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* [[Television Without Pity]] frequenters are often split on the death of Lucy Knight on ''[[ER]]'', who, though annoying, got an incredibly good sendoff. Some were ecstatic that she was gone, under any circumstances. This story arc also had John Carter almost killed, and, since many fans were on the fence with him at that point, he garnered huge sympathy points.
* Owen's death (deaths?) in ''[[Torchwood]]''. That was largely helped by Tosh's own exit - well-acted and really quite heartbreaking.
* Cally's death on new ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]''. She had her fans, but more than her share of detractors, as well. It was so affecting that Jacob, the [[Television Without Pity]] recapper who made a regular running gag of her, devoted most of his recap of that episode to a deep psychological analysis of her (then again, Jacob writes deep psychological treatises about his breakfast muffin, so take this with a grain of salt). A good summary of the fan reaction would be [https://web.archive.org/web/20110711022501/http://frakkingtoasters.com//index.cgi?date=20080421 this].
** A lot of this has to do with the way she was offed. She was nearly [[Driven to Suicide]], talked down from it, immediately knocked unconscious by the same person who talked her down, and woke up in time to see said person holding ''Cally's own infant son'' in a maternal-looking manner. She then met Cally's gaze and ''gave a tiny smile'' before pushing the button that [[Thrown Out the Airlock|threw Cally out the airlock]]. Even for the haters, that was [[Disproportionate Retribution|a bit much.]]
*** So much, in fact, that the murderer than [[You Kill It, You Bought It|became a scrappy herself.]] She got no Alas when ''she'' was offed by the [[Laser-Guided Karma|man she made a widower]] [[Neck Snap|breaking her neck]].
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