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Get your tissues ready, because we're about to dive into the most gut-wrenching, soul-crushing scenes ever to grace the small screen. Join us as we explore moments that left us utterly devastated, from unexpected character deaths that pulled the rug out from under us, to poignant farewells that lingered long after the credits rolled. These are the televised tragedies that made us bawl like babies and reminded us just how deeply stories can affect our hearts. Prepare for an emotional rollercoaster.
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00:00She killed it. She killed it. She killed the chicken.
00:06Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're looking at tear-jerking, heart-wrenching scenes in live-action and animated television.
00:11The underground awaits.
00:14At least this time I'm awake for your goodbye.
00:17Not only should you expect spoilers ahead, but you should also have a box of tissues and ice cream on standby.
00:23Number 50, Goodbye Brian Griffin, Family Guy.
00:26Following another time-travelling misadventure, Brian and Stewie decide to take some time to enjoy life.
00:30God, look at this day, huh?
00:32You know, usually I'd be sitting inside writing, you'd be working on one of your machines, but here we are enjoying it.
00:38Yes, it is a nice change of pace.
00:39However, the sentimental moment comes to a crashing halt when Brian gets hit by a car.
00:43With his family by his side, Brian succumbs to his wound and peacefully passes on.
00:47I guess what I'm trying to say is, he was like a brother to me, and I'm going to spend the rest of my life missing him.
00:55Like, we're all going to miss him, Peter.
00:59The Griffins get another dog one month later, but Stewie and the audience can't get past the shock of losing the iconic talking dog.
01:06Of course, they'd later bring Brian back, making the whole ordeal feel pointless, but it does carry a powerful message.
01:12Brian, look out!
01:15What the hell?
01:16You're alive, my friend!
01:19What? Of course I'm alive! What the hell's going on here?
01:21Life is short, and can end in an instant, so be sure to show your loved ones how much they matter every chance you get.
01:28Hey, who are you talking to out here?
01:30A pretty awesome guy.
01:32Oh, pretty awesome guy. Why don't you marry him, huh?
01:35Alright, game on!
01:38Stew S.A. Stew S.A.
01:39Number 49, We'll Meet Again, Mid-Century Modern
01:42It's hard not to love Sybil Schneiderman's dysfunctional yet loving relationship with her son, Bunny, and his roommate.
01:48However, halfway through the season, tragedy struck behind the scenes as Sybil's actress, Linda Larvin, passed away.
01:54Bunny, you okay?
02:05Sybil died.
02:06They have Sybil die off-screen, with Bunny struggling to cope before his roommates help him write a eulogy in her honour.
02:16The episode ends with Bunny playing one last tribute to his mother on the piano.
02:19We'll meet again
02:22Don't know where, don't know when
02:26But I know we'll meet again
02:29Some sunny day
02:32Following this, a montage of Sybil's best moments is shown, accompanied by Lavin's cover of We'll Meet Again.
02:39But I know we'll meet again
02:42Some sunny day
02:47Between the genuine emotions and the loving tribute, this episode helped say goodbye to a wonderful actress
02:55And a person whose energy gave this sitcom its funny, heartfelt tone.
02:5948. Simon and Marceline
03:02Adventure Time
03:03In another one of his insane princess-chasing schemes, Ice King recruits Marceline to help write a song.
03:08We can be a prog-rock duo. I'll even split the fans with you. I get the princesses and you get whatever it is you're into.
03:14Marceline is uncomfortable around him, but not for the reason that you'd think.
03:18Near the end, we find out that they knew each other long ago, when Ice King was still Simon Petrikov.
03:23He looked after Marceline when she was a child, but the crown's influence warped his mind and wiped out his memory of Marcy.
03:29You don't remember anything, do you, Simon?
03:32What, man?
03:33Why do you even come see me when you don't remember me? You don't even know who you are!
03:38Anyone who has a loved one with Alzheimer's will feel Marceline's pain, forced to watch as their memories fade away every day, with seemingly no way to help them as they get worse and worse.
03:48Marceline, is it just you and me in the wreckage of the world? That must be so confusing for a little girl.
03:5747. Willow's Tragedy
04:00Buffy the Vampire Slayer
04:01Hey, clothes.
04:03Better not get used to them.
04:05Yes, ma'am.
04:07Love is in the air for Willow and Terra.
04:09Things are finally going well. A little too well.
04:12Meanwhile, outside, Buffy is confronted by Warren with a gun.
04:15He fires and one of the bullets flies right through the window, straight through Terra's heart.
04:20Terra dies almost instantly, Willow crying out in anguish before succumbing to the darkness within her.
04:28Arguably, the only ones who took this loss harder than Willow were the audience.
04:32Killing off a popular character was bad enough.
04:34But killing off one half of a lesbian couple when they found happiness? That's just cruel and unusual, even if it wasn't intentional.
04:41I love you guys!
04:4446. Poor Vincent, Doctor Who
04:47It seems to me there's so much more to the world than the average eyes allow to see.
04:52I believe if you look hard, there are more wonders in this universe than you could ever have dreamed of.
05:00In today's sci-fi adventure, the Doctor and Amy travel back to 1890 to meet renowned painter Vincent van Gogh, who is in a deep depression.
05:08Any historian knows how Van Gogh eventually took his own life, but Amy feels that they can change fate by showing Vincent the legacy his art left behind.
05:22Vincent's overwhelmed tears of joy are more than enough to get our own tear ducts flowing.
05:27In my mind, that strange, wild man who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world's greatest artist, but also one of the greatest men who ever lived.
05:42Vincent, I'm sorry.
05:44I'm sorry, is it too much?
05:46Tragically, it's not enough to prevent the inevitable.
05:49The sad fact is that depression isn't something that can be magically fixed with one happy experience.
05:55The ups and downs of life go hand in hand, and wherever they take us is out of our control.
06:00We didn't make a difference at all.
06:02I wouldn't say that.
06:05The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things.
06:1045. George Cooper Passes On Young Sheldon
06:13I know there's a lot of change, but sometimes change can be good.
06:16Tell that to the woolly mammoth. You can't because they went extinct.
06:19Throughout this Big Bang Theory prequel, we were given several cryptic hints that Sheldon
06:23would lose his father, George Cooper Senior, at a young age.
06:26In the final three episodes, the inevitable happens.
06:29George passes away from a fatal heart attack.
06:31Mary, we got some bad news.
06:34Where's George?
06:39I'm so sorry.
06:44He had a heart attack.
06:45Sheldon is perplexed by how everyone is grieving.
06:47Meanwhile, he keeps replaying the very last time he saw his father in his head.
06:50He obsesses over what he wishes he could have said, and what he could take back if he had another
06:55chance. While young Sheldon couldn't get the words out, adult Sheldon's words speak volumes,
06:59reminding us that not even the smartest people are immune to human emotion.
07:03I didn't say it at his funeral, but I can say it now. I loved my father. I will miss him forever.
07:11Number 44, Carter's Survivor's Guilt, ER
07:14The hospital is having a huge Valentine's Day party, and everyone's having a good time.
07:23Dr. Carter breaks away from the party and finds a Valentine's card, only to be suddenly stabbed
07:27by a disturbed patient. As he lies on the floor, bleeding, he's horrified to see another victim
07:32in the room, Lucy Knight, his former student. Miraculously, Carter pulls through, albeit with
07:36kidney problems. Unfortunately, Lucy does not survive her wounds, and dies not too long after.
07:41Carter is plagued with horrible survivor's guilt following Lucy's death, made worse by the two's
07:46rocky relationship throughout the show. Our hearts leaked out of our chest when Carter reunited with
07:59his and Lucy's assailant a few seasons later. You're out. I'm better. I'm sorry. That wasn't me who did that
08:07to you. To your friend. You know that, right? You're a doctor. You know it's a disease.
08:13Number 43, Chucky's Mother, Rugrats
08:16It's Mother's Day in the Pickles household, and the babies try to help Chucky find a mummy.
08:20Oh yeah, you don't got some, Mom, do you, Chucky? Nope. How come? I don't know. I just don't got one.
08:27He finds a photo of a lady, showing it to his father. Chaz reveals that the woman is Chucky's
08:32late mother, Melinda. Despite his reluctance, Chaz tells Chucky all about Melinda, including her
08:37love for gardening and the diary that she kept. The very last entry in the book is a poem for Chucky
08:41about how, even though he can't see her, Melinda will always be there for her only son.
08:46The last thing she wrote in it was a poem. For you.
08:53My sweet little Chucky. Though I must leave you behind me,
08:57this poem will tell you where you always can find me.
09:01It's impossible not to get misty-eyed hearing Melinda's voiceover reading the poem,
09:04especially for those who have experienced their own losses.
09:07When the long grass enfolds you, that's me holding you tight.
09:11When the whipper wheel sings, that's me whispering. Life. Life.
09:16Number 42. Homer's mother. The Simpsons.
09:19What starts with Homer faking his death to get out of work,
09:22takes an unexpected turn when he makes a jaw-dropping discovery.
09:25His late mother, Mona Simpson, is actually still alive.
09:28Mom? Homer?
09:34I thought you were dead.
09:35I thought you were dead.
09:37The reunion is heartwarming, but it does raise one question.
09:40Where has she been all this time?
09:42Oh, it's a very complicated story. Let's just enjoy this moment.
09:46Sadly, some legal troubles forced her to stay away from Homer for most of his life.
09:49Even now, she has to run from the law again.
09:51It might be nice to rest for a while.
09:55Mom? There's nothing to be alarmed about,
09:57but could you take one last look at the family and join me in the kitchen?
10:00At least this time, they get to say goodbye,
10:02as Mona assures Homer that she'll always love him,
10:04before driving out of his life once more.
10:06You have a mother, and she's truly proud of you.
10:13The final sombre shot reminds us of Homer's humanity,
10:16especially when dealing with heartbreak.
10:18Number 41. The Chicken, Mash
10:21No, I'll tell you what I find upsetting is being in here. I want you to get me out of here.
10:25While in the hospital, Hawkeye is forced to recall a haunting incident when he was on an escaping bus with refugees.
10:30A woman was in the back with a loud chicken, and Hawkeye ordered her to keep quiet. At that moment,
10:35it became eerily silent.
10:36Keep that damn chicken quiet!
10:40Then what happened?
10:42Then I went back toward the front of the bus.
10:43The woman had killed the chicken, but it wasn't really a chicken. The woman had smothered her own
10:48child, and Hawkeye inadvertently caused it. The incident was too traumatic for Hawkeye to bear,
10:53and he misremembered it as a coping mechanism. No war is without its tragedies. No one makes it out
10:58without scars of any kind, especially the mental ones.
11:01I didn't mean for it to kill it!
11:07Number 40. Kevin's last voiceover, The Wonder Years
11:10For sixth season, Kevin Arnold pines for his childhood friend, Winnie Cooper,
11:14and narrates his coming of age through an almost unrelentingly nostalgic lens.
11:18And so Winnie and I had our one slow dance after all.
11:22But things wouldn't be the same between us. We were getting older.
11:26While the two do end up getting together later in the series, all is not as it seems.
11:30In the series finale, the two spend a romantic night together, and Kevin leaves us with one
11:34final narration that pulls the curtain back on a lot of its rosy-eyed view of adolescence.
11:39The next day, Winnie and I came home. Back to where we'd started.
11:45It was the 4th of July in that little suburban town.
11:51Somehow, though, things were different.
11:53He tells us that in the intervening years, his father passes away,
11:56and he and Winnie move on without each other.
11:59Winnie left the next summer to study art history in Paris.
12:03Still, we never forgot our promise.
12:06We wrote to each other once a week for the next eight years.
12:10I was there to meet her when she came home.
12:13With my wife and my first son, eight months old.
12:17In an instant, The Wonder Years reminds us that it's not about happily ever after.
12:21It's about the fleeting innocence and wonder of childhood.
12:2439. Marissa's death, The O.C.
12:28Fans knew that actress Misha Barton was leaving the show at the end of season three,
12:32but no one was prepared for what a gut punch it would be.
12:34It's so weird talking about that night.
12:47Last time we were here, I was leaving and now you are.
12:49Marissa Cooper and Ryan Atwood went through a lot together,
12:53but it was a dangerous ex, Kevin Volchok, who proved to be her downfall.
12:57What is he doing?
13:01What the hell?
13:01All right, hold on, hold on.
13:05Kevin drives at Ryan Amiris' car off the road.
13:07Ryan carries her from the wreckage as a Morningfall song plays,
13:10and she dies in Ryan's arms.
13:12Baby, I've been here before
13:17I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
13:22It's not just a proper send-off, it's almost operatic,
13:25played for maximum drama, and we're still not over it.
13:28Number 38, Over the Top, Blackadder
13:31The fourth series of this historical comedy follows
13:33Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder as a fearful captain in the First World War.
13:37I think the phrase rhymes with clucking bell.
13:41Highlighting the folly and madness of war itself,
13:43the final episode sees him and his men having to face their fate.
13:47I mean, I'm the last of the tiddly-winking leapfroggers from the golden summer of 1914.
13:53I don't want to die. Really, not over keen on dying at all, sir.
13:57The jokes come to a halt as they realize what they'll have to do.
14:00This is, as they say, it.
14:02I'm afraid so, unless I can think of something very quickly.
14:06In slow motion, we watch as they run into battle and seemingly to their deaths.
14:10Previous incarnations of Blackadder had managed to dodge all sorts of period-based deaths and mishaps,
14:15but even he can't avoid the all-encompassing destruction of modern warfare.
14:19Audiences couldn't believe the show went there.
14:21Not even Matt Saracen's success on the football field can bond him with his father, Henry.
14:45Get him next time, Matt.
14:47You're sending me to Oklahoma.
14:50Play football anywhere.
14:52Go to hell, Dad.
14:54What'd you say?
14:55I said go to hell.
14:56The two's rocky relationship is marked by tension and misunderstanding.
14:59In season four, Henry is killed in Iraq.
15:01In the aftermath, we watch as Matt becomes distant and volatile,
15:04simultaneously having to process his father's death and their lifelong emotional distance.
15:09I guess my dad was just a funnier person than he really let on.
15:17He was kind of private in that way and I don't really know why.
15:20But the part that really gets us is at Henry's funeral,
15:22when Matt stays at the gravesite.
15:24He grabs a shovel and takes it upon himself to bury his father.
15:27Oh, oh, oh.
15:35Did you have a thought?
15:43Did you remember?
15:45For a show that constantly tugged at our heartstrings,
15:47they went way too far with this one.
15:49Number 36, Christina's goodbye message, Parenthood.
15:52Hi guys, um, it's mom.
15:57I, um, I figured out how to use the computer, so I thought I'd leave you a little...
16:01Over six seasons, we saw the Braverman family go through an emotional rollercoaster,
16:06but they always managed to pull through with humour and genuine care for each other.
16:09I am very,
16:15very proud of you.
16:16In so many ways.
16:27But Christina Braverman's cancer diagnosis was one of the show's most emotional storylines.
16:31In season four, when sepsis lands her in the hospital, Christina directs her husband
16:35to a video that she recorded for their children in the event of her death.
16:38Patty, golly, um, I am so incredibly proud of you.
16:43Honey, you are my beautiful, strong, smart, sensitive, lovely angel.
16:54The idea alone is devastating.
16:56But seeing Christina bare her soul for what may be her children's last memory of her
17:00is easily Parenthood's most harrowing scene.
17:02I'll always be with you.
17:04And I'm so lucky I got to be your mom.
17:14Number 35, Candy's funeral, Pose.
17:17Set amid the New York City ball culture of the 1980s, the FX series constantly dished out wit
17:23and fabulousness. But it was also true to the lives of the performers who inspired it.
17:27You don't regret your words. I'm a star. I know who I am.
17:32In season two, Candy Ferocity is murdered. Her friends, colleagues and even a few enemies
17:37gather at her funeral, where the vulnerable community elder Pray Tell delivers a eulogy
17:42about the lasting legacy of Candy.
17:44We didn't always see eye to eye, but she was still my sister.
17:47Like you all are my sisters, and my siblings, and my children, and my cousins.
17:58Y'all know family don't always get along.
18:00But it's much bigger than that.
18:02It's a tribute to all of the real-life people who inspired her,
18:05and who were cut down in their prime due to the same transphobic violence.
18:09Today we mourn, but tomorrow we stand firmly together,
18:14never losing sight of who we truly are.
18:18Number 34, Jen's video to her daughter, Dawson's Creek.
18:21Before she went on to become a multi-time Oscar-nominated performer,
18:25Michelle Williams was introduced to audiences on Dawson's Creek.
18:27In the series finale, a five-year time jump sees Jen Lindley as a young,
18:32single mother who is dying of a fatal heart condition.
18:35I mean, from the second that I stepped out of that cabin onto the creek,
18:39I was the instigator, you know, girl caused problems and rocked the creek
18:45and upset the delicate emotional balance of Capeside,
18:49and I don't want Amy to be that person.
18:53Long-time friend and sometime lover Dawson helps her record a video to leave behind.
18:57By the time you see this, I won't be here anymore.
19:02And I know how much that sucks for both of us.
19:05As if it weren't heartbreaking enough listening to her list all of the things
19:09that she needs her daughter to know and understand about life,
19:11Sarah McLachlan's Angel starts to play.
19:14Be sure to make mistakes.
19:17Make a lot of them.
19:20Because there's no better way to learn and to grow, alright?
19:23If you want to ruin a millennial's whole day, just remind them of this scene.
19:27You don't be afraid, sweetheart.
19:30And remember, to love is to live.
19:35Number 33, The Talent Show, Derry Girls.
19:37This beloved comedy is constantly contrasting the goofy coming-of-age antics
19:41of a bunch of Northern Irish girls and the death and destruction of the Troubles.
19:45We get expelled.
19:47Nobody ever actually gets expelled.
19:49Rhonda Golgar has even been expelled and she's an ARA.
19:51So that's probably why.
19:53This was never more affecting than in the first season finale.
19:56Just when we think things are ending on a light note with an innocent, kind of embarrassing,
19:59but ultimately hilarious dance at the school talent show,
20:02the show pulls a rug out from under us.
20:04At least 12 people are thought to be dead and many more wounded.
20:08Emergency services are urging anyone with medical training to come to the scene immediately.
20:13The moment is suddenly juxtaposed with a news bulletin about a deadly bombing.
20:17It drives home to the point that while these
20:18girls are at least trying to have a normal existence, there is always the looming threat of terrorism,
20:23violence, and war.
20:24I know I'm bad like this before, but now I'm feeling it even more,
20:33because it came from you.
20:36Number 32, Denise Comes Out, Master of None.
20:39Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang's acclaimed dramedy took us deep on the character of Denise in this
20:45Emmy-winning holiday episode.
20:46The defining moment sees her finally coming out as gay to her mother, Catherine,
20:50played two brilliant effects by Angela Bassett.
20:52Ma.
20:57I'm gay.
21:04You what?
21:04As Catherine digests her daughter's omission,
21:07we're treated to inserts and flashbacks to all the signs of Denise's true self throughout the years.
21:11Look at Denise over there, staring at D'Angelo.
21:15In some ways, all the signs were there for her mother to read.
21:21Oh, you used to make that look for Rachel from Friends.
21:24Oh, we thought you were looking at Joey.
21:26Joey?
21:27Why are you serious?
21:28That character was an idiot.
21:29The intrusion of past conversations and interactions on the present moment
21:32illuminates the profound emotional weight of Denise's coming out.
21:36Number 31, Emily Demands to Go First, Gilmore Girls.
21:39Richard Gilmore lands in the hospital with Angina in this season one episode.
21:43Between the fast-paced dialogue, Gilmore Girls managed to slip in a truly devastating moment.
21:48Now, if I could just find you some different sheets.
21:50Our will is in my lower left drawer.
21:52Dennis has a copy in case there's a problem.
21:54Maybe I can get Daba to bring some from home.
21:55Emily, this is serious.
21:57Emily Gilmore gave new meaning to the word staunch.
22:00She is demanding and perfect almost to a fault, and it's rare to see the cracks in her facade.
22:05But when faced with Richard's mortality, she makes one more demand,
22:08that she die first because she can't bear to live without him.
22:10Richard Gilmore, there may be many things happening in this hospital tonight,
22:14but your dying is not one of them.
22:16But-
22:16No, I did not sign on to your dying, and it is not going to happen.
22:20Not tonight, not for a very long time.
22:23In fact, I demand to go first.
22:25Do I make myself clear?
22:28Yes, Emily.
22:29Of course, Richard agrees.
22:30It's one of the all-too-infrequent looks at the softer side of Emily.
22:34Number 30, Rue's eulogy to her dad, Euphoria.
22:37The death of Rue's father is commonly cited as one of the main reasons she developed
22:40substance use disorder at such a young age.
22:42I remember a couple of days before you passed away.
22:48You told me that if I ever wanted to be with you,
22:55all I would have to do is close my eyes and we'd be together.
23:00Season 2 delves deeper into this pivotal moment of her life.
23:03At the funeral, Rue's eulogy to her father is interspersed with their best and most tender
23:07times together.
23:08You said that memories exist outside of time and have no beginning or end.
23:15This would be heart-rending enough without the context,
23:17but it snaps all of her pain and self-destruction into focus.
23:20I miss you, Dad.
23:23I miss you until I close my eyes.
23:25Because as much as the memories of her father meant to her,
23:28they also fuel all the agony that she tries to dull with substances.
23:32Number 29, Jack's death, This Is Us.
23:35The parallel storylines of two different generations of relatives was milked to dramatic
23:39and bittersweet heights over six seasons of This Is Us.
23:42The house I grew up in wasn't an easy place to be a son.
23:48But it wasn't an easy place to be a mother, either.
23:53We got to see the Pearsons at their lowest.
23:55But nothing could ever top the revelation of Jack Pearson's death.
23:58A fire on Super Bowl Sunday 1998 rocks the family's lives.
24:02Jack is the last one out of the burning house, with the family dog in his arms.
24:06But his heroics come at a price.
24:08I never got batteries for the smoke detectors.
24:11You asked me three times and I just forgot.
24:14And I was more than capable of getting those batteries myself.
24:18Okay, so then why'd you keep asking me?
24:19He dies from a heart attack at the hospital, leaving his wife and children behind.
24:23Rebecca's shock at his sudden and unfair passing isn't just realistic,
24:26it's exactly how we feel seeing it.
24:29Babe? You were... Jack.
24:38Number 28. Ice arrests Matteo.
24:43Superstore.
24:43In its fourth season finale,
24:45Superstore treated an ice raid with its characteristic humor at first.
24:49Matteo! Matteo!
24:51Ice is coming!
24:52Isn't it winter is coming?
24:54Did you guys see the finale?
24:55Nobody spoil it, I've never watched the show.
24:57The company's upper management sends immigration agents to the store for Matteo,
25:01who is an undocumented immigrant.
25:02And the Cloud9 employees all come up with increasingly wacky diversions.
25:06Whoa! Nice piece, dog!
25:09What, is it like a cougar magnum?
25:10It's a Glock.
25:11Ah, nice, very nice.
25:13But the reality sets in when there's no way to curb the inevitable.
25:16Stop, stop, guys!
25:19It's okay.
25:22It's over.
25:23Matteo is taken by the agents, while his devastated co-workers can do nothing but watch.
25:27Despite all the exaggerated sitcom trappings, it's a sobering twist.
25:31Number 27. Dr. Green's Goodbye.
25:34ER.
25:34Dr. Mark Green was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumour in the seventh season.
25:38By the end of season eight, Green was on his deathbed, with his family at his side.
25:42Sit with me.
25:43Sit.
25:45Given the constant rush of the emergency room,
25:47it's fitting that Green instead spends his last moments in a serene and peaceful state.
25:51He dies in Hawaii, as Israel Kamakavivaole's rendition of Over the Rainbow plays.
25:57Mark Green was a long-time figure on ER,
25:59and probably the closest thing the ensemble medical drama had to a lead character.
26:02Don't cry for me.
26:10I won't.
26:13Generous.
26:18Always.
26:19No matter how much change to Cook County General Hospital, Dr. Green remained.
26:23Losing him threatened to upend the entire show.
26:26Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high.
26:34Number 26. Charlie's Death.
26:39Lost.
26:40Amid the metaphysical mysteries of this game-changing survival drama,
26:44we could never be certain that any character was safe, no matter how beloved.
26:47Charlie Pace was a beloved fixture on the programme's first three seasons,
27:02but once season three came, the writing was on the wall for him.
27:05He makes the ultimate sacrifice by sealing himself in an airtight room,
27:08when the villainous Mikhail detonates a grenade,
27:10causing a flood of water to rush into the Looking Glass station.
27:13By sealing himself in, he makes sure his fellow survivors can get away,
27:16drowning himself in the process.
27:25Number 25. Jane's Death.
27:27Breaking Bad.
27:28Any idea that Walter White is just a good guy trying to do well by his family
27:31all evaporates at this moment.
27:34Jesse.
27:41Jesse.
27:42His associate in a growing drug empire has begun seeing Jane,
27:45a troubled but loving young woman who also has a substance use disorder.
27:48But she threatens Walt with blackmail.
27:51This is me telling you to do right by Jesse and bring him what you owe him.
27:55I don't call that blackmail.
27:56I call that you getting off your ass and being a decent human being.
27:59Happening upon the unconscious couple after they've used,
28:03Walt sees Jane struggling to breathe and actively decides not to save her from choking to death.
28:07It's a harrowing and disturbingly realistic demise that ultimately proves one thing.
28:13Walt is willing to destroy Jesse's life and happiness in order to serve his own needs.
28:24Number 24. Adriana's Death.
28:26The Sopranos.
28:27Adriana Lacerba's sass and ability to stretch monosyllabic words into four or five syllables
28:32made her a fan favorite.
28:34What do you think?
28:36Of the script?
28:38Babe, I can't like give an opinion every time you add a sentence.
28:42I gotta have the whole story flow.
28:44But when Christopher Moltisanti's longtime fiance became an FBI informant in the fourth season,
28:49it became clear that her time was going to be up sooner rather than later.
28:52They said all they wanted was some information and they would leave us alone.
28:55I didn't tell them nothing. I swear to God.
28:59Her last episode is an experiment in terror.
29:02She's taken for one last ride into the woods by Soprano family enforcer, Silvio Dante.
29:07I'd stop to eat, but I don't want to get to the hospital after talking.
29:11I'm not over it.
29:13It's almost too much to watch as she fights and begs for her life,
29:16because we knew it was over the moment she got in that car with him.
29:19The only comfort is that she's one of the few deaths to happen off-screen.
29:23Number 23. The Doctor and Rose say goodbye.
29:25Doctor Who
29:26When you're an immortal, interdimensional being who has to sometimes jump between planes
29:30of existence at a moment's notice, you probably meet more people than most.
29:34But no one had quite the impact on the Doctor than Rose Tyler had.
29:38Can I just say, traveling with you, I love it.
29:43Me too.
29:45When the two are separated by a dimension breach in Doomsday,
29:48it's one of the long-running sci-fi series' most wrenching scenes.
30:01The two are able to meet on a bench via hologram for one last time.
30:05However, before the Doctor can tell her that he loves her,
30:07his hologram fails and the two are separated forever.
30:10Rose Tyler.
30:14The entire episode is a perfect fusion of science fiction,
30:17fantasy and bittersweet romance.
30:19Number 22. James Sr. dies.
30:22Good times.
30:23This Norman Lear spin-off dealt with The Evans Family,
30:26a working-class African-American family living in a Chicago housing project.
30:30I want to talk to you about solving these problems.
30:33If you don't think shopping is a problem, try going with me sometime.
30:37While they got the whole world watching the price of gas,
30:41they are sneaking food prices up again.
30:43The fourth season saw The Evanses preparing to move to Mississippi for better opportunities,
30:47but their dream came crashing down in one utterly tragic moment.
30:51When lead actor John Amos was fired in 1976,
30:54the writers killed off the family patriarch James Sr. in an off-screen car accident.
30:58They received the news at the worst possible time,
31:01in the middle of a going-away party with all of their neighbors and friends.
31:04We regret to inform you that your husband, James Evans, was...
31:12...killed in an autumn...
31:14Oh my God!
31:17His widow, Florida Evans, grief hit the hardest.
31:19Good times continued on without James, but things were never quite the same.
31:34Number 21, Archie Alone, Archie Bunker's Place.
31:37After All in the Family ended in 1979, the Bunkers actually lived on in a sequel series,
31:42but viewers began to see less and less of his beloved wife, Edith.
31:45Oh, Archie, that ain't gonna happen to me. I'll be alright, and so will you.
31:54Oh, I ain't thinking of me. Don't think of me. Put me right out of your mind.
31:59I did.
31:59Then, when Archie Bunker's Place returned for its second season,
32:02Edith was written out and Archie was left a widower.
32:05After he finds one of her slippers, the normally stoic Archie begins
32:09speaking to his deceased wife as if she's in the room with him.
32:11It wasn't supposed to be like this, you know.
32:15I was supposed to be the first one to go.
32:20Then, we watch him fall apart with sobs as he faces reality that his wife is really gone.
32:25You had no right to leave me that way.
32:31Without giving me just one more chance to say I love you.
32:36It's a far cry from the erasable, angry Archie Bunker that we're used to seeing.
32:4320. Paul's Death – Eight Simple Rules
32:47A character's death can be a really hard plot development to get right.
32:51The makers of Eight Simple Rules didn't really have a choice.
32:54When original star John Ritter passed away in the middle of the sitcom's second season,
32:58his character, columnist Paul Hennessy, followed suit.
33:01His wife, played by Katie Segal, received the news that changes their lives forever.
33:06Katie, Katie, I'm so sorry, sweetheart.
33:09You were such a good man, a good husband, a good father.
33:13Oh, he was. He was.
33:14The show's subsequent handling of Paul's death became a tragic mirror for what his
33:19on-screen family and fans were feeling in the aftermath of Ritter's passing.
33:23The family's usual laugh-a-minute jokes are replaced by a sombre tone and constant reminders
33:28of Paul's absence.
33:30And it's the knowledge that my wife and kids love me
33:33that makes it safe for me to wear pajamas and black socks to the breakfast table.
33:41Oh my god. Dad, thank you.
33:4519. Sarah Lynn's Death – Bojack Horseman
33:49In an alternate version of Hollywood filled with humans and anthropomorphized animals,
33:53washed-up former TV star Bojack Horseman is constantly screwing up.
33:57One of his lowest points is when he goes on a bender with former child star Sarah Lynn.
34:01I could never figure out what love meant.
34:04But right now, I don't need to figure out anything.
34:07I just feel it.
34:08I love you, Sarah Lynn.
34:11Sarah Lynn?
34:13Sarah Lynn?
34:14What?!
34:15Oh my god, thank god you're okay.
34:16The two end up at Griffith Observatory, where Sarah passes away tragically as a result of
34:21their hard partying. The screen goes black, with Bojack helplessly repeating her name to no avail.
34:26It's yet another reminder that this show, animated though it may be,
34:29does not play around when it comes to sensitive subjects and real-life tragedy.
34:34This moment. This one spectacular moment we are sharing together. Right, Sarah Lynn?
34:4018. Fleabag Leaves
34:43Fleabag. Wait, did we just get broken up with?
34:45Bittersweet is the word here. Yes, Fleabag will probably get over her agonizing,
34:50all-encompassing crush on the priest, but more importantly, she's gotten over us.
34:55I love you too.
35:04Okay.
35:04Fleabag has spent two seasons using the camera as her personal confessional, where she spills some
35:09vulnerable secrets, but is always stepping out of her own life. The moment the series ends,
35:14there's a sense that she's finally learned to stay present in her own life. To do it,
35:18she has to say goodbye to us. It's a pitch-perfect ending to a show that always surprised us.
35:23It wasn't very hard
35:26I spent all this time
35:33Trying to figure out why
35:37Number 17. If I die young
35:39Glee. The quarterback will go down in history as one of the single saddest episodes of television
35:44ever produced. Glee star Cory Monteith's premature death was truly shocking. This Season 5 episode,
35:50dedicated to his character, football player Finn Hudson, is a wall-to-wall tearjerker.
36:03In love Seasons of the love
36:11Most shockingly painful is the moment when cheerleader Santana Lopez sings the band Perry's
36:17If I Die Young to pay tribute to Monteith's character. I know that Finn had his doubts about
36:22God, but I am convinced that Squishy Teats is up in heaven right now, plopped down next to his new
36:27best friend, Fat Elvis, helping themselves to a picnic of baby back ribs smothered in butterscotch
36:32Pudding and tater tat grease. So this is for you Hudson.
36:36Actress Naya Rivera's chill-inducing cover ends with the performer in tears. Many fans
36:41find it even more heartbreaking in retrospect as Rivera would pass away just a few years later.
36:47Take me in the river at dawn
36:51Send me away with the words of a love song, oh.
37:00No, no, no, no, no, no.
37:04Number 16, Poussay's Death.
37:06Orange is the New Black.
37:08Near the end of season four, a group of guards disrupt a peaceful protest in the cafeteria,
37:12and things take a turn for the deadly.
37:14Poussay Washington, a beloved inmate, is subdued and ultimately suffocated to death
37:19in a show of excessive force.
37:21Just let me talk to her!
37:22Her death is a chilling reflection of real-world brutality.
37:26Watching her friend's reaction to losing her and the inevitable havoc it brings to the prison
37:30closes out the fourth season in an uncharacteristically bleak way.
37:34The denizens of Litchfield Penitentiary could sometimes fool us into thinking
37:38things aren't so bad inside.
37:40Unfortunately, Poussay's fate is an example of just how desperate their circumstances can get.
37:45I'm sorry for your loss.
37:47I'm so sick of people saying that, man.
37:51My loss.
37:52Like, it was my hundred-year-old granny who kicked it.
37:56Or, like, it was some tragic accident instead of cold-blooded murder.
38:00Number 15, Denny's Death.
38:02Grey's Anatomy.
38:03Every single storyline of the barn-burning second season of the Shonda Rhimes medical drama
38:08comes to a head in its harrowing season finale.
38:11Love is alive at Seattle Grace Hospital,
38:13while it hosts an impromptu senior prom for Dr. Webber's ill niece.
38:17Amid all the tinsel and magic,
38:18the love story between Dr. Izzy Stevens and heart transplant recipient Denny Duquette
38:23comes to an abrupt end.
38:25I know.
38:28I know he's gone and done it more.
38:29Isn't that ridiculous?
38:37Isn't that ridiculous?
38:39Ridiculous piece of crap.
38:42You remember?
38:43The scene where her fellow doctors find Izzy lying in the deceased patient's arms
38:47is overwhelming to say the least.
38:49Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars fades in on the soundtrack,
38:52and Alex Karev carries the weeping Izzy away in his arms.
38:56It became a defining moment of the show.
39:12Number 14.
39:13Hodor's Fate.
39:14Game of Thrones.
39:15He was a man of few words.
39:17However, the reason for his one word becomes so painfully clear in the season 6 episode,
39:23aptly named The Door.
39:24This whole time, Hodor was actually saying,
39:27hold the door.
39:28We learn that Bran Stark's disruption of time and space traumatized the young Hodor,
39:33giving him an image of his death.
39:35Hold the door!
39:37Hold the door!
39:43Hold the door!
39:45The consequences of this come to pass in The Door.
39:48Hodor's name takes on a deeply disturbing meaning,
39:50as he holds the door to the hideout closed while White Walkers invade.
39:55Hold the door!
39:57Hold the door!
39:59Hold the door!
40:00Hold the door!
40:02Hold the door!
40:04The Red Wedding gets an honourable mention for the shock factor,
40:07but Hodor's loyalty earns Game of Thrones a spot on this list.
40:11Number 13.
40:12Mr. Feeney's Goodbye.
40:13Boy Meets World.
40:14For years, teacher George Feeney was watched with equal parts irritation and amusement,
40:19as Corey and Eric Matthews and their friends have gotten into one adolescent's mess after another.
40:24In the series finale, his students enter adulthood,
40:27and their time together finally comes to an end.
40:29He gives the kids one last speech about doing good.
40:31Believe in yourselves.
40:35Dream.
40:38Try.
40:43Do good.
40:46Don't you mean do well?
40:50No, I mean do good.
40:53The moment brings out a lot of uncharacteristic sentiment from the veteran teacher.
40:57He manages to withstand their hugs and tears.
41:00Of course, he waits until they're out of the room to tell them he loves them.
41:04He is a professional until the end.
41:06I love you all.
41:14Class dismissed.
41:16Number 12.
41:17Ben's Funeral.
41:18Scrubs.
41:18There's one more thing you have to do for me.
41:20You can't keep me from getting drunk.
41:23You have to forgive yourself for everything that went down the other day.
41:26Don't let the comedy fool you.
41:28When Scrubs really dug into the hospital setting,
41:31it could be as sad as any medical drama.
41:33When Dr. Cox loses it,
41:35it's kind of like watching your dad cry.
41:37One fan favourite episode that sees him lose three transplant patients was rough.
41:42Remember what you told me?
41:45The second you start blaming yourself for people's deaths,
41:48there's no coming back.
41:50Yeah, you're right.
41:57But in this legendary season three episode,
42:00the usually stoic Dr. Cox is concerned with his beloved brother-in-law Ben's chronic illness.
42:05However, in the last scene, we realise Cox's conversations with Ben have been imaginary,
42:10and he's actually at his funeral.
42:13Ben passed away during the events of the episode.
42:15But in the end, the most important thing to accept is that no matter how alone you feel,
42:20how painful it may be,
42:22with the help of those around you,
42:28you'll get through this too.
42:31Number 11.
42:31My Baby's Gone.
42:33The Golden Girls.
42:34The most heartbreaking moments are usually the ones when characters we think of as strong
42:38are overcome with emotion.
42:40Sofia Petrillo doesn't show her emotions very often,
42:42but she adores her children.
42:44One of the wisecracking Sicilian mothers running jokes
42:47involved comments on her unseen son Phil's love of dressing in traditionally feminine clothing.
42:53The dress thing.
42:55Why didn't she stop the dress thing?
42:57He's been doing that all his life.
43:00That didn't start with me.
43:02Oh, so it's my fault.
43:04But when Phil dies off screen in season six,
43:06she's forced to confront her confusion about his love of cross-dressing.
43:10She directs her pain towards Phil's widow before ultimately breaking down
43:14and finally allowing herself to grieve.
43:16Let go of the shame.
43:18So what if he was different?
43:20It's okay that you loved him.
43:22For a character who wasn't seen,
43:24Phil's death was a true tearjerker.
43:27What he was, Sofia,
43:29was a good man.
43:33My baby is gone.
43:37Oh, Sofia.
43:38Number 10.
43:40Chidi Exits.
43:41The Good Place.
43:42This afterlife sitcom managed to find new ways to reinvent itself
43:45as its characters achieved new levels of higher consciousness.
43:48But they're still human after all.
43:50The characters must prove themselves ready to end their time in the universe one by one.
43:54But the hardest transition occurs when Chidi and Eleanor spend their last night together.
44:00I proposed a rule.
44:01The Chidi's shouldn't be allowed to leave
44:03because it would make Eleanor sad.
44:07And I could do this forever.
44:09Zip you around the universe, showing you cool stuff.
44:12And I'd still never find the justification for getting you to stay.
44:18He's struggled for so long with indecision.
44:20To see him make the ultimate choice with confidence and certainty is a beautiful thing.
44:25The complete serenity of the moment makes it all the more affecting.
44:29Sunlight refracts when it passes through.
44:31And it's there.
44:33And you can see it.
44:34You know what it is.
44:35It's a wave.
44:37And then it crashes on the shore.
44:40And it's gone.
44:41But the water is still there.
44:47Eleanor makes her peace with Chidi's leaving.
44:50But we are not okay.
44:52Number 9.
44:53Iroh's Song
44:53Avatar The Last Airbender
44:55While he's most remembered for dispensing safely wisdom and brewing the perfect cup of tea,
45:00Uncle Iroh's role in The Tales of Ba Sing Se strikes a very different note.
45:04While it is always best to believe in oneself, a little help from others can be a great blessing.
45:12He spends the episode assisting the everyday citizens of the Earth Kingdom capital before
45:16winding up at the grave of the one person he couldn't help, his son.
45:19It's his birthday and Iroh honours his late child with a stirring song that's all but guaranteed
45:24to leave you misty-eyed.
45:25The scene then ends with an on-screen tribute to Marco, Iroh's voice actor, who passed away
45:44before the episode's airing.
45:46On multiple levels, this song is an unforgettable farewell.
45:49Come marching home, brave soldier boy, comes marching home.
45:59Number 8.
46:00Buffy's mum dies.
46:01Buffy the Vampire Slayer
46:02Watching Buffy Summers come home to find her mother's body is a scene that would be horrifying
46:07in any context.
46:08What are you doing?
46:15Mom?
46:19Mom?
46:24Mommy?
46:25Buffy's discovery of her death and her attempts to save her play out in real time.
46:29In seconds, the Mighty Slayer is reduced to a scared child.
46:32Her conversation with the 911 operator is chilling.
46:35She's cold.
46:38The body is cold?
46:40No, my mom.
46:41Should I make her warm?
46:43No, if she's not responding to the CPR, best thing is to wait for the paramedics, okay?
46:49When will they be here?
46:51They're very nearby.
46:53Buffy realizes there's nothing anyone can do to make this better.
46:56The entire episode is designed to throw us off kilter.
46:59No, no, don't.
47:01No, no, it's too late.
47:02Joyce?
47:03They're coming for her.
47:04No, no, we're...
47:05Joyce?
47:06We're not supposed to move the body!
47:08With all the undead creatures, portal openings, and freak accidents that populate the Buffyverse,
47:13a death by natural causes almost feels supernatural in itself.
47:18Number 7.
47:18Henry Blake's death.
47:20MASH.
47:20Although MASH had serious moments in its early days,
47:23it tackled more and more dramatic subject matter as it progressed.
47:27One example is when co-lead McLean Stevenson left the show in Season 3.
47:31His character, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake, has been discharged and is on his way home
47:48when the surgeons receive the news that his helicopter was shot down by the enemy.
47:52They take a moment to digest the information before going back to the surgery they're performing.
47:56It's a sobering moment that left millions of viewers shocked.
47:59Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake's plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan.
48:13It spun in.
48:18There were no survivors.
48:20Yes, it's a war show, but this moment really brought home just how much was at stake for the characters.
48:25Number 6.
48:26Final Montage.
48:28Six Feet Under.
48:29You can't take a picture of this.
48:31It's already gone.
48:33HBO's celebrated drama about the Fishers, a family who owns and operates a funeral home,
48:38is a show that's predictably preoccupied with death.
48:41But even after five seasons of characters dying,
48:44the final moments of the series is an awe-inspiring montage of the major character's future demise.
48:49As Claire Fisher drives off to her new life in New York,
48:52we are shown each member of the family at the moment of their death.
48:55Like the series, their deaths are not as tragic as they are contemplative and inevitable,
49:13but that doesn't make them any less painful.
49:15These final glimpses into the future are breathtaking in their scope and power,
49:19cementing the show as an all-time classic.
49:27Number 5.
49:28Will Smith's leading character was a generally goofy, fun-loving teenager.
49:36When his absent father came back into his life,
49:38Will's aunt and uncle were sceptical about his commitment and they had every right to be.
49:42When Will's dad once again breezes out of his life, it's the final straw.
49:47It was great seeing you, son.
49:50You too.
49:51Lou.
49:52Left alone with Uncle Phil, Will tries to hide his hurt with humour and rage.
49:56Who needs him?
49:57Hey, he wasn't there to teach me how to shoot my first basket, but I learned, didn't I?
50:00Hey, I got pretty damn good at it too, didn't I, Uncle Phil?
50:02Yeah, you did.
50:02Got through my first day without him, right?
50:04I learned how to drive, I learned how to shave, I learned how to fight without him.
50:08I had 14 great birthdays without him.
50:11He never even sent me a damn card.
50:13To hell with him!
50:14In the end, all he can do is weep over the father who doesn't want him.
50:18The scene is so powerful that it renders the studio audience pin-drop silent.
50:22I'm gonna marry me a beautiful honey, and I'm having me a whole bunch of kids.
50:26I'm gonna be a better father than he ever was.
50:27And I sure as hell don't need him for that,
50:29because ain't a damn thing he could ever teach me about how to love my kids.
50:38How come you don't want me, man?
50:42The episode doesn't give us a chance to breathe,
50:45forgoing the standard blooper reel at the end of many episodes.
50:48Number four, Marshall's dad dies.
50:51How I Met Your Mother.
50:52A TV death that comes out of nowhere can turn fans against a show,
50:56but when it's done properly, a character's sudden death can mirror real life.
51:00Marshall and Lily are struggling to conceive a child.
51:02So now I'm just scared that we won't be able to give you a grandchild.
51:05Oh, Marshall, we don't care about that one bit.
51:11And if you guys want kids, there are other ways.
51:14Later in the same episode, Marshall receives good news from the fertility specialist,
51:18only for Lily to arrive and tell him his father suffered a fatal heart attack.
51:23Something's happened.
51:26Your father, he had a heart attack.
51:31He didn't make it.
51:32My dad said?
51:40The episode ends as the two sob in each other's arms.
51:43To ensure a genuinely shocked reaction,
51:45this twist ending was kept from actor Jason Segel until the cameras were rolling.
51:52I'm not ready for this.
51:54Number three, Bill and Frank's last days.
51:57The Last of Us.
51:57In a largely standalone episode of the post-apocalyptic HBO series,
52:01a survivalist named Bill is found by a traveller, Frank.
52:04Over time, the two fall in love and live out their days in relative happiness,
52:08despite all of the zombies.
52:10I'm sorry.
52:13For what?
52:17Getting older faster than you.
52:19I like you older.
52:23Older means we're still here.
52:25Frank experiences a deteriorating quality of life due to a degenerative disease,
52:30and Bill, unwilling to go on without the man that he loves,
52:33arranges for their deaths.
52:34I do not support this.
52:38I should be furious.
52:43But from an objective point of view,
52:46it's incredibly romantic.
52:52They spend a last day together, one final meal,
52:55and go to bed together one final time.
52:57Their final moments are the climax to an unbearably moving hour of TV.
53:02Number two, Mr. Hooper's death.
53:04Sesame Street.
53:05Since 1969, the citizens of Sesame Street have been teaching kids how to be citizens of the world.
53:11Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch existed alongside human characters like Mr. Hooper,
53:16the generous owner of the general store.
53:18But when performer Will Lee passed away in 1982,
53:21Sesame Street decided to use the moment as a very real lesson on the death of a loved one.
53:26And we can remember him and remember him and remember him.
53:30Not just we want to.
53:34But I don't like it.
53:36It makes me sad.
53:38As informative as it is heartbreaking,
53:40the scene where the human characters explain Mr. Hooper's death to Big Bird
53:44may have been the first time many children learned about death.
53:47Big Bird.
53:50It has to be this way.
53:53Because.
53:55Just because.
53:57Big Bird's childlike naivete is just as hard to watch decades later.
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54:20Number one, The Fate of Seymour.
54:22Futurama.
54:23This animated sitcom follows Fry, a 20th century pizza delivery boy
54:27who is frozen in time and awakes a thousand years in the future.
54:31He finds the fossilized remains of his dog, Seymour, in a museum
54:35and plans to revive him using DNA cloning.
54:37Fry abandons the plan, thinking Seymour probably forgot about him.
54:41But in the most cursed, traumatizing and tear-inducing flashback in the history of TV,
54:47we learn that isn't the case.
54:49I had Seymour till he was three.
54:51That's when I knew him and that's when I loved him.
54:55I'll never forget him.
54:57But he forgot me a long, long time ago.
55:01Seymour obeyed Fry's last command to stay and wait for him to come back until the end of his life.
55:07Now imagine how happy he would have been to wake up and see Fry after all that time.
55:12Weeping over Seymour is the one thing that can unify a broken world.
55:16If it takes forever
55:20I will wait for you
55:26For a thousand summers
55:30What televised scenes that made you ball like a baby?
55:33Let us know in the comments.
55:35I'll see you next time.
55:39If you have the right mind of me
55:40Let us know in the comments.
55:41Go ahead and see you next time.
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