History TearJerker / TheBabySittersClub2020

** This is something Janine [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out on]], saying how their mother has gone "unresponsive" in grief while their dad is simply focused on emotionally supporting his depressed wife. Janine says if it wasn't for Ashley, she would be completely alone while Claudia just bailed when they all needed her. Seeing the normally stoic Janine actually break down in literal tears about being alone with her grieving parents while also dealing with her own grief is painful to see. It also reminds viewers that, despite her demeanor, Janine ''is'' human and truly grieving the loss of her grandmother. A grandmother that ''also'' supported her with her own life's troubles [[spoiler:and was the only family member who knew she was LGBTQ+).]]

** This is something Janine [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out on]], saying how their mother has gone "unresponsive" in grief while their dad is simply focused on emotionally supporting his depressed wife. Janine says if it wasn't for Ashley, she would be completely alone while Claudia just bailed when they all needed her. Seeing the normally stoic Janine actually break down in literal tears about being alone with her grieving parents while also dealing with her own grief is painful to see. It also reminds viewers that, despite her demeanor, Janine ''is'' human and truly grieving the loss of her grandmother. A grandmother that ''also'' supported her with her own life's troubles.

** In the end scene with the Kishi family standing in front of Mimi's alter, finally together, with the song ''In Fantasia'' by Japanese-American artist Kishi Bashi playing in the background and through the credits.

-->'''Claudia:''' I don't want to feel my grief. My grief feels horrible! My grief feels like-like my chest is going to explode! Like I can't breathe. Like everything is over and nobody... nobody understands.

* Dawn's tearful trauma when Buddy [[AdultFear suddenly goes missing while on her watch]]. This AdultFear is enough to scare and traumatize any full-grown adult, let alone a pre-teen babysitter who takes their job seriously. Dawn's mother tries comforting her distraught daughter to no avail, who's terrified something happened to Buddy and feeling it's her fault.

** Mary Anne explains ''she'' understands; she watched her father bottle up his grief over losing her mother for years. She says he "froze in time" and almost "froze ''her'' in time" as well by not letting her really grow up until she brought it to his attention. But, he finally let his grief out and allowed himself to talk about his late wife with Mary Anne. She says that while it experiencing grief is painful, you can move on in time.

** Mary Anne explains ''she'' understands; she watched her father bottle up his grief over losing her mother for years. She says he "froze in time" and almost "froze ''her'' in time" well by not letting her really grow up until she brought it to his attention. But, he finally let his grief out and allowed himself to talk about his late wife with Mary Anne. She says that while it experiencing grief is painful, you can move on in time.

* All of "Claudia and the Sad Goodbye" as everyone learns to cope with Mimi's death. Claudia particularly has a hard time as she felt that Mimi was the only family member who truly understood and supported her and she isn't ready to live a life without her beloved grandmother. She spends the entire episode in denial and refusing to confront her grief; distracting herself with shopping and fashion. She even refuses to stay home with her family as she doesn't want to live in her household without Mimi, although feeling guilty about it as she knows her family is equally grief-stricken.
** This is something Janine [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out on]], saying how their mother has gone "unresponsive" in grief while their dad is simply focused on emotionally supporting his depressed wife. Janine says if it wasn't for Ashley, she would be completely alone while Claudia just bailed when they all needed her. Seeing the normally stoic Janine actually break down in literal tears about being alone with her grieving parents while also trying to cope with her own grief is painful to see. It also reminds viewers that, despite her demeanor, Janine ''is'' human and is truly grieving the loss of her grandmother.

** In a smaller moment, seeing Mary Anne also grieve Mimi's loss is also painful. Shortly after Mimi dies, she full-on starts sobbing with the group that she's upset she didn't get to say goodbye to Mimi and can't believe she's truly gone. Remember, she and Mimi were close and we saw moments in season 1 of them spending time together. We later learn that Mimi ''also'' picked out Mary Anne's name when her pregnant mother had a hard time deciding as she was close friends with the Spier family. Liz even mentioned to Mary Anne in season 1 that she should get closer to Mimi as she had many stories about her late mother.