9 Worst TV Show Fake-Out Deaths

5. Sherlock's 'Suicide' - Sherlock

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This one was mildly annoying since it was immediately clear it was fake; it would be really hard for a show called Sherlock to continue after the title character’s death, after all. The season two finale has Sherlock leap to his death on Moriarty’s order. We later see his lifeless body after the fall and Watson giving an emotional speech at his funeral, so he seems pretty dead.

Of course, this isn’t the case, since the last shot reveals he’s alive and well. We had to wait till season three to find out how he survived the leap, and even then his explanation has holes. Of all the selections on this list Sherlock just about gets away with this bait and switch tactic, even if did briefly make Cumberbatch fans really upset.

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