9 Worst TV Show Fake-Out Deaths

We all love The X-Files but let’s be honest; it regularly played fast and loose with storytelling. It wasn’t above a twist or shock death for the sake of it, and the season four finale is a classic example. The final scene finds an upset Mulder, who after learning everything he believes in is a lie, and Scully was given terminal cancer because of his actions.

We then learn through Scully that Mulder committed suicide that night, and that’s how the show ends. In season five it's revealed Mulder shot a government spy in the face, making him unrecognisable. He then assumed this guy's identity, and for a time the man with no face is assumed by all to be Mulder's corpse.

It’s ridiculous, and not in a fun way. It wasn’t the biggest stretch the show had made, but it was a really limp cliffhanger since no one believed it from the start.