25 Biggest WTF TV Moments Of 2016

14. Poussey's Death - Orange Is The New Black

Orange is the New Black Poussey's death
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In the fourth season's penultimate episode, a protest breaks out against Captain Piscatella's (Brad William Henke) harsh methods which grows increasingly violent, resulting in a scuffle where CO Bayley (Alan Aisenberg) restrains Poussey (Samira Wiley) but accidentally kneels down on her too hard, forcefully suffocating her to death.

As if this wasn't horrifying enough a fate for one of the show's most popular characters, her corpse lays in rest a day until the coroner arrives, and it's then revealed that she was a non-violent offender, being incarcerated for a fairly trivial drug offense.

And finally, the season ends with one lingering glimpse of Poussey in a flashback, smiling to the camera as a crushing final blow.

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