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Grab a tissue—this one's for the true fans! We're looking back at the emotional scenes across the show’s run that still tug at the heartstrings. From teary goodbyes and heartbreaks to crushing losses, we'll revisit those unforgettable moments of vulnerability, friendship, and personal growth that left us reaching for comfort food. Which scene moved you most? Let us know in the comments!
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00:00You know, it's okay to be sad about it.
00:04Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the Big Bang Theory moments
00:08that hit us with the force of a wrecking ball.
00:10When I lost my own father, I didn't have any friends to help me through it.
00:16You do.
00:19Number 30, Amy in the bathroom.
00:21We've all been there, you see a photo of yourself, and your heart sinks.
00:24Amy?
00:25Raj, please, not now.
00:28What's wrong?
00:30My picture's all over the internet, and I look terrible.
00:33Not because you're not beautiful, but because it holds up a mirror to every so-called floor
00:37society's ever sold you.
00:38We were gutted for Amy, who instead of celebrating this momentous occasion,
00:42is heartbroken over how she looks in some pictures.
00:44No, I shouldn't care about how I look, and I never thought I did.
00:47It's stupid and shallow, but I just can't help it.
00:51Am I really this frumpy?
00:53No.
00:54No, you are a beautiful woman.
00:56Amy always prided herself on valuing her mind above all else, but moments like this prove
01:01that even the most seemingly unbothered among us can be wrecked by things we never thought
01:06we cared about.
01:07Also, watching Amy's excitement evaporate after Sheldon reacts poorly to her makeover stings
01:12that much more.
01:13I like you better the way you were.
01:15But she looks beautiful.
01:19Classic lines, colors that complement her skin tone, and hair that goes from office to on the
01:24town in minutes.
01:28I don't care.
01:29Put it back.
01:30I like the way I look.
01:32Well, I don't.
01:33Number 29.
01:34Raj ends his friendship with Howard.
01:36This one was a long time coming.
01:38Howard's love language was apparently verbal jabs and emotional neglect, and it's kind of
01:41tragic that Raj needed his dad to explain that this friendship was a toxic mess.
01:45Don't make excuses.
01:47What kind of friend acts that way?
01:50Well, I guess...
01:51It was a rhetorical question.
01:52A bad friend.
01:53Even so, we can't say that watching these besties part ways wasn't at all sad.
01:58At first, Howard laughs Raj off, because of course he does.
02:01But he soon seems to realize what he's lost.
02:03Thank you for blaming me for everything that's wrong in your life.
02:06Thank you for walking out on our friendship.
02:09You are welcome.
02:11And thank you for mocking me for all of these years.
02:13Thank you for making it so easy.
02:15He lashes out in anger rather than admitting the truth.
02:18He misses his bestie, and he's gutted that Raj has turned his back on the friendship.
02:21Why are you being such a jerk?
02:23Because you're my best friend, and you hurt my feelings.
02:27Well, you're my best friend, and you hurt my feelings!
02:30It's only once Howard gets vulnerable and real that their friendship can bounce back.
02:34Number 28.
02:35Raj All Alone
02:36Many of you were pretty gutted that Raj, the hopeless romantic of the group,
02:39ended the series solo, and we hear you.
02:42Just saying that after everything you've been through,
02:46you get to look into each other's eyes and say,
02:49I love you.
02:51And that's beautiful.
02:52Now, don't get us wrong, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being single,
02:55but Raj wanted love so badly.
02:58We felt his heart break like a punch to the chest.
03:00What's single?
03:02What is wrong with me?
03:03Why can't I ever have love?
03:05You will.
03:07No, I won't.
03:09I am unlovable.
03:11From Lucy to Emily and even Anu, Raj's fairytale love always felt just out of reach.
03:16While we love how they flip the classic rom-com trope with Howard stopping Raj at the airport
03:20as they walk off together, we can't help but feel for Raj and wonder if he'll ever find
03:24the right girl to stand in front of this boy.
03:27Are you saying you're just a boy?
03:32Standing in front of another boy?
03:36Saying you don't want him to leave?
03:40Sure.
03:41Number 27, Sheldon realises the sacrifices his family made for him.
03:45Now that young Sheldon is officially part of the TBBT canon, we know just how much Sheldon's
03:50family, even his siblings, did to accommodate him.
03:53But of course, all of that went completely over his head.
03:55I talk to mom all the time.
03:57If she was upset, she would have told me.
03:59She was protecting you, you idiot, just like everyone always does.
04:04If things were bad, then why didn't you tell me?
04:06Because I was protecting you too.
04:08That is until Georgie, his long-estranged big brother, finally lays it out for him and
04:13he doesn't sugarcoat it.
04:14It's a long-overdue reality check that hits Sheldon hard.
04:17You're my baby brother, Sheldon.
04:20I know life has been hard for you.
04:23But that don't mean it's been easy for the rest of us.
04:26We already knew that Georgie and Missy were often overlooked growing up, but watching that
04:29truth finally land for Sheldon makes us feel even more for his siblings.
04:33Despite everything, Georgie still cares for his baby brother a lot, and that has us welling
04:37up every time.
04:38Sorry.
04:42And it would mean a lot to me to have my big brother at my wedding.
04:53I wouldn't miss it.
04:54Number 26, Sheldon Can't Handle Conflict.
04:57In Young Sheldon, we don't see Mary and George argue nearly as much as adults Sheldon remembers,
05:01but the moments that they did clearly left a mark.
05:03It's no secret that we're shaped by our childhoods, but in this episode, we see just how deeply
05:17Sheldon was wounded by his parents' conflicts.
05:19All this fighting, I might as well be back with my parents.
05:22Damn it, George.
05:23I told you if you didn't quit drinking, I'd leave you.
05:25Well, I guess that makes you a liar, because I'm drunk as hell and you're still here.
05:29Stop yelling.
05:30You're making Sheldon cry.
05:31I'll tell you what's making Sheldon cry, that I let you name him Sheldon!
05:34These moments are often played for laughs, but under the laugh track, we're really watching
05:38his younger self jump into self-defense.
05:41The more people around him fight, the stronger his walls become.
05:44Moments like this remind us that while we grow up, we rarely leave our inner child behind.
05:48Come on, Sheldon, let's go home.
05:50Look at what we're done fighting.
05:51I've heard that before.
05:53Then the next thing you know, I'm hiding in my bedroom, blaring a Richard Feynman lecture,
05:57while my mom is shouting that Jesus would forgive her if she put ground glass in my dad's meatloaf.
06:01My dad's on the roof skeet-shooting her Franklin mint collectible plates.
06:07Sheldon's not usually one for hugs, but a toy robot will do.
06:10Number 25, Please Don't Hurt My Friend.
06:12None of us want to see our friends hurting, not even Sheldon Cooper.
06:16Now you're asking me to keep a secret from my best friend, colleague and roommate?
06:21Yes, please, Penny will kill me.
06:23Fine.
06:26FYI, secret keeping?
06:27Hate it.
06:28So when he hears through the grapevine that Penny is considering breaking up with Leonard again,
06:32he just can't sit around and wait for her to break his heart.
06:35Of course, he goes about it in the most Sheldon-esque way,
06:38so his genuine concern goes mostly unnoticed.
06:40Okay, you listen to me.
06:42I think it's really sweet you're trying to protect your friend,
06:44but this is none of your business, got it?
06:46Excuse me, this is not about protecting my friend.
06:49I'm a big fan of homeostasis.
06:58Do you know what that is?
06:59Of course not.
07:00We may not have even noticed it on our first watch,
07:03but now we can see how his obsessive behavior is actually just a manifestation of his inner turmoil.
07:08Of course, it's the moment that he finally says out loud what's been eating him up inside
07:12that makes our hearts ache for him.
07:14Penny.
07:15What?
07:15Please don't hurt my friend.
07:20That is the last thing I want to do.
07:23Number 24, Sheldon vs. Emotions
07:25Sheldon rarely picks up on emotional cues, and it often gets him in trouble.
07:29We were discussing Raj's recent breakup, and apparently I was insensitive to him.
07:33It's okay, I'm fine.
07:35Don't fall for it.
07:36He'll get you to compare him to a dead virgin, and suddenly you're the bad guy.
07:39But this time, he learns that being aware of people's unfiltered emotions isn't exactly easy either.
07:44When Howard gives him a prototype emotion detector, Sheldon's eager to try it,
07:49but clearly misses the memo about not announcing everything it picks up.
07:52Stay out of this.
07:53You and your stupid machine started this fight.
07:55You are lucky that this feelings machine doesn't have feeling.
07:58He soon realizes that having the ability to sense emotions without knowing what to do with them
08:03is just as hard as not sensing them at all.
08:05All he wants is to understand others, but he still falls short.
08:08For once, it's not apathy.
08:10It's that he simply doesn't know how.
08:12It's a rare, deeply human moment for Sheldon.
08:15I always knew I had trouble recognizing other people's emotions,
08:18but that machine just made it so real.
08:22Well, everybody has things that they need help with.
08:24Like, me, I can't see without my glasses.
08:27You know, right now, you're just a cute pink smudge wearing a childish green smudge.
08:33I thought I was getting better at it, but clearly I'm not.
08:35Number 23.
08:36Amy's left out of bridesmaid dress shopping.
08:38Much like Sheldon, Amy's social etiquette could occasionally use some fine-tuning,
08:43especially earlier on.
08:44She's just so excited to have girlfriends that she tends to get a little carried away.
08:48They're out shopping right now?
08:49Yeah.
08:50Just the two of them?
08:52I guess.
08:54That's cool.
08:55That's cool.
08:55Unfortunately, rather than being gently honest,
08:58Penny and Bernadette leave her out of wedding prep entirely.
09:01This hits on a feeling that many of us know.
09:03The pain of finally feeling like you fit in,
09:05only to fear that you might lose at all.
09:07This is us.
09:09Bernadette, you are the analytical, scientific left hemisphere.
09:12Penny, you're the creative, spontaneous right hemisphere.
09:15And where's Amy?
09:18She's right here.
09:19The sad little tumor no one wants to go dress shopping with.
09:22For someone who spent most of her life feeling like an outsider,
09:25this felt like being rejected all over again.
09:27It's that gut punch of going from feeling included to suddenly left out.
09:31Of course, it's going to hurt.
09:33Sorry.
09:34We feel awful.
09:35Don't.
09:37I'll be okay.
09:38You're not the first girls I thought were friends with me who ended up shunning me.
09:41It's like elementary school, junior high, high school, undergrad, grad school,
09:45and that semester abroad in Norway all over again.
09:47Number 22.
09:48Sheldon's broken heart goes on the record.
09:50For someone who hates secrets, Sheldon sure held onto this one for a while.
09:54It's totally by accident that Penny and Leonard even learn that Sheldon had been planning to propose.
09:58While he insists he's fine about it all, his outbursts say otherwise.
10:02Even someone like Sheldon Cooper, who idolizes Spock in every sense, can't escape heartache.
10:07I am sitting here on a couch talking about my favorite TV character like nothing happened.
10:11Because I am just like him.
10:13All logical.
10:13All the time.
10:14Sweetie, you're yelling.
10:15Because when I speak at a regular volume, no one seems to believe me that I put this Amy nonsense behind me.
10:20We get it.
10:21Sometimes when the pain is too much to bear, it's easier to pretend it doesn't exist than to face it head on.
10:25But it's even more crushing when he goes to find Amy to patch things up, only to see that she's already moved on.
10:31That hurt us like it was happening to us.
10:45Number 21.
10:46George's final words of wisdom.
10:48After Sheldon and Amy's asymmetry theory is disproven, Sheldon sinks into despair, with only one person who can help.
10:54Hello, Sheldon.
10:55Hello, Sheldon.
10:57If you're watching this, I assume something bad has happened.
11:01Something unfortunate and unforeseen.
11:04Something that's making you question everything.
11:08I'm so smart.
11:09Unfortunately, it's not to be, leaving Sheldon free-falling even further down the rabbit hole.
11:14Luckily, someone else comes through for him in the nick of time.
11:17This will hit home for anyone who's lost a loved one.
11:19You learn as much about who you are and what you're made of,
11:22from feeling as you do from success.
11:26Maybe more.
11:29So you can spend the next half feeling sorry for yourselves,
11:32or you can get out there and give him hell.
11:35Few of us get a chance to receive a much-needed pep talk from someone who we miss greatly.
11:39It's a touching moment, but also heartbreaking, knowing this might be the last time that George really shows up for his son when he needs him most,
11:46and that Sheldon didn't know how to appreciate what he had until it was gone.
11:50Thanks, Dad.
11:52We're gonna give him hell.
11:53Number 20.
11:54Stuart showed up.
11:56As much as Stuart was part of the group, and at one point he and Raj became really good friends,
12:01he often felt like he was on the outside looking in.
12:03Thanks for letting me use the comic book store as part of the scavenger hunt.
12:06Oh, my pleasure.
12:07Always happy to help out with fun things that I wasn't invited to be a part of.
12:10And while we'd like to tell you that he was wrong and was just projecting his own fears and neuroses on the group, we can't.
12:18Sure, we can understand that a lot can happen in two decades,
12:21but when the gang all agreed to reunite for a meal 20 years in the future,
12:26Stuart was the only one who followed through.
12:29We can only assume that the rest of them were sitting around some futuristic coffee table eating dinner,
12:34and totally forgot about their former friend.
12:37See you guys in 20 years.
12:40Hi, Nite.
12:48Number 19.
12:49Green Lantern had to watch Wonder Woman and Superman.
12:52Winning the New Year's Eve costume contest at the comic book store should have been a really happy moment for Leonard.
13:00And it was.
13:01At first.
13:02The guy's decision to get Penny to be Wonder Woman and her then-boyfriend Zack to be Superman had paid off in victory.
13:08But then the countdown happened.
13:11Midnight struck, and Leonard had to stand there and watch Penny and Zack kiss.
13:16Happy New Year!
13:22What made it even sadder was that Penny had her eyes on Leonard throughout.
13:26This gesture felt like acknowledging that she still had feelings for him, even though she was embracing Zack.
13:33If Zack and I had just gone to a regular club or a party, it would have been fine.
13:37But this, with the costumes and you...
13:39What about me?
13:44Nothing.
13:44Number 18.
13:45In the season 2 finale, Sheldon and the guys prepared to head off to the North Pole for a few months.
13:53Sorry, I was going to tell you.
13:54Oh, hey!
13:55No, you don't have to apologise.
13:56There's no reason you have to tell me.
13:58I was just, you know, surprised.
14:00After Penny found out Leonard was leaving, she notably got him a gift and gave him an extra lengthy hug.
14:06This act confused Leonard, who had feelings for his neighbour.
14:09However, when he questioned her about her motives, she denied that her gestures and words meant anything.
14:16Yet when he left and she was alone in her apartment, she finally privately voiced her true feelings, breaking us.
14:23Bye.
14:23Okay, bye.
14:28It means I wish you weren't going.
14:32If she had just told Leonard the truth, we could have all had a happy cry.
14:36But instead, the moment was just a tragic one.
14:40Number 17.
14:41Sheldon feeling left out.
14:43We may not all be geniuses, but that doesn't mean we can't relate to a lot of what the guys, Amy and Bernadette, go through.
14:51In this case, it was Sheldon's feelings that hit us right in our hearts.
14:55When Dr. Cooper didn't get invited to an exclusive physics symposium, his feelings were hurt.
15:01A select group of scientists was invited to a weekend symposium at a former home of Richard Feynman, and I wasn't included.
15:08Sheldon, I'm sure it's not because they don't think you're an elite scientist.
15:11No one ever likes to be left out, especially when the thing you're being left out of involves your peer group.
15:18Sure, many of us can't relate to the whole physics symposium thing, but being excluded is something we've all dealt with at one time or another.
15:26Do you think there comes a point in life when it stops feeling bad to be left out of things?
15:32Probably not.
15:33It's an evolutionary advantage to be included in group activities.
15:37It's this relatability that really made the ordeal difficult to watch.
15:41Until Sheldon and Amy built Fort Cozy McBlanket, of course.
15:46The first annual Best Fort Ever contest, or Fort Off, are Fort Knox, Fort Ticonderoga, Fort Sumpter, and Fort Cozy McBlanket.
16:00Number 16. Priya cheated on Leonard
16:03Allow us to start by saying that, yes, we know Leonard also cheated on Priya when he repeatedly made out with Alice, the girl from the comic book store.
16:13I thought for once I'd met a good guy, but you're just another jackass.
16:16Oh, no, no, you have it wrong. No, I was going to be a jackass, but I stopped myself.
16:23However, with that being said, we also recognize that he ultimately stopped it from going any further than that, walking away because he felt bad about what he was doing.
16:33So when he found out that Priya did a whole lot more than just make out with someone, he was blindsided.
16:39I kind of cheated on you too.
16:41I mean, kind of.
16:44A couple of weeks ago, I slept with my ex-boyfriend.
16:49And his pain over the dissolution of their relationship was real.
16:53Regardless of how you felt about Leonard and Priya as a couple, there's no doubt that they cared for each other.
16:59And seeing it end like that was unfortunate.
17:02Well, it's not a competition.
17:03Oh, yeah, it is. And you won.
17:09I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I have to go.
17:12Number 15. Penny, cut from NCIS.
17:15To call Penny a struggling actress is almost an understatement.
17:19Before she switched career paths, her only noteworthy gigs, besides some small stage productions, were a hemorrhoid commercial and the low-budget, low-quality Serial Apist movies.
17:30Oh, after I did it, I felt so ashamed. Thankfully, that thing never came out.
17:36I've seen that.
17:39Yeah. Serial Apist.
17:41So, when she got a small part on an episode of the big network television show, NCIS, in Season 7, we couldn't have been happier for her.
17:51That also meant that when she found out her scene was removed from the episode, we felt her pain and devastation.
17:57It was even worse because she was watching with all her friends in excited anticipation.
18:02I'm sorry.
18:03That stinks.
18:04Sure you agreed.
18:05This doesn't make any sense to me. I thought I did a really good job.
18:09Excuse me.
18:14We still haven't fully recovered from this one.
18:17Number 14. Why Sheldon Knocks Three Times
18:20Throughout the series, Sheldon's compulsion to always knock three times was a source of many funny moments.
18:26Who do we love?
18:27Benny.
18:27Who do we love?
18:28Benny.
18:29Who do we love?
18:30Benny.
18:32Hello, Sheldon. Come on in.
18:34However, the origin of the obsession, and the reason why he did it, is anything but funny.
18:39As he explained to Penny in Season 10.
18:42During a heart-to-heart with her, he opened up about how, as a teen, he had walked in on his dad with a woman who was not his mum.
18:50I saw my father having relations with another woman.
18:55Oh, that's awful.
18:56I know.
18:58That's also why I never open a door without knocking three times.
19:00Of course, we now know that's not exactly what happened, but we digress.
19:04He told the story in order to explain why he was being difficult when it came to compromising with Amy.
19:11But in doing so, he also mentioned that it fuelled the reasoning behind his triple knocks, tugging at our heartstrings in the process.
19:19Number 13. Sheldon and Amy's Theory Debunked
19:22One of the happiest moments of the show was when Sheldon and Amy won the Nobel Prize.
19:28However, in the lead-up to that happiest of moments, the story took a few major detours in sadness.
19:34One such detour was the apparent disproving of their theory by a Russian paper from the 1970s.
19:40Well, Raj and I were chasing them down like you asked us to, and we came across a Russian paper that seems to disprove super asymmetry.
19:51Seeing the shock in their eyes was sad enough, and Sheldon demolishing the whiteboard just added to it.
19:57But the primal scream he let out after is when the devastation of the moment really hit the highest and most gutting of notes.
20:10Although it did make the joy that much greater when their theory was ultimately proved right.
20:19Number 12. Howard Refuses to Read the Letter from His Father
20:22Two of the defining aspects of Howard's character were the fact that he lived with his mother,
20:27and that his father abandoned the family when he was young.
20:31Why don't you read it? Maybe he apologises or explains why he left.
20:35He abandoned me and my mother. Why does he deserve a chance to explain anything?
20:41While he was often ragged on for the former, it was the latter that was sad.
20:46We always knew it had affected him, but it wasn't until Sheldon uncovered a letter from his dad,
20:51sent for his 18th birthday, that we fully appreciated the hurt Howard was carrying.
20:56He never opened it, actually opting to burn it in this episode.
21:00The group eventually came up with a clever way to share its message with him.
21:04But his not wanting to definitively know what it said showed the depth of the agony he felt.
21:10We felt it too.
21:12Actually, I don't want to know. I want all of them to be true.
21:18Well, one of them is.
21:20That's pretty cool.
21:21Number 11. Sheldon's Pop Pop
21:23What started off as a fun Christmas-themed game of Dungeons & Dragons
21:27ends with one of the saddest moments of the series.
21:30I get right up in Santa's big, fat face and say,
21:34Well, well, well.
21:35Jolly old Saint Nick, we meet again.
21:38Yeah, I believe the last time we spoke was in the Baybrook Mall in Galveston, Texas,
21:43when I was five years old. Isn't that right?
21:45In this scene, we learn why Sheldon has such disdain for the Christmas season,
21:49and more specifically, Jolly old Saint Nick.
21:52And my mother dragged me there, and she popped me down in your lap,
21:55and you asked me what I wanted for Christmas.
21:58And I told you, my Pop Pop, because that was the year my grandfather died.
22:02I missed him, and I wanted him back.
22:05Sheldon reveals that his grandfather was the only person in his family
22:08that encouraged him to pursue science when he was a kid,
22:11and that when his Pop Pop passed away, he asked Santa to bring him back,
22:16which, of course, didn't happen.
22:18Pop Pop was the only one in my family who encouraged me to pursue science.
22:22But you didn't bring him back, did you?
22:25No, instead, I got Lincoln Logs.
22:27Now, you can build a lot of neat things out of Lincoln Logs,
22:31but Pop Pop ain't one of them.
22:32It's a funny scene, but it's underlaid with real emotional sadness.
22:38Number 10, Lucy Breaks Up With Raj
22:40Although Raj seems to fall in love with pretty much any girl that looked his way,
22:44Lucy was the first girl he was probably truly in love with.
22:48I like you a lot, and that's scary for me.
22:51Mostly because you're a proven flight risk.
22:53Given her intense social anxiety, Raj had to work extra hard to get her to trust him
22:59and keep her from climbing out the nearest bathroom window.
23:02And he did.
23:03He was very understanding of her issues.
23:06He set up super romantic texting dates,
23:08and he was quick to apologise when he would push her too far out of her comfort zone.
23:12Oh no.
23:13Buddy, okay?
23:14But it wasn't enough.
23:16In the season 6 finale, Lucy agreed to meet the gang,
23:19but in the end, it was too much for her.
23:22And she broke up with Raj.
23:23Through text.
23:25Raj, I can't come to the party.
23:27This is all just too much for me.
23:30I don't think we should see each other anymore.
23:34Sorry, Lucy.
23:35Number 9, Sheldon Says No To Amy
23:38From the moment that Amy ended her relationship with Sheldon,
23:41fans were waiting for Shamey to get back together.
23:44I was thinking that, um, maybe I'm ready to be your girlfriend again.
23:49Needing a break from Sheldon was understandable,
23:51but these two were meant to be together.
23:53And most of us probably assumed that when Amy was ready to get back together,
23:57Sheldon would be too.
23:58Amy, I excel at many things, but getting over you wasn't one of them.
24:03But, alas, no.
24:05And it wasn't just the no that was sad.
24:08His honest reasoning about how hard it was for him to get over her
24:11is something that so many of us can relate to from both perspectives.
24:15I think I need to just be your friend.
24:20Okay.
24:22I understand.
24:23Number 8, The Last Supper
24:25As anyone who's ever lost someone knows,
24:27it isn't just sad when it happens.
24:29There are also moments that come along afterwards that bring back memories,
24:34and in doing so, bring the grief back up to the surface.
24:37Ma always kept it on hand in case I got sick.
24:43She thought she could cure anything with her cooking.
24:48That's exactly what happened to Howard after his mum died
24:50when the power went out at her house.
24:53Stuart was residing there at the time,
24:55and told Howard that it had been out since the middle of the night.
24:58On the surface, this might not sound like a big deal,
25:01but it was to Howard,
25:03since all the food his mother had left in the freezer was going to go bad.
25:07It's all defrosting.
25:09It's okay, it's just food.
25:10It's not just food.
25:14This is the last food my mother ever made.
25:16This, and his choice to organise a dinner,
25:18was portrayed in a heart-wrenchingly real way.
25:22Let's invite everyone over to dinner.
25:24It'll be like Ma's feeding us one last time.
25:27I love that.
25:30Number seven, Penny breaks up with Leonard.
25:33I think we should talk now.
25:35Well, no, it's okay.
25:37We don't have to talk, because there's nothing to talk about.
25:40Everything's good.
25:41Yes, they've had their ups and downs,
25:42almost break-ups and so on,
25:45and they were sad every time.
25:47But this is the one that hurt the most.
25:49It all began when Leonard told Penny he loved her for the first time,
25:53and Penny didn't return the sentiment.
25:54I love you, Penny.
26:07This is a tipping point moment in any relationship,
26:10and it was in this one as well.
26:12Leonard tried to play it cool and understanding
26:14about them being at different places in the relationship,
26:17but he wasn't,
26:18and he couldn't stop pressuring Penny about the unreturned L-bomb.
26:22And someday, we don't know when, maybe you'll love me back.
26:24Finally, with a little evil genius coaxing from Will Wheaton,
26:28she dropped the breakup bomb on Leonard,
26:31breaking his heart and ours.
26:33Tell me what to do, and I'll do it.
26:37No.
26:39This isn't fair to you, Leonard. I'm sorry.
26:41Number six, Stuart's comic book store burns down.
26:44At the beginning of the series,
26:46Stuart went on a couple of dates with Penny,
26:48and in the final season,
26:49he falls in love with a great girl,
26:51and they move in together.
26:53But in between those high points,
26:55Stuart had a whole lot of lows,
26:57and no moment was lower or sadder
26:59than when his comic book store burned down.
27:02What happened?
27:03I was cooking in the back room last night,
27:05and the hot plate caught on fire.
27:07For a guy who already seemed to be having a tough time with life,
27:10seeing his business destroyed felt like life really was picking on him.
27:14I don't mean to be rude, Sheldon,
27:16but my life is kind of falling apart right now.
27:18The studio audience's shocked and saddened reaction to the destruction
27:22is the perfect sonic representation
27:24of what we all felt in that moment.
27:28Number five, Sheldon is a selfish jerk.
27:31You are a selfish jerk.
27:33To hell with you and your Nobel Prize.
27:35Sheldon being selfish and inconsiderate
27:37was the source of much of the comedy of the show.
27:40But his selfishness hit a high point in the series finale.
27:43And it wasn't funny.
27:45You just found out that a woman who has loved and cared for you
27:48for 12 years is pregnant,
27:50and all you can say is to relieve that she's not going to get you sick.
27:54There's no need for a recap. I was there.
27:57The gang all went to Sweden to celebrate Sheldon and Amy
27:59winning the Nobel Prize.
28:01But before they got to the ceremony,
28:03Sheldon managed to selfishly piss off every one of his friends.
28:07So much so that they all considered leaving.
28:09Well, pull it together. This is a big day for me.
28:14Yeah, I wasn't sure what to do.
28:18Now I am. We're going home.
28:20The saddest moment came when Amy had to call him out
28:22and tell him that the reasons their friends were abandoning them
28:26was because he broke their hearts.
28:28They're abandoning us because you broke their hearts.
28:35I didn't mean to.
28:36I know.
28:38You never mean to.
28:41It's the only reason people tolerate you.
28:44Number 4. Professor Proton dies.
28:47Sheldon, I've got some bad news.
28:50What is it?
28:51I just read online that Arthur Jeffries passed away.
28:56Professor Proton was the host of a science show for kids
28:59back when Sheldon and Leonard were growing up.
29:01His importance to Sheldon during his younger, friendless years
29:04can't be overstated.
29:06You okay? I know he meant a lot to you.
29:09I'm fine.
29:10The guys become somewhat friendly with him at the end of season 6.
29:13But near the end of the seventh season,
29:16Professor Proton passed away.
29:18And now you're gone too.
29:21It's like all the men I've looked up to have gone away.
29:24At first, Sheldon acts like it doesn't affect him,
29:26not going to the funeral and focusing instead on Star Wars Day.
29:30But when Leonard returns from the funeral,
29:32Sheldon can't deny it anymore.
29:35Did you know that Arthur's son is a high school son?
29:37The pain and sadness that he's been trying to ignore
29:43comes out in a moment of heartache
29:46that anyone who has lost someone important to them
29:48can relate to.
29:50Number three, Leonard forgives his mother.
29:53Leonard's relationship, or lack thereof, with his mother
29:56was a source of many jokes throughout the run of the series.
29:59Have you calmed down?
30:00No, I'm not calm. You really heard me.
30:03That wasn't my intention.
30:04It doesn't matter what you intended.
30:07What matters is the way you made me feel.
30:09Actually, the way you've always made me feel.
30:11He's constantly looking for love, approval,
30:14and an emotional connection from his mother
30:16that never comes.
30:17Although in one of the final episodes,
30:19things seem to have changed,
30:21until Leonard realizes she was just doing it
30:23to gather information for a new book.
30:26This has all been work to you?
30:30Hanging out with me and coming to my lab?
30:32I thought we were enjoying each other's company,
30:36but it was just research.
30:37And that's when he, instead of trying to change his mother,
30:41decides to forgive her.
30:42It's a truly powerful moment,
30:45and as he speaks, you can see an emotional weight
30:47being lifted off his shoulders.
30:49I didn't ask you to forgive me.
30:51Too bad.
30:51I forgive you anyway.
30:54And I forgive myself for taking so long to do it.
30:58Oh my God, that feels so good.
31:00The scene ends with his mother giving him a hug.
31:03A real hug.
31:04Quite possibly for the first time ever.
31:07Number two, Amy breaks up with Sheldon.
31:10Can you believe it's been five years since our first date?
31:14I know.
31:16Do you think I should start watching the Flash TV show?
31:19As patient and understanding as Raj was with Lucy,
31:22Amy was ten times that when it came to her relationship with Sheldon.
31:26And there was no doubting that they both truly did love each other,
31:29which made their breakup that much sadder.
31:32This isn't easy to say because I love you,
31:36but I need some time to take a step back and re-evaluate our situation.
31:43This wasn't something Amy wanted to do or was happy to do.
31:47It was something that she needed to do,
31:49even though it was hurting her as much as Sheldon.
31:51I hope you understand.
31:57Okay.
31:59Bye, Sheldon.
32:00And as if that wasn't sad enough,
32:03this moment turns the sadness meter up to 11
32:06when we found out that Sheldon had a ring
32:08and was planning on proposing to Amy before she ended things.
32:13Well, Gollum.
32:16You're an expert on rings.
32:20What do I do with this one?
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32:38Number one, Howard's mother dies.
32:41Hey, you okay?
32:41What?
32:43No.
32:45What's wrong?
32:47My mom died.
32:49For eight seasons,
32:50Howard's mother was just a loud, screeching voice coming from off screen.
32:54We never saw her face,
32:56but she was as important as almost anyone on the show.
32:59It's this dress!
33:00When I put my front in,
33:02my back pops out!
33:04After his father left when he was a young boy,
33:06Howard and his mom only had each other.
33:08Howard would make jokes about her dying,
33:10but there was never any doubt about how much he loved her.
33:13And so did we.
33:14This heartbreaking story was written in after Carol Ann Soucy,
33:18who plays Mrs. Wolowitz, passed away.
33:21So it was as much a gut punch for the actors as for the characters.
33:25That was my aunt.
33:28Ma took a nap.
33:31She never woke up.
33:34What the hell?
33:36If you didn't shed a tear at any of the other moments on this list,
33:39there is no way your eyes stayed dry for this episode.
33:43To Mrs. Wolowitz,
33:45loving mother
33:46to all of us.
33:51Which TBBT moments made your heart break?
33:53Let us know in the comments.
33:56Everybody hurts.
34:01Sometimes everybody cries.
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