The Golden Girls/Tear Jerker

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Tear Jerkers in The Golden Girls include:

  • The Grand Finale, for sure.
  • The second half to the end of the episode where the girls stay in a homeless shelter for the night, looking for a misplaced lottery ticket worth $10,000. They do find it but give it away to help the needy, having briefly experienced and lived as they did (and talked to some people, one of which was one of Sophia's friends and a big Tear Jerker of its own).
  • Rose's heart attack, particularly the scenes where her other three friends decide that they will take care of her, and each other, no matter what happens to them in the future.
  • Blanche's reunion with her husband, which turned out to be All Just a Dream. In fact, it was a dream that she had already experienced several times, but she always woke up just before she was able to hug him. In this (presumably final) time, she did, finally moving on from his death.
  • The end of the episode where Sophia successfully convinces a friend not to commit suicide.
  • Phil's death (Sophia's son, who was often referred to in the series but never actually seen). Watching Sophia, normally the most stout and strong-willed of the four girls, completely break down when it finally sets in to her that her son is gone is nothing short of heartbreaking. Here's the clip.
  • Blanche weeping over her father's death after spending the past several hours in complete denial of it.
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