All 13 deaths in The Fall of the House of Usher ranked from worst to best

9. Leo

Leo, the somewhat redeemable Usher. Oh, he absolutely had his flaws: a penchant for narcotics and a not-so-stellar fidelity record, but amidst all that, there was this tiny glimmer of… dare I say, decency? The guy actually showed concern for his family, and not in the “keep everyone else out of the family’s will as it keeps getting split into more and more parts because dad couldn’t keep it in his pants” way.

Leo was the one who treated his family as an actual family, or at least tried to. He’s the only one you see spending real time with other family members, especially Camille and Prospero. Sure, he was still a snobby Usher who is filthy rich and was born out of wedlock, but he’s the most real Usher.

He was utterly destroyed when Prospero died. He was crushed when he was told about Camille’s death. He refused to try and sound “plastic” – they’re a grieving family with all these ongoing deaths, and they should be properly grieving as life is pretty short and, as this show teaches us over and over again, highly unfair.

For all the cat lovers ready to jump on the “Leo’s a monster” bandwagon, I have a fun fact for you: Leo killing his boyfriend’s cat was entirely hallucinated. Mike Flanagan himself, the man behind this masterpiece of a show, has confirmed it publicly.

Leo did not deserve to die.