20 Most Intense TV Scenes Ever

10. The Final Interview - The Jinx

Robert Durst The Jinx
HBO

One of the finest true crime documentaries seen on TV, the format of The Jinx, largely made up of interviews with its subject Robert Durst, immediately lends itself to a sense of intensity, but while it might not be scripted TV, there's nothing quite like the show's very final scene.

After all the interviews have been conducted, we're left with a static image, and audio of a Durst who seemingly has no idea his microphone is still turned on. Despite previous issuing denials, in the men's room we hear him ramble:

"There it is, you’re caught. What a disaster... What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course."

Only adding to the drama was that Durst was actually arrested a few hours before the finale ended, and those final moments, while open to interpretation, are so uniquely shocking it's incredible to think they're actually real.

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