Why do so many of these characters have horrific deaths ?

Warning : This post mentions suicide

We understand character deaths are meant to advance the plot, but sometimes they end up leaving a bad taste in audiences’ mouths. From senseless tragedies to questionable murders, some of these character deaths are forever burned in our brains.

1.InDesperate Housewiveswhen Edie Britt was electrocuted:

2.InGrey’s Anatomywhen Heather Brooks was also electrocuted and died of a brain bleed:

3.InLost, when Boone died after Locke lied about how he sustained his injuries:

4.InGrey’s Anatomywhen Andrew DeLuca is stabbed by a human trafficker:

5.InThe Descent Part 2when Sarah sacrifices herself:

6.InOne Tree Hillwhen Quentin Fields was shot and killed:

7.InOne Tree Hillwhen Keith Scott was also shot and killed:

8.When J.T. Yorke was stabbed and killed inDegrassi:

9.When the baby inMother!is murdered:

10.InGame of Throneswhen Vary’s dies by dragon-fire:

11.Lostwhen Jin and Sun die together:

12.InScandalwhen David Rosen was murdered by Cyrus Beene:

13.InFear The Walking Deadwhen Nick Clark was shot and killed:

14.InWorld War Zwhen the doctor accidentally shoots himself and dies:

15.InBoneswhen Lance Sweets was beaten to death:

16.InScream 5when Dewey Riley was stabbed and killed:

17.InHostel 2when Lorna is brutally murdered:

18.In2012when Gordon is crushed to death:

19.And finally, inWould You Ratherwhen Iris' sick brother, Raleigh, dies by suicide:

Edie walks off as she tells Susan she wants to slap and shake her.

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Heather Brooks in scrubs exclaims, "I'm on Grey!"

Boone turns his head to the side and looks concerned.

Andrew DeLuca tells Meredith Grey he has to go.

Sarah closes her eyes as the creatures from The Descent walk past her.

Quentin cries and says, "You got a second chance, I wish I did."

Keith Scott tells someone "It gets better" inside a school building.

J.T. holds a bunny and smiles.

Jennifer Lawrence, who plays Mother, has a concerned expression.

Varys turns around and heads for the boat.

Several Lost characters, including Jin and Sun, stand together, looking around and appearing concerned.

David Rosen, in a suit and tie, wearing glasses, stands in a room and talks.

Nick Clark pulls back a curtain.

The doctor looks upward with a serious expression and exits the aircraft.

Lance Sweets, in a suit and tie, exclaims, "What?! Really?!"

Dewey Riley, in his police uniform, nods his head.

Lorna in Hostel 2 hangs upside down with a gag over their mouth in a dimly lit room with candles.

John Cusack's character, Jackson, yells out for Gordon as he holds onto a rope.

Iris looks up worriedly and says "Please, don't do this"