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37 TV Scenes That Are Absolutely Heartbreaking From Start To Finish

"I had to pause the show because I couldn’t see through my tears."

We recently asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which TV scenes always make them cry. Here are some of our favorite responses:

🚨Warning: There are MASSIVE spoilers ahead!🚨

1. First, when Jane learned that Michael had died on Jane the Virgin.

2. When Lily told Marshall that his dad had a heart attack and died on How I Met Your Mother.

3. On Grey's Anatomy, when all of the women at Grey Sloan lined the hall to usher a sexual assault survivor into surgery.

4. Also, when Lexie died during the plane crash on Grey's Anatomy.

5. When Buffy's mom, Joyce, died unexpectedly and Buffy found her body on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

6. When Opie looked at Jax one last time before he was beaten to death on Sons of Anarchy.

7. On One Tree Hill, when Jamie put Quentin's cape on his coffin and when Skills mourned at the basketball court.

8. When Will cried in Uncle Phil's arms and wondered why his dad didn't want him on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

9. On Sesame Street, when the neighbors had to explain to Big Bird that Mr. Hooper died.

10. On The Good Place, when Eleanor and Chidi watched all of their memories from different reboots before Chidi had his memory wiped.

11. On Friends, when Rachel found out that Ross cheated on her.

12. On Wynonna Earp, when Jolene was torturing Waverly by convincing her that nobody loved her.

13. When we learned that Fry waited for Seymour to return on Futurama.

14. On Glee, when Mr. Schuester wept while holding Finn's letterman jacket.

15. When Elena confronted her dad after he stopped talking to her after she came out on One Day at a Time.

16. On Lost, when Charlie sacrificed himself to save everyone.

17. On Dawson's Creek, when Grams was sitting next to Jen when she died.

18. When Lexa was accidentally shot and killed on The 100.

19. On Supernatural, when Dean told Sam about his time in hell and how he was forced to torture people.

20. When Fleabag told the Priest that she thinks she's screwing up her life on Fleabag.

21. When Matt started crying while at dinner with the Taylors after his dad died on Friday Night Lights.

22. On The Magicians, when everyone sang "Take on Me" while mourning Quentin.

23. When Rose and the Doctor ended up in parallel universes on Doctor Who.

24. On Arrow, when Tommy was crushed under a building and Oliver couldn't save him.

25. When it was revealed that Lt. Colonel Henry Blake's plane was shot down and no one survived on M*A*S*H.

26. When Glenn was beaten to death by Negan on The Walking Dead.

27. On BoJack Horseman, when Sarah Lynn died in the planetarium.

28. When Nell gave her speech about confetti to the rest of her siblings on The Haunting of Hill House.

29. On Superstore, when ICE arrived at Cloud 9 and took Mateo.

30. On Orange Is the New Black, when Pennsatucky died before she found out that she passed the GED exam.

31. On Atypical, when Casey broke up with Evan after she kissed Izzie.

32. On Money Heist/La Casa de Papel, when Berlin sacrificed himself so everyone else could escape.

33. When Dr. Cox realized he was actually at Ben's funeral on Scrubs.

34. When Hotch's ex-wife was killed while she was on the phone with Hotch on Criminal Minds.

35. On Gilmore Girls, when Emily told Richard he wasn't allowed to die first.

36. When Amber got into the car crash and Zeek took her to see her wrecked car on Parenthood.

37. And finally, when Mr. Feeny said goodbye to everyone on Boy Meets World.

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Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.