Television's Most Hardcore Moments This Year

Admittedly, I watch a lot of TV. After watching last night's Supernatural, I thought I'd make a list of the most hardcore things I've seen all year, because a lot of what I have seen has been awesome. Here's the list. Oh yeah...spoilers. Lots of Spoilers.

True Blood: Russell's TV debut
This might be the most hard core thing I've seen...ever. It's that bad ass. What happens is that Russell, a really old vampire, goes insane after his lover Talbot is killed. He goes on TV to show people the "true face of vampire" and rips out the poor newscaster's spine.

Walking Dead: Zombie kill of the week
Hero Rick is walking through zombie infested Atlanta with a sidekick, as they try to get to a construction site to use one of the vehicles to make an escape. They camouflage themselves by smearing zombie guts all over them, to mask their living scents. However, it starts to rain and the zombies figure out what's going on. Rick makes a run for it, but not before nailing a zombie in the forehead. With an axe.

Vampire Diaries: Damon's "heart to heart" with Mason
Mason is/was a new character this season, and he's a werewolf. We all know that vamps and werewolves don't get a long, so it's no surprise that Damon immediately hates Mason. In this episode, Damon tortures him to find out what he and evil vamp Katherine are up to, ending with him ripping out Mason's heart. This leads to one of my favorite lines of dialogue all season, where Damon is taunting Katherine over the phone about what he did to Mason: "Yeah, Mason's right here, next to me. His heart's on the other side of the room, though." Awesome.

Supernatural: Sam makes a devil's trap out of his own blood
Sam has been hardcore this season, mainly because he doesn't have a soul, and therefore doesn't care about anything. They're trying to get it back, but...Anyway, in this episode, Dean, Sam, and Co storm a hideout of a demon named Crowley, who knows where Sam's soul is. They end up getting caught, but Sam escapes by making a devil's trap on the ceiling of his cell...with his own blood. Oh, and I forgot to mention that he made himself bleed by biting into his own wrist. Yeah, No-Soul Sammy is awesome.

And finally....

Sons Of Anarchy: Stahl finally gets what's coming to her
Stahl is an agent of the ATF, and she's been trying to bring down the Sons since the first season. She set up one of the characters (Opie) as a rat. As a result, Opie's wife Donna ends up getting killed. Now, Opie finally gets his revenge by killing Stahl in the same way- having her sit at the wheel of her car and putting bullets in the back of her head. It's very poetic.