most heartbreaking episode of a comedy series?
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Like others has had, Jurassic Bark has the saddest ending ever.
"Bad News" from How I Met Your Mother has a very heartbreaking ending that comes out of no where. Fun fact, there are numbers that keep appearing in the episode that count down from 50 to 1, the 1 appearing with the bad news.
Most heartbreaking part of Scrubs? Season 9.
"Bad News" from How I Met Your Mother has a very heartbreaking ending that comes out of no where. Fun fact, there are numbers that keep appearing in the episode that count down from 50 to 1, the 1 appearing with the bad news.
Have to agree with you there. This and "Appa's Lost Days" were very emotional episodes IMO.Nigh Invulnerable said:
Most heartbreaking part of Scrubs? Season 9.
Okay, so Jurassic Bark is definitely one that tugs at the heart strings.
I figured I'd go a bit more subtle and suggest the episode 'Timeless Time' of One Foot in the Grave, not because it's incredibly sad but because it's a brilliant example of how genuine feeling can be woven into a comedy series in a subtle and understated way (I don't mind Scrubs and I have found it moving at times too, but there is NOTHING understated about the way that show handles emotion).
Anyway, 'Timeless Time' contains the only mention in the show ever of Victor and Margaret's son, who apparently died very young, many years previously, and it's a brief mention at that, but extremely poignant.
I figured I'd go a bit more subtle and suggest the episode 'Timeless Time' of One Foot in the Grave, not because it's incredibly sad but because it's a brilliant example of how genuine feeling can be woven into a comedy series in a subtle and understated way (I don't mind Scrubs and I have found it moving at times too, but there is NOTHING understated about the way that show handles emotion).
Anyway, 'Timeless Time' contains the only mention in the show ever of Victor and Margaret's son, who apparently died very young, many years previously, and it's a brief mention at that, but extremely poignant.
Half of the episodes of Scrubs are heartbreaking.
I have to agree with Futurama's "Jurassic Bark."
My nomination for most heartbreaking episode of a comedy series, however, would have to be an episode of Dead Like Me where- eh, I suppose I'll spoiler tag it, just in case.
I have to agree with Futurama's "Jurassic Bark."
My nomination for most heartbreaking episode of a comedy series, however, would have to be an episode of Dead Like Me where- eh, I suppose I'll spoiler tag it, just in case.
A Reaper has to take a gay man, and his partner wants to die with him. The most heartbreaking line is: "I've gone to bed with that man for the last thirty years; I'm not going to bed alone tonight."
I was thinking this exact same thing. Joss Whedon is well known to switch from comedy to drama really quickly. Still, Buffy-wise, I'd have to say "The Body". Especially Anya's frustrated, in-tears speech about how she, as a 1140+ year old ex-demon, doesn't understand the(in her opinion) stupidity of human mortality. (I can't find a video of it)brunothepig said:
Oh, also, in season 6, the end of "Seeing Red" and the beginning of "Villains". Tara. TARA. Damn you, Joss.
Yeah. One of the reasons I love his work, it's almost seamless.Aetera said:
Oh god, how did I forget Tara? It's been too long since I've seen the show, I'll have to borrow the dvds off my girlfriend again.
Haha, the captch was wheden. So close!
*hugs* *invites to hug Dr Cox*Impluse_101 said:
This is the only episode of any TV series that has actually made me cry (and honestly, it's not all that hard to make me cry). The thing is, for a medical-comedy, Scrubs has a very high body count.
Don't think it can be bettered.
Meh, I find Scrubs fairly corny, probably because it tries to yank your heart strings far too often. This scene goes to some extra lengths, but I stopped caring long ago. Probably because someone dies nearly every episode, and the death usually only gets 10 seconds of screentime during a montage. It just goes Death -> JD making some sappy truism -> doctors look around sad. Rince and repeat every episode. I find that it takes a lot of the drama when it gets treated in such an over-economical manner on a routine basis.Necromancer Jim said:
Compared to MASH, which has a huge body count, but still manages to handle the drama far better than Scrubs. MASH works because the surgery scenes are prolongued, devoid of cheesy mood music, and are a great deal more stark. Although the characters continue to tell jokes, they stop the laugh track, creating a contrasting sense of desperation and morbidness to the previous chirpy scenes.
Jurassic Bark - futurama
The final scene in Blackadder goes fourth
My Screwup - Scruba
The ep where four patiants die - Scrubs again
The final scene in Blackadder goes fourth
My Screwup - Scruba
The ep where four patiants die - Scrubs again
MASH had about a hundred of them. But there's one in particular that everyone who's watched the show knows I'm referring to. "Abyssinia, Henry"
I felt really sorry for abed, beautiful episodeRylot said:
And as for that Futurama episode, I don't think there is anyone who hasn't cried to that. Another good Futurama one was the episode where Fry gets stung by a space bee and dies and Leela becomes heartbroken. Forgotten what it was called.
I felt really sorry for abed, beautiful episodeRylot said:
And as for that Futurama episode, I don't think there is anyone who hasn't cried to that. Another good Futurama one was the episode where Fry gets stung by a space bee and dies and Leela becomes heartbroken. Forgotten what it was called.
Hehe not for us Brits.Tankichi said:
I felt really sorry for abed, beautiful episodeRylot said:
And as for that Futurama episode, I don't think there is anyone who hasn't cried to that. Another good Futurama one was the episode where Fry gets stung by a space bee and dies and Leela becomes heartbroken. Forgotten what it was called.
Hehe not for us Brits.Tankichi said:
I felt really sorry for abed, beautiful episodeRylot said:
And as for that Futurama episode, I don't think there is anyone who hasn't cried to that. Another good Futurama one was the episode where Fry gets stung by a space bee and dies and Leela becomes heartbroken. Forgotten what it was called.
Hehe not for us Brits.Tankichi said:
I felt really sorry for abed, beautiful episodeRylot said:
And as for that Futurama episode, I don't think there is anyone who hasn't cried to that. Another good Futurama one was the episode where Fry gets stung by a space bee and dies and Leela becomes heartbroken. Forgotten what it was called.
Hehe not for us Brits.Tankichi said:
I felt really sorry for abed, beautiful episodeRylot said:
And as for that Futurama episode, I don't think there is anyone who hasn't cried to that. Another good Futurama one was the episode where Fry gets stung by a space bee and dies and Leela becomes heartbroken. Forgotten what it was called.
Hehe not for us Brits.Tankichi said:
The final episode of Garth Merenghi's Darkplace S1. Its the most hilarious thing in the history of telivision and it made me cry because you know theres not going to be any more.