Recently, we asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us the TV shows and scenes that did a really good job of depicting grief. Here are some of their responses!
WARNING: Spoilers ahead! Also, some of the submissions contain mentions of child abuse and depression.
1. Zoey and her family's slow grief over losing their patriarch to a degenerative condition on Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist:
2. Marshall's grief after his father died on How I Met Your Mother:
3. The collective grief explored in The Leftovers:
4. Haley's depression after her mom died in One Tree Hill:
5. The aftermath of Joyce's death on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but especially Anya's monologue:
6. Caroline's grief after her mother died on The Vampire Diaries, but especially the scene where Damon tells her grief gets worse after the first few days:
7. Sid going to school and then a club because he didn't know what else to do after his dad died on Skins:
8. Jane's immediate reaction to discovering Michael is dead in Jane the Virgin:
9. Everything about Sorry for Your Loss:
10. President Bartlet's crisis of faith in the church after Mrs. Landingham was killed by a drunk driver on The West Wing:
11. BoJack's eulogy for his mother on BoJack Horseman:
12. The aftermath of Finn's death on Glee:
13. The entirety of Six Feet Under, but especially Brenda's complicated feelings after Nate died:
14. Piper's anger over Prue's death on Charmed:
15. Meredith having to explain Derek's death to their children on Grey's Anatomy:
16. Devi's dreams and memories of her father, who died suddenly, in Never Have I Ever:
17. The complicated exploration of grief over a bad parent on The Umbrella Academy:
18. Cristina's description of what happens after death in Grey's Anatomy:
19. Basically everything about Wanda's grief over both Vision and her brother in WandaVision:
20. Haley trying to explain Quentin's death to her class on One Tree Hill:
21. Elena's breakdown after Jeremy's death in The Vampire Diaries:
22. The aftermath of Nell's death in The Haunting of Hill House...but also just the show as a whole:
23. And finally, the aftermath of Paul's death on 8 Simple Rules after John Ritter, who played him on the show, died in real life:
Note: Submissions have been edited for length/clarity.