"Animal Kingdom" was always a show that wasn't afraid of killing off its main characters with authority. In this world there are no resurrections and there will never be a second chance. So it was for Andrew "Pope" Cody (Shawn Hatosy) — the eldest son of the Cody crime clan — when he finally dies in a way that fans are still processing after being broken out of jail by his brothers.

Realizing in the series finale, "Fubar," that young J (Finn Cole) has betrayed the clan to the police, he's mortally wounded while protecting the rest of his brothers in a shootout with the law. Though he initially tries to kill J by drowning him, he lets his nephew go. Pope then lights the family house on fire and bleeds out next to the pool.

It's a very symbolic death for poor Pope. The family member most t

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