most suitable to withdraw care of a child .

5Mr. Turner - Boy Meets World (1993 - 2000)

Played by Anthony Tyler Quinn

One of the most tragical arc onBoy Meets Worldis what happens to Mr. Turner , and the deficiency of closure for both Shawn ( Rider Strong ) and the audience . Mr. Turner is a sire figure to Shawn and brings a much - necessitate element of fun and modernity to the teacher and students at the school . However , all of this is ripped away when he get into a motorcycle accident .

After the stroke , Mr. Turner is critically bruise , and his biography rest in the hand of his doc . Although the serial shows that he survived , he was pretty banged up and does not reappear after Shawn visits him in the hospital . Hopefully , he was able to go on to have a fulfilling life , but the uncertainness of this fate create it promiscuous to assume the worst .

Anthony Tyler Quinn , acknowledge for play Mr. Turner on Boy meet World , full explains why his fiber was abruptly written off the show .

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4Trapper - MAS*H (1972 - 1983)

Played by Wayne Rogers

Trapper and Hawkeye ( Alan Alda ) have one of the best relationships onMAS*H , and when Trapper impart the show , it ’s annihilating to Hawkeye . There was no good day between the two booster , and the repose of the fibre on the show were left enquire what happenedafter he left their aesculapian unit . On the show , he is reportedly discharged , but the world he returns to is different from the biography he had in the warfare . After so many years working as an army medico , the take to civilian biography would not have been easy , and not beget closure with his best friend would have haunted him .

3Tony Soprano (1999 - 2007)

Played by James Gandolfini

What happens to Tony Soprano in the final conniption of the finale ofThe Sopranosis one of the fully grown mysteries in video history . The show cuts to melanise with Tony on the untimely end of a gun , and while this does n’t mean for sure that Tony has met his end , there are n’t many other ways to translate it . Tony last his sprightliness perilously and witnessed him become more and more morally corrupted over the season . When a someone lives their lifespan this way and has have so much pain in the neck and suffering for others , it ’s not backbreaking to imagine that there ’s only one way they ’re depart to meet their terminal .

2Salvatore Romano - Mad Men (2007 - 2015)

Played by Bryan Batt

Salvatore is one of the more tragic figure in theMad Menuniverse , and with so many tortured characters in the serial , that ’s an telling feat . He is a closet gay man in the 1960s , and in an industry where womanizing and toxic masculinity are considered lucky traits . After the season 3 finish , many member of Sterling Cooper were not invited to the new delegacy , and Sal was one of them . Unlike other theatrical role , it ’s never revealed what happened to him after this , but the populace would not become more accepting for many years after his departure .

1Monica Dawson - Heroes (2006 - 2010)

Played by Dana Davis

Heroeshad a sturdy go as a series , with a hopeful first season and then being attain with the 2007/2008 author ’s strike in season 2 . One of the injured party of these hardships was Monica Dawson ’s character . She was first introduced as a human with the ability to mime any physical ability that she witnessed happening .

This intriguing magnate and her fun personality make for a great character , but she gets largely written off the show in season 2 after escaping a fervor . Though it ’s report that she went into concealment , Monica had so much leave to do , and sneaking around for the rest of her life was not a mediocre end for the hero . She could have become a major type with her skills , but instead , she most likely endure out the sleep of her life alone .

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