Best serious scenes from otherwise lighthearted material

[Athlai]

Was just thinking this morning about the below moment in Fresh Prince of Bel Air and how the emotional impact seems to extend far beyond what you'd expect. That series actually had a few moments like that. What else has moments like these?

 

[stephen]

The whole Jurassic Bark episode of Futurama.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

The last scene in Blackadder springs to mind

 

[_Ed_]

I feel like Derry Girls has had some good examples of this as well. **** that show is good.

And there was a Seinfeld episode where Elaine was trapped in the apartment of a guy who was dressed as a clown and having a psychotic break. That was pretty dark.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

How did we get 4 posts in without a mention of Scrubs?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

 

[mr_mister]

Simpson's had plenty but my favorite was the episode with Dustin Hoffman where Lisa nearly turns on Homer, calling him a baboon

 

[Daemon]

Was just thinking this morning about the below moment in Fresh Prince of Bel Air and how the emotional impact seems to extend far beyond what you'd expect. That series actually had a few moments like that. What else has moments like these?

I saw the thread title and immediately thought of this too