TV Meme: Day 30-Saddest Character Death

With some shows, it's virtually pointless to become attached to anyone, since characters can drop like flies (I'm looking at you 24) and when (not if) they eventually meet the reaper, you're saddened, but deal with the pain quickly and move on to guess who the next victim will be.

ER was never like that. Though plenty of deaths occurred, rarely were they of the main cast, as most of the staff at Cook County General left outside a body bag. Lucy Knight was not so lucky.

Lucy joined the staff at the beginning of Season 5 as an eager third year med student doing her ER rotation. She was a fantastic addition to the show as the new wide-eyed, inexperienced "kid" much like Carter was at the beginning of the series. And it was with a then-resident Carter that she had most of her interactions, both good and bad, but they eventually became good friends, even with a brief romance that ended almost before it began.

During the Valentine's Day episode of Season 6, a patient was admitted to the ER with symptoms that prompted Lucy to call for a psych consult, as she feared this seemingly normal law student in his mid-20s may have been having his first schizophrenic break. Toward the end of the episode, Carter looked at the board of ER patients and saw the same patient's name still up there, wondering why Lucy hadn't dumped him on Psych yet. Carter walked into the patient's room and suddenly, out of the shadows, the patient snuck up behind him, stabbing him in the back. Carter fell to the ground and, as the episode ended, he saw a pale and bloodied Lucy staring back at him in shock:

The next episode was dedicated to saving Carter and Lucy's lives, though only one of them made it. Lucy remained alive through most of the episode, being stabilized and operated on, but eventually died of complications, casting a dark cloud over the entire hospital.

Lucy wasn't on the show as long as most of the cast, but her young age, the surprise of the attack, her determination to help that patient, and the aftermath of Carter coping with the attack all played a large part in the overall sadness of her loss.

Well, this officially ends the month long TV Meme. Thanks for tuning in daily, assuming you did. It wasn't always easy to motivate myself to do a post, especially since I kept my regular daily features going, started a podcast, celebrated two birthdays, our anniversary and Father's Day.

I think I managed to work in at least one post for most of my favorite shows, except Dexter which was a close second in many categories. In case you've missed the past 29 days, here is a recap:

Day 01-An Unfairly Cancelled Show-Firefly
Day 02-A Show Needing More Viewers-Greek
Day 03-Favorite New Show From This Past Season-Flashforward (by default)
Day 04-Favorite Show of All Time-Friends
Day 05-A Show I Hate-Family Matters
Day 06-Favorite Episode of My Favorite Show-The One Where No One Is Ready: Friends, Season 3, Episode 2
Day 07-Least Favorite Episode of My Favorite Show-The One with the Invitation: Friends, Season 4, Episode 21
Day 08-A Show Everyone Should Watch-Coupling (Everyone of appropriate age, that is.)
Day 09-Best Scene Ever-Business School, Michael attends Pam's art exhibit: The Office, Season 3, Episode 16
Day 10-A Show I Thought I'd Hate But Ended Up Loving-True Blood
Day 11-A Show That Disappointed Me-Entourage
Day 12-An Episode I’ve Watched More Than 5 Times-Jose Chung's From Outer Space: The X-Files, Season 3, Episode 20
Day 13-Favorite Childhood Show-Sesame Street
Day 14-Favorite Male Character-Jack Bauer: 24
Day 15-Favorite Female Character-Lisa Cuddy: House, M.D.
Day 16-My Guilty Pleasure Show-American Idol
Day 17-Favorite Mini-Series-Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Day 18-Favorite Title Sequence-True Blood
Day 19-Best TV Show Cast-Lost
Day 20-Favorite Kiss-Gay Witch Hunt, Michael kisses Oscar to prove he's not homophobic: The Office, Season 3, Episode 1
Day 21-Favorite Relationship-The many Bluth Family relationships: Arrested Development
Day 22-Favorite Series Finale-Quantum Leap
Day 23-Most Annoying Character-Shane Botwin, Weeds
Day 24-Best Quote-"I'm not playing anymore. I don't know. I don't wanna know. I'm out.": Token, South Park, Season 6, Episode 13, The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers
Day 25-A Show I Plan on Rewatching-Lost
Day 26-Biggest Season Finale Shocker-Season 5 Finale of 24
Day 27-Best Pilot Episode-Mad Men
Day 28-First Show Obsession-Saved by the Bell
Day 29-Current Show Obsession-Buffy the Vampire Slayer

And just so you know, I'm not the only crazy person who participated in this meme. Here are a few others to check out:
Jess-Insight into Entertainment
Nick-Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob
Andrew-Encore's World of Film and TV
Travis-The Movie Encyclopedia

Thanks for reading and commenting! It kept me going.