21 TV Episodes That Are Too Painful to Watch
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There’s a lot to appreciate about the era of prestige TV: the big budgets, the Oscar-caliber performances, the tiddies, etc. One thing we could do without, however, is the emotional manipulation. It’s like a series can’t be taken seriously if it doesn’t sink you into existential despair at least once a season. To be fair, this isn’t entirely new — ever since the advent of sweeps week, showrunners have been organizing parades of human misery.
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That was on Redditor Own_Championship7862’s mind recently, when they asked r/Television, “What’s an episode that’s so painful to watch”? More specifically, they wanted to know what Redditors consider “that one episode or one of those episodes that are so painful to watch … to the point of having skipped it or tapped out of” it. We know our answers (seriously, f- - - that episode of Fullmetal Alchemist), but Reddit provided plenty of popcorn for thought, from simple emotional tension, to overwhelming grief, to unbearable cringe.
Six Feet Under
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/8/4/920584.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/8/5/920585.jpg)
The Bear
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/8/2/920582.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/8/3/920583.jpg)
Outlander
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/8/0/920580.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/8/1/920581.jpg)
Breaking Bad
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/7/8/920578.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/7/9/920579.jpg)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/7/6/920576.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/7/7/920577.jpg)
Futurama
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/7/4/920574.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/7/5/920575.jpg)
8 Simple Rules
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/7/2/920572.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/7/3/920573.jpg)
NewsRadio
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/7/0/920570.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/7/1/920571.jpg)
Game of Thrones
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/8/920568.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/9/920569.jpg)
M*A*S*H
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/6/920566.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/7/920567.jpg)
The Wire
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/4/920564.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/5/920565.jpg)
Cowboy Bebop
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/2/920562.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/3/920563.jpg)
The Office
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/0/920560.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/1/920561.jpg)
Mr. Robot
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/5/8/920558.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/5/9/920559.jpg)
Chernobyl
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/5/6/920556.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/5/7/920557.jpg)
Fullmetal Alchemist
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/5/4/920554.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/5/5/920555.jpg)
Angel
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/5/2/920552.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/5/3/920553.jpg)
Scrubs
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/5/0/920550.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/5/1/920551.jpg)
House
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/4/8/920548.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/4/9/920549.jpg)
Avatar: The Last Airbender
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/4/6/920546.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/4/7/920547.jpg)
Grey’s Anatomy
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/4/4/920544.jpg)
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/4/5/920545.jpg)