Top 10 Shocking Moments In TV in 2023
These are the TV moments that blindsided people in 2023. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at TV’s most buzzed-about water cooler moments of 2023.
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00:00 I'll go talk to him.
00:02 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at TV's most buzzed-about
00:06 water cooler moments of 2023.
00:09 In case you're not up to date on your watch list, this list is nothing but drama bombs.
00:14 Please, let me go.
00:18 You'd just come after her.
00:21 Number 10, Golden Boy Goes Boom - Gen V
00:26 By the end of the pilot, viewers thought they had a grasp on where this spin-off of the boys was headed.
00:31 Golden Boy, aka Luke, seemed like another Homelander in the making,
00:36 while Rich Brink was established as the big bad puppet master.
00:40 Those preconceived notions go up in flames when Luke incinerates Brink, commencing a rampage.
00:47 [Rampage]
00:53 If you were expecting any of our young heroes to save the day,
00:56 it becomes clear that the only one who can stop Golden Boy is himself.
01:01 [Rampage]
01:06 Not seeing a way out, Luke chooses to blow himself up, rather than face the wrath of social media.
01:12 Mixing the supernatural with echoes of real-world violence,
01:15 this cliffhanger establishes a tone for what would be an explosive first season.
01:21 [Rampage]
01:27 Number 9, Frost Sr. Gets Iced - Poker Face
01:32 When it comes to Rian Johnson, we expect the unexpected.
01:36 Thank you.
01:37 Yet he still lays out a plethora of rugs waiting to be pulled out from under us.
01:42 Poker Face is less of a whodunit and more of a how-catch-em,
01:46 usually revealing who's guilty up front.
01:49 The season finale, Toys With The Rules as Charlie,
01:52 finally comes face-to-face with Sterling Frost Sr.
01:55 Although his presence is felt throughout the season,
01:58 this marks Ron Pellman's first on-screen appearance as the casino kingpin.
02:03 I don't blame you for my son's death.
02:06 Given the role Charlie played in his son's downfall,
02:08 she's as surprised as the audience when Frost offers her a mutually beneficial deal.
02:14 That's all that for a job.
02:16 $500,000 clean cash, which I hope you will regard as the beginning of a mutually beneficial relationship.
02:23 Both are being set up, however, with Frost getting shot in the dark,
02:27 and Charlie left holding a gun.
02:29 [Gunshots]
02:34 Number 8, Taken Hostage - Brad Pitt - Dave
02:38 Remember Bella, that obsessed fan who gave Dave a concrete sculpture of his head in season 3 premiere?
02:44 It's you.
02:46 Oh, that's me.
02:48 Well, Bella follows Dave home in the season finale,
02:51 and is every bit as unhinged as we assumed.
02:54 What the hell?
02:56 Hey, no. Please stop.
02:59 Whether you're an A-lister like Brad Pitt, or a flourishing B-lister like Lil Dicky,
03:03 this is every celebrity's worst nightmare.
03:06 Dave and Brad find themselves in the same boat when Bella takes them hostage,
03:11 insisting that they jam together.
03:13 [Singing]
03:18 Our money was on Dave cracking first, but it's Brad who loses it,
03:22 ending up on the receiving end of a crossbow.
03:25 [Screaming]
03:29 Dave saves the day with some help from Gator, and his $7,000 doll.
03:35 Whether or not Brad/Luke survived, he's a pit of his former self.
03:41 7. Barbecue Jackie - Yellow Jackets
03:44 From the get-go, we knew that the Yellow Jackets didn't survive those 19 months in the wilderness on a vegetarian diet.
03:51 That didn't make it any less unsettling when we finally saw how the team turned to cannibalism.
03:56 After Jackie dies, Shauna is the first to take a nibble.
04:00 Hey, pregnancy comes with unusual cravings, especially while stranded in the woods.
04:05 The team decides to take Jackie off the menu by cremating her body.
04:09 This backfires, as the snow results in Jackie being slow-cooked.
04:14 [Singing]
04:20 Overpowered by the forces of nature and their own hunger,
04:23 the team can't deny the intoxicated feast that's been bestowed.
04:27 [Singing]
04:33 It may be a desperate last resort, but the team eats like royalty nonetheless.
04:38 This isn't what Coach Ben signed up for.
04:41 [Sounds of a fire]
04:45 6. The Telltale Heart - The Fall of the House of Usher
04:49 Just when you thought Camille's encounter with a chimpanzee would be the show's most harrowing death,
04:54 [Sound of a chimpanzee]
04:57 Mike Flanagan topped himself with a fresh take on The Telltale Heart.
05:01 While any Edgar Allan Poe enthusiast knows how the story ends,
05:05 this version takes an especially twisted turn.
05:08 [Sound of a door opening]
05:10 [Screaming]
05:11 Unable to get a ticking noise out of her head,
05:14 Victorine suddenly remembers her last argument with her girlfriend, Ally.
05:18 With Ally ready to expose the Usher family for the monsters they are,
05:21 Victorine throws a bookend and things escalate from there.
05:25 Victorine attempts to cover up the murder,
05:27 but the guilt consumes her with every chirp from a heart-mesh device.
05:32 Unable to live with what she's done, the episode builds to a heartbreakingly gothic conclusion.
05:38 "And if we're going to succeed, we just need a better hunch."
05:45 5. The Home Invasion - Beef
05:48 What started with a bit of road rage between the petty Danny and Amy,
05:52 spirals into a Shakespearean tragedy.
05:55 The two rope their loved ones into the mix with Danny's cousin kidnapping Amy's daughter.
06:00 "All around the mulberry bush, the monkey chased the weasel."
06:04 Amy lures the kidnappers to a wealthy friend's house,
06:07 where the hostage crisis snowballs into involuntary manslaughter.
06:11 Panic rooms are designed to protect people,
06:14 but when you're only halfway through the door, it has the opposite effect.
06:18 [Sound of a door opening]
06:20 [Screaming]
06:22 While Danny and Amy both make it out in one piece,
06:25 they've never been more resolute in destroying one another.
06:28 [Screaming]
06:33 As this story reaches its final stretch,
06:35 the two go from loathing each other to embracing one another,
06:38 finding that no matter how hard they try, these miserable souls are tethered together.
06:44 4. Joel's Choice - The Last of Us
06:48 If you played the game, you were well aware that this first season would culminate
06:52 in Joel making an impossible choice.
06:55 While the show does deviate from the source material,
06:58 that doesn't take away from this gut-wrenching showdown between Joel and the Fireflies.
07:02 "Find someone else." "There is no one else.
07:05 We didn't tell her, we didn't cause her any fear, there won't be any pain."
07:08 "No, you take me to her, you take me to her right now!"
07:11 [Grunts]
07:13 Unwilling to sacrifice Ellie for the greater good,
07:15 Joel puts down anybody who stands in his way, including Marlene.
07:19 "Can't keep her safe forever."
07:24 "No matter how hard you try, no matter how many people you kill, she's gonna grow up, Joel."
07:30 Newcomers experiencing this story for the first time would join a debate that rages on even 10 years later.
07:36 Did Joel do the right thing? Or is he the true villain?
07:41 "Please, let me go."
07:45 "You'd just come after her."
07:48 In any case, Joel is content with his decision.
07:51 Likewise, Ellie is willing to stay in the dark, but it's only a matter of time until the brutal truth shines a light.
07:58 Number 3. The Time Jump - Barry
08:01 "Sally, I know this is crazy, but if I could just stay here." "Let's go."
08:07 Halfway through this dark comedy's final season, we find ourselves in the middle of nowhere
08:12 as a farmer breaks up a fight between two boys.
08:15 Is this another flashback to Barry's childhood? One of his surreal dreams?
08:20 It turns out that Barry and Sally have been on the run for several years, now married with a son.
08:26 "I'll go talk to him."
08:29 Not since Lost has a time jump left us more eager for the next episode.
08:34 Although this twist catches us off guard, it brilliantly ties into the show's overarching theme.
08:40 Barry has spent most of his life running from who he is, wearing various different masks.
08:45 Just when Barry is ready to reveal his true self to the world, his vengeful acting teacher inadvertently changes the narrative.
08:53 Number 2. Worst Christmas Ever - The Bear
08:58 The Bear is an authentic representation of how stressful it can get in the kitchen.
09:03 The tension only boils over when Carmi's family sits down to dinner one Christmas.
09:08 "What the hell is the point of seven fishes? I don't get it." "Oh, I know the answer."
09:12 "Well, it's biblical, okay?"
09:14 It's all downhill after Michael starts chucking forks at his mother's boyfriend, Lee.
09:19 As Michael throws silverware, Lee eggs him on with insults, making for one of TV's most intense games of chicken.
09:26 "I just need four seconds. Come on, dude." "Michael, Michael."
09:30 "Throw the fork, Lee. Michael." "See what I did? I threw the fork. Tiff, tiff, tiff."
09:35 Between these two, the night is destined to end with a big blowout.
09:38 But it's matriarch Donna who ultimately leaves the family and the house in shambles.
09:44 After Stevie seemingly defuses the situation, Natalie makes the mistake of asking Donna if she's okay.
09:50 If the ensuing tirade doesn't answer Natalie's question, Donna, running the car through the house, will.
09:56 Merry Christmas?
10:06 Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honourable mentions.
10:10 Ben is alive. Only murders in the building.
10:14 And he's dead again.
10:16 Peter falls through the ice. The Great.
10:23 How will the show continue without him?
10:25 Oh, wait. It's cancelled.
10:28 "Actually, I... Oh, shit."
10:33 Urgent care. What we do in the shadows.
10:36 We're entering unfamiliar territory.
10:39 "I paid him to do it. He turned me into a vampire."
10:41 "Derek, you could have been turned by a legendary vampire, and you gave it away to Derek."
10:50 Rick primes death. Rick and Morty.
10:53 That's one less Rick to worry about.
10:56 "Do with it. Hang out with my grandson. Raise echoes of my daughter."
11:01 Dre's rampage begins. Swarm.
11:04 Dominique Fishback unleashes one of the year's most horrifying screen presences.
11:09 "That can't be right."
11:11 "Dre! Dre, wait!"
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11:32 1. Logan is dead. We're serious, people.
11:37 Succession. With a title like "Succession", it only made sense that Logan Roy would die in the final season.
11:44 We guarantee that everyone lost the Deadpool, though, as nobody expected Logan to go three episodes in.
11:50 When Tom calls the Roy siblings from a plane, telling them that something is wrong with Logan,
11:55 we're half convinced that it's some kind of power play.
11:58 "What's going on?" "Tom? Tom, are you still there?"
12:00 "Is he okay? What's going on? What is it? Is he okay?"
12:04 Even as the reality of Logan's death sinks in, we don't entirely accept it until the paramedics tend to his body.
12:11 Most of us will never live like the Roys, but when it comes to death,
12:14 the show nails just how suddenly anyone can exit this world, regardless of wealth.
12:20 "Yeah, but I, I, uh, it's okay. Um, and, and, and, and I love you."
12:30 Logan's death unites the family, but that was never going to last. Sorry, Kendall.
12:36 Which TV moment will stick with you well past the New Year? Let us know in the comments.
12:45 "I make things beautiful for them."
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12:56 [Music]