39 Infuriating TV Moments That Enraged Viewers

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A bit ago, Reddit user Whitino asked, "What TV show or movie had a character or plot that made you genuinely angry, and what was it?" and people had plenty to share. Here are 39 TV plotlines, aspects, and scenes that made people so genuinely angry, they almost gave up — or even did give up — the show.
On Dexter, when Deb confessed her feelings for Dexter...her step-brother:
When Andy became a brat again in Season 9 of The Office:
When Landry killed someone on Friday Night Lights, and his dad helped him cover it up:
When Five and Lila got together on The Umbrella Academy:
Just everyone helping Mike cover up his fraud on Suits:
The plane crash in Breaking Bad:
When Nate leaked Ted's panic attack to the press on Ted Lasso, then went to work for Rupert, because he felt "neglected" by Ted:
When The Walking Dead killed Glenn:
And, before that, Glenn's fakeout death:
Also, Beth's death on The Walking Dead:
When Rory revealed she was pregnant at the very end of the Gilmore Girls revival:
On Game of Thrones, when the Mountain killed Oberyn:
And when Stannis sacrificed his daughter Shireen:
Aaand when Bran became king:
Just the existence of Brian in The Office:
When Denny came back as a ghost on Grey's Anatomy:
When Logan died right after marrying Veronica on Veronica Mars:
When Spike attempted to sexually assault Buffy on Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
When Frasier had Daphne go away to 'fat camp' because the actor was pregnant:
When it was revealed Luke had a daughter on Gilmore Girls:
When Dan was revealed to be Gossip Girl on Gossip Girl:
Suggested by u/FreshLuxeThis will NEVER make sense to me. There were times Dan reacted to a Gossip Girl post while ALONE as if he was just seeing it!!! Also, I don't know how it was a love story to Serena. He spread rumors that she was pregnant and that she had an STI, among other things — the whole site started with a photo of an underage Serena in a wet, white dress that revealed more than Serena would've wanted shown. He constantly stalked her and her friends — yes, even if a lot of it was through others sending tips, I think it still counts. Also, let's not forget his tip caused the paparazzi swarm that caused Blair to have a miscarriage. And I haven't even gotten to the stuff he revealed and wrote about his own sister. I don't care if she gave him permission or not.
And when Dan and Blair dated on Gossip Girl:
When House had a bone marrow plotline and made it seem terrifying:
When Ben killed Locke on Lost (literally like two minutes after convincing Locke not to kill himself???):
When Bones decided to make Bones baby wild:
And when Bernadette and Penny got pregnant on The Big Bang Theory:
On The 100, when Bellamy betrayed everyone and voted for Pike as chancellor:
And of course, when Clarke killed Bellamy, which was wildly out of character:
When Rick and Morty moved to the new Earth on Rick and Morty:
Alll the messed-up messaging about men and consent on Friends:
And when Joey and Rachel got together on Friends:
When Jackie and Fez got together on That '70s Show:
Regina's redemption arc on Once Upon a Time:
When Tyler was brutally assaulted in the bathroom on 13 Reasons Why:
Suggested by u/KovuthebilionThis show had already taken things too far in what they were willing to show onscreen. But once they moved past the source material of the book, it got even worse. This was genuinely so disturbing to watch, and I never turned on the show again. I don't think they needed to have yet ANOTHER character go through a sexual assault, and if they insisted on writing that, they still did not need to show it. It was so gratuitous and messed up.
When Roseanne revealed that the entire last season of Roseanne had just been a fictional story she was writing in a book:
When Christopher cheated on Adriana on The Sopranos:
When A was revealed to be Spencer's identical British twin, Alex, on Pretty Little Liars:
Suggested by u/cannoliruleYes, this happened right at the very end of the show, but it still made me mad (though to be fair, it hadn't been good since the time jump). It felt like they wanted to honor the novels — which gave Ali a twin — but did it in the worst possible way. I think Troian was the best actor on the show by far, but her British accent was so laughably bad I can't take it seriously. The whole thing was nonsensical and ridiculous.
When Kim showed up on Law & Order: SVU:
And finally, the end of How I Met Your Mother:
Now it's your turn — what TV plotline made you so furious, you had to stop watching the show, or at least take a break? Let us know in the comments below or via this anonymous form.
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