Katrina breaking off her relationship with Eugene and leaving town in "The Turning Point".A happier tear jerker comes when Connie's mother June decides to accept Jesus after the funeral, awed by the strength Connie gained through her faith.Even more heart-wrenching is the visitation and the funeral in "Where is Thy Sting?", especially with an instrumental version of "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" as a Leitmotif.The normally detached and academic Eugene's reply couldn't sound more vulnerable or alone:Ĭonnie: Not good-bye, Mom. When Eugene and Bernard talk about it in the car, Bernard suggests that Whit left because God intended to send him where other people needed him.That came from a real-life appearance of Hal Smith himself, thanking everyone for the cards sent to him after his wife died.
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However, when you know the full story behind the episode, and indeed one particular scene, it hits even harder: Since Whit's actor had died, his few lines were all lifted from previous episodes-save for his heartfelt farewell speech, which Eugene and Bernard see on tape about a week after the fact.
The aftermath of the earthquake in Hollywood in "The Fifth House on the Left, Part 2", particularly the scenes where Eugene comforts a crying woman whose apartment building caught fire and where Bernard helps a man dig out his son from their house.The fact that he's blaming himself for this makes it extra heart-rending for parents as well.
He begins speaking what would become the lines of what is considered one of the greatest hymns in Christian history, then a choir is heard singing the chorus of the song. The catharsis comes at the ending scene, where Horatio Spafford sails over the place where his daughters drowned. The entirety of "It Is Well": Whit tells Lucy the story of Horatio Spafford, who lost his son to an illness, a vast amount of property to the Great Chicago Fire, and then his four daughters to a shipwreck.The other involves Eugene's reaction to the Fire and Brimstone Hell he experienced through the program it's painful to hear him so scared. The first comes from the fact that it originally aired around Thanksgiving, meaning several families only heard the first half, which ends on Whit flatlining several kids were absolutely hysterical until it was revealed Whit was okay. The episode with the afterlife boasts two big ones.It's a very somber episode that ends with Curt refusing Whit and Lucy's help, wanting to be left alone, only to break into quiet tears. "Home Is Where the Hurt Is", which reveals that resident troublemaker Curt Stevens's father is an alcoholic and his mother left them when he was little.Connie and Eugene are both fired for breaking Whit's trust. Because of Whit's failsafe within the program, the entire shop shuts down. Then, as the episode unfolds, Connie's curiosity gets the best of her, and soon enough, she not only finds out, but (accidently) opens Applesauce herself. It begins with Whit making it very clear to Eugene that the Applesauce program is not to be messed with and that no one else should know about the computer room. "A Bite of Applesauce" can be this coupled with Nightmare Fuel.It's a heartwarming moment, but it's also heartbreaking to hear Richard express the belief that he deserved the way Tom treated him. The conclusion to this arc also qualifies, as Tom finally forgives Richard and asks him in turn to forgive Tom's bitterness.Equally tearjerking is Tom admitting that he knows that what he said and did were wrong and pleading with God to give him the strength to forgive in spite of himself.You can tell that behind their anger at Richard is a lot of hurt, and Richard's loneliness is palpable-especially when he comes to the realization that there isn't a new life for him in Odyssey anymore. The entirety of "The Homecoming", especially Richard's encounters with Lucy and Tom.
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