Name: Capt. Roy Montgomery (Ruben Santiago-Hudson, left), “Castle”
Who: Head of the NYPD’s 12th Precinct Homicide Division, where Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle (Nathan Fillion) work.
Dispatched by: Shot twice by professional hitman Hal Lockwood — who was killed by a dying Roy.
Name: Vincent Nigel-Murray (Ryan Cartwright, below), “Bones”
Who: The trivia-spewing Brit was one of the revolving “squintern” lab assistants who popped into the Jeffersonian to help Brennan (Emily Deschanel) find evidence.
Dispatched by: A sniper’s bullet to the heart, which was meant for Booth (David Boreanaz).
Name: Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt), “Boardwalk Empire”
Who: The WWI veteran was a chief enforcer for Nucky Thompson’s (Steve Buscemi) organization before a brutal falling out and a power grab by Jimmy.
Dispatched by: Two bullets to the head, courtesy of Nucky, at the foot of the Atlantic City War Memorial.
Name: Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton, right), “Big Love”
Who: Head of the polygamous renegade Mormon family, husband to three wives, father of eight.
Dispatched by: Three bullets fired by his neighbor Carl, who wanted to punish Bill for his own unemployment, marital and financial problems.
Name: Eddard Stark (Sean Bean), “Game of Thrones”
Who: Lord of Winterfell, father to six children and the sensible No. 2 man to the King.
Dispatched by: Beheading after falsely confessing to treason against the newly crowned king.
Honorable Mention: Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa), the undefeated chieftain of a warrior clan that was to invade the neighboring kingdom, smothered to death with a pillow by his wife, Daenerys (Emilia Clarke), when she realized he would never wake from a coma.
Name: Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito, right), “Breaking Bad”
Who: Albuquerque fast food king, but really meth kingpin who distributes drugs that Walter White (Bryan Cranston) cooks up.
Dispatched by: Bomb, set by Walter, which blows off half his face and eventually kills him — but not until after Gustavo straightens his tie, of course.
Name: Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen), “Two and a Half Men”
Who: A womanizing, boozing, jingle-writing, bowling shirt-wearing bachelor and undisputed star of the show.
Dispatched by: An oncoming subway train, after falling off the Paris Metro platform.