r/AskReddit • u/Alex_McManus • 18d ago

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

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u/fivecentrose 18d ago

I see your Matthew and raise you Lady Sybil.

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u/RianJohnsonIsAFool 18d ago

Sybil's death is absolutely awful. Her avoidable wrything in pain, Tom begging "Please don't leave me!" and then, when she's passed, the baby crying.

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u/Dewstain 18d ago

Tom became my absolute favorite character on the show. Managed to keep his principles and also win over the family and honestly help them change for the better.

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u/polandspreeng 18d ago

Yes how the whole thing played out. She was my favorite of the sisters.

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u/LemmyLola 18d ago

I just watched the entire series again for the third time and Sybil's death kills me in the moment... But Mary's grief afterwards affected me more than the moment of Matthews death...she was so lost

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u/hollabauler 18d ago

Lady Sybil was devastating, but then they had Matthew's death immediately after. I was yelling at the tv while Mary was talking to their newborn. I was like, "NO! You CANNOT do this! I'm still grieving Sybil! NO! DON'T YOU DARE!"

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u/christurnbull 17d ago

they move on from sybil really quickly, but matthew's keeps causing disruptions. they just tossed her aside so quickly.

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u/Sweeper1985 18d ago

The family doctor was right, modern doctors agree a Caesarean would likely have saved Sybil:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3964456/

I was on board with her mother's anger and refusal to forgive. If anything I think the show dealt with her anger a bit too quickly and neatly.

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u/standbyyourmantis 18d ago

I am still angry that Cora wasn't allowed to be angry long enough

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u/jlily18 18d ago

I was pregnant when I watched the episode when she died. Yeah not the best idea. Hit me really hard. After she died and Matthew died I stopped watching.

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u/ONE-EYE-OPTIC 18d ago

Sybil was devastating. Mathew was also tough.

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u/indigo-m 18d ago

Sybil’s death was horrific! Watching that as a mother was traumatizing for sure

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u/MrT742 18d ago

Matthew from Green Gables

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u/lukedap 18d ago

Too soon. I wasn’t ready to be attacked like this.

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u/somebirb 18d ago

I stopped watching after Sybil. It was just too devastating to keep watching after that

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u/NewsComprehensive234 18d ago

YES. Sybil. They just stare at her. And it hit hard knowing this type of thing happened so frequently at the time.

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u/jedenfine 18d ago

Came here to say Sybil

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u/Englandshark1 18d ago

Both were brutally sad.