1. Carter and Lucy are stabbed, ER (2000): This episode started off typical enough. And it seemed like it would end the same way. The nurses threw a Valentine's Day party, and one person complained that the music was too loud. So loud, in fact, that nobody heard when Dr. Carter was stabbed in the back by a mentally ill patient upon entering his room. As he screamed out in agony, he knocked over a metal tray, causing a loud clanging sound (which still nobody heard). And in the final shot of the episode, as Carter lay gasping for breath on the floor, viewers saw that med student Lucy was lying bloody on the other side of the patient bed, looking much worse off than Carter. The entire scene played out to the song "Battleflag" by Lo Fidelity Allstars, an addictive thumping ballad that I downloaded soon after the episode ended.
Lucy and Carter are stabbed
2. Kimberly blows up the building, Melrose Place (1995): This scene was the epitome of addictive 90's trash tv. Michael's unstable ex Kimberly had been stalking him since their breakup, and her crazy behavior culminated in her blowing up the apartment building in the explosive season 3 finale. The special effects were laughably bad (especially now), and the building was miraculously rebuilt just a few episodes later, but this scene lives on as a campy classic from the 90's primetime soap era.
3. The Red Wedding, Game of Thrones (2013): The HBO hit is known for featuring a constant stream of gory character deaths, but this scene is still considered to be the most shocking and traumatizing for most fans. Robb Stark, his pregnant wife Talisa, and his mom Catelynn were attending the wedding of Robb's uncle Edmure at the home of Walder Frey, a former enemy of the Starks. Robb had previously gone back on a marriage pact with one of Frey's daughters, but he hoped that was in the past. Little did he know that Frey (with the support of Tywin Lannister) secretly planned to use the wedding as an opportunity to take out as many of the Starks as possible. Robb was a little nervous about attending the wedding, but by the reception everything seemed fine and everyone was having a good time. But suddenly the lights went dim and dozens of men pulled out knives, stabbing Talisa in the stomach until she collapsed. Catelynn grabbed Frey's young wife and held her at knifepoint, threatening to kill her unless the men let Robb go. Frey shrugged off the threat, stating that he would find another wife, as his men stabbed Robb in the chest. Catelynn then slit the throat of Frey's bride, before Frey's men slit Catelynn's throat. Not even Robb's direwolf Grey Wind made it out of the episode alive. It was a shocking massacre that wiped out three major characters in mere minutes and laid down the gauntlet for Thrones as the best show on tv.
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