This week’s question is inspired by Barbie thinking about dying:
What death scene from a movie or TV show haunts you?
I guess we need to be careful about spoilers with our answers. Perhaps we should name the TV show or movie first, before naming the character who dies, so that anyone still planning to watch your choice can skip reading about who died. Please be more careful in your comments the more recent your choice is.
My pick is from the early 1990s British crime drama series Cracker, in which Robbie Coltrane played a criminal psychologist. The character whose death haunts me is…
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The cop played by Christopher Eccleston. It’s long and drawn out and I was so invested in the character that I walked around in shock the next day.
There is a lot of haunting death in IT'S A SIN, and I wouldn't want any of the deaths to not be seen as completely tragic loss, given the subject matter. That said . . .
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The character played marvelously by Olly Alexander, Ritchie. god how I wept and shook with anger. The indignity of his mother refusing to let his friends see him at his deathbed, the pain that as a result he died completely alone. Haunted is the exact right word for it. I am gutted now thinking about it. I am so, so thankful that Russell T. Davies gave Jill that speech to Ritchie's mom after, as well, that he refused to let her and the people like her off the hook. It's a tremendous scene in a tremendous show that breaks your heart and enrages you, which is the only appropriate response to the AIDS crisis at all.
Fry’s dog in Futurama had me sobbing!!
The death of Bambi's Mom. Saw it when i was 5 years old. Death of the Wicked Witch. Saw that when I wasnt much older.
There is a lot of haunting death in IT'S A SIN, and I wouldn't want any of the deaths to not be seen as completely tragic loss, given the subject matter. That said . . .
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The character played marvelously by Olly Alexander, Ritchie. god how I wept and shook with anger. The indignity of his mother refusing to let his friends see him at his deathbed, the pain that as a result he died completely alone. Haunted is the exact right word for it. I am gutted now thinking about it. I am so, so thankful that Russell T. Davies gave Jill that speech to Ritchie's mom after, as well, that he refused to let her and the people like her off the hook. It's a tremendous scene in a tremendous show that breaks your heart and enrages you, which is the only appropriate response to the AIDS crisis at all.