Alison Bailey from The Affair
It remains unclear what behind-the-scenes circumstances resulted in the suicide of Alison Bailey (Ruth Wilson), but the circumstances of her death seemed too abrupt for viewers to fully understand it. Alison’s life was filled with tragedy, isolation, and heartbreak—enough to make her suicide to seem somewhat inevitable. Still, for a woman whose life was haunted by the drowning of her young son, it felt like cruel and unusual punishment for her to meet the same fate.
Marissa Cooper from The O.C.
Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) was far from The O.C.’s most likable character, but her death felt like a particularly dark moment for the teen drama. In an attempt to improve her life and cut out toxic presences, Marissa broke up with her “bad boy” boyfriend Volchok (Cam Gigandet), but Volchok ended up drunkenly crashing his car into Ryan’s (Ben McKenzie) while they were en route to the airport. The accident cost Marissa her life. Fans felt like Marissa’s death was unfair—she never got the chance to start over.
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