Darkest TV Moments Of 2016

In order to get alien bugs out of her brain, Laurel indulges in two right-brain activities — having sex and eating junk food — at the same time. We'll never look at salami or chocolate the same way again... and neither will poor Gareth.

Watching Geraldo Rivera plod his way around the ballroom was bad enough. Add in a Donald Trump wig and spray tan, and ABC just gave us nightmares for weeks.

In an effort to frame the Warren family for attacking him, Hank Asher trashes his own house before beating his own face with a baseball bat. The commitment is admirable, but we never need to see that again.

"Not the face! Not the face!" we cried upon seeing what Alex had done to DeLuca's handsome mug.

In the Dec. 16 episode, Grover and Danny — as guided by Max over the phoner — heat up (blech) to peel off (double-blech!) the skin of a CBR ("charred beyond recognition") thug, looking for signs of a tattoo

Sure, Piper's white privilege can be annoying, but even she didn't deserve to have a swastika burnt into her arm by Maria and the Dominicans. We can still hear her flesh sizzling. (*shudder*)

Jamie might not have killed Randall in their bloody duel, but he certainly left his mark when his blade got a wee bit too close to the captain's, er, pocket Black Jack.

We get it, we get it: Vanessa was put through literal hell during her time at the Banning Clinic. We didn't need a walk-through of her force-feeding sessions.

The only thing grosser than the presidential race itself was that thing on Ted Cruz's face during the March 3 debate that he totally ate.

It doesn't have the same impact upon rewatch, but man oh man, did we gasp when Pete Davidson's head connected with a ceiling fan during the "Farewell, Mr. Bunting" sketch.

Here's a scene that didn't end up in our Sexiest Moments of 2016: two horses gettin' it on in front of Richard and Pied Piper CEO Jack Barker. Equal parts hilarious and horrifying.

This far-too-serialized season of South Park may have been inconsistent, but at last its showers were always golden.

The instant she got grabbed by the Demogorgon, we wondered what happened to good ol' Barb — until we eventually saw what became of her in the Upside-Down. Not enough motes in the world to block that from our memory!

We almost forget about this incident — then we read a New York Times article where one woman said she voted for Donald Trump because he seemed "very humble" during, well, whatever this was.

 Like her or not, watching Rita jump to her death left a lump in our throats.

Negan demonstrated for Mark his unique method for ironing out the wrinkles in his operation.

When Negan ordered Carl to "socket" to him, it wasn't just mean, it was icktacular.

Warning: When your wife informs you that she slept with another man, side effects may include projectile vomiting.

A question for the ages: Was it worse to see/hear the birdlike Barbatus Ossifrage suck out its victims' innards, or to see/hear it cough them up in order to feed its elderly parents? (We're gonna go with the latter.)

Matthew Morrison's character seemed like your average charming farmer... until he was caught in the barn with his pants down. (That poor sheep!)