Yeah, it seems that sitcoms have better drama sometimes even more than actual dramas because you would expect a great amount of dramatic moments in a drama/soap simply just because it's that genre, it falls under that category and is labelled as that type of show but a situation comedy where you know that there's going to be jokes and a laugh track/audience and just many comedic factors and elements but it's actually not always like that and there are actually extremely serious moments in it that are going to leave you shocked or heartbroken and that are actually going to leave you with tears streaming down your face, that's when you know that a sitcom is not just a sitcom, in a way, it has more to offer than just laughs and that is when you know that show is good, really good and becomes a classic.
Personally Hawkeye’s breakdown after the korean refugee kills her baby is at the top of the list for me. But Will’s father leaving and his embrace with his Uncle is a very very close second
The Fresh Prince episode will always break my heart. Too many men out there don’t realize how important a role they play in their kids’ lives. Not being around isn’t opting out from impact, it’s the first rejection a child can experience and it stays with them for life.
Nancy Benefiel Yes!! This was the biggest, most shocking moment on TV and almost every living person who got the show was watching. We were calling all our friends, saying, "Did you just see the part about the chicken was a baby? I can't even talk about it!!"
fun fact, when they decided to write it so Blake never made it home, they didn't tell the cast. Their character reactions to the news of his death are the actors real reaction to the news.
Wilshire the Orange that was the same with Marshall, he thought lily was going to say she was pregnant but instead informed him about his fathers heart attack
yes whenever I see that scene it hits me because of how great Will Smith did with the outbursts and then when he says why don't he want me man and then they perfectly pan the cameras down to the statue it hits me
That scene from Mash is absolutely devastating. Heartbreaking . Can you imagine if that happened to you ? Can you imagine being in that position ? Words cannot properly describe how sad that is .
I saw the finale when it aired. Didn't see it again until my daughter was an infant many years later. I understood the scene a lot better the second time. There were a lot of good choices in this list, but to this day, MASH's finale is at the top.
You blew it with the Scrubs choice. The most heart breaking scene, hands down, of that series was watching Dr. Cox break down at Brendan Fraser's funeral.
A scene on this list needs to be Marshall losing his dad on How I Met Your Mother. Especially the scene where he listens to his dad’s voicemail. The last thing his dad ever said to him. I cry like a baby every time. An honorable mention should be Barney tearing down the basketball goal at his father’s house. “Why does that make you so angry?” “Because if you can be a boring suburban dad then why couldn’t you have been that for me?!?” That scene also causes me to tear up. The acting in both scenes mentioned is so heart wrenching and sad
Bella Kok and how about that scene when Ted imagined he would run to the mother's house and tell her they would meet each other in 45 days but he would give anything to spend 45 seconds more with her! That scene was a real tear jerker
watch 4:25 , that was when mother's death was foreshadowed!! I was crying throughout that scene! It's a shame HIMYM not included in this video at all..
I was going to post that. Some useless trivia you may or may not know it wasn't originally in the script, it was put in last minute and Jason Segel had no idea which makes his reaction even more sad
The marshalls dad scene really gets me because they did a countdown and as soon as it got to number one, you expect something funny or memorable. They went for memorable, but definitely not funny 😿😿😿
I haven't seen all of Mash and it does seem like a good episode but I would say at least number 2 because that Fresh prince of Bel air episode was done so great especially Will Smith not saying the actor who is on Mash didn't do a bad job I just haven't seen it that episode
Just watching that episode can be traumatic, with symptoms that follow a person for weeks afterward. Seen pretty much every episode a dozen times but only ever watched that one once.
I'm sorry, but M*A*S*H and the chicken/baby remains the most terrifying, moving moment I have ever seen on TV. Nothing else has ever come close to the shock value of that episode.
agreed and to have it so low on this list is just insulting to anyone with emotional maturity above that of a 5 year old the Chicken story is THE saddest tv moment ever
you should see the final episode and the death of henry blake, and not to mention the episode where the doctors struggle to keep a man from dying on christmas eve, and when he finally dies 10 minutes to minute, Hawkeye pushes the clock forward and states for everyone, that no one should lose their father and husband on christmas, hell even remembering this brings tears to my eyes.
What gets me now knowing Henry's fate is an even older episode where Henry, Trapper, Hawkeye and Radar watch a home movie Henry's wife sent of his kids and her....and then you realize they never see Henry again.
For me, the saddest moment in the MASH series finale wasn’t the melodramatic “chicken story” (Which, to be honest, I hated.) but the story with Charles and the Chinese musicians. The scene where he smashes his record and later admits that his beloved music, which was always a source of comfort for him, would now be a reminder of the war is truly heartbreaking, especially since his love of classical music was a huge part of his character. Then, there’s Henry Blake’s death, which took place when the show was still considered a zany sitcom.
I tell people this all the time, Charles was always the one that was never broken and always kept his bearing, kept who he was under any circumstance. When he lost his music and those musicians he lost who he was and he lost the thing most important to him, even more important than being a surgeon. When he smashed the record it broke my heart and to me its the saddest moment in the show. "They weren't soldiers, they were musicians". The thought of him never being the same again after that always shakes me to this day when I see it. I am so glad you said this
There’s a bunch of MASH examples. One I remember is on Christmas Day, a soldier was dropped of at the hospital. He wasn’t going come out of it alive, but Hawkeye, BJ, and Margaret, try to keep him alive until 12:01 am December 26 so the soldiers kids would not associate Christmas Day as the day their dad died. The soldier stayed alive until around 11:30 pm. BJ tried to keep him alive but it was futile. Hawkeye move the arms on the clock to just past midnight and they subsequently lied on the soldiers death certificate.
I loved Charles so much, maybe because of how much I hated Frank. I still get wrecked by the chicken story, but this one also gets me. Charles didn't show his tenderside to his fellow doctors, but he had one many times.
I would agree with you. The writers pull the punch with the chicken story by having Hawkeye "recover" with Sidney's therapy. It would have been a thousand times more devastating and heartwrenching if Hawkeye descended into madness and returned to the U.S. in a straightjacket and placed under suicide watch in an insane asylum.
MASH has been a favorite show of mine for about 12 years. I had seen about 75% of the show when I started to buy it on DVD and I watched them in order when I got all 11 years. I bawled my eyes out at Goodbye, Farewell and Amen even though I had seen it before. That show had a lot of poignant, hard hitting moments. Two more that got me were when it was revealed Henry died and that scene with Margaret yelling at her nurses in season 5, episode Nurses. I know what it feels like to be an outsider, even with family, and Loretta Swit portrayed that beautifully. I was thrilled with the later years and a big reason why was because of Margaret and her growth as a character. She definitely became someone you could look up to.
I'm sorry, but that is so not the scene from Scrubs I would have picked. The one when Ben dies, specifically the scene where Dr Cox finally admits to himself that Ben is really gone.
+Rachel M. Futurama is one of the greatest animated series of all time. I cry every time I watch this particular episode. There is another when his brother names his son after Fry.
+RagegamR The Actress who played the original Aunt Viv was fired. The rumor was that it was at Will Smith's request. It wasn't Daphne Maxwell-Reid's fault, but she was a poor replacement.
Boy Meets World broke my heart. I was sobbing. It felt like Mr. Feeney was saying goodbye to us all. On the other hand, I didn't think the Friends finale was sad at all. It ended perfectly IMHO.
For me it was more moving because you see in the progression over the course of the war he had been hip deep in blood, gore and young men's intestines and had outbursts pf rage against it all. But this broke him... I still cry watching this.
There is only one saddest moment in any Sitcom ever. Scrubs, Dr. Cox losing his transportation patients to the frays how to save a life and him leaving the Hospital afterwards. There is not a single more heart wrecking moment in any sitcom ive ever seen.
Yeah i think this is the most sad episode and one more when very sick patient ask for last beer in his life because probably he never wake up again... I don't remember what episode it is
"Pictures of what?" "You know, screaming babies, people who have never met my son...the whole routine." "Where do you think we are?" (Zoom out to show cemetary, Ben's picture)
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Disagree with the scrubs one, sad yes but Ben's death was worse, or when Dr. Cox loses the 3 patients. JD gets upset all the time, when it's Dr. Cox though it always hit me more. Or Laverne's death, that was kind of out of the blue, no build up or big story, just a car crash, was unlucky and realistic. Infact so many good sad/emotional moments in Scrubs there should be a dedicated top ten (y)
We need a top ten saddest How I met Your Mother list. There are so many sad moments: The Mom dies, Marshall's dad dies, Robin can't have kids, Barney confronting his dad, Lily admits she doesn't want to be a mom. I second a saddest scrubs list too.
The most glaring omission is Florida coming to grips with James' death on Good Times ("Damn, Damn, Damn"). I thought that would be #1. How could you leave that one out? Boy Meets World doesn't belong on any top 10 list. The Friends finale has been done before multiple times. Please redo the list with the above changes.
In scrubs, when Doctor Cox lost all these patients after transplanting them sick organs. When he flips out and "its hard to save a life" starts to play
I saw bits and pieces of MASH and the baby/chicken scene when I was about 11. After all these years it still will come up in my mind every once in a while.
Yah I know! Actually, the ONE scene I always got teary eyed about was the one where uncle Jesse was moving out and he was in the room with Michelle and they were having that sad conversation while she held that picture of the bunny rabbit. Full House had a few sad episodes, so maybe they just figured there was too many to choose from.
That 70's Show!! It was literally an end of an era (in the program of course). The moment Eric surprises Donna in front of the garage.. the last circle amongst the gang with the final moments when everyone runs upstairs for the New Year's countdown to the 80's... Simply perfection.
I never watched M.A.S.H., and this is the first time I've seen that clip or heard about "The Chicken Story," but if I watched that series when it aired, then nothing would've topped it in my mind! Just based on the little pieces I saw in this video. Such amazing storytelling in those scenes, it makes me want to find the whole episode.
@@jeremylevie2263 Thanks! No Hulu ATM, but I cycle through it now and again, so I'll hunt it down on the next month I subscribe. (I did pull up the full scene elsewhere on YT.)
Zora Catone I'm sure they had to rule out off-screen deaths, since that's unfortunately happened many times. You'd have to include Lynn Thigpen's death in The District too. The way they factored that into the show was gut-wrenching.
Widow Maker how about the episode of Cheers when Woody comes to town to meet up with Coach, only to find out that he'd died months ago Or the season 3 opening episode of "Gimme a Break" where The Dad, who's also the police chief had died Just like 8 simple rules, those two shows also centered on the real life deaths of the actors who portrayed those characters
I remember watching that when I was about 8, I'm 16 now and I still have to hold back tears when i remember it:( *Tune in Wednesday, November 11, at 7PM | 6C for "MeTV Remembers the M*A*S*H Finale." See the complete final episode, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen," along with exclusive interviews with the cast and creators of M*A*S*H.* That's going on soon, I'm not sure if I'm ready for it lol
He walked into the surgery room without a mask on, Hawkeye told him to get out. He ignored him and then told everyone that's Henry's plane had been shot down over the Sea of Japan
The cast wasn't told in advance that was going to happen. They thought they were filming a "regular" end to the shows. Gary Burghoff was sent om set with that message as they were filming. One take. All the actors emotions were real
+DirtRich Or the one where he loses three patients. Or the one where Mr. Fremont dies in the 8th season (My ABCs). Or the one where Laverne dies. I mean, don't get me wrong. The one they showed was sad. But not as sad as others.
+DirtRich I gotta agree. Brendan Frasier's character's death was harder hitting, if for no other reason than you need to watch it TWICE to understand the implications of it.
I would watch Futurama over and over again when it was on Netflix because it was a good background noise show to listen to while I worked (I had seen it enough that I didn't need to watch the screen so I wouldn't be distracted. But I liked it.) and no matter what happened whenever Fry's Dog episode start I run to skip the episode or I end it before that 'I'll wait for you' part. One good thing is that they kinda fixed it with 'Bender's Big Score' or whatever the name of that movie was by having a time traveling Fry go back and spend time with Seymore until his flash fossilization letting him live a long and happy life with Fry rather than just waiting for him.
clarkvans If they didn't have that one in this top ten, I was going to flip a table. I'd tie it for #1, honestly. I just stumbled upon the episode one night and it just made me sob like a baby.
clarkvans Honestly, Will Smith's breakdown was better, in my opinion. While I agree that Fry's dog should have been higher on the list, Will smith's scene is much more relatable to a very large number of people. Both scenes were expertly done though.
Okay, that's M*A*S*H episode fucked me up as a child and it still haunts me today, I was very young when I first saw it. M*A*S*H is still my favorite show but that and the episode after Henry dies are the only two I will not watch
@Nopez20 Yes, I totally agree. I was crying the second I saw "GOODBYE" and heard Suicide Is Painless playing in the background and I was crying for 5 minutes too.
I used to watch MASH as a kid with my parents and I remember them kicking me out of the room for this episode. I didn't know this was how it ended, I just remember Hawkeye talking to the shrink.
MASH could have a few spots on this list. Henry Blake killed on his way home. Radar leaving. Hawkeye's friend who was writing a book as a soldier & being mortally wounded and ending up on Hawkeye's operating table as he dies. The chicken story in the final episode. The soldier who dies at the 4077 & his spirit hangs around not believing he is dead, & then finally walking off down the road with the spirts of other dead soldiers.
The episode where the soldier comes in who is brain dead but his heart is still beating, but they need something from his body to save someone else is also sad
A few days ago they had the episode with the medic who had lost his memory. His brother had been killed, and his mother had told him to watch over his brother. You could do a top 10 saddest MASH episodes easily.
The episode where another young doctor comes in to help out and gets thrown into the chaos of OR, and they find him in the Swamp after...the pressure having made him snap, and he keeps trying to rub blood off his hands. I mean, when you see even Winchester look like he's about to cry, that's saying something.
While not a powerhouse like the sitcoms mentioned in the video, the moment that always makes me cry is in the series finale of Suit Life on Deck. Mr. Moseby and London are saying their goodbyes, when he tells her, "If you ever need anything, just call me,' to which she replies with an empty-headed nod. Seconds later, Mr. Moseby's phone rings and the camera pans to London of her phone and she says in a teary voice "I'm gonna miss you."
No Uncle Phil WAS Will's Dad. Not in a literal sense but the vast difference between Dad and biological father is where this lies. Phil gave Will what his father should have. Love and the real lessons a good father imparts to his his children.
Oh come on! Brian's death on family guy pulls no emotional strings you'd expect them to bring him back and Brian is like macfarlenes favorite character
I agree. Family Guy fails at connecting with audiences and making us cry. However in the animation field Futurama is the only show that pulls it off. The Simpsons has some sad episodes too like the scene do it for her and "bart gets an F"
They brought him back because of idiotic fan backlash and I fucking hate them for it. Brian used to be my favorite character on the show. He used to be the voice of reason now he's a racist hypocritical douche which Seth Macfarlene uses as his personal mouthpiece.
I know nothing about Futurama besides its basic premise and that's it's well loved. But that scene in the video made me cry, and I never cry during tv shows.
I'm so very sorry. I lost my dog a few months ago. The pain is overwhelming. I think if there is anything they could ask of us, it would that they would want us to always remember them. I think about my Blue Moon all the time and cry and talk to her. And I always pray that I'll see her again someday. I hope that you will also see your furbaby again someday.
I felt like someone kicked me in the groin when that happened. I am confident that most of us who watched it just sat there silently and just weren't able to say anything when they saw that scene
dragonweyr44 By far--that was perhaps the saddest moment of TV outside of the news. The chicken story, not nearly as much. And the fact that they didn't tell anybody about what was happening and only Radar knew when he read the telegraph, and the reactions were as real as they were... Makes me water up thinking about it. Also, last episode of House was pretty well up there. Or really a lot of House, although that's not exactly a sitcom.
M*A*S*H yes, I am almost to the episode where Henry Blake dies **cries in the corner** he is the bomb! What about when Radar leaves? I found that episode sad. I have heard the final episode of M*A*S*H (Goodbye, Farwell and Amen) was sad but idk I never watched it. I have to sometime.
Are you kidding me? Friends leaving their apartment? I want to use such profanity. Above the ending to Golden Girls? Above James Evans dying on Good Times? Above Anya's outburst about death in Buffy the Vampire Slayer? But Futurama? Yeah, I can't watch that episode.
How about Happy Days when Fonzie cried in the hospital room after Richie was injured in a motorcycle accident and the doctor didn't think he was going to make it.
That was a really sad moment. And the whole idea in that show was that Fonzie was "manly" and the cool guy....but in that scene you see him just completely crying
How the Chicken Story is ranked only fifth on this list is beyond me. M*A*S*H had enough extremely emotional moments that it could easily fill this list and probably two or three more lists.
I don't know if it resonates more with me because my maternal grandparents met during that war (he was a U.S. soldier, she was South Korean) and my mother was born and partially raised in Seoul, but I can't watch the final episode of M*A*S*H* because of that scene. It breaks my heart. I also think it did a great job of trying to explain PTSD (or "shell shock" as it used to be known) to the average person well before any other show.
It was for me also and I was a little kid and watched its first broadcast live. But as I grew up and learned more about the Korean War, my sadness was replaced by the cynical question: "WHO SHOT HENRY'S PLANE DOWN, EXACTLY? THE NORTH KOREAN AND CHINESE AIR FORCES NEVER GOT NEAR THE SEA OF JAPAN? THEY SHOULD HAVE JUST SAID IT CRASHED DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE."
the "Chicken story" from M*A*S*H is easily the saddest moment in T.V. history, to place it at number 5 on the list demonstrated a detachment from reality and your in ability to grasp the true horror and despair of the situation, a woman forced to take the life of her infant child to save the life of a bus load of other people, the pain and hopelessness this instilled in hawk eye, pushing him over the edge and the repression of this one event and a life already filled with death and destruction... honestly even the second saddest moment from mash is was more powerful and emotional than the rest of this list combined, when the doctors of the 4077 find a man dying on Christmas and try to save his life but dont tell the rest of the crew because they dont wanna dampen their spirits, they eventually realize they cant save him but work tirelessly for hours nonstop trying to prolong his life so that the mans children dont have to remember Christmas as the day they lost their dad, the man dies three minutes before midnight meaning they failed, hawkeye decides to turn the clock forward and falsify the death report, all of the rest of the shows on this list pale in comparison to the greatness and emotional weight of mash
I remember seeing that episode some time ago, I think 2011 on TV Land. It was one of the saddest episodes of any show I ever saw. For a man not to be able to return home even after Christmas to see his family, I wouldn't wish that upon my worst enemy.
+Alexander Cotter Shit, I don't think I've seen that one! That's heavy, man. It doesn't change that they did fail, but it's a lie that makes everyone happy, so it's a good lie.
Sooooo no mention of James Evans dying in the car accident on Good Times and the mom finally breaking down after so much denial of it??? "DAMN DAMN DAMN!!"
All I have to do is hear or see that last scene and I break down. Good Times had a few episodes. How About when old man friend of Michael dies on New Year's Eve midnight.
I have a feeling Watchmojo don't research as much as they should. The finale to Blackadder goes forth sees the four main characters go over the top in WW1. These choices are pathetic compared to that. I really hope that WM do more research into non-american shows in future, because almost all of their lists are too centred around America.
Same here, something bout Bart crying just gets me and then him shouting " I passed, I passed, I got D minus I passed, I passed, I kissed the teacher?!? Eww"
I think its actually sadder in the episode Barts dog gets an f, where they send Santas Little Helper to an obedience school to see if they should keep him and Bart tries to train him during the night, that scene is so depressing.
One entry per franchise. I say the Chicken/Baby moment hit just a little bit harder. Otherwise the entire list would be nothing but MASH (and the Fresh Prince scene)
Why is the attempted rape of Edith fully mentioned but the episode where Archie finds her slipper after she dies and sits on the bed talking to her spirit and apologizing for not showing how much he really loved her while she was alive? I can barely make it through that one without crying. Fix the list meathead!
Archie, with all of his verbosity, was a great person. Sure he came off as a bigot at times but in the end, the people he was prejudiced against really meant something to him. Beverly the female impersonator, George Jefferson, Mike, all people you thought Archie hated and yet he loved them in his own way.
simply be cause of the fact that it's because of the moment Death could always happen and admitting feeling after everything is a rather cliche moment. However when all tin the family was aired ( in the 70s) violence wasn't a thing that was seen on television much and it really was considered a scare and it's more likely to happen.
When Mary lost her baby in the fire on Little House on the Prairie I can’t get those images out of my mind and head. And that was over 30 years ago. ( OK, it wasn’t a sitcom ) Still made me cry
+Gyuiu Tcfyguh You are so wrong, and to point that out, I'll list a few extremely sad moments down here: - First, Marshall's dad who died, that is probably the saddest part in it. - Ted and Robin breaking up end Season 2. - Barney waiting at MacLarens for Robin only to find out she choses Kevin over him - Ted and Victoria breaking up Season 8 - The Final Page part 2, when Marshall, Lily and little Marvin are looking at the snow falling, Barney and Robin are on top of the WWN buidling, happily engaged, and Ted is looking outside as well, realizing he let go of Robin, and that he is all alone. - During the series finals, when Lily was dresses as Moby Dick, Robin said she would leave the gang. - Ted being left at the altar And these are only the sad moments, there are so many others, joy, anger, hope, love. Don't hate on a show if you don't know the show.
Danny, you assume that my hatred is unwarranted. Sadly, I had seen most of these moments and the feelings were very forced. I can say that I hate that show with all honesty because I have seen it.
It was purposeful, because it used emotions of losing a pet to get views emotional because know his death was shitty. Emotional manipulation. Since Brian became a detestable, hypocritical shitty person.
2. Seymour's Fate is one of the many reasons why it's better than The Simpsons. 1. Uncle Phil holding Will in his arms show why Uncle Phil is one of, if not the best surrogate fathers on TV.
+Matt “Spider-Matt” Thornton I agree totally about Futurama being better than the Simpsons. It's just so much more creative, hilarious and memorable. Although I'm touched slightly more by the "Luck of the Fryrish" ending, maybe because I have a younger brother myself, the Seymour's Fate ending is brutally sad.
+Matt “Spider-Matt” Thornton seymours fate is the saddist, but i think they fixed that in benders big score, we see how seymour gets fossilized and it helps take away some of the pain, since we see that he gets to be with fry from almost all of his life.
+Matt “Spider-Matt” Thornton The only problem I have with Futurama is the Fry & Leela love story. Not only was it dragged on over seasons upon seasons, going back and forth with the mixed signals, but on top of that (in my opinion) it wasn't the least bit interesting to begin with and therefore was just a waste of airtime when there were more entertaining things, like whatever Bender's doing, or if Zoidberg has another funny moment. Hell, the Amy & Kif love story's more interesting.
Kyle211919 I agree, this was a touch and go arc. But that still doesn't detract from this being the deepest, funniest, and well-written cartoon America has ever produced.
"How come he don't want me man?"
I have never seen the show, not even a single episode, but that one line just got me. damn.
Nikhil Sasi Rajan I started to shed tears, mah Hart...mah sol
I'm crying
Nikhil Sasi Rajan funfact that was all improv. And true. Will smiths father actually left
Oh damn. Makes the scene so much more sadder...
Nikhil Sasi Rajan I wonder the same thing about my dad
when you cry at a sitcom, writers are winning
It's probably because they're so lighthearted most of the time. It hits you so much harder.
As well they should. Writers are everything.
Yeah, it seems that sitcoms have better drama sometimes even more than actual dramas because you would expect a great amount of dramatic moments in a drama/soap simply just because it's that genre, it falls under that category and is labelled as that type of show but a situation comedy where you know that there's going to be jokes and a laugh track/audience and just many comedic factors and elements but it's actually not always like that and there are actually extremely serious moments in it that are going to leave you shocked or heartbroken and that are actually going to leave you with tears streaming down your face, that's when you know that a sitcom is not just a sitcom, in a way, it has more to offer than just laughs and that is when you know that show is good, really good and becomes a classic.
If I watch an entire TV series, and it doesn't succeed in making me both laugh and cry, the writers have failed.
Yeah you're probably right
Personally Hawkeye’s breakdown after the korean refugee kills her baby is at the top of the list for me. But Will’s father leaving and his embrace with his Uncle is a very very close second
The Fresh Prince episode will always break my heart. Too many men out there don’t realize how important a role they play in their kids’ lives. Not being around isn’t opting out from impact, it’s the first rejection a child can experience and it stays with them for life.
Amen, yes
I can't begin to tell you how much I can relate to that episode from "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air" 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
He slapped the sh*t of that scene!
alot of episodes from fresh prince made me cry
That scene is devastating and amazing job between James and Will.
I will never forget the "chicken" on Mash. I was 8 months pregnant and I could not stop crying for hours.
Nancy Benefiel Yes!! This was the biggest, most shocking moment on TV and almost every living person who got the show was watching. We were calling all our friends, saying, "Did you just see the part about the chicken was a baby? I can't even talk about it!!"
Oh good word, while pregnant??? No wonder! I don’t blame you one bit.
How could they not put in Henry Blake's death in 'Mash' and Marshal's Father's death in 'How I met you're mother'!!?
Colonel Potter was more memorable than Blake
I liked both characters.
fun fact, when they decided to write it so Blake never made it home, they didn't tell the cast. Their character reactions to the news of his death are the actors real reaction to the news.
Wilshire the Orange that was the same with Marshall, he thought lily was going to say she was pregnant but instead informed him about his fathers heart attack
Henry Blake's death is the one that hit me the hardest.
Will Smith NAILED that scene.
I cry every single time.
yes whenever I see that scene it hits me because of how great Will Smith did with the outbursts and then when he says why don't he want me man and then they perfectly pan the cameras down to the statue it hits me
Actually that scene is so real because it is real. Smith broke down because his father abandoned him as a child and the scene hit home
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comments on this that his father abandoned him and some people say he had a good relationship with his father
@@nathanhamberg6733 They probably meant uncle.
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That scene from Mash is absolutely devastating. Heartbreaking . Can you imagine if that happened to you ? Can you imagine being in that position ? Words cannot properly describe how sad that is .
I saw the finale when it aired. Didn't see it again until my daughter was an infant many years later. I understood the scene a lot better the second time. There were a lot of good choices in this list, but to this day, MASH's finale is at the top.
i don't understand why she didn't breastfeed it. i've never seen a baby turn down a boob.
You blew it with the Scrubs choice. The most heart breaking scene, hands down, of that series was watching Dr. Cox break down at Brendan Fraser's funeral.
+shakenbake83 Also Laverne's death.
Also the episode where how to save a life plays.
+shakenbake83 "Where do you think we are?"
+shakenbake83 NO the one with the black guy dying. And then they talk for a few hours before he dies.
+shakenbake83 They had so many choices. When J.D.'s dad died, when Dr. Cox accidentally let 3 patients die, and the one you mentioned.
A scene on this list needs to be Marshall losing his dad on How I Met Your Mother. Especially the scene where he listens to his dad’s voicemail. The last thing his dad ever said to him. I cry like a baby every time. An honorable mention should be Barney tearing down the basketball goal at his father’s house. “Why does that make you so angry?” “Because if you can be a boring suburban dad then why couldn’t you have been that for me?!?” That scene also causes me to tear up. The acting in both scenes mentioned is so heart wrenching and sad
Bella Kok and how about that scene when Ted imagined he would run to the mother's house and tell her they would meet each other in 45 days but he would give anything to spend 45 seconds more with her! That scene was a real tear jerker
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watch 4:25 , that was when mother's death was foreshadowed!! I was crying throughout that scene! It's a shame HIMYM not included in this video at all..
I was going to post that. Some useless trivia you may or may not know it wasn't originally in the script, it was put in last minute and Jason Segel had no idea which makes his reaction even more sad
The marshalls dad scene really gets me because they did a countdown and as soon as it got to number one, you expect something funny or memorable.
They went for memorable, but definitely not funny 😿😿😿
The chicken story makes me sob. The shock factor is ridiculous, and the thing itself is so sad. It should be number one on this list tbh.
There's so many on here but there been more mentioned in the comments and hope she picks them up.
Makes me cry every time I see it
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I haven't seen all of Mash and it does seem like a good episode but I would say at least number 2 because that Fresh prince of Bel air episode was done so great especially Will Smith not saying the actor who is on Mash didn't do a bad job I just haven't seen it that episode
Damn that was too deep :(
Whoever doesn't have M*A*S*H at number one did not watch the episode. Alan Alda was truly haunting. Well above the rest on this list.
Just watching that episode can be traumatic, with symptoms that follow a person for weeks afterward. Seen pretty much every episode a dozen times but only ever watched that one once.
@@5353Jumper It's a hard watch. Too real.
It solidified for me that when my mother told me he was one of the greatest actors ever to Grace the small screen she was telling the absolute truth.
The last episode and the episode where Col. Blake died made my heart shatter
Mash WORST Last Episode EVER ! W0W ... Stupid !
I'm sorry, but M*A*S*H and the chicken/baby remains the most terrifying, moving moment I have ever seen on TV. Nothing else has ever come close to the shock value of that episode.
agreed and to have it so low on this list is just insulting to anyone with emotional maturity above that of a 5 year old
the Chicken story is THE saddest tv moment ever
you should see the final episode and the death of henry blake, and not to mention the episode where the doctors struggle to keep a man from dying on christmas eve, and when he finally dies 10 minutes to minute, Hawkeye pushes the clock forward and states for everyone, that no one should lose their father and husband on christmas, hell even remembering this brings tears to my eyes.
M*A*S*H could make it's own lists.
@Arella17 Agreed. It sure could.
Pfff! I strongly disagree
Paul's death in 8 Simple Rules, it still breaks my heart everytime I watch that episode
This.
Kerri Angel I even cried.
Same, it's only recently I've been able to watch it without crying
Kerri Angel I seriously jus watched it and couldn't help but cry
Tyler Hayes ayeeeee
Only sitcom episode that ever made me tear up, was announcement of Henry Blake's plane crashing into Sea Of Japan.
What gets me now knowing Henry's fate is an even older episode where Henry, Trapper, Hawkeye and Radar watch a home movie Henry's wife sent of his kids and her....and then you realize they never see Henry again.
I cried my eyes out. I couldn’t believe it when that happened.
God damn that one hurt me so much
I loved that one.
Damn man I can barely remember the scenes but I remember all the emotions.
For me, the saddest moment in the MASH series finale wasn’t the melodramatic “chicken story” (Which, to be honest, I hated.) but the story with Charles and the Chinese musicians. The scene where he smashes his record and later admits that his beloved music, which was always a source of comfort for him, would now be a reminder of the war is truly heartbreaking, especially since his love of classical music was a huge part of his character.
Then, there’s Henry Blake’s death, which took place when the show was still considered a zany sitcom.
I tell people this all the time, Charles was always the one that was never broken and always kept his bearing, kept who he was under any circumstance. When he lost his music and those musicians he lost who he was and he lost the thing most important to him, even more important than being a surgeon. When he smashed the record it broke my heart and to me its the saddest moment in the show. "They weren't soldiers, they were musicians". The thought of him never being the same again after that always shakes me to this day when I see it. I am so glad you said this
There’s a bunch of MASH examples. One I remember is on Christmas Day, a soldier was dropped of at the hospital. He wasn’t going come out of it alive, but Hawkeye, BJ, and Margaret, try to keep him alive until 12:01 am December 26 so the soldiers kids would not associate Christmas Day as the day their dad died. The soldier stayed alive until around 11:30 pm. BJ tried to keep him alive but it was futile. Hawkeye move the arms on the clock to just past midnight and they subsequently lied on the soldiers death certificate.
I loved Charles so much, maybe because of how much I hated Frank. I still get wrecked by the chicken story, but this one also gets me. Charles didn't show his tenderside to his fellow doctors, but he had one many times.
I would agree with you. The writers pull the punch with the chicken story by having Hawkeye "recover" with Sidney's therapy. It would have been a thousand times more devastating and heartwrenching if Hawkeye descended into madness and returned to the U.S. in a straightjacket and placed under suicide watch in an insane asylum.
For me it was the soldier with Leukemia story, that one reeeeeally got to me
The Simpsons "Do it for her" moment always makes me cry...
there's a lot of simpsons moments and they just put in the honorable mentions and even that moment of homer's mother isn't one of the greatest.
Malcoln Bauer this list is sad moments, that do it for her is happy cry, sorry just saying.
@@charlieandthechocfactrules9186 i will have to agree with you. it is satisfying to watch that scene.
😭😭😭
you are lisa simpson
MASH has been a favorite show of mine for about 12 years. I had seen about 75% of the show when I started to buy it on DVD and I watched them in order when I got all 11 years. I bawled my eyes out at Goodbye, Farewell and Amen even though I had seen it before. That show had a lot of poignant, hard hitting moments. Two more that got me were when it was revealed Henry died and that scene with Margaret yelling at her nurses in season 5, episode Nurses. I know what it feels like to be an outsider, even with family, and Loretta Swit portrayed that beautifully. I was thrilled with the later years and a big reason why was because of Margaret and her growth as a character. She definitely became someone you could look up to.
Oh yeah! That made me cry too. Very well acted.
I'm sorry, but that is so not the scene from Scrubs I would have picked. The one when Ben dies, specifically the scene where Dr Cox finally admits to himself that Ben is really gone.
YES~!!!
yes!!
AsheyCat Ben Sullivan's death on scrubs was the saddest.
AsheyCat or season 5 episode 20 when doctor cox loses three patients in one day
Yesss that breaks my heart
Col. Henry Blakes plane was shot down over the sea of Japan.......... There were no survivors
Geez how could I have forgotten that....?
Heart. Broke.
That was the first TV death that I remember among show characters (not random killings in a crime/detective show)
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@Paul Tincher Mash still makes me cry but in a good way.
I've never even watched Futurama, but Seymour's "waiting" clip makes me cry EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
SAME
+Rachel M. Futurama is one of the greatest animated series of all time. I cry every time I watch this particular episode. There is another when his brother names his son after Fry.
I cry too... It's heartbreaking.
+Maverick the luck of the fryish. still the best piece of animation created in history imo.
I agree. My favorite animated series of all time.
That look on Uncle Phils face at the end of the scene kills me.
+Steve Rickard You could see the pain etched on his face.
+vxy357 it was a legit scene
+Steve Rickard I never got past the part where Vivians character changed, and I regret not continuing the show. ;~;
+Steve Rickard Anyone know why the character changed though?
+RagegamR The Actress who played the original Aunt Viv was fired. The rumor was that it was at Will Smith's request. It wasn't Daphne Maxwell-Reid's fault, but she was a poor replacement.
Boy Meets World broke my heart. I was sobbing. It felt like Mr. Feeney was saying goodbye to us all.
On the other hand, I didn't think the Friends finale was sad at all. It ended perfectly IMHO.
Futurama--Fry's dog episode absolutely took me by surprise when it first aired and it is still a tearjerker in reruns.
Scrubs. "Where do you think we are?"
Danusta God DAMN IT
The moment doctor cox and the audience both stop living in denial. Saddest moment on television in my opinion.
Danusta Yes I remember that. It broke my heart
Just reading that question breaks my heart.
Danusta that fucking killed me.
For me is number 1. When kevin from office drops his chilly😓
Filip Moric i cried for days when that happened bro
chilly .
That scene still chills me to the bone. It haunts my dreams
yaaa
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I never watched Rosanne but that plot twist seems disturbing as fuck. Same with that baby scene.
Sadly, the Lats Season was terrible, but i cry in the Last Episode, the only Watchable Episode in the last Season
Chicken story definitely should’ve been #1. I’m sorry but MASH is perfection. Nobody does it like Alan A ❤️
Shelly Hedrick One of Alan’s best performance will never forget that Scene
For me it was more moving because you see in the progression over the course of the war he had been hip deep in blood, gore and young men's intestines and had outbursts pf rage against it all. But this broke him... I still cry watching this.
Shelly Hedrick I agree.
Absolutely correct, I was disappointed with the placement. Only reason why I'm here is because I just finished Mash
Growing up watching it with my dad watching it, I used to have nightmares of this scene. I love it now but as a 4 year old kid it was pretty scary.
There is only one saddest moment in any Sitcom ever. Scrubs, Dr. Cox losing his transportation patients to the frays how to save a life and him leaving the Hospital afterwards. There is not a single more heart wrecking moment in any sitcom ive ever seen.
Yeah i think this is the most sad episode and one more when very sick patient ask for last beer in his life because probably he never wake up again... I don't remember what episode it is
And the death of Ben
"Pictures of what?"
"You know, screaming babies, people who have never met my son...the whole routine."
"Where do you think we are?"
(Zoom out to show cemetary, Ben's picture)
Will Smith and his dad is a more sadder moment
When Ben died was rough
I was going to raise hell if the Fresh prince episode wasn't here.
Same.
Lol. hell yeah. That's all I was waiting for .
+TheSuperNats I thought they might have picked the episode where Carlton overdoses on the speed he got from Will's locker.
+TheSuperNats Facts!
I thought it was going to be the episode where will takes the bullet for Carlton and nearly dies
This whole list could have just been mash scenes honestly
Dem0nic Fire Gaming that was the best show ever made
Even the theme music to mash has a hint of melancholy
Same with Scrubs.
The episode with Charles and the band? Forget it.
''They weren't even soldiers; they were musicians.''
It's because war is a sad and ugly thing to experience. My grandfather fought in the Korean War and I couldn't imagine what it was like.
How could they not put in the death of Marshall's Father from How I met you're Mother!?
That is number 1 by far and it's not even close.
@@isualum13 I agree
I agree. I also think they should have switched out the scrubs scene with the moment dr.cox lost 3 patients.
There are so many moments from that show and not one made it... Barney with his dad, Tracy’s death, and ted getting left at the alter.
It wasn’t sad
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Glee tribute episode to Finn Corey Monteith should have made the list
xaveozk It's not a sitcom, it's a drama
Disagree with the scrubs one, sad yes but Ben's death was worse, or when Dr. Cox loses the 3 patients. JD gets upset all the time, when it's Dr. Cox though it always hit me more. Or Laverne's death, that was kind of out of the blue, no build up or big story, just a car crash, was unlucky and realistic.
Infact so many good sad/emotional moments in Scrubs there should be a dedicated top ten (y)
We need a top ten saddest How I met Your Mother list. There are so many sad moments: The Mom dies, Marshall's dad dies, Robin can't have kids, Barney confronting his dad, Lily admits she doesn't want to be a mom. I second a saddest scrubs list too.
The most glaring omission is Florida coming to grips with James' death on Good Times ("Damn, Damn, Damn"). I thought that would be #1. How could you leave that one out?
Boy Meets World doesn't belong on any top 10 list. The Friends finale has been done before multiple times.
Please redo the list with the above changes.
In scrubs, when Doctor Cox lost all these patients after transplanting them sick organs. When he flips out and "its hard to save a life" starts to play
Yeah, I agree, that was worse.
I was about to say the same thing... also, the episode when Ben dies makes me cry every time. But that moment with the Frey song was just too damn sad
Damn, Scrubs has some of the most funny moments ever on TV, but also sooo many sad ones. Reminds me of why this show is my favorite comedy!
I was wonderin the same thing!!!
you are correct, was just about to post that this was Scrubs' saddest moment
i don’t even watch M*A*S*H but the chicken story made me cry
Same, it bored the hell out of me when I was a kid. Now I wan't to watch it though.
you need to see every episode, the best tv show ever made.
Go watch the episode it's not a baby in the end and the lady didn't do it.
@@benjaminthomason2672 yes it was and yes she did
I would choose Henry Blake’s death more heartbreaking than the chicken story.
I don't think any sitcom can ever make me cry the way "Good Times" did when James Evans died.
Now, why da hell ain't THAT on the list?! That was HORRIBLY sad.
@@Jack21Spades because watchmojo is ran by a bunch of white canadians who probably never even knew about good times....
@@jeremylevie2263 Watch Mojo always screws up, regardless of race.
Damn! Damn! Damn! How is James Evans not on this list.
I got two from Scrubs which would've topped that list.
1. Dr. Cox accepts Ben's death
2. Dr. Cox gives up on being a doctor
By far the saddest moments on scrubs were Dr. Cox's 2.
"Where do you think we are?"
Why no 1 talks about losing Laverne she trained all of them all the time was affected Carla took it the worst AS WELL AS IF NOT AS MUCH SO DID DR. COX
When the 4th patient died and he pushes the machine over
I was gonna say, there were a few moments a lot more sad during the series than that season 1 episode. Those two AND Laverne's death. Damn...
I saw bits and pieces of MASH and the baby/chicken scene when I was about 11. After all these years it still will come up in my mind every once in a while.
How is Marshall finding out his Dad died on How I Met Your Mother not even mentioned on this list?
Came to say exactly this.
I think because most of these shows are decades old..
How is the video from Full House about their mom not on here?
Yah I know! Actually, the ONE scene I always got teary eyed about was the one where uncle Jesse was moving out and he was in the room with Michelle and they were having that sad conversation while she held that picture of the bunny rabbit. Full House had a few sad episodes, so maybe they just figured there was too many to choose from.
Liam Anthony yes so true or Ted being left at the altar
That 70's Show!! It was literally an end of an era (in the program of course). The moment Eric surprises Donna in front of the garage.. the last circle amongst the gang with the final moments when everyone runs upstairs for the New Year's countdown to the 80's... Simply perfection.
“The Chicken Story”
Yeah I think we’re done here. That scene digs at the pit of my stomach every time I see it. :(
I never watched M.A.S.H., and this is the first time I've seen that clip or heard about "The Chicken Story," but if I watched that series when it aired, then nothing would've topped it in my mind! Just based on the little pieces I saw in this video. Such amazing storytelling in those scenes, it makes me want to find the whole episode.
Hawkeye's crying haunts me to this day
Should have placed higher than in the middle of this list..
@@edwardkay288 if you have Hulu, then you can watch the whole episode. Not too sure off hand what season and episode it is...
@@jeremylevie2263 Thanks! No Hulu ATM, but I cycle through it now and again, so I'll hunt it down on the next month I subscribe. (I did pull up the full scene elsewhere on YT.)
8 Simple Rules should have been on this list. Family Guy's shouldn't even count given it was a fakeout.
That broke me. It should have been on the list but i'm glad it wasn't 'cause i'm crying enough as it is.
The Christmas episode where he came back hit really hard too. When Stewie broke down in tears saying how Christmas will not be the same without Brian.
Zora Catone I'm sure they had to rule out off-screen deaths, since that's unfortunately happened many times. You'd have to include Lynn Thigpen's death in The District too. The way they factored that into the show was gut-wrenching.
Rubato Wolf I guess that's true. You might as well include Mr. Hooper and the Coach from Cheers. Maybe they oughtta do an offscreen death list.
I mean, it was hard to watch at the time.
Look up, Goodbye Mr. Hooper - Sesame Street. This was a very sad scene, but they did an amazing job making death understandable to children.
Agree fully.
Steven I still can't deal with it on tv or in life.
totally agree. I bawled
It's a great moment, but it wasn't a sitcom.
I know, but it is still worth mentioning.
Fry's dog waiting for him punched me in the gut the first time I saw it
It still punches my feelings
It guts me every time. If they ever revive the show they need to fix that.
I still cry on that episode. I have to skip it everytime it comes on
@@tjj300 They did that in "Bender's Big Score" from season 5. Unless that's exactly the joke you were making.
Fry's dog really got to me. I couldn't stop the ninjas from making onions.
Bens death in Scrubs is way worse "who are you talking to" gets me everytime
Marshals dads death
What about John Ritter's death in 8 simple rules? More emotional because he died in real life. Then his death in Scrubs too.
That's what I was thinking!
It's in another mojo video
Widow Maker how about the episode of Cheers when Woody comes to town to meet up with Coach, only to find out that he'd died months ago
Or the season 3 opening episode of "Gimme a Break" where The Dad, who's also the police chief had died
Just like 8 simple rules, those two shows also centered on the real life deaths of the actors who portrayed those characters
NON SEQUITUR...john ritter died on 9/11. not THAT 9/11, but still. i don't know.
I CRY EVERYTIME I WATCH THAT DAMN FRESH PRINCE EPISODE
Just the "How come he don't want me, man?" Just gets me everytime
When Hawkeye told the story about the baby being choked on the show I remember crying...it was so upsetting.
I remember watching that when I was about 8, I'm 16 now and I still have to hold back tears when i remember it:(
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That's going on soon, I'm not sure if I'm ready for it lol
@@thekidsclub2793 ah
Same shit hit me deep
you left out the scene in M.A.SH when Radar comes into the E.R. collapses on the desk and tells everyone that Lt. Col. Henry Blake was killed
One entry per franchise
He walked into the surgery room without a mask on, Hawkeye told him to get out. He ignored him and then told everyone that's Henry's plane had been shot down over the Sea of Japan
The cast wasn't told in advance that was going to happen. They thought they were filming a "regular" end to the shows. Gary Burghoff was sent om set with that message as they were filming. One take. All the actors emotions were real
HIMYM when the Father dies unexpectedly should be on this list
i totally agree, i was dissapointed it was not on the list, the episode is called "Bad news" season 6 episode 13
that killed....literally. the actors said they did not have to fake it. the pain was real.
I cried 🙁
Omg, yes
I 100% agree, that and Barney taking the basketball hoop a few episodes earlier
The episode where Dr Cox's best friend dies in Scrubs is easily sadder then the one they showed.
+DirtRich Or the one where he loses three patients. Or the one where Mr. Fremont dies in the 8th season (My ABCs). Or the one where Laverne dies. I mean, don't get me wrong. The one they showed was sad. But not as sad as others.
+DirtRich I gotta agree. Brendan Frasier's character's death was harder hitting, if for no other reason than you need to watch it TWICE to understand the implications of it.
or when Kelso has to choose to save the rich patient over the kind poor guy so he can get funding to open up that other ward again... the feels
That entire episode is a masterpiece.
It could have it's own list to be honest.
God I know I'm a sap and I have never even watched Futurama but the dog scene made me cry like a baby. I can't handle sad dogs, man.
@@failedsample-astra I've seen that movie. Hachi was such a sad movie.
Saw that when it aired, It was talked about for years. It was probably my number one but I have no problem with the Will Smith one.
I would watch Futurama over and over again when it was on Netflix because it was a good background noise show to listen to while I worked (I had seen it enough that I didn't need to watch the screen so I wouldn't be distracted. But I liked it.) and no matter what happened whenever Fry's Dog episode start I run to skip the episode or I end it before that 'I'll wait for you' part.
One good thing is that they kinda fixed it with 'Bender's Big Score' or whatever the name of that movie was by having a time traveling Fry go back and spend time with Seymore until his flash fossilization letting him live a long and happy life with Fry rather than just waiting for him.
Saaaaame. 😢
Rafael Corrêa No one took the dog home with them?? 😭
the whole finale of M*A*S*H had me in tears
The part about those musicians who died and Charles being really upset, makes me cry every time
Jordan McCall well The show had been on the air for 11 seasons at that point (6 years longer than the actual length of The Korean War)
In fact the war is STILL technically going today
The fact there was not a single laugh track makes it even more sad
@@darkangel_1978 "For me, music was always a refuge from this miserable experience. And now... it will always be a reminder."
I think that Fry's dog story is the saddest story in comedy ever
clarkvans If they didn't have that one in this top ten, I was going to flip a table. I'd tie it for #1, honestly. I just stumbled upon the episode one night and it just made me sob like a baby.
clarkvans Honestly, Will Smith's breakdown was better, in my opinion. While I agree that Fry's dog should have been higher on the list, Will smith's scene is much more relatable to a very large number of people. Both scenes were expertly done though.
clarkvans that or the episode where Fry finds out about his nephew who is named after him. I think it's called Luck of Fry or something.
Tommy Dynamite Yeah Luck of the Fryrish. Its as sad if not sadder than the Seymour episode.
clarkvans On a TV show, maybe (leaning towards yes).
But Billy Crystal's "700 Sundays" is by far the saddest (and really funny) story in comedy.
Good Times, James' funeral...when Florida throws the punch bowl and yells "Damn Damn Damn."
Should have been on this list
Alan Alda did an amazing job as Hawkeye Pierce. My grandfather and most of my cousins have been in the military.
Okay, that's M*A*S*H episode fucked me up as a child and it still haunts me today, I was very young when I first saw it. M*A*S*H is still my favorite show but that and the episode after Henry dies are the only two I will not watch
After finding my father dead in the bathroom one morning, I can no longer watch the Buffy episode 'The Body'.
The ending episode are even worse with BJs farewell to hawkeye
@Nopez20 Yes, I totally agree. I was crying the second I saw "GOODBYE" and heard Suicide Is Painless playing in the background and I was crying for 5 minutes too.
the one when they got letters from the kids. hawkeye got one asking him, why do doctors have to fix people just so they can go back and get killed? :(
I used to watch MASH as a kid with my parents and I remember them kicking me out of the room for this episode. I didn't know this was how it ended, I just remember Hawkeye talking to the shrink.
MASH could have a few spots on this list. Henry Blake killed on his way home. Radar leaving. Hawkeye's friend who was writing a book as a soldier & being mortally wounded and ending up on Hawkeye's operating table as he dies. The chicken story in the final episode. The soldier who dies at the 4077 & his spirit hangs around not believing he is dead, & then finally walking off down the road with the spirts of other dead soldiers.
The episode where the soldier comes in who is brain dead but his heart is still beating, but they need something from his body to save someone else is also sad
the mortally wounded soldier they try to keep alive past christmas is probably the most tearjerking of all along with the final episode
A few days ago they had the episode with the medic who had lost his memory. His brother had been killed, and his mother had told him to watch over his brother. You could do a top 10 saddest MASH episodes easily.
The episode where another young doctor comes in to help out and gets thrown into the chaos of OR, and they find him in the Swamp after...the pressure having made him snap, and he keeps trying to rub blood off his hands. I mean, when you see even Winchester look like he's about to cry, that's saying something.
@@donaldbrown2846 omg yes they could. Still even today mash is by far one of the best shows ever aired.
Seeing Dan Connor having a heart attack was heart breaking.
Yes. The ending reveal had fucked me up...
i know i wanted see the last episode then in the beginning credits it says john goodman then i noticed he was still alive i was happy and suprised
nevermind
Michael from The Office leaving and Marshall's father in HIMYM have always made me cry. I will never stop crying over them.
Also R.I.P. Kevin's Chili.
While not a powerhouse like the sitcoms mentioned in the video, the moment that always makes me cry is in the series finale of Suit Life on Deck. Mr. Moseby and London are saying their goodbyes, when he tells her, "If you ever need anything, just call me,' to which she replies with an empty-headed nod. Seconds later, Mr. Moseby's phone rings and the camera pans to London of her phone and she says in a teary voice "I'm gonna miss you."
THE NOSTALGIA!
Daren Taylor Nostalgia? Are you 12? That was like 4 years ago.
I'm 14, thank you.
PRNDL
Daren Taylor nostalgia isn't just 4 years.
I still haven't forgiven you Futurama 😡😢
The "chicken" scene in MASH destroyed me. :(
I cried watching it - in a bar!
Nalianna I feel like my heart died. :'''''(
that scene imo should have been higher.
Should have been no.1
Man I was destroyed at the end of S3 and the beginning of S4. Henry dies and Trapper leaves? Still tears me up a bit. :/
Phil was a better father figure to Will than the deadbeat
No Uncle Phil WAS Will's Dad. Not in a literal sense but the vast difference between Dad and biological father is where this lies. Phil gave Will what his father should have. Love and the real lessons a good father imparts to his his children.
how to save a life episode scrubs, dr cox accidentley puts disease organs in 3 people and collapses
I forgot the exact episode but what about the one where Dr Cox's best friend played by Brendan Fraser dies.
MY SCREWUP EP 14 SERIES 3
yea i was thinking same thing that episode should be top 3
It's not my screw up - it's My Lunch episode - from Season 5
Scrubs is so ridiculously underrated it's insane
Oh! You said "The Chicken Story" and l just burst into tears!! Just like that!
There are so many MASH episodes that easily dwarfs all these picks except chicken story.
Poor hawkeye
That had to be THE saddest, darkest moment in the whole run of M*A*S*H*. And it was a dark comedy in the first place.
Yes,. The saddest of all..
Saddest episode of them all
Oh come on! Brian's death on family guy pulls no emotional strings you'd expect them to bring him back and Brian is like macfarlenes favorite character
I was actually hoping he stayed dead. I didn't shed a tear.
+Barbe k good for you.
I agree. Family Guy fails at connecting with audiences and making us cry. However in the animation field Futurama is the only show that pulls it off. The Simpsons has some sad episodes too like the scene do it for her and "bart gets an F"
Alyssa Adler Not to mention the obscure references made in Family Guy nowadays.
They brought him back because of idiotic fan backlash and I fucking hate them for it. Brian used to be my favorite character on the show. He used to be the voice of reason now he's a racist hypocritical douche which Seth Macfarlene uses as his personal mouthpiece.
80s and 90s sitcoms sad moments always hit the hardest
They're so right with the Seymor Death from Futurama
mhhauser321 The original concept was going to be the discovery of Fry's mom instead. Think about that for a moment.
What Mind blown thanks
I think I would've gone into cardiac arrest, had they went with Fry's mom.
lol
mhhauser321 I cried my eyes out!
I legit cry every time I watch the Futurama seymour episode.
NuttyNate a very emotional episode
I skip it because i cant handle the ending scene.
I know nothing about Futurama besides its basic premise and that's it's well loved. But that scene in the video made me cry, and I never cry during tv shows.
If you like cartoons then Futurama is one of the best. I personally like it more than the Simpsons. Worth a watch.
I still.. hate the writers for doing that to us.. so horribly sad, and it's a damn cartoon
The finale of Blackadder. I get a lump in my throat every time I hear him say "Good luck" to the others.
"I have a plan sir."
"Is it cunning?"
"Yes, Sir."
"Is it cunning as a fox who just been named prince cunning at university?"
*Laugh track*
Blackadder: "Don't forget your stick, Lieutenant"
(Genuinely delighted) George: "Bravo, sir, wouldn't want to face a machine gun without this!"
yes!!!! it's so hard to watch :(
I think it's not on here because it's not deemed a sit-com. But yes a powerful scene that must've caught people off guard when it was first shown
Who would notice another madman around here?
The episode of "News Radio" that addressed Phil Hartman's death.
Thank you!! Finally someone said it.
Ugh. That show was awesome and never the same.
I agree. Great tribute and when the actors are crying and you know it ain't acting... damn.
Yeah this comment
Jurassic Bark's ending brought me to tears so many times.
+gg454lune Game of Tones was sadder for me. The last scene with Fry's Mom. :(
+Nouman Khan yeah i have to agree there what a beautiful ending
I lost a dog the same day I saw that episode
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I'm so very sorry. I lost my dog a few months ago. The pain is overwhelming. I think if there is anything they could ask of us, it would that they would want us to always remember them. I think about my Blue Moon all the time and cry and talk to her. And I always pray that I'll see her again someday. I hope that you will also see your furbaby again someday.
I think Henry Blake's death on MASH should have been on here
I felt like someone kicked me in the groin when that happened. I am confident that most of us who watched it just sat there silently and just weren't able to say anything when they saw that scene
To me, Henry's death was much more profound than the chicken episode that they featured on this episode
dragonweyr44 By far--that was perhaps the saddest moment of TV outside of the news. The chicken story, not nearly as much. And the fact that they didn't tell anybody about what was happening and only Radar knew when he read the telegraph, and the reactions were as real as they were... Makes me water up thinking about it.
Also, last episode of House was pretty well up there. Or really a lot of House, although that's not exactly a sitcom.
I wonder who draws up these poll?, the Henry Blake death was FAR more memorable than the chicken scene
M*A*S*H yes, I am almost to the episode where Henry Blake dies **cries in the corner** he is the bomb!
What about when Radar leaves? I found that episode sad.
I have heard the final episode of M*A*S*H (Goodbye, Farwell and Amen) was sad but idk I never watched it. I have to sometime.
Are you kidding me? Friends leaving their apartment? I want to use such profanity. Above the ending to Golden Girls? Above James Evans dying on Good Times? Above Anya's outburst about death in Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
But Futurama? Yeah, I can't watch that episode.
Ryan Beaty dude that Golden Girls ending was so sad.
Yes and when Sophia become friends with Alvin only to learn he has Alzheimer's disease. Is another one
Ryan Beaty also, Buffy the Vampire Slayer isnt a sitcom, it doesnt belong on the list anyway
696190 Oh, shoot. You're right. lol
And when Phil dies on the Golden Girls.
How about Happy Days when Fonzie cried in the hospital room after Richie was injured in a motorcycle accident and the doctor didn't think he was going to make it.
That was a really sad moment. And the whole idea in that show was that Fonzie was "manly" and the cool guy....but in that scene you see him just completely crying
what about 8 simple rules to dating my teenage daughter? John Ritter's passing reflected in the show was painful :(
Also John Ritters Death at Scrubs was very good.
Yup. I thought that was going to be on here too. 😭😭😭
That one sucked
This whole time i had tears in my eyes. But the fresh prince? That made the tears flow. I cried.
Whay happened?
+SHAUNA TATE What do you mean?
Honestly im not even sure lol. It was early when i posted, and i cant even find the original comment. UA-cam & google+ sucks
+SHAUNA TATE Haha aww, it's okay, thank you for being concerned (i think) in the first place!
I always wondered how they ended that taping.. after they said "cut", did they just stop and bow (they were in front of live audiences)?
When Marshall's Dad dies in HIMYM. Crushing. Also the Scrubs episode where Perry's friend Ben dies was way more soul crushing than Mrs. Tanner.
I have two other moments, My Lunch and My Finale
His dad dying was definitely sad. The saddest part about it though is when Marshall finally decides to listen to the message his dad left him.
Lance Fabian and when Laverne dies 😭
the death of marshall's dad was a true punch in the gut.
The whole scene with Seymour is just heartbreaking as it was when it aired
How the Chicken Story is ranked only fifth on this list is beyond me.
M*A*S*H had enough extremely emotional moments that it could easily fill this list and probably two or three more lists.
I don't know if it resonates more with me because my maternal grandparents met during that war (he was a U.S. soldier, she was South Korean) and my mother was born and partially raised in Seoul, but I can't watch the final episode of M*A*S*H* because of that scene. It breaks my heart.
I also think it did a great job of trying to explain PTSD (or "shell shock" as it used to be known) to the average person well before any other show.
Agreed. Col. Blake's death report was the worst gut punch of the show.
when Henry died...
It was for me also and I was a little kid and watched its first broadcast live. But as I grew up and learned more about the Korean War, my sadness was replaced by the cynical question:
"WHO SHOT HENRY'S PLANE DOWN, EXACTLY? THE NORTH KOREAN AND CHINESE AIR FORCES NEVER GOT NEAR THE SEA OF JAPAN? THEY SHOULD HAVE JUST SAID IT CRASHED DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE."
The actors didn't even know till that sence when it was said
Can I hire the WatchMojo lady to read the eulogy at my funeral?
Sure, but she is only available until next year, so if you can accomodate to this its ok
Before we lower the casket, here are the top 10 moments of Elijah Ayers.
Futurama made me cry when it showed the dog waiting for Fry.
I didn't shed a tear when they killed Brian. I knew they were going to bring him back.
I'd be better off with Vinny. His voice actor was an ex-con, but he wasn't political.
I didnt shed a tear because i never liked the character
I loved Vinny more than I ever did Brian
Brian shouldn't have been missed.
He sucks. Vinny, though. Vinny was like a much better character.
the "Chicken story" from M*A*S*H is easily the saddest moment in T.V. history, to place it at number 5 on the list demonstrated a detachment from reality and your in ability to grasp the true horror and despair of the situation, a woman forced to take the life of her infant child to save the life of a bus load of other people, the pain and hopelessness this instilled in hawk eye, pushing him over the edge and the repression of this one event and a life already filled with death and destruction... honestly even the second saddest moment from mash is was more powerful and emotional than the rest of this list combined, when the doctors of the 4077 find a man dying on Christmas and try to save his life but dont tell the rest of the crew because they dont wanna dampen their spirits, they eventually realize they cant save him but work tirelessly for hours nonstop trying to prolong his life so that the mans children dont have to remember Christmas as the day they lost their dad, the man dies three minutes before midnight meaning they failed, hawkeye decides to turn the clock forward and falsify the death report, all of the rest of the shows on this list pale in comparison to the greatness and emotional weight of mash
Alexander Cotter
What episode is that? It was very sad.
I remember seeing that episode some time ago, I think 2011 on TV Land. It was one of the saddest episodes of any show I ever saw. For a man not to be able to return home even after Christmas to see his family, I wouldn't wish that upon my worst enemy.
LAS Kids its one of the very last episodes of the series. I thin k it might even be the very last one. Been a while since i watched it in its entirety
+Alexander Cotter Shit, I don't think I've seen that one! That's heavy, man. It doesn't change that they did fail, but it's a lie that makes everyone happy, so it's a good lie.
Ty Valdez It was the final episode, you were right
The Fresh Prince scene was probably one of the greatest scenes in the history of Television
Sooooo no mention of James Evans dying in the car accident on Good Times and the mom finally breaking down after so much denial of it??? "DAMN DAMN DAMN!!"
david p THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s why I clicked on this stupid video!
All I have to do is hear or see that last scene and I break down. Good Times had a few episodes.
How About when old man friend of Michael dies on New Year's Eve midnight.
M*A*S*H should have been mentioned a couple more times
Henry's death should've made the cute for sure
Michael Scott leaving got me crying and I'm still recovering from it.
If the finale of Blackadder Goes Forth isn't on this list, someone's going to have a lot to answer for.
I have a feeling Watchmojo don't research as much as they should. The finale to Blackadder goes forth sees the four main characters go over the top in WW1. These choices are pathetic compared to that. I really hope that WM do more research into non-american shows in future, because almost all of their lists are too centred around America.
WatchMojo only seem to know about American sitcoms so they're not going to put up anything that isn't American...
I remember watching that in my history lesson
Yeh, I think WJ need to widen their search criteria because that one and the final HIMYM scene were the ones that got me
Because they're American, o w8
Bart gets an F.
When he fails the test and bursts into tears, gets me every time.
(Just glad Edna cuts him a break)
Same here, something bout Bart crying just gets me and then him shouting " I passed, I passed, I got D minus I passed, I passed, I kissed the teacher?!? Eww"
I forgot about that one. You are right. When Bart says I tried, I really tried, it just tugs . . . .
Thats a joke right?
@@גוןקיי in the episode Bart actually tries to pass the test and not get held back, which is why its so heartbreaking when he gets a f. o
I think its actually sadder in the episode Barts dog gets an f, where they send Santas Little Helper to an obedience school to see if they should keep him and Bart tries to train him during the night, that scene is so depressing.
never got over the chicken story in mash… just thinking about it makes me, as a 67 year old man, tear up.
i would have said Lt. Colonel Henry Blake Dying on MASH was #1
I actually have to skip it when watching mash i watched every episode thousands of times and they play reruns on TV land Monday thru Friday
Eric Sanders maybe not number 1 but it definitely deserves to be on this list!
Eric Sanders didn’t even get an honorable mention?
One entry per franchise. I say the Chicken/Baby moment hit just a little bit harder. Otherwise the entire list would be nothing but MASH (and the Fresh Prince scene)
That M*A*S*H scene always kills me
Me too. I just break down.
@@porridge57 I remember when I seen it as a kid and it's as shocking today as it was when I first saw it.
Another scene that killed me is when they found out Henry Blake's helicopter was shot down and he died
Ikr!
What makes it more heartbreaking is that Hawkeye is the least likely in the cast to have a mental breakdown
Why is the attempted rape of Edith fully mentioned but the episode where Archie finds her slipper after she dies and sits on the bed talking to her spirit and apologizing for not showing how much he really loved her while she was alive? I can barely make it through that one without crying. Fix the list meathead!
Archie, with all of his verbosity, was a great person. Sure he came off as a bigot at times but in the end, the people he was prejudiced against really meant something to him. Beverly the female impersonator, George Jefferson, Mike, all people you thought Archie hated and yet he loved them in his own way.
simply be cause of the fact that it's because of the moment Death could always happen and admitting feeling after everything is a rather cliche moment. However when all tin the family was aired ( in the 70s) violence wasn't a thing that was seen on television much and it really was considered a scare and it's more likely to happen.
Studa Baker just because they meant something to him doesn’t mean shit if he treated them terribly all the time
Dont make me cry!
When Mary lost her baby in the fire on Little House on the Prairie I can’t get those images out of my mind and head. And that was over 30 years ago. ( OK, it wasn’t a sitcom ) Still made me cry
When Marshalls father died, I cried so hard, I couldn't take it.
the only real emotion in that show.
take it up the ass
same here bro
+Gyuiu Tcfyguh You are so wrong, and to point that out, I'll list a few extremely sad moments down here:
- First, Marshall's dad who died, that is probably the saddest part in it.
- Ted and Robin breaking up end Season 2.
- Barney waiting at MacLarens for Robin only to find out she choses Kevin over him
- Ted and Victoria breaking up Season 8
- The Final Page part 2, when Marshall, Lily and little Marvin are looking at the snow falling, Barney and Robin are on top of the WWN buidling, happily engaged, and Ted is looking outside as well, realizing he let go of Robin, and that he is all alone.
- During the series finals, when Lily was dresses as Moby Dick, Robin said she would leave the gang.
- Ted being left at the altar
And these are only the sad moments, there are so many others, joy, anger, hope, love. Don't hate on a show if you don't know the show.
Danny, you assume that my hatred is unwarranted. Sadly, I had seen most of these moments and the feelings were very forced. I can say that I hate that show with all honesty because I have seen it.
Putting Brian dying is insulting the other entries on the list
FreezeFlame22 Maybe, but I was a mess when it happened. Anyone who’s lost a family pet knows that it rips your heart out.
It's definitely worthy of the list. It was very emotional. Him being brought back doesn't matter tbh. It was still a very sad moment when he died
Actually, it was the most heartbreaking of them all.... Give me animals any day over nasty a$$ humans....
It was purposeful, because it used emotions of losing a pet to get views emotional because know his death was shitty. Emotional manipulation. Since Brian became a detestable, hypocritical shitty person.
Erin Miller When my pet dies I'll just get it a casket and some flowers and move on to the next pet..
2. Seymour's Fate is one of the many reasons why it's better than The Simpsons.
1. Uncle Phil holding Will in his arms show why Uncle Phil is one of, if not the best surrogate fathers on TV.
+Matt “Spider-Matt” Thornton I agree totally about Futurama being better than the Simpsons. It's just so much more creative, hilarious and memorable. Although I'm touched slightly more by the "Luck of the Fryrish" ending, maybe because I have a younger brother myself, the Seymour's Fate ending is brutally sad.
+Matt “Spider-Matt” Thornton seymours fate is the saddist, but i think they fixed that in benders big score, we see how seymour gets fossilized and it helps take away some of the pain, since we see that he gets to be with fry from almost all of his life.
+Velostodon Those are great moments, but not really sad, just truly heartwarming.
+Matt “Spider-Matt” Thornton The only problem I have with Futurama is the Fry & Leela love story. Not only was it dragged on over seasons upon seasons, going back and forth with the mixed signals, but on top of that (in my opinion) it wasn't the least bit interesting to begin with and therefore was just a waste of airtime when there were more entertaining things, like whatever Bender's doing, or if Zoidberg has another funny moment. Hell, the Amy & Kif love story's more interesting.
Kyle211919 I agree, this was a touch and go arc. But that still doesn't detract from this being the deepest, funniest, and well-written cartoon America has ever produced.
"This is probably the worst pain I've ever had to go through" describes losing a pet you've had your whole life perfectly.