We did NOT see these sitcom plot twists coming. Welcome to Ms Mojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the craziest and most shocking plot twists in TV comedies.
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00:00 You can't keep me from getting drunk.
00:03 You have to forgive yourself for everything that went down the other day.
00:06 Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the craziest and most shocking
00:11 plot twists in TV comedies.
00:13 We've excluded animated comedies, and be warned, these are major spoilers.
00:18 She died.
00:21 Toxic glue from the wedding invitations.
00:25 Number 10.
00:26 The Mother Dies - How I Met Your Mother
00:29 Each episode of this beloved sitcom used a framing device where protagonist Ted Mosby
00:34 circa the year 2030 told his children a long and drawn out story about how he met their
00:39 mother.
00:40 I thought this was how you met mom.
00:42 Will you relax?
00:43 I'm getting to it.
00:45 Like I said, it's a long story.
00:48 It took eight seasons for Tracy, the mother in question, to show up.
00:52 However, in the series finale, it's revealed that Tracy died between the sitcom storyline
00:58 and this future subplot with Ted and their children.
01:00 With his children's blessing, he ends the series pursuing his ex Robin.
01:05 We love Aunt Robin.
01:06 Whenever she comes over for dinner, you guys are so obvious.
01:09 Come on, dad.
01:11 Mom's been gone for six years now.
01:14 It's time.
01:15 Fans were incredibly divided by the twist.
01:18 Some fans accepted that the bait and switch framing was pretty characteristic of Ted's
01:22 constant search for the one.
01:24 Many also felt cheated by the buildup to a marriage that ultimately felt like a placeholder.
01:30 Remember, remember, all we fight for.
01:40 Number 9.
01:41 Jodie Dies, Mom What started out as a funny but predictable
01:45 family comedy about a dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship turned into something deeper
01:50 as the seasons went on.
01:51 I told him I wanted to get clean and we started fighting and it didn't work out so good.
02:00 Introduced in season 3, Jodie was the youngest and most vulnerable of Christy and Bonnie's
02:05 sober friend group.
02:06 On Marjorie's wedding day, Christy caught the call they all feared for each other.
02:11 Jodie had died of an overdose.
02:13 See, what's happening?
02:15 Jodie overdosed.
02:17 Is she going to be okay?
02:22 She's gone.
02:23 With this twist, the show took one of its darkest and most realistic turns.
02:28 Even on the happiest of days, they are reminded once again of just how precarious their sobriety
02:33 can be.
02:34 Thank you girls.
02:35 Where's Jodie?
02:36 She couldn't make it.
02:37 Oh, that's a shame.
02:42 When you talk to her, give her my love.
02:44 Number 8.
02:45 Penny's Pregnancy - The Big Bang Theory
02:48 Having children is a big debate between partners.
02:51 It can even make or break a relationship.
02:53 Sure, sure.
02:54 And I guess it would be hard raising kids in the loft you never told me you wanted.
03:00 Wait, don't be mad.
03:01 I'm not mad.
03:03 In The Big Bang Theory's twelfth and final season, fan-favorite couple Leonard and Penny
03:07 didn't have much of a storyline.
03:10 Their deferring opinions on starting a family, with Leonard wanting children and Penny not
03:14 wanting to sideline her career, could have made for some good storytelling.
03:18 I never thought I'd have.
03:21 Like you.
03:22 Are you sure that's enough?
03:25 Yeah.
03:26 You're really okay with this?
03:27 I am.
03:28 Instead, Penny's sudden pregnancy is dropped on us in the finale, with no real explanation
03:33 or even discussion of her having changed her mind.
03:36 Instead, it became a last-minute, arguably character-betraying twist in the series finale.
03:43 What happened to "I'm never gonna have kids"?
03:44 It was an accident.
03:45 I went out drinking with Sheldon.
03:47 Oh my gosh.
03:49 We're sister wives?
03:52 No!
03:53 Number 7.
03:54 Dwight and Angela's Relationship - The Office
03:57 Dwight and Angela were two of Dunder Mifflin's most irascible and eccentric employees.
04:02 And that's really saying something.
04:04 Just so you know, if you have any sensitive emails, they need to be deleted immediately.
04:09 I know.
04:10 Their relationship makes more sense in hindsight.
04:13 At the time, though, it was kind of shocking.
04:15 In the season 2 episode "Email Surveillance", Pam becomes suspicious that the two are dating.
04:22 What?
04:24 Oh, yes!
04:26 Thank you!
04:30 We're as skeptical as Pam's co-workers until we get that reveal of Dwight and Angela's
04:34 feet sticking out of the doghouse out back.
04:37 It takes a while for everyone else to catch up, but it's a hysterically funny and clever
04:42 storyline that the show milks for as many jokes as it can before the secret comes out.
04:47 I will never say a word.
04:54 And now we are even.
04:56 Number 6.
04:57 Sean's Dad Dies - Boy Meets World
05:00 Cory Matthews' best friend Sean Hunter had his fair shares of up and downs over the sitcom's
05:05 seven seasons.
05:06 I'm at war with myself.
05:08 Why am I like I am?
05:09 Sean, listen, you just gotta relax, okay?
05:12 Hey guys, buy coffee?
05:13 What are you trying to say?
05:15 His unstable home life and absent parents became a long-running storyline that came
05:20 to a head in an emotional season 6 episode.
05:23 After years of broken promises, Sean's father Chet returns.
05:27 You always do this, over and over and over again.
05:30 You come into town, you make all these promises, and just when I think we're actually gonna
05:34 get close, you take off again.
05:36 Oh my God.
05:40 While it seems he's turned over a new leaf, Sean doesn't trust that his dad is here to
05:44 stay.
05:45 This triggers Sean's realization that he has inherited some of his father's worst
05:49 traits, which is only made worse when his father suffers a heart attack.
05:53 I'm telling them I'm not taking the damn job.
05:56 They're happy?
05:57 No!
05:58 Dad?
05:59 Dad?
06:00 What's going on?
06:01 Despite his promise not to leave, Chet later dies of a second heart attack.
06:09 Number 5.
06:10 Susan's death - Seinfeld Sometimes going cheap can kill you.
06:15 That's what George Constanza and Susan Ross found out in season 7 when she died from ingesting
06:20 too much cheap adhesive while mailing out their wedding invitations.
06:24 Thank you.
06:25 See you later.
06:26 Oh, these are so cheap.
06:27 Hey, don't forget tomorrow.
06:28 We're going shopping for rings so don't make any plans.
06:32 And this time we're not skimping!
06:34 Unlucky for Susan, lucky for George.
06:37 He was having cold feet anyway.
06:39 Luckily, he had the support of his equally unsympathetic friends, including Cosmo Kramer,
06:45 whose name was revealed in a hilarious little plot twist of its own.
06:51 Ma?
06:54 Cosmo!
06:57 The story goes that Heidi Swedberg, the actress who plays Susan, was essentially written out
07:04 because she didn't seem to understand how to play the show's humor.
07:08 It's ironic then that her death is probably the most Seinfeld plot twist you could possibly
07:12 imagine.
07:13 I've got the funeral tomorrow but my weekend is pretty wide open.
07:19 And I was wondering...
07:23 Hello?
07:24 Number 4.
07:25 Ben is actually dead.
07:27 Scrubs.
07:28 Twenty minutes after you left he went into cardiac arrest.
07:32 We tried to resuscitate him but there was nothing we could do.
07:37 I'm sorry.
07:38 One particularly twisty and innovative episode of the medical sitcom Scrubs was also one
07:44 of its biggest emotional gut punches.
07:47 Ben Sullivan, played by Brendan Fraser, was a beloved guest star on three episodes of
07:52 the show.
07:53 I have leukemia.
07:58 That sucks.
08:03 In his final appearance, Ben succumbs to his leukemia.
08:07 However, throughout the episode, Dr. Cox has been interacting with him as if he were still
08:12 alive.
08:13 It isn't until the funeral at the end of the episode that we find out Ben has died,
08:17 and Dr. Cox is finally able to confront his grief.
08:20 The episode is frequently cited as a series best and it earned Scrubs an Emmy nomination
08:25 for writing.
08:26 How painful it may be.
08:28 But I don't have to make this mistake.
08:32 With the help of those around you, you'll get through this too.
08:37 Number 3.
08:38 The Bad Place.
08:39 The Good Place.
08:40 This fantasy sitcom's original premise features a character named Eleanor who realizes she's
08:46 been wrongly granted admission to a utopian afterlife by mistake.
08:50 I wasn't a lawyer.
08:51 I never went to the Ukraine.
08:52 I hate clowns.
08:54 There's been a big mistake.
08:57 I'm not supposed to be here.
08:59 As the first season progresses, though, the show turns this premise on its head.
09:04 Eleanor wasn't in the Good Place by mistake.
09:06 She and her friends were actually part of a grand experiment in the Bad Place, designed
09:11 by Michael, a demon in disguise.
09:14 Four people, perfectly suited to make each other miserable.
09:18 I am going to design an afterlife where they torture each other.
09:24 Although he would erase their memories of this twist, the second season was given greater
09:28 stakes as Eleanor leaves clues behind to help her remember the truth.
09:32 Shall we?
09:33 You know what, bro?
09:34 Do your worst.
09:35 We figured it out once, we can do it again.
09:38 Because you know what, Michael?
09:40 Yubba-y!
09:41 It was a dark but incredibly ingenious twist for such a comedic show.
09:47 Number 2.
09:48 Ross Says Rachel, Friends
09:50 The six leads of Friends got into lots of romantic entanglements over the years.
09:54 Morning, Ross.
09:55 I'm getting married today!
09:56 Yeah, you are!
09:57 Woo-hoo!
09:58 You think you knew I was here?
10:03 Monica and Chandler may have been a big surprise, but there was never a moment the audience
10:07 wasn't certain Ross and Rachel were meant to be.
10:10 In the season 4 finale, despite lingering feelings for Rachel, Ross is about to marry
10:15 Emily.
10:16 I needed to tell you.
10:19 Congratulations.
10:21 However, when the time came to say his vows, Ross made a mistake it would be impossible
10:27 to walk back from.
10:29 He said Rachel's name instead of Emily's.
10:31 I, Ross.
10:33 I, Ross.
10:35 Take thee, Emily.
10:36 Take thee, Rachel.
10:39 Emily.
10:41 Fans would have to wait a whole summer to see what happened next.
10:47 Before we unveil our top pick, here's an honorable mention.
10:50 James is killed in a car accident.
10:53 Good times.
10:54 The Evans family patriarch was killed off in the fourth season.
10:57 We regret to inform you that your husband, James Evans, was killed in an automobile accident.
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11:24 Henry Blake is shot down.
11:27 Mash.
11:28 Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake's death was leaked to the press before it aired.
11:32 Still, no one could prepare for how heart-stopping Radar's mid-surgery announcement at the
11:37 end of the episode would be.
11:38 Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake's plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan.
11:48 After being discharged from the Army Hospital, Blake was returning home to the States.
11:53 Instead, his chopper was shot down offscreen.
11:57 Many outraged fans wrote hate mail, and even the network reportedly hated the twist.
12:02 However, many recognized it as a sobering reminder of how tragic war really is.
12:15 Mash would go on for many more seasons, but with a less overtly comical tone.
12:20 This shift would culminate in its series finale, which includes another one of the greatest
12:25 and most devastating plot twists in TV history.
12:31 Did you see any of these plot twists coming?
12:34 Let us know in the comments.
12:46 Thanks for watching.
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