Top 10 Death Scene

Friday, 02 July 2010 10:07

In Entertainment Weekly’s listing of the 20 Most Shocking TV Deaths, the magazine ranks the death of Buffy’s mom, Joyce Summers, at No. 6. The magazine’s website writes that the series “often dealt with death, but never as directly or realistically as when Buffy's mom died not from a beastie or ghoul, but from a brain aneurysm. In the harrowing aftermath, we see every main character's response to Joyce's passing – Buffy's vomiting on the floor, Dawn's collapse, Willow's panic over what to wear to the hospital. The show's usual music and sharp humor are conspicuously absent, making it clear that Buffy's fantasy world was not immune to the trials of the real world.”