The Best of 2014: 16 Characters Whose Exits Made our Heads Spin

It sucks when our favorite characters leave. Heck, it sucks when characters we just met leave.

Let's admit characters exits can be some of worst moments on television, but how they go out can make for some of the best viewing. They're exits dramatically effecting the series or ones you'll remember for years to come.

When we put together our TV Fanatic staff picks for the best character exits, the answers started pouring in.

One character was a blink and you miss it appearance but, but so amazingly perfect Twitter lit up with discussion. There were momentous deaths by terribly violence, sweet losses after a long illness and the need to finally switch things up and make a positive change (we're looking at you, Cristina Yang).

Flip through our slideshow of the best character exits of 2014 and then vote in our poll and/or in the comments.

The Best of 2014: Character Exit

1. Sara Lance/Canary -- Arrow

College student-turned-assassin Sara Lance stood by Oliver and his fellow heroes when they saved Starling City from Slade Wilson and his Mirakuru-enhanced army at the end of Arrow Season 2. So it shocked pretty much everyone when the Canary was abruptly and brutally murdered in the closing moments of the Season 3 premiere. Sara's death and the mystery of her killer's identity haunted the first half of Season 3, inspiring her sister Laurel's quest for justice "outside the courtroom" and leading up to Oliver's own apparent death during a duel with Ra's al-Ghul himself in Season 3 Episode 9, the mid-season finale.

What was the best character exit of 2014?