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I weep, you weep, we all weep for … TV.
Okay, it doesnt exactly rhyme, but Im emotionally compromised!
Have youseenall the devastating, gutting, sob-inducing stuff going down on our favorite scripted-television shows this year?
Well, I have and I am exhausted.
But exhausted in a good way crying is cathartic, remember.
All cries are welcome here.
So which of 2023s TV tearjerkers did their worst to us?
10.Ronald learns the truth
10.
Yet here we are!
9.Sam sings Gloria
9.
(I beg of you to watch her sing Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas inepisode 6.)
8.Chilli explains why Aunt Brandy is sad
8.
When Chillis sister Brandy (voiced by Rose Byrne!)
Thats great for her, but what aboutme?
7.Elora tells Bear shes leaving for college
7.
Its a good thing, he says.
Its a gorgeous conclusion to their relationship but also an incredibly brave character moment for each of them.
Elora is pushing herself to imagine a bigger life no matter how much it scares her.
6.Shiv says good-bye
6.
Succession,Connors Wedding
Listen, I did not want to have one shred of empathy for these fuckers.
Its Shivs whispered, desperate Daddy?
into the phone being held up to Logans ear even though hes already gone that really does me in.
Ah, death,the great equalizer.
5.The plane crash
5.
Dear Edward,Pilot
Jason Katims.
A show about a 12-year-old boy who is the sole survivor of a commercial-airline crash.
If you were not prepared to weep overDear Edward, thats on you, friend.
The crash itself, which comes at the end of the episode, is visceral and terrifying.
4.Clare finally lets her guilt go
4.
That night, she dreams of her mother in her hospital bed in the middle of a field.
Frankie opens her eyes, smiles at her daughter, and says the most important word.
Love, Clare says back.
Now, she can just keep the most important thing.
3.Otto thanks Miep for Annes diary
3.
Any scene they share together is worth watching more than once.
Since returning from Auschwitz, hes been a shell of a person, but hes even quieter now.
Reading it, however, was like getting to watch her grow up.
Its a gift for which he can never repay Miep.
2.Charlotte and George hide from the heavens together
2.
And yet Shonda Rhimes finds a way to infuse the end of their story with a little light.
It is bittersweet, but it is good.
He has a moment of lucidity when he sees his wife; he remembers their love.
They see each other as they once were, back in their youth when they fell in love.
They see each other as they are now.
It may be fleeting, but they have found each other once again.
Its just like the show has said: A great love can perform miracles.
1.Sarah dies
1.
Maybe its the pure violence of the act.
It certainly has something to do with the panic in Pedro Pascals delivery of Were not sick.
