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Most gut-wrenching episodes of Television

Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:16 pm
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
35794 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:16 pm
Wife and I are getting around to watching The Pitt finally and just got through S1E8. As a father of two 9 year old girls, holy frick that was the hardest hour of television I have ever seen. Between the drowning storyline and the honor walk, I needed a fricking drink before we started the next episode.

What's up there for all of you as the hardest episodes you remember on the small screen?
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 10:20 pm
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
39094 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:19 pm to
ER when Carter and Lily got attacked and stabbed. Real gut wrenching.
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
13960 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:22 pm to
The Gypsy and the Hobo episode of “Mad Men”.
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 9:24 pm
Posted by Esquire
Chiraq
Member since Apr 2014
14738 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:23 pm to
Chernobyl when they had to exterminate the animals.
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
116093 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:48 pm to
Posted by Snoopy04
Republic of Texas
Member since Aug 2015
3260 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:53 pm to


Marshall losing his dad.
Posted by Ham Solo
Member since Apr 2015
8228 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:57 pm to
Ozymandias, Breaking Bad
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
11112 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:12 pm to
Dualla shooting herself.
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
26438 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:17 pm to
I was going to say Ozymandias but Dead Freight is up there too.
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
19916 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:17 pm to
quote:

wildtigercat93
you son of a bitch
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
15572 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:28 pm to
Posted by ATCTx
Member since Nov 2016
1447 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:54 pm to
"Abyssinia Henry" makes my top five along with the MASH Series Finale when Hawkeye, after repressing this memory, is traumatized remembering the "chicken" he told a Korean mother to keep quiet so the North Koreans wouldn't hear them was actually her infant she had to smother so they could live.

On Archie Bunker's Place when Archie refuses to accept Edith's death weeks earlier and after her stuff is removed, he sees her pink slipper, begins talking to her and finally breaks down saying he was supposed to go first. When Gloria and family moved out west in the season 8 finale was a tough watch too.
Posted by CU_Tigers4life
Georgia
Member since Aug 2013
9401 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:22 pm to
The Red Wedding.
Posted by CCT
LA
Member since Dec 2006
6939 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:45 pm to
The Door.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
39685 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:54 pm to
The Wonder Years episode "Who's Aunt Rose". The very ending is catastrophically impactful, especially if you've seen the finale before (this is years before the finale).
Posted by FAT SEXY
California
Member since Jun 2020
2009 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 12:16 am to
My boy Hank getting killed in the desert like a dog
Posted by Boomdaddy65201
BoCoMo
Member since Mar 2020
4465 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 12:36 am to
quote:

Abyssinia Henry" makes my top five along with the MASH Series Finale


MASH was a staple in my house growing up, series & years of reruns. Hadn’t seen this episode in years & caught it last week and started losing it, weeping uncontrollably. The selfless soldier was portrayed by Patrick Swayze as a young injured infantryman whom after blood work was confirmed to have leukemia.

I hate it when life imitates art.



It’s not the whole episode, just the sermon part.
Posted by Easye921
Mobile
Member since Jan 2013
3103 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 5:20 am to
Alot of good ones mentioned, I'll add Opie getting killed in Sons of Anarchy.
Posted by AkronTiger
2025 NFL Survivor Champion
Member since May 2021
2881 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 5:26 am to
Marissa Cooper dying.

Red Wedding probably takes the cake tbh
This post was edited on 4/21/26 at 5:27 am
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
19940 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 5:36 am to
When Elam completely lost his mind and wouldn’t back down. Bohannon having to take the shot to put his best friend down after pleading for hours.
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