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What's the saddest moment in a TV show for you?

It's/ was pretty sad to watch Mad Men and watch Don continue his self destructive behavior.

Also, anything 'reality' TV based is sad.
 
leekohler said:
For the vast majority of TV shows, the saddest moments are when they start.
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Yup. Or at some point into their lifetime, after enjoying success, they start to "jump the shark". Malcolm in the Middle was a great little show for the first year or two or three. Then it just got stupid and I stopped watching.

But a more serious answer to the OP's question - I remember some of the later seasons of Stargate SG-1, there were a few tearjerker episodes that really got to me. When Daniel Jackson "died", for example, and there was one episode ("Heroes") that was a tribute to the unsung heroes in the real military (the episode where Dr. Fraiser was killed).

I remember after I watched that episode, I sat there, staring at the blank screen for many minutes, deep in thought. Not because I was sad that a fictional TV character was killed off, but because it got me thinking on to all kinds of other things, people I knew, parallel situations in my life that have happened, or could have happened, and so on. I think that's the mark of a truly good TV episode, when it makes you really think.
 
I was watching Big Bang Theory the other night and smoke started coming out of my 50" Plasma. NOTHING was sadder than that moment "during" a TV show. :D..:(

Should be getting it back today or tomorrow, though. :)
 
Although, not a TV show:

Karate Kid (original) when Miyagi-san is drunk and and Daniel has helped him into bed. Afterwards Daniel goes through the box with medals, letters, and newspaper clippings.

A few scenes in NCIS are sad. Good show.

MASH when Henry is killed on his trip back to the US after his tour is over.
 
notjustjay said:
I remember some of the later seasons of Stargate SG-1, there were a few tearjerker episodes that really got to me. When Daniel Jackson "died", for example, and there was one episode ("Heroes") that was a tribute to the unsung heroes in the real military (the episode where Dr. Fraiser was killed).

I remember after I watched that episode, I sat there, staring at the blank screen for many minutes, deep in thought. Not because I was sad that a fictional TV character was killed off, but because it got me thinking on to all kinds of other things, people I knew, parallel situations in my life that have happened, or could have happened, and so on. I think that's the mark of a truly good TV episode, when it makes you really think.
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Agreed. The end of "Heroes" gets me every time.
 
West Wing when John Spencers character died of a heart attack. It had happened to him in real life weeks before and was written into the script for the final season of the show.
 
AAPLaday said:
West Wing when John Spencers character died of a heart attack. It had happened to him in real life weeks before and was written into the script for the final season of the show.
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So they just got word during the show that he had one? As in no actor portrayed it on TV?

I'm assuming he died weeks before it aired.

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renewed said:
So they just got word during the show that he had one? As in no actor portrayed it on TV?

I'm assuming he died weeks before it aired.

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Taken directly from Wikipedia :

Spencer died of a heart attack in a Los Angeles hospital on December 16, 2005, four days before his 59th birthday. By the time of his death, Spencer has appeared in two of the five West Wing episodes that were in post-production: "Running Mates" and "The Cold". His death was subsequently written into the final season of the show, with his character Leo McGarry dying of a heart attack on election night. His character had already suffered a life-threatening heart attack in the sixth season episode "The Birnam Wood". His name remained in the opening credits of the final season of the show

Yeah looks like he only filmed a few of the final season before it happened. I remember watching the first heart attack that his character in the show had (the Birnam wood episode) and at this point as i was a late comer to the show i knew thats how he died in real life so it was uncomfortable to watch.
 
sushi said:
A few scenes in NCIS are sad. Good show.

MASH when Henry is killed on his trip back to the US after his tour is over.
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Yeah, I was a bit surprised when NCIS killed off Kate like that.

And how could I forget that episode of MASH when Henry's death is announced. That one still gets me. I read a story about how they sprung that one on the actors as well, so some of the surprised expressions on their faces is legit.
 
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The Charlie death was kinda sorta suck; although not really getting anything out of the series finale after investing time into the show was pretty sad too.


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The end of Season 2 of The OC. Not because of Caleb's death or Ryan's brother getting shot, but rather...because S3 had to start. First two were fantastic, but S3/S4....not so much. :rolleyes:

And yes, I'm a straight male in my 20s who enjoyed The OC :D
 
nobunaga209 said:
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Perhaps, but at least Charlie managed to repay Desmond (in a sense) for delaying his death(s), by giving him the "hand-written" warning about the boat.

My wife (a rather serious Lostie) had mixed feelings about the finale too. I had to explain that Lost ultimately wasn't about the island. The island only served as a storytelling vehicle, and the show was ultimately about the characters.

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On another note... Not sad, but mostly just pathetic: the finale of Seinfeld, which was a thinly veiled and really poor excuse to bring back a bunch of one-shot characters.
 
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