May 27
Sunday Seven - Episode 91
May sweeps ended this past week, and most network shows have aired their big season-ending cliffhangers. It seems that there are more and more shows that are killing off characters to keep the drama alive.
Sometimes, a show has little choice, because a popular actor who played the role dies and there is no one else who could possibly play the character convincingly. But then there are those deaths when the actor either decides to leave the series or the writers just get the itch to kill someone off. That is the kind of character death that led me to this week’s questions.
But first, Allison of “We’re All Mad Here” was first to play last week. Congratulations, Allison.
On to this week’s question!
THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:
Name seven TV character deaths that stand out as being shockers.
Either answer the question in a comment or answer it in your journal and include the link in a comment. (To be considered “first to play,” a link must be to the specific entry in which you answered the question.)
My answers:
1. Lt. Col. Henry Blake - M*A*S*H
2. Edith Bunker, All in the Family
3. James Evans, Good Times
4. Bobby Ewing, Dallas
5. Dr. Romano, ER
6. Alice Horton, Days of Our Lives
7. Alex Borgia, Law & Order
(I realize that two of the characters listed above ended up not actually dying, but their deaths were portrayed at the time as completely real and on the level; that’s why I include them on the list.)
May 27th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
I really can’t remember enough TV to come up a list for this. I remember them killing someone off on one or two of the CSI series. They almost killed Marian on Robin Hood this week. There was that TV show News Radio or something like that where the lead actor was murdered by his wife.
BTW, your byline says Tuesday Two as well as Saturday Six and Sunday Seven - I’m guessing that died out a long time ago?
May 27th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
http://journals.aol.com/jmorancoyle/MyWay/entries/2007/05/27/patricks-sunday-seven-sunday-may-27-2007/2157
Have a good holiday.
Jude
May 27th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
woohoo! i was the first to play last week!
i’m not going to be playing at all this week though, because i just don’t watch enough TV (or remember enough of what i used to watch) to be able to answer this one!
happy sunday!
May 28th, 2007 at 7:25 am
Well, almost seven … they may be viewed at The Daily Snooze.
June 2nd, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Otowi said: BTW, your byline says Tuesday Two as well as Saturday Six and Sunday Seven - I’m guessing that died out a long time ago?
The Tuesday Two was a weekly meme that went on hiatus a while back. One of these days, it might resurface, but I haven’t decided for sure, yet.