# Most depressing sitcom episode

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 9, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-sitcom-episode/844578 "2019-12-09T01:57:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-sitcom-episode/844578/81 "2019-12-20T18:48:38Z")

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[Blackadder Goes Fourth; Goodbyeeee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH3-Gt7mgyM)

[Final episode of Dinosaurs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9b9aoINXzk)

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**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-sitcom-episode/844578/82 "2019-12-20T18:57:05Z")

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Bojack Horseman “That’s too much man!”

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**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-sitcom-episode/844578/83 "2019-12-27T02:01:26Z")

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Not depressing per se but strangely dark - in Seinfeld S4 E9, Crazy Joe Davila, dressed as the clown, beats up a group of muggers.

And very sad, in the Brit comedy Upstart Crow, season 3 finale, when Shakespeare’s son dies.

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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-sitcom-episode/844578/84 "2019-12-27T21:08:20Z")

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_WKRP in Cincinatti_ and the Riverfront Coliseum/Stadium stampede. Based on [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who_concert_disaster) incident.

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**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-sitcom-episode/844578/85 "2019-12-27T21:42:52Z")

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> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#):
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> Final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth. Sad, moving, but also utterly brilliant.

Beautifully done.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-sitcom-episode/844578/86 "2019-12-28T18:39:16Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> I might agree with you had any such episode aired.
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> [Edith Bunker - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Bunker#Death)

Yes, they had changed the name of the show the season before. But the episode still happened.

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**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-sitcom-episode/844578/87 "2019-12-28T20:25:46Z")

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> [@DigitalC](#):
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> Bojack Horseman “That’s too much man!”

All the Bojack episodes about his parents were depressing as hell.

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