It’s been another year filled with great tv shows, notable episodesand some truly WTF moments that shocked us to our core.
Obviously, people like Succession Season 4 And The Fall of House Usher have had several shocking moments in their seasons alone, but here we’ve tried to narrow down the most oh-wow-that-really-just-happened of all – from really terrible Christmas dinners In The bear to even worse orgies The Fall of House Usher.
Some of these moments are memorable in a good way, others in a bad way (hello, The idol) – but what they all have in common is their shock factor. Get ready for a countdown of the most WTF TV scenes of 2023.
7. Yellow jackets Season 2, an unforgettable feast
who is hungry?
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Is it really realistic that a slow-burning pyre could transform a human corpse into a perfectly cooked dish? Not according to the chefs IRL. But you don’t have to be realistic to do something shocking, and that’s exactly the point of the story. Yellow jackets Season 2, episode 2 is. It’s partly due to the horrific inevitability of the moment – the threat of cannibalism has loomed over the series since its premiere – but mostly it’s the visual of the girls succumbing to their desperate hunger and huddling hungrily against the charred body of their deceased teammate. Definitely not one to watch with dinner. — Sam Haysom, UK Deputy Editor
How to watch: Yellow jackets is now streaming on Showtime.
6. The Fall of House UsherPerry’s acid orgy
An unwanted guest.
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You can’t really get much more WTF than an orgy that ends abruptly due to acid rain falling from the ceiling, can you? The first of the Usher siblings die, Perry (Sauriyan Sapkota) death truly stays with you, after its partygoers melt at midnight thanks to toxic waste-filled water sprinklers at the abandoned Fortunato Test Facility. With this horrible interpretation of The Story of Edgar Allan Poe “The Mask of the Red Death”Flanagan makes it clear from the start that The Fall of House Usher Ain’t gonna pull any punches with the way it is characters – and, in this case, their very unlucky friends – meet their end.* -SH
How to watch: The Fall of House Usher is now streaming on Netflix.
5. The bear Season 2, The Christmas Dinner Car Crash
Worse. Christmas. Never.
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The entirety of The bear Season 2It is Episode “Fish” is tense, but it gradually descends into WTF territory as we get closer to Christmas dinner. Set approximately five years before the restaurant’s impending opening, “Pisces” follows the Berzatto family during a chaotic, argument-fueled holiday gathering. It’s a brutal but brilliant episode that ranges from family feuds to near-fork fights and, ultimately, Jamie Lee Curtis driving a car through a wall. You didn’t see that coming, did you? -SH
How to watch: The bear is now streaming on Hulu.
4. The last of usthe fate of Henry and Sam
This doesn’t end well for these two.
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TV episodes don’t come much more devastating than this one. After lose Tess (Anna Torv), ambushed and having to fight her way out vengeful rebels, little clickers And awkward bloatingit finally looks like Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are about to take a break from episode 5. They made new friends in Kansas City! Their little party is getting bigger! Of course, it’s too good to be true. The episode ends in two-part utter despair, first with the discovery that their new companion Sam (Keivonn Woodard) was infected during their escape from the QZ. Then Henry (Lamar Johnson) is forced to shoot his own little brother to save Ellie and immediately commits suicide.* -SH
How to watch: The last of us is now streaming on Max.
3. Successionthe “frozen blood brick”
A conversation that no one expected.
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When potential Waystar buyer Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) admits to Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) that he “may be in trouble”, the last thing we expect from him is that he harassed his communications manager, Ebba (Eili Harboe) by sending him large quantities of his own blood (“Half a liter brick of frozen blood. As a joke.”). Shiv, who is just as surprised as we are, immediately gives some sage advice: “Stop sending your blood to people. ” It’s just one of many WTF moments In SuccessionIt’s the last season.* -SH
How to watch: Succession is now streaming on Max.
2. The idolthis ridiculous ending
No.
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From cult shock collars has confusing actor choices, The idol had no shortage of WTF moments. But it is the The series finale this delivered the most ridiculous moment of all.
After spending the entire season watching pop star Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) struggle under the thumb of manipulative club owner Tedros Tedros (Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye), The idol reveals that — twist! — Jocelyn was in control all the time. It is a narrative turning point which that does not make any sense in the context of the rest of the season, undermining the few exciting things The idol had to say about fame in the first place. Additionally, it makes the disturbing (and frankly harmful) claim that Tedros was the real victim of the show. Like the rest of The idol, this ending seeks to provoke and excite, only to fall agonizingly flat. — Belen Edwards, entertainment journalist
How to watch: The idol is now streaming on Max.
1. Scott Pilgrim takes offwhen Scott really, really takes off
Wait, Scott wins this, right? FAKE.
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To make this list for a moment, it has to be of the caliber that could make you scream at the screen. And beyond that essential introduction, the opening episode of the animated series Scott Pilgrim takes off blew us away with a narrative bomb: Scott Pilgrim dies?!?! It was the twist that fans didn’t see coming.
At the end of Episode 1 of Netflix’s adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel series, the eponymous protagonist (voiced by Michael Cera) faces Matthew Patel (Satya Bhabha), the first “ex “Maleficent” of the love of Scott’s life. , Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Of course, they have to fight, but unlike the comics or the 2010 movie, Scott is not victorious. Instead, it literally evaporates into spare change. He dies!!! What!??
Mashable Film editor Kristy Puchko asked O’Malley and series co-creator BenDavid Grabinski about it – you should read the whole interview – and some of the decisions came down to exploring other characters’ narratives. “We were both talking about how it would be great if we could find a way to tell the story a little more from Ramona’s point of view – and if we could spend more time with the exes.” Grabinski said. “Because if the story is about Scott fighting the exes, that’s always going to take up a lot of plot. And the exes die, so they can’t interact with each other.”
We understand, but still, WTF?! — Shannon Connellan, UK editor
How to watch: Scott Pilgrim takes off is now streaming on Netflix.
*This blurb appeared on a previous Mashable list.
