EyeofTyr
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Post by EyeofTyr on May 22, 2019 9:11:39 GMT -5
Doctor Who has plenty. One that stands out is The Girl Who Waited. It's very timey wimey, but there are 2 Amy's, one older one younger. They are trying to escape a place. Older Amy is fighting robots while Rory gets his Amy back onto the Tardis. The Doctor sees older Amy, they lock eyes and she knows then what he's going to do and he locks her out of the Tardis saying there can't be 2 Amy's in the Tardis. Rory objects and the Doctor then makes Rory make the choice between the Amy's. He and old Amy say goodbye through the Tardis door, Amy even telling him not to let her in because she would not go gracefully. Yeah, that one got me wholly. Especially how much Old Amy hates The Doctor, not just because he and Rory left her for 30 years, but also because she sees through his machinations, she sees him with wizened eyes, and she's right. The Doctor really wasn't sure how he was going to be able to keep both Amys in the TARDIS without causing a time paradox, but he had to keep the facade going to rescue Amy. I still cannot, to this day, watch The Angels Take Manhattan. It's just so...yeah. So many feels. Similarly an episode that always stuck out to me because up until then new Who was mostly light hearted romps or darker in tone in different ways than this, The Girl in the Fireplace. The ending was a gut punch to me. In hindsight, I mean, it's obvious. But it still was such a somber note to end the episode on. I genuinely think it's one of the best Moffat's penned, and generally gets overlooked. Speaking of gut punches, what I came in here to post... Angel, "A Hole in the World". Words can't even begin to describe how shocked I was when that happens at the start when Lorne and her start singing "You Are My Sunshine". The thought of it ending the way it did didn't even cross my mind. I thought for sure they'd find some way to save the day, to pull through. My first time watching I feel like I was in denial up until the end, thinking somehow they'd figure out something to solve it. Then it's over. She's over. Even now that episode gets me. It gives me the same empty/drained feeling Grave of the Fireflies gives me after a viewing.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on May 22, 2019 12:47:22 GMT -5
Today's Special when Muffy's friend the butterfly dies. Now I am trying to remember, That Sesame Street episode. Did it end with the scene about Mr. Hooper? Or was there more street scenes after? EDIT: muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_1839 No it didn't. Actually, a secondary storyline involved a family having a new baby on the same episode, which ends with Big Bird hanging the picture of Mr. Hooper by his nest, then going to meet the new baby. EDIT: Wow, it begins with a Forgetful Jones segment on the street, then goes into the talk of the baby, then it hits you with THAT.
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Post by nickcave on May 22, 2019 13:10:20 GMT -5
That Justice League episode where they end up in a Golden Age and it turns out it's just an illusion brought on by a severely mutated Jimmy Olsen-like character and the whole world had been annihilated by nuclear weapons decades earlier. I always remember that one sticking with me for being especially sad.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 22, 2019 16:07:17 GMT -5
"Look at the flowers, Lizzie."
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 22, 2019 16:29:45 GMT -5
The episode of Night Court where Roz doesn't take her medication. From a personal standpoint, that was as dark as that show got.
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Post by chronocross on May 22, 2019 16:39:58 GMT -5
The ending to "Ozymandias" in Breaking Bad, well most of the episode really, damn.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on May 22, 2019 18:45:03 GMT -5
Episode of The Shield where Vic and the team are out celebrating Lem’s last night of freedom before he takes the fall for the entire team, only to find out that the deal is being pulled by Kavanaugh and things are about to get way more serious.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on May 22, 2019 18:54:07 GMT -5
The ending to "Ozymandias" in Breaking Bad, well most of the episode really, damn. If that’s the episode where Walt tells Jesse “I watched her die. I could have saved her, but I didn’t”, then yes, absolutely.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2019 19:06:53 GMT -5
Yeah, that one got me wholly. Especially how much Old Amy hates The Doctor, not just because he and Rory left her for 30 years, but also because she sees through his machinations, she sees him with wizened eyes, and she's right. The Doctor really wasn't sure how he was going to be able to keep both Amys in the TARDIS without causing a time paradox, but he had to keep the facade going to rescue Amy. I still cannot, to this day, watch The Angels Take Manhattan. It's just so...yeah. So many feels. Similarly an episode that always stuck out to me because up until then new Who was mostly light hearted romps or darker in tone in different ways than this, The Girl in the Fireplace. The ending was a gut punch to me. In hindsight, I mean, it's obvious. But it still was such a somber note to end the episode on. I genuinely think it's one of the best Moffat's penned, and generally gets overlooked. Speaking of gut punches, what I came in here to post... Angel, "A Hole in the World". Words can't even begin to describe how shocked I was when that happens at the start when Lorne and her start singing "You Are My Sunshine". The thought of it ending the way it did didn't even cross my mind. I thought for sure they'd find some way to save the day, to pull through. My first time watching I feel like I was in denial up until the end, thinking somehow they'd figure out something to solve it. Then it's over. She's over. Even now that episode gets me. It gives me the same empty/drained feeling Grave of the Fireflies gives me after a viewing. Was about to post "Wesley, why can't I stay?"
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on May 22, 2019 19:13:09 GMT -5
The episode of “All in the Family” where Edith gets raped at gunpoint on her birthday is pretty damn dark The actor who played the rapist said that he would get yelled at when he'd go out in public because people would not be able to understand that he's an actor... Ahahaha, that's how you know you're a good actor when people are mean mugging you in real life
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on May 22, 2019 19:32:18 GMT -5
The actor who played the rapist said that he would get yelled at when he'd go out in public because people would not be able to understand that he's an actor... Ahahaha, that's how you know you're a good actor when people are mean mugging you in real life if I recall the actor who played Geoffrey Baratheon had his agent warn him “this will color your whole career”, he did it anyways and then went to school with the money. Wonder how people reacted to him on campus.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2019 19:54:53 GMT -5
Coach "Out of Control" was an episode showing how obsessed Hayden was with winning and getting endorsements. - Minnesota State's star cornerback is ruled academically ineligible before the final game of the regular season, their backup is injured, and they have to start a freshman walkon, Cody. He's an 18 year old kid who just wants to play football because it's fun. Oh, and he has to cover the best receiver in college football. - At the end of the 1st half, Minnesota State is losing, the receiver is owning Cody and Hayden's pissed. Hayden demands that Luther and Dauber get Cody, they try to defend him saying that the whole team is playing bad. Hayden doesn't give a shit, and only wants to talk to Cody. - Hayden absolutely berates Cody for getting owned. He tells Cody to take out the receiver. - Minnesota State wins, but Cody did take out the receiver, he hit him so hard he hadn't regained consciousness by the end of the game, and Cody's love of the game has been destroyed. - At the end of the episode the receiver still hadn't woken up. So Hayden's desire for endorsements led to one kid's career possibly being over, and destroyed another kid's love of football. What's worse is that his higher-up Howard doesn't seem to care at all since the win got Minnesota State an invitation to a bowl game. Yeah, that's a tough one to watch.
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EyeofTyr
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Post by EyeofTyr on May 23, 2019 1:50:12 GMT -5
Here's a few more that came to mind.
Avatar, "The Puppetmaster".
Batman, "Perchance to Dream".
Beast Wars, "Code of Hero".
Buffy, "The Body".
Dexter, "The Getaway".
Gargoyles, "Future Tense".
Hannibal, "Mizumono".
Supernatural, "No Rest For The Wicked".
Twin Peaks, "Lonely Souls".
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on May 23, 2019 9:53:04 GMT -5
Here's a few more that came to mind. Twin Peaks, "Lonely Souls". You could probably name MOST TP episodes that weren't the finale (which was also pretty damned dark too) for this thread
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Post by EyeofTyr on May 23, 2019 10:07:23 GMT -5
Here's a few more that came to mind. Twin Peaks, "Lonely Souls". You could probably name MOST TP episodes that weren't the finale (which was also pretty damned dark too) for this thread While it's true Twin Peaks had some darker episode endings, I always felt this one stood out in no small way and felt it needed mentioning because it's one other people have brought up constantly in conversations about the show when I've spoken to them. I think the way that scene is filmed being so unlike anything else in the show, or really in any show, is a big reason why it burns itself into the minds of the Twin Peaks viewers. {Spoiler}In part because everyone I've ever shown the show to loving Leland and being mortified by the reveal. I've known some people that had to straight up quit the show because of the scene with Leland and Maggy and the implications it puts on Laura and Leland hitting too close to home for them.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on May 23, 2019 11:45:36 GMT -5
There was this 80s CGI kid's show called 'Captain Power' where a main character was straight up killed by the enemy.
I had never seen that before.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jun 18, 2019 15:46:32 GMT -5
I’m finishing off Tales from the Darkside and there is one episode where every time a little girl says goodby to someone they die. This results in the deaths of her mother, her friend, and her older sister’s fiancé. As if all this wasn’t dark enough the episode ends with the older sister planning to drown the little girl in a lake then the little girl looking in a mirror and saying goodbye to herself as she imagines the mirror filling up with water.
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Post by Jiren on Jun 18, 2019 17:15:10 GMT -5
Batman Tas - Babydoll
I just find the ending to this one to be a gut punch
Doctor Who - Earthshock
Adric's death
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jun 18, 2019 17:54:46 GMT -5
The actor who played the rapist said that he would get yelled at when he'd go out in public because people would not be able to understand that he's an actor... Ahahaha, that's how you know you're a good actor when people are mean mugging you in real life Did we mention the episode with Edith's faith crisis? (And because it's a Christmas episode, Antenna TV used to play it as part of a marathon EVERY holiday season. Fun...)
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Post by wildojinx on Jun 18, 2019 18:08:46 GMT -5
A surprising amount of 80s cartoons:
GI Joe: Sink The Montana and There's No Place Like Springfield
Transformers: The Golden Lagoon, Dark Awakening, Webworld, Fight or Flee
Bravestarr: The Price (the anti-drug episode)
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