Television shows love to shock us.
Whether we’re talking about a scripted twist Sally’s first kill onBarry, anyone?
Below, we’ve rounded up the 29 TV moments we haven’t stopped thinking about from this year.
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Turned out, they’d have to wait a lot longer to see Gatwa’s Doc.
It was the one thing you’d never expect fromResidentEvil:Dua Lipa.
We’d like to think that this musical break speaks to the under-appreciated charm of the show.
David Tennant on ‘Doctor Who’.BBC America
The shockers kept coming through episode 9, “The Green Council.”
In an instant, self-defense becomes brutal catharsis.
It was disturbing because it somehow, secretly, deep down, felt gratifying.
‘Resident Evil’.Netflix
We completely weren’t even thinking about anything else that might rival that depravity.
Emmys for the giant dick when, Academy?N.R.
to help her daughter out, lest she dislocate her shoulder.
Matthew Needham as Larys Strong on ‘House of the Dragon’.Gary Moyes/HBO
Lalo kills Howard,Better Call Saul
Ah, Lalo!
He was the most chipper if not the most chilling antagonist in theBreaking Bad/Better Call Sauluniverse.
He exchanged small talk with Howard (“I just need to talk to my lawyers.”
Linda Cardellini on season 3 of ‘Dead to Me’.Saeed Adyani / Netflix
“You want some advice?
Find better lawyers.")
while fitting the silencer on his gun before depositing a bullet into Howard’s head.
Sarah Goldberg and Bill Hader in ‘Barry’.Merrick Morton/ HBO
There were no words for the audience and there was no going back for these characters.
That flickering flame of a candle would be forever burned into the brain at Howard’s end.
That little confession totally fd with our head.
Brett Geddes appears as Termite in one unforgettable scene in ‘The Boys’ season 3.Amazon Prime
Brenner’s (Matthew Modine) very first test subject.
But wait, there’s more!
became Vecna, who was responsible for the creation of twist no.
Kendall Jenner on ‘The Kardashians’.Hulu
During the 94th Academy Awards,Chris Rocktook the stage to present the award for Best Documentary Feature.
Jane 2, can’t wait to see it.”
The trailer even showcased Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) watching Luke (Grant Feely) through his binoculars.
Tony Dalton as Lalo Salamanca on ‘Better Call Saul’.Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television
Not her force sensitive brother, as we all expected.
But you know we love it.M.L.L.
If the show gets a third season and it should!
‘Spring Awakening’ won eight Tony Awards for its original run.Joan Marcus
it becomes anyone’s game in the battle of the sexes.N.R.
like theMinxpilot’s penis parade.
It’s a diverse panoply of options.
Jamie Campbell Bower’s One stares down Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven in ‘Stranger Things’ season 4.NETFLIX
As Bambi (Jessica Lowe) puts it, “Not all weiners are the same, babes.
There’s shorties, fatties, long ones, flatties.”
Surely that’s a typo, we all thought.
Will Smith hits Chris Rock at the Oscars.Rob Latour/Shutterstock
They must mean 18!
But no, reader, they did not.
Jessica Leon
Gavin Leatherwood exitsThe Sex Lives of College Girls
Talk about a devastating breakup.
‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’.Lucasfilm Ltd.
At first, the romance seemed unlikely.
Then, thing gotveryhot andveryheavy.
And then, it was revealed that Nico had been hiding a girlfriend the entire time.
Tamaris Sepulveda appears in ‘FBoy Island’ season 2.Hassen Salum/HBO Max
So when Leatherwood announced he wouldn’t be returning for season 2?
(Although Kimberly has already moved on, so there’s that.)
Zanab’s 180 at the altar,Love Is Blind
Everythingseemedto be going fine.
Ophelia Lovibond and Jake Johnson on ‘Minx’.HBO Max
“I believe that love is blind because of you.”
Awww, how sweet!
“I can’t marry you, and I don’t.”
‘All American: Homecoming’.The CW
After all this time, it seems she’s done pickingGrey’s, choosingGrey’s, or lovingGrey’s.
right?Right?!
Not in the world ofOnly Murders In the Building!
Jessica Reynolds as Malva in ‘Outlander’.Robert Wilson/Starz
Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) battling a comet with the superpowers she inherited from all her friends?
But perhaps the biggest twist of the CW series' fifth season was how it ended.
Well, this is definitely going to make for an interesting final season.
Cobie Smulders reprises her role as Robin Scherbatsky.Patrick Wymore/Hulu
So imagine fans' surprise when he announced he’d be leaving the show in its 10th season.
Intelligence hasn’t been the same without him.
Kamala Khan is a mutant,Ms.
HBO Max
Marvelseries decided to spend timeexploring her Pakistani rootsandreconfigured the nature of her superpowers.
But what about where those powers came from?
Christian Holub
Every episode ofYellowjackets
Could we have picked one shocking moment fromYellowjackets?
Zanab Jaffrey on ‘Love Is Blind’.Netflix
Could it have been the cannibalistic opening of the entire series?
Or could it have been the teens getting high off mushrooms and nearly killing Travis (Kevin Alves)?
I mean, the act itself is in the show title, for crying out loud.
Ellen Pompeo in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.Liliane Lathan/ABC
But what made the loss of Rosita so profoundly devastating was the performance Christian Serratos put into it.
Dalton Ross
Jordan Elsass leavesSuperman & Lois
It’s a bird!
It’s a plane!
Paul Rudd in ‘Only Murders in the Building’.Hulu
It’s … a totally different actor playing Jonathan Kent whenSuperman & Loisreturns for season 3?
A few weeks later,his replacement was found in Australian actor Michael Bishop.
Will the series even address onscreen how Jonathan looks alotdifferent all of a sudden?
The CW
We’ll just have to wait and see.
Talk about a bumpy knight.M.L.L.
Sauron reigns in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’.Prime Video
Jesse Lee Soffer on ‘Chicago P.D.'.Lori Allen/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
Matt Lintz and Iman Vellani in ‘Ms. Marvel’.Daniel McFadden/Marvel Studios
Kevin Alves and Sophie Nélisse on ‘Yellowjackets’.Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME
Christian Serratos in ‘The Walking Dead’ series finale.Jace Downs/AMC
Jordan Elsass in ‘Superman & Lois’.Katie Yu/The CW
Oscar Isaac in ‘Moon Knight’.Marvel Studios
