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Grab your tissues because we're diving into television's most heart-wrenching moments that left audiences emotionally scarred. From unexpected deaths to devastating goodbyes, these scenes changed how we view our favorite shows forever. Warning: major spoilers ahead for some of TV's most unforgettable tearjerker moments.
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00:00Mom? Mom? Mommy?
00:10Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most stressful scenes from TV shows that wrecked us.
00:17For this list, we won't be touching the trauma we've experienced from animated shows or anime, because we all know that deserves a top 10 list of its own.
00:25Beware, though, because if these moments aren't burned into your retinas already, you will be attacked by rogue spoilers.
00:4310. Derek's Death
00:44Grey's Anatomy
00:45Nothing compares to the pain of getting emotionally attached to a character like you've known them forever, only for them to be offed for the plot.
00:52The impact of Derek Shepard, aka McDreamy, was so magnanimous on Grey's Anatomy that we all thought he'd be immune to a tragic fate, thanks to plot armor.
01:01She told me not to worry. She told me everything would be fine. Funny, isn't it? The way memory works. The things you can't quite remember, and the things you can never forget.
01:24The show took that comforting misconception and shattered it into pieces when he died.
01:28You're not dead. I know you're not dead. I know how I know. Because I can feel your pulse. Which means your heart is beating. Your heart is beating. Which means you're not dead, okay?
01:43Although he had a noble death, saving lives until he physically couldn't anymore, it left us broken. However, it was watching Meredith lose the love of her life that crushed our souls. We're never getting over this.
01:55Is that about cover it, doctor? Is that what you want to talk to me about? While I sit here with my sleeping children? You want to talk about killing my husband? Give me the papers.
02:09Ma'am.
02:10Give me the papers!
02:11Number 9. The loss of Marshall's dad. How I met your mother.
02:15The happier the character, the more it hurts to see them in pain. Marshall was undoubtedly one of the most wholesome characters on How I Met Your Mother.
02:21So, it was particularly heartbreaking to see him cope with his dad's untimely passing, moments after finding out about his ability to become a father himself.
02:29Uh-uh. No, I can't do it.
02:31No, but baby, I yanked on his beard. He checks out.
02:34I really don't have time for this.
02:36No, Barney! Doctor, wait, please. It's... Can you just give us a couple minutes?
02:40Lily, how can I convince you that this is not Barney?
02:44Even though this episode is called Bad News, and it does count down to the revelation, no one expected a loss so great in a sitcom.
02:52It was a shock for Jason Segel, too, who didn't know what the news would be until Lily shared it with his character.
02:58Segel's genuine reaction, devastated but contained, added authenticity to the moment, making it unforgettable.
03:05You're here! Oh my god! I love you so much, can you believe it?
03:09Marshall, something's happened. Um, your father, he had a heart attack. He didn't make it.
03:22Number eight, The Doctor Bids Farewell to Rose. Doctor Who.
03:26It's called Dalig Ulstranden.
03:30Dalig?
03:31Dalig. It's Norwegian for bad.
03:36This translates as bad wolf.
03:38Hey.
03:45Hello, sweetheart.
03:47Get yourself a man who will burn up a son just to say goodbye.
03:50Actually, scratch that.
03:52Get one who won't have to save the world.
03:54As the war between the Daleks and the Cybermen rages on in Doomsday, the Doctor and Rose are thrown into a parallel universe.
04:01They barely get the chance to say their goodbye, but the Doctors are romantic.
04:04Giving Rose the closure that she deserves, he meets her one last time through a projection.
04:09The moment is so emotionally charged that the most they can manage is small talk until Rose finally cracks.
04:15Her teary confession of love hangs in the air while the Doctor's image disappears.
04:19He missed his last chance to say I love you.
04:22And that haunts us to this day.
04:26I love you.
04:36It's quite right.
04:41Number 7. Jack's death.
04:43This is us.
04:43Show's creators have way too much power.
04:46When fans found out that Jack had died in This Is Us, the feeling of betrayal was unbelievable.
04:51In the highly acclaimed episode Super Bowl Sunday, we follow Jack as he rescues his family from a fire caused by a faulty crockpot.
04:58You got your shoes on? Come on, stay low.
05:05The sequence is heroic, and the Pearsons make it out alive.
05:08However, the smoke Jack inhaled belately gives him a heart attack, taking his life.
05:13Unable to witness his final moments, Rebecca, played by Mandy Moore, is swallowed by grief, but must put on a brave face, lest her children break down.
05:21More gives us the performance of a lifetime when Rebecca crumbles, leaving us gutted.
05:38Television history was made, but at what cost?
05:42I am afraid we've lost him.
05:51Mrs. Pearson, your husband has died.
05:55Number 6. Ji Young's sacrifice.
05:57Squid Game.
05:58Hwan Dong-hyuk's magnum opus is gut-wrenching at every turn.
06:02However, it was a moment of quiet sacrifice that broke fans' hearts the most.
06:07Player 240, Ji Young, endeared herself to viewers within just a few scenes.
06:11So when she paired up with Sae-byeok, everyone hoped for them to come out of the game together.
06:38Squid Game, being the sadistic nightmare it is, turned them against each other.
06:42Little did we know, Ji Young had already given up her will to live.
06:46So instead of grasping at straws, she turned her time with Sae-byeok into a confessional,
06:51baring her soul before giving up her life.
06:54Sae-byeok moves forward on borrowed time, but a part of her dies with Ji Young.
06:58Director Hwang, we're never forgiving you for this.
07:05I'll give you a chance.
07:08Number 5, The Breakup of the Century, Fleabag.
07:12I just can't believe you did that.
07:22I know.
07:23Phoebe Waller-Bridge hits us right in the solar plexus with this one.
07:27The final episode of Fleabag Season 2 ends on the most arrowing anti-climax.
07:32Our titular character professes her love for Andrew Scott's hot priest and lets him go in
07:37the same breath.
07:38Her need to confess is more for her own catharsis than out of any expectation from him.
07:49They always lie.
07:52It'll magically come in a minute.
07:56Yeah.
07:58They're really into each other, those two.
08:00It's nice.
08:00They really pulled it off.
08:01Still, when he tells her that her love, like everything else, shall pass, the truth of
08:06it all goes down like bitter medicine.
08:09Rather than a pang of hurt, the priest leaves behind a dull ache.
08:13Yet, when you sit with the words, like Fleabag does, they're also strangely comforting.
08:17Only Phoebe can break our hearts and mend them at the same time.
08:21It's God, isn't it?
08:27Yeah.
08:34Damn.
08:37Damn.
08:38Number 4.
08:39Joel's death.
08:40The Last of Us.
08:40We knew this was coming and it still ripped us apart.
08:44In Season 2 of The Last of Us, Abby nearly beats Joel to death with a golf club, breaks it
08:48in half, and stabs him in the neck.
08:51You don't get to rush this.
08:58In the process, she avenges her Firefly father, a Dr. Joel killed, to save Ellie.
09:03The scene is unhinged, with Abby abandoning any semblance of humanity in the heat of revenge.
09:08However, the final blow to our emotional dam was the way Ellie helplessly watched her father
09:13figure take his last breath.
09:15She crawls to his lifeless body, snuggling up like a child in desperate need of warmth.
09:19And it brings on the waterworks.
09:22Needless to say, we had to touch some grass to recover.
09:25Please don't do it.
09:26Please don't.
09:27Please don't do it.
09:29Please.
09:29Please don't.
09:31Don't.
09:32Please don't.
09:33Don't.
09:34Number 3.
09:35Eddie breaks down.
09:36Adolescence.
09:37You're coming nowhere near, baby boy.
09:42How's his way make you, Eddie?
09:45Same way we made him.
09:47Stephen Graham's appalling brilliance in this scene cements his place as one of the finest
09:52actors of our generation.
09:54Throughout the show, his character Eddie struggles to come to terms with the crime his son, Jamie,
09:59committed.
09:59His own flesh and blood taking such a monstrous form unnerves him, even more so because he
10:06feels responsible for Jamie's situation as a father.
10:09You remember what Jamie said?
10:10Yeah.
10:13You had to do, yeah, and I'm not.
10:14I'm not blocking you, and I'm not doing that.
10:19His little boy has slipped out of his reach and gone astray without him knowing.
10:24So guilt consumes him until he's left wailing in Jamie's bedroom, his cries muffled by nothing
10:30but the pillow that the youngster once laid his heavy head on.
10:33Without cuts or needless adornments, the scene is as raw as an open wound.
10:38And boy, does it hurt.
10:41Game of Thrones is filled to the brim with the most mind-numbing tragedies, and viewers
11:05have no choice but to make peace with them.
11:07Despite knowing that, Hodor's death hit us like a ton of bricks.
11:10On the one hand, he dies protecting Bran, staving off the wights.
11:21Then, as a double whammy, his gruesome death traumatizes his younger self.
11:26Back when he was still a promising lad, Willis threw Bran's warging mishap.
11:31The vision of his end gives the boy a seizure, engraving the words,
11:34Hold the door, as yelled by Meera into his mind.
11:38This eventually got shortened to Hodor, the only word that he could say, and his name.
11:44In a way, Hodor died twice, and it continues to pain us even now.
11:48Hold the door!
11:53Hold the door!
11:57Hold the door!
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12:19Number 1.
12:20Remembering Finn.
12:21Glee.
12:22Actor Cory Monteith's sudden demise, aged 31, was an unimaginable loss for fans worldwide.
12:39He had brought love and laughter into the lives of millions with his beloved character Finn
12:43in Glee, alongside several other works.
12:45So, to honor his legacy, Glee decided to pay homage to Finn, who was also revealed to have
12:50passed on. Through musical tributes and moments of personal grieving, shown via characters like
12:55Carol, Rachel, Puck, Santana, and Mr. Shoe, the show helped fans process their sorrow.
13:01However, the void that Cory, and Finn, left behind could never be filled.
13:05The star continues to be dearly missed.
13:07He loved Finn, and he loved me, and he loved all of you guys.
13:16I know he did.
13:20I like to sing in the car, and before Finn, I used to sing alone.
13:26If you could delete any of these scenes from existence, which one would it be?
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