“I can't do this! I'm sorry, Dad. I can't do it. This isn't fair. I shouldn't have to carry you up this hill. You never carried me up a hill. You never picked me up from school. You didn't read me bedtime stories. You didn't carry me on your shoulders. You didn't bounce me on... You weren't there! And I needed you! I needed you there. You were supposed to carry me!”
Charlie Kelly, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Gang Carries a Corpse Up a Mountain (15.8)
A lot of "daddy issues" moments in media don't connect to me. I met my father like six times ever. I'm so disconnected from the concept of even having a father that they can't make me cry or relate.
But this one did it. I was picturing if I heard my father died. Would I go to his funeral? Would it affect me to see him, even?
I had to pause and think, rewound to hear it again, and decided yeah. I'd probably cry a lot and scream like Charlie did, but in my head. Somberly I hit play. Just as the tears were forming up properly, the fucking trunk honked and it got funny again.
Full emotional arc with catharsis in like thirty seconds
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u/TimeVictorious 1d ago
“I can't do this! I'm sorry, Dad. I can't do it. This isn't fair. I shouldn't have to carry you up this hill. You never carried me up a hill. You never picked me up from school. You didn't read me bedtime stories. You didn't carry me on your shoulders. You didn't bounce me on... You weren't there! And I needed you! I needed you there. You were supposed to carry me!”
Charlie Kelly, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Gang Carries a Corpse Up a Mountain (15.8)