10 TV Characters Who Went Through Hell To Win (And Died Anyway)

Poor Peter. Like True Blood before it, Hemlock Grove made a point from its opening episodes to distinguish itself from the then-dwindling but once massive Twilight franchise by showcasing an impressive amount of sex and gory, gory violence. This element was rarely better embodied than in Peter’s pointless sacrifice, which made for impressive make up effects and little else in storytelling terms.

See, series protagonist Peter realizes before his climactic face off with vargulf Christina that he’s going to have to do more than fight—as the man himself puts it, the price of this turn will be his human face. And it’s a price he pays, with the vargulf version of his murderous nemesis eating his face—after he was kind enough to coat it in bacon grease to coax her (yes, really, it’s that sort of show so just go with it).

And after having his face torn off, the heroic sacrifice pays off, right?

Er… Kind of, inasmuch as Christina is eventually defeated and Peter does revert to human form, face thankfully intact, but the manoeuvre still costs him his life and it isn’t actually enough to stop Christina. Instead she’s offed by Shelley, who in turn is shot by the sheriff (not the deputy), rendering Peter’s not-inconsiderable contribution of having his face mauled off pretty much irrelevant.