May 2018: All the Characters Who Died in Season Finales
Alvin Olinsky on Chicago P.D.
Alvin (Elias Koteas) was shanked in prison but Voight (Jason Beghe) was able to avenge his best friend.
Pamela Stone on Law & Order: SVU
Pamela (Amy Korb) was the sister of the new ADA Peter Stone (Philip Winchester) was shot by a member of a sex trafficking cartel after she was abducted.
Lilith on Shadowhunters
Lilith (Anna Hopkins) was vanquished but she’s not permanently dead… yet.
Rufus Carlin on Timeless
Rufus (Malcolm Barrett) get shot in 1888 San Francisco Chinatown.
Carl Grimes on The Walking Dead
Carl (Chandler Riggs) dies after getting bitten by a zombie. (We know it’s not the finale but this death has us SHOOK).
Anika Calhoun on Empire
AKA Boo-Boo Kitty (Grace Byers) perished after tumbling balcony and smashing into a glass table below.
Quentin Lance on Arrow
Lance (Paul Blackthorne) lost his battle with a bad heart.
David Rosen on Scandal
Rosen (Joshua Malina) has a particularly rough exit. He was poisoned and suffocated by Cyrus Beene (Jeff Perry).
Clayton Reeves on NCIS
Clayton (Duane Henry) died after being shot during a mugging which also happened to leave Abby in a coma (but she survived).
Solomon Grundy on NCIS
Grundy (Drew Powell) was brought back to life (from being a zombie) by Hugo Strange (B.D. Wong) only then for Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) to shoot him dead as payback at Tabitha for killing his mom. Got that?
Gone too soon!
Grab a tissue because this gallery will bring you to tears.
We’re taking a look back at some of the most tragic character deaths that occurred during the season finales of a few of our favorite shows like Empire, Shadowhunters, Chicago P.D. and Arrow.
Hopefully we won’t mourn long because one day soon these familiar faces will pop up again or possibly is a flashback (we’re looking at you Carl Grimes).
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