21 Unexpectedly Dramatic Scenes From Comedy Shows That You Never Saw Coming
We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us the best dramatic scenes from comedy TV shows. Here are the results:
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1.When Marshall found out his dad died on How I Met Your Mother.
"It was completely improvised and gets me every time."
2.When Dr. Cox from Scrubs didn’t realize a patient died of rabies and used her organs for three patients who end up dying as a result.
3.When Cory gave a lesson on The Diary of Anne Frank in Boy Meets World after learning that racism still exists.
4.On Barry, when Barry couldn't stop thinking about his friend's family finding out about his death while delivering a line in a scene from MacBeth.
5.When Patrick came out to his parents on Schitt's Creek.
6.When Roy hugged Jamie on Ted Lasso after a confrontation with Jamie's abusive father.
7.When Chandler and Monica found out they'd probably never have biological children on Friends.
8.When Alex's friend on Family Ties died in a car crash that he was also supposed to be in.
"That episode was hard to watch. The way they wrote that episode with Alex contemplating everything was so in your face and kind of sad and frightening. Definitely one of the best episodes I have seen of that show."
9.When Kurt came out on Glee.
"It was done wonderfully, with some fantastic acting to boot."
10.When the Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode "Show Me Going" showed all of the characters' reactions to Rosa being caught in an active shooter situation.
11.When Jesse's grandfather died on Full House and they had to inform the girls about it.
12.When Alexis and Ted on Schitt's Creek made the mutual decision to end their relationship.
13.In How I Met Your Mother, when Barney meets his daughter for the first time.
14.On Who's the Boss?, when Samantha's grandfather died and Tony had to convince Samantha to talk about it.
"The actor who played her grandfather died in real life, which made this much more sad."
15.When Aimee's friends on Sex Education joined her on the bus to help her confront her fears after her assault.
"It's such a beautiful display of friendship and solidarity and girls supporting other girls. Gets me every time."
16.When Rosa came out on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
"It encapsulated how the experience doesn't always go well for some folks and their parents might not be accepting. But if there are people around you who do accept you, it helps so much."
17.When Chidi talked to Eleanor on The Good Place about the Buddhist idea of the wave and that he decided to exit.
"What seemed to be a lighthearted sitcom turned into something so emotional and beautiful."
18.On One Day at a Time, when Elena’s father abandoned her at her quincea?era for being gay and the rest of her family came forward to dance with her instead.
19.When Dorothy confronted her doctor on The Golden Girls about dismissing her illness.
"Dorothy's experience is actually based on the creator's battle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. It sheds light on chronic illness and the way women are often dismissed, especially if they are older."
20.When Mateo was taken by ICE on Superstore.
21.And finally, on Never Have I Ever, when Devi barely made it in time to scatter her father's ashes alongside her family.
"Small family, small ceremony, small moment, but big emotions."
Did we miss your favorite dramatic scene? Tell us about it in the comments below!
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and clarity.
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