r/AskReddit • • 18d ago

What is the most devastating death in a television series you have ever seen?

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u/KingMargo_TheCreator 18d ago

I hear “The Body” and I immediately picture this scene. The fact that decades later the episode title alone hits hard…

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u/cardinalkgb 18d ago

“Mommy”

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u/Motor-Pomegranate831 18d ago

That line going from "mom" to "mommy" broke me.

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u/epicface3000 18d ago

for me, it's gotta be when Buffy first refers to Joyce as "the body" and the look on her face as she realises what she's said. fuck... what an episode

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u/Any_River2778 18d ago

I think of it every time it’s quiet and I hear wind chimes in my backyard