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TV SHOWS THAT STUNNED FANS BY KILLING OFF MAJOR CHARACTERS 

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Okay, spoiler alert. This is the moment you stop read ing and move on if you are planning to watch any of these shows. Last week was an emotional one for Grey’s Anatomy fans because it was the last episode for Dr Derek Shepherd (McDreamy to fangirls), played by Patrick Dempsey . The character’s death was so shocking for fans, especially because it was quite unconvincing and unwarranted, that they took to social media to rant against the series’ creator, Shonda Rhimes.The comments ranged from genuine upset (Grey’s Anatomy broke my heart into a million pieces) to outright anger (I gave you ten years of my life and this is how you repay me?). But this was not the only serial to have killed off a major character in the recent past, leaving viewers stunned. Here are a few others…
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GAME OF THRONESCHARACTER: Ned Stark

PLAYED BY: Sean Bean

Game Of Thrones is, in fact, the daddy of ’em all when it comes to offing major characters. It all began with Ned Stark, the Stark family’s head, who was, until then, seen as the lead character, having his head knocked off, and that was the moment when fans realized no one was safe in this show’s universe. The death count has only gotten higher with other significant characters getting murdered -Robb Stark,Tywin Lannister (who seemed to be the main bad guy) and Joffrey Baratheon (inarguably, the one death that delighted fans).

DOWNTON ABBEY

CHARACTER: Matthew Crawley

PLAYED BY: Dan Stevens

Sometimes, a show’s creators have to write off a character just because the actor playing the role wants out.That is what happened in the case of Dan Stevens who played Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey, who left because he had begun to see the show as “a very monopolizing job“and wanted “a chance to do other things“. Given that his character had a huge following, especially among female fans, they were understandably devastated. There was outrage on social media both against the series with some saying they will stop watching the show. They even sent condolence messages to actress Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary Crawley, following his character’s death!

DEXTER

CHARACTER: Rita Morgan

PLAYED BY: Dan Julie Benz

Given that Dexter is a serial killer, Rita (and her kids) were initially a disguise for him to make him look `normal’, but as the show progressed, she came to mean a lot more to Dex. The creators of the show wanted to portray how complex the life of such a man would be, when he has lost one of his emotional anchors. So, the character had to die. Actress Julie Benz apparently had heard of the character’s fate only midway into the show, but she understood that it was a very crucial move in the larger scheme of the series. But her literal bloodbath of a death was a punch-in-the-gut for many fans.

HOMELAND

CHARACTER: Nicholas Brody

PLAYED BY: : Damian Lewis

Nicholas Brody was a key character in the world of Homeland and the first couple of seasons of the show were very much centred around him. Brody then became a Congressman in the second season, but when his tryst with terror becomes public knowledge after he gets blamed for a bomb blast, he becomes a most-wanted fugitive in the third season. But he is given a chance at redemption and sent on a covert mission to Iran, where he is caught by the authorities and hanged. While his death was tragic, it was nevertheless inevitable.The character also made a fleeting appearance in Season 4 in a dream sequence.

HOUSE OF CARDS

CHARACTER: Zoe Barnes

PLAYED BY: Kate Mara

A highly ambitious reporter, Zoe was a character who did not mind sleeping with her source if it means a scoop that will advance her career. The wily Frank Underwood sees through her the instant he talks to her and uses her as an important player in his power game all through the first season. She becomes his mistress of sorts so that she can get information out of him. However, when she starts realising that there is more to Underwood and starts digging into the death of a Congressman, she is killed in the first episode of the second season! While fans understood she had to go), the manner of her death -by being pushed in front of an incoming train -still shocked many.

24

CHARACTER: Teri Bauer

PLAYED BY: Leslie Hope

No one expects the wife of the lead character to be killed right in the first season and that is what happened in 24, which killed off the wife of Jack Bauer right in the final episode of the first season. Considering this was in a time when the concept of major characters dying suddenly was not in vogue, fans were shocked. That said, given that the amnesiac Teri had not really won over fans and was a punching bag for critics, there was hardly any outrage. Apparently, the creators had two other alternate endings in which Teri survives but went ahead with their original choice of getting the character off the show.

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Virat Kohli fans is the player’s latest hairdo

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Hair I come, South Africa

 

 

Hair I come, South Africa

After India’s 76-run victory against Pakistan, the next big highlight of this World Cup and for Virat Kohli fans is the player’s latest hairdo.

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On Thursday – days before the crucial match against South Africa today – Kohli walked out of a salon in Melbourne sporting a Ronaldo-like mohawk. And in less than 24 hours, he crossed the 20-million mark to become the second most followed Indian sportsperson on Facebook, behind only the God of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar. Virat has always said he likes to stay ‘on trend’, but when it comes to his hairstyles, the vice captain clearly stays ahead of them, like in 2013, when he was spotted with a new, ‘angled eyebrow cut’ (left) in Delhi. And he’s also not the only one to go for ‘World Cup special’ hairdos. Here’s a look.

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Shikhar Dhawan revealed his new haircut on the day of the India-Pak match last week. Is Virat’s new hair a week later the next in a series of weekly style-updates to come from our boys? We’ll know soon!

Post-win euphoria Right after winning the World Cup in 2011, the Indian skipper went clean-shaven all the way. If speculations are to be believed, Dhoni had kept a mannat that he would shave his head if India won, and that’s how he proudly posed with the trophy. In 2013, the hairstyle-savvy Dhoni had sported a mohawk during the IPL (right).

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Kabhi brown, kabhi straight Not really known for his on-pitch style statements, the Master Blaster turned a few heads when he decided to colour his curly locks brown during the 2011 World Cup. A year later, he surprised everyone again, when he decided to get his hair straightened for the Asia Cup, even though not everyone loved the absence of his famed curls.

Going blonde Zaheer Khan getting a blonde streak right before the 2011 World Cup proved lucky for him, as the bowler became the top wicket-taker in the tournament.

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Posted by admin - February 28, 2015 at 5:23 pm

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