Television kept viewers on their toes in 2019, as even the shows based on books veered into uncharted territory. Game of Thrones committed regicide in its bloody series finale, Euphoria made Grey’s Anatomy viewers forget Eric Dane was ever McSteamy, and The Mandalorian introduced the cutest “bounty” in the universe.
Scroll down to relive 10 of the biggest TV plot twists of 2019. (And beware: Major spoilers abound!)
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Television kept viewers on their toes in 2019, as even the shows based on books veered into uncharted territory. Game of Thrones committed regicide in its bloody series finale, Euphoria made Grey’s Anatomy viewers forget Eric Dane was ever McSteamy, and The Mandalorian introduced the cutest “bounty” in the universe. [jwplayer eTtrv57w-l3ahXupL] Scroll down to relive 10 of the biggest TV plot twists of 2019. (And beware: Major spoilers abound!)
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Television kept viewers on their toes in 2019, as even the shows based on books veered into uncharted territory. Game of Thrones committed regicide in its bloody series finale, Euphoria made Grey’s Anatomy viewers forget Eric Dane was ever McSteamy, and The Mandalorian introduced the cutest “bounty” in the universe. [jwplayer eTtrv57w-l3ahXupL] Scroll down to relive 10 of the biggest TV plot twists of 2019. (And beware: Major spoilers abound!)
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The Showtime drama’s fifth and final season jumped decades into the future, with Anna Paquin joining the cast as a grown-up Joanie, daughter of Cole (Joshua Jackson) and Alison (Ruth Wilson), who’s determined to discover what happened to her mother.
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In the season 1 finale of the Netflix dark comedy, Steve (James Marsden) tries to manipulate Jen (Christina Applegate), claiming that it was his wife, Judy (Linda Cardellini) who wanted to cover up the couple’s fatal hit-and-run of Jen’s husband. But Jen sees through his lie, and the next thing viewers know, a dead Steve is facedown in Jen’s pool.
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Eric Dane was anything but “McSteamy” on the HBO show: His character, Cal Jacobs, commits statutory rape against Jules (Hunter Schafer), who turns out to be a classmate of his son.
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In the HBO hit’s polarizing season finale, Jon Snow (Kit Harington) fatally stabs Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), his aunt and lover, after deciding that she’ll rule the Seven Kingdoms with violence, not benevolence.
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The Disney+ series set in the Star Wars universe delighted fans (and launched countless memes) when the Mandalorian’s bounty turned out to be a “baby” 50-year-old Yoda — or, at least, a 50-year-old of Yoda’s same species.
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As the Mind Flayer bore down on Starcourt Mall in the Netflix series’ third season, Robin (Maya Hawke) came out as gay to Steve (Joe Keery), thanks to Hawke’s “collaborative conversation” with the show creators about her character’s sexuality.
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A somber flash-forward in the NBC drama’s season 3 finale showed Rebecca Pearson (Mandy Moore) seemingly at the end of her life and unable to recognize her own son Randall (Sterling K. Brown).
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In another This Is Us shocker, the season 4 premiere revealed that baby Jack, son of Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Toby (Chris Sullivan), is blind — and that the rock star played by Blake Stadnik is the adult version of the character.
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Alpha (Samantha Morton) made the boundaries of her territory quite clear in season 9, lining up the decapitated heads of Ozzy, Alek, D.J., Frankie, Tammy Rose, Rodney, Addy, Enid, Tara, and Henry in one of the AMC drama’s biggest slaughters.
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Viewers who were missing Doctor Manhattan, the blue-skinned superhuman famous in Alan Moore’s graphic novel series, finally got their answers in the HBO drama’s seventh episode: He’s secretly been hiding in the body of Cal (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), husband of Angela (Regina King).
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