The science of living and the randomness of death are combined with a dash of Darwinism. Forensic experts, pathologists, toxicologists, herpetologists, and other experts offer eloquent explanations of mortality.
The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.
Food trucker gets fried, band member learns seppuku, agro bouncer forgets the point, chemical engineer gets burned, drug dealer goes for a trip, a mime is silenced, tennis flirt meets her demise.
Cat lady's love goes too fur, a burglar falls for his victim, a mob boss is given the finger, a nasty super model is given a dead eye, a customer is left breathless by great savings, a guy rolls over the point.
Tennis brat gets the shaft; a sadistic bank loan officer; a dead-eye sniper; a tourist eats a ghost chili; a deadly infomercial; a jail break gone wrong; a cave man discovers fire.
An inside job sucks the air out of the room, a lame super hero tries to fly, a filmmaker becomes part of his shoot'em up, girl wants to strangle her boss, art snob falls during toast, EMT gets a shock, blogger gets a blog clot.
Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.
High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.
One point per season. Smooths out the episode-to-episode noise to reveal the bigger arc.
Did each season build or fizzle? Green means the finale outscored the premiere. Red means the opposite. Longer arrows, bigger swings.
How steady is each season? Tightly clustered dots mean reliable quality. Scattered dots mean a wild ride.
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