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Tales from the Darkside: I Can't Help Saying Goodbye (1986)
Most Depressing TFTD Episode Bar None
This episode, even after over 20 years, still has the ability to depress and give you goose bumps all at the same time. I remember this episode when it first ran and I was an 8 or 9 year old and all these years later it still stuck with me how painful that ending was. It was only after seeing it again that I actually *got* the ending and realized exactly how the little girl died. I assumed she just drowned whereas when you watch the episode as a grown up, you realize she probably had a little help. And therein lies the even more depressing angle of this show. There really was no "bad guy" in this episode except for possibly the older sister and shes the only one who lived. Some people have posted on here about how the girl *made* those people die and I don't believe that at all. I think she just knew and couldn't help it. Sad, sad show.
Interesting postscript is the girl who played the little girl is now the host of The Biggest Loser.