WTF? "Did That Just Happen?" moments

[Palimelon]

One of my all time favorite crazy moments ever was when Kimberly removed her wig for the first time on the original Melrose Place.

 

[Spartan Girl]

Ooh, good idea for a new thread!

Breaking Bad had so many, but my top choice would be Walt running over those two guys with his car.

And of course Gus getting his face blown off.

[Dimity]

Old one that will only mean something to long time fans of Coronation Street - when evil Alan Bradley is chasing Rita and gets killed by a tram.  He didn't see it coming and neither did I!

[Notabug]

Still a shocker: Carter and Lucy on ER:

 

https://youtu.be/9AdUR_2IhzY?si=Xr3tg1-imuwZN5jy

For months afterwards, people would show up on the ER fan sites to talk about it.  Most common question?  What was the song playing?  Answer: Battleflag by the Low Fidelity All Stars.

This scene was at the end of one episode.  The opening scene of the following episode when Kerry finally finds them is also amazing.

Both episodes were stellar.  ER Season 6. Be Still My Heart and All in the Family.

Edited October 25 by Notabug

[SusieQ]

Better Call Saul: Howard, Lalo! Enough said.

[Raja]

The classic,  heroes Magnum PI and Rick murder the Russian spy Ivan on his way to being deported 

[Dimity]

Killing Henry Blake on MASH.  Still can't rewatch the ending of that episode.

[Domestic Assassin]

Nina's execution on The Americans. It was one of those things we all knew was going to happen at some point but it was still a complete surprise when it actually happened.

[DearEvette]

5 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

And of course Gus getting his face blown off.

This is my number one.  I remember when my husband and I were watching this at first we were like 'Aw come on! How did he survive that?' and then.. the camera panned around him...

[Raja]

Many moments on Ozark. Number 1 is when Darlene blew off the gangster prince's manhood with her shotgun for Ruth.

[Crashcourse]

In Breaking Bad there were so many WTF?? deaths, one of them being Tortuga getting his head chopped off and put on the back of an explosive turtle.  

 

Edited October 25 by Crashcourse

[meep.meep]

Tony getting hit by the bus on Skins

On True Blood - the vampire attacks and kills a news anchor while the cameras are rolling and then delivers a monologue about how humans and vampires are not equal because vampires are better.

[Mabinogia]

3 hours ago, Dimity said:

Killing Henry Blake on MASH.  Still can't rewatch the ending of that episode.

I do rewatch it, because it was brilliantly done, but only if I'm willing to bawl my eyes out for the next few hours. It is such a sucker punch to the heart. 

[Blergh]

One moment that came out if nowhere that wound up a total shocker:Rosalind getting the shaft in L.A. Law.

She had gone from being the firm's nemesis to being the senior partner Leland's companion but just as the two were on the verge of breaking up   ,she stepped through the open elevator door to hop on the elevator she assumed was waiting for her- only to plummet down said empty shaft. No I sure didn't see that one coming!

Edited October 26 by Blergh

[Palimelon]

The Alias season 2 finale cliffhanger was one huge WTF moment. Yeah, what we ended up getting in season 3 wasn't a satisfying explanation/resolution to it, but man, a great scene building up slowly - Sydney waking up in Hong Kong with no memory of how she got there, having a scar on her torso, Vaughn suddenly wearing a wedding ring - to "You've been missing for almost two years".

Man, seasons 1 and 2 of Alias were such great TV.

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No I sure didn't see that one coming!

Neither did Rosalind.

Edited October 25 by Palimelon

[Blergh]

@Palimelon

Actually, Rosalind's fatal misstep was not seeing that it wasn't coming. .

 

[andromeda331]

15 hours ago, Notabug said:

Still a shocker: Carter and Lucy on ER:

 

https://youtu.be/9AdUR_2IhzY?si=Xr3tg1-imuwZN5jy

For months afterwards, people would show up on the ER fan sites to talk about it.  Most common question?  What was the song playing?  Answer: Battleflag by the Low Fidelity All Stars.

This scene was at the end of one episode.  The opening scene of the following episode when Kerry finally finds them is also amazing.

Both episodes were stellar.  ER Season 6. Be Still My Heart and All in the Family.

My mom was a huge ER fan. She talked about that scene for weeks afterwards.

[AgathaC]

18 hours ago, Dimity said:

Killing Henry Blake on MASH.  Still can't rewatch the ending of that episode.

According to my grandparents, one of my great uncles was so upset and traumatized, he never watched that show again.

[Blergh]

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12 hours ago, AgathaC said:

According to my grandparents, one of my great uncles was so upset and traumatized, he never watched that show again.

I remember watching it on TV when it was first broadcast in 1975 and I will never forget Mama literally bursting into tears in front of me over this.

Yes, we warmed up to Colonel Potter (and I was relieved that he had the backbone Col. Blake had lacked) however Mama always had a soft spot for Col.  Blake for the rest of the show's time.

[Mabinogia]

6 minutes ago, Blergh said:

Yes, we warmed up to Colonel Potter (and I was relieved that he had the backbone Col. Blake had lacked) however Mama always had a soft spot for Col.  Blake for the rest of the show's time.

I loved Col. Potter but Blake's death, he was such a simple guy. The thing that always struck me about MASH is that these weren't really soldier, fighters, they were doctors, healers and they were stuck in the middle of a nightmare. All Henry wanted was to go home, back to his life. The only thing that makes it bearable is knowing that he died happy, on his way home. (I know he's not a real person, but according to my uncle who was in a MASH unit back in the 70s, it was very accurate in its depiction of how these medical non-soldiers dealt with being in hell, so that makes them feel very real, in a way that, I can imagine that really having happened to at least one man coming back from war.)