re: What is the most gut-wrenching scene on television?

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The episode where Buffy's mom died was pretty brutal.

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I still can't rewatch that episode all these years later.

I had developed an inner ear imbalance, which sucks by the way, and the specialist I went to see told me that it was probably a brain tumor that reached the point that not much could be done for it. So, that very night, I watched that episode.

I'd accepted my own mortality at that point, but watching the pain the family and friends went through was horrific.

Of course it turned out just to be an inner ear problem and not a massive tumor so frick that doctor.