10 Most Shockingly Sudden Exits From TV Shows

10. Michelle Rodriguez (Ana Lucia Cortez) - Lost

Lost fans were extremely excited when it was announced that Michelle Rodriguez had joined the cast for the show's second season, playing tail section survivor Ana Lucia Cortez.

Though Ana Lucia's antagonistic ways quickly made her one of the series' most-loathed characters, fans nevertheless expected her to stick around for the long haul.

A big shock it was, then, when she was suddenly shot to death by Michael (Harold Perrineau) along with Libby (Cynthia Watros) near the end of season two.

The deaths of Ana Lucia and Libby came so abruptly that many fans even speculated that they'd both been hastily written off the show due to their separate DUI arrests during filming.

However, both Rodriguez and the show's producers have since confirmed that the plan was always for Ana Lucia to be a single-season character, and the charges had nothing to do with her sudden departure.