Sometimes, after a long day, all you want to do is curl up on your couch and get emotional over the lives of a bunch of fictional characters. Even if you know it's all fake—even if you know everything in your TV, from the characters to the situations, is carefully scripted—great, cry-worthy TV is still a welcome distraction. And boy, on that front, did 2018 sure deliver.
From emotionally charged dance routines (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) to ill-fated familial reunions (The Handmaid's Tale) to gut-punch deaths (uh, pretty much every show), here are the most tear-jerking moments that aired on the small screen in 2018. So read on and weep on. Just make sure the tissues are close. (Also—and it should go without saying—there are spoilers here at every turn.)
