sprint ins with household appliances and mob hits have all claimed well-loved TV characters,but the most affecting deaths often came out of the blueSpoiler alert: this article contains spoilers for every explain mentionedThe killer Crock-Pot, from This Is Us, and is not the first time a kitchen appliance has been complicit in bumping off a TV character. Remember destitute Helen Flynn from Spooks? In 2002,the headlong BBC spy caper was in such a hurry to set up the high-wire stakes of its morally compromised world that Lisa Faulkner’s keen-as-mustard MI5 rookie turned out to be a lot more expendable than her prominent billing suggested. While catfishing an unctuous rightwing moneybags suspected of orchestrating race riots, Helen was captured and horrifically tortured – her hand, or then face plunged into a grotty,hissing deep fat fryer. Helen was then briskly executed with a headshot. In episode two! Functioning as both a shocking twist and rather callous statement that No-One Is secure, it gave the slick drama an instant patina of edginess while generating a record-breaking number of complaints. GVContinue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk