R.I.P.: Top TV Character Deaths of 20149 of 10
Character We'll Miss the Most: Dr. Lance Sweets, played by John Francis Daley.
Procedurals have a way of luring viewers into a sense of calm certainty. Yes, people die on these shows -- they're crime-driven dramas, after all -- but the principal characters we spend time with week after week generally don't, for the most part. So when a major character who isn't usually in harm's way suddenly dies, it can feel like a punch in the gut...especially when that character is a gentle, principled, intelligent man like Lance Sweets.
Sweets died in the crossfire of a conspiracy that threatened to lock his best friend Booth away in prison, and he also left behind an unborn child with his love Daisy. But as he expired, Sweets was able to leave clues that ultimately helped the team find his murderer and granted them another lead in undoing the forces working against them. The team's memorial for Sweets was fittingly low-key. The show is slowly moving on, but we're not quite ready to... not yet.
Procedurals have a way of luring viewers into a sense of calm certainty. Yes, people die on these shows -- they're crime-driven dramas, after all -- but the principal characters we spend time with week after week generally don't, for the most part. So when a major character who isn't usually in harm's way suddenly dies, it can feel like a punch in the gut...especially when that character is a gentle, principled, intelligent man like Lance Sweets.
Sweets died in the crossfire of a conspiracy that threatened to lock his best friend Booth away in prison, and he also left behind an unborn child with his love Daisy. But as he expired, Sweets was able to leave clues that ultimately helped the team find his murderer and granted them another lead in undoing the forces working against them. The team's memorial for Sweets was fittingly low-key. The show is slowly moving on, but we're not quite ready to... not yet.