My husband and I used to watch this show. We were thirty something’s with kids and careers and it was very good. Fast forward 30 years and my husband is gone 13 years. Amazing to me I ever lived that life. It was a lifetime ago.

I cried my eyes out when he died! My husband said, "It's a TV show!" I couldn't help it!

I wish they would reboot this as Sixty-Something. I would love to know where all the characters are now.

Thirtysomething was and will always be an incredible show. I remember when i was fifteen staying up just to watch this amazing cast and poignantly written stories about the baby boomer generation struggling through their lives but also showing how much love they all loved each other. I miss this show so much.

Ken Olin kicked ass in this role- he was so great. The whole cast was amazing.

This was my generation, I was 30 something, married, small kids. This show was everything.

I remember watching this show in my youth and thinking wow it’s cool to be thirty-something. 😄 Now I’m 51 and wish I was in my 30’s. 💃🏻🌟

Thirtysomething years later, and these scenes still make me cry. What a series that was. The finest writing, the best acting. The characters still live in my memory like good friends.

We were in our 30s with 3 kids and two very involved careers when this show came out. It was all people talked about in our age group. It was after the kids went to bed television for our generation. This episode was essentially compelling. Now we’re all 60 something.

After all these years, these people are still better at adulting that I am and I'm 47.

I remember watching this show in my 20’s thinking how much older people in their 30’s were.

They really need to stream this show on Netflix or Hulu. I don’t want to buy the DVDs when I subscribe to many streaming services.

I remember this so vividly, as if it was yesterday. Gary's death was the biggest shock to me. It was the first time I ever cried over a TV show.

I watched this when it first aired and was stunned. (No spoilers back then!) My husband came home from work and found me bawling! “What’s wrong?” “Gary died!” “Who the f--is Gary?” Crying all over watching it again.

Michael Steadman AKA Ken Olin went on to produce (and direct many episodes) of This Is Us.

I had forgotten how handsome Michael was!

This performance by Ken Olin was one of the best acted scenes.

30 yrs later and i'm stil balling when i watch this. TV did not get better than this...And This is Us can't be compared. Loved this show!!!!

I happened upon this tonight. I loved the show and cried watching this video. Now I want to see the entire run of Thirty Something again.

This was an amazing show. Reminds me of when I was 19 and I thought 30 was old.

It's been ages since I've watched this and even now, all these years later, I'm still struck by how poignantly it was written and the excellent acting on the show.

The night the pilot aired, my husband called me from the living room to come down. I did. He said "Someone has been spying on us. Watch!" I even still have crappy VHS tapes of some of the episodes. Great cast. Well written. Great production.

I wish we still had payphones and I think this episode was one of the top 5 in TV history. Amazing work! And Gary’s present to Nancy was perfect and so true!

Ken Olin produces This Is Us....and that has a thirty something theme to it. Loved this show so much.

Loved this show sooooooo much. This episode I will always remember. Ken olin is a boss at acting. The scene when he gets Gary things and breaks down.... Wow!!!!

This was one of my favorite TV series. I never missed an episode.

Back when Lifetime reran the series early 2000, I was a cashier in Los Angeles for a local supermarket. The evening prior to working, I had just watched this episode and Peter Horton (Gary) came through my check out. Was the coolest thing ever. I was kind of in shock. I told him I just watched it last night. Don't know if he knew it aired the night before... who knows? Also, for those wishing this was streaming; I bought the whole series on dvd so can watch whenever. One of the best drama series on TV.

Hulu bring this show back.

OMG, I remember this amazing episode as if it had first aired five minutes ago. What a punch to the gut I felt at that moment!!! "Thirtysomething" was and always will remain one of my all-time favorite TV shows, airing during my college years when I was just an early-twentysomething. Gary's shocking death happening on the same ep as Nancy's good prognosis? I don't believe *anyone* saw that coming! The writing on this show, not just for this particular episode but also for the entire run of the series, was utterly brilliant and engaging. Like many others who have posted here, I would LOVE for them to have some sort of reboot.

Never before or since has the death of a TV character affected me like it was a real person. It was surreal how deeply I felt this. And it wasn't like I was the world's biggest Gary fan. It was just depicted in such stark realism.

I cried when this episode came on back in 1991. One of the things that got me was when Nancy said “It’s not supposed to Gary, it’s supposed... but I got better”. That still gets me everything I see this clip.

I remember this show was on when I was in my 20’s. I never missed an episode.

I loved this show, never missed It back In the 90s.. I was In my 20s They don't make shows like this anymore, superb acting & great cast! I had the biggest crush on Michael ~

When I was in college I used to watch this show. I thought thirties was so old. I am now 50 yo. What I would do to be in my thirties again.

I was devastated when they killed Gary.

I cried buckets over this. I loved Michael but Hope drove me nuts.

I was a senior in high school when this aired. I’ve never forgotten this incredible episode.

Ken Olin is superb in these scenes.

Omg. I haven’t watched this scene in more years than I care to count. Lol. I’ll tell you one thing, never has a television show had me speechless, heartbroken, shaken as this one. I will never forget watching this scene, the whole program. Never. It’s so odd that this even popped up in my suggested videos!

My brother died at 23 in a stupid car accident in Galveston TX on a stretch of sea wall road that should hav3 had a guardrail and good lighting-but did not. His life was just beginning, his wife was pregnant with their first child, whom he never got to see. He had helped a woman earlier in the day whose battery had died by jumping her battery. On the ride home his car lost its lights, his friend was driving. They went over the sea wall, my brother was the only fatality. He went through the windshield and the car landed on top of him. It changed all our lives, so it felt familiar when I watched this when first broadcast. I loved this show.

I remember when Mad Men debuted …Jon Hamm reminded me of Ken Olin, and I can still see it here.

Ken Olin was awesome _ the whole ensemble of actors was great!!!!! Ken went on to direct Alias for a couple years..I was actually surprised that we don’t see reruns of this show. The music and real life situations all blend together crashing into hard realities. I truly loved this show.

I really loved this show

They don't make series like that anymore. The silence they put into it gives the viewers space to feel something & have emotions.

What always sticks with me was when he grabs the hockey keychain. It all came down to that. It took my breath away then and now

Whoa the acting 😢 such an excellent cast!

Kinda ironic that Gary died in a car accident when he rode his bike everywhere.

I still wish that some day Ken Olin & Jon Hamm (who played Don Draper in Mad Men among other roles) would play brothers. There's a strong resemblance there, in my opinion.

A real blast from the past. People who are thirty something now will probably not remember having to make public calls within a few centimetres of a wall.

I remember seeing that episode and crying. Nancy got better and went into remission when everyone thought she would die and Gary died instead.

I was thirty something when Thirty Something was being aired in the UK. It was so damned good... miss it.

Das ist die Unamerikanischte Serie die ich bis heute gesehen habe 😊 Alles ist anders gewesen. Ich kann es nicht beschreiben, heute nennt man das " geflasht" Schauspieler, Licht, Musik, Schnitt und die Charaktere waren das Gegenteil von den typischen US Serien. Sie war und bleibt meine Lieblingsserie. 😊

I cannot comprehend why this show is not on any streaming service. This very episode was the most traumatic thing to happen to me when it was aired. It has stayed with me all these decades. I so wish I could watch the whole show from Season 1 without having to shell out all the money for the DVD sets. Someone please upload the torrents.

I was just a kid. My parents thought I was asleep but I was secretly watching “Thirtysomething”. I apparently thought I was thirty or something. I was so obsessed with the music, I actually held my stereo up to the t.v. and recorded the song. I played it over and over until I figured it out on the piano. I just got a keyboard for Christmas, this is the first song I played.

This has always stayed with me. Even down to the music. So impactful. Brilliant writing and acting. I ❤️’d this show

Back then being 20 something, in college dating a long haired guy that even kinda looked like Gary... The best show ever. Every episode touched my heart and soul. This one just knocked me off my feet. I cried like a baby. Back then everything had a profound message and meaning. It was the 90s. So glad I was a part of it, in some small way.

Clearly a rough cut of the episode. I haven't seen the show since it aired. Such incredible acting, writing, and directing. It is just a pleasure to watch the artistry.

I loved this show & miss it.. nothing like it ever again.

I remember when this aired; so shocking! He and Melissa never quite made it beyond the “friends with benefits” stage. I always hoped they’d make it as a couple. Gary was so cute, and the actor Peter Horton, who played Gary, was married to Michelle Pfeiffer at the time.

I absolutely love this show it's my favorite show of the 20th century ❤️ ThirtySomething

I’m back here again because this is the best television ever.

Thank you for showing this. ThirtySomething has always been my very favorite series.

I loved this show. Gary's death was heartbreaking.

This episode of thirtysomething was directed by Ken Olin.

This is one of the best emotional scenes from an actor I’ve seen. Exactly how a lot of men fight off the tears after losing someone.

I absolutely loved Thirty Something. It was brilliant

This episode was something like 30 years ago now. Yet, the emotions still well up inside. This haunting miserable feeling of loss when everything was supposed to be better. When art like this is done well, it taps into my subconscious touching me in ways I cannot describe. I miss this show terribly. I may have to give This Is Us a try since Ken is executive producer.

The original Friend s. Great show, stories ,directors ,actors. Watching that brought me back. 2023 it 's still powerful 😢

This show is my favorite show of all time I miss it somuch it was the best 👌 ever ❤

“But I got better.” Patty Wettig killed me with that in the original airing. I really lost it then.

I loved this show, the cast was stunning! I miss quality shows like this...😢

Oh how I loved this show

I loved this show so much. Have looked for it over the years. I would love to watch it again.

Wish wish wish some network would show this!!!!it was incredible!!! 😊❤❤❤

This is the first episode I ever watched of thirty something. My sister in law was watching it and I got hooked on it. I was 18 at the time now I'm 46

Remember the show. Not sure how it got on my recommendations, but in three days (April 18, 2019) will be my daughters 2 year anniversary of her death. She was 32. 💕🐝

OMG.. this still rips me to pieces.. my favorite show of all time!!

I loved this show I watched every week.

Loved ken olin and. The. Show and. He was a. Good actor

I totally loved that show so much. The cast was wonderful.

So many things are etched in my memory about this episode. Melissa at the piano. That tiny breath that Nancy inhaled after she heard the news. I truly felt like I lost someone. Every detail was written exaxtly how people feel that moment you find out. How they captured that heavy dread in your gut...the mood in a room is beyond me.

They didn't show all of everyone's reactions. I remember this episode. At the very end Melissa sits at the piano (which they showed), the very last scene when everybody was at the house, Melissa just totally breaks down at the piano. That was the most powerful scene I've ever seen - ever - to this day.

My sin died at 33 recently. Now i get even more yhe devastation his friends went through and are still going through. I watched this in ny 20s. Man id love to watch this whole series again 😢

I thought Ken Olin was so handsome.

Ken Olin is a incredible actor! Timothy Busfield as well!!

This is one of my favorite shows for the 1990's. The music is very moving.

Favorite show of all time.

This was my first TV heartbreak. Whew! I cried my eyes out.

I remember this episode, so real in emotion.

This was a great show

I loved this show so much!!!!

The original This is Us and A Million Little Things.

The best ever....went through high school with every episode💔❤garys death was so epic

Today we get crappy "reality" contests, in the 90's we got terrific writing and acting and scoring.

I was in my early 20's i think when i started watching this show. I loved this show! I wish it was on reruns! Or on DVD!

A lifelong friend of mine died at this time in a car accident, and as hard as this was to watch, i found it oddly comforting that others were going through what I was.

This still breaks my heart, the night this aired my best friend of 14 years had been killed in an accident that morning..this ep. still breaks my heart! :((

Always loved Thirty Something. My daughter laughs at me because I constantly call This Is Us Thirty Something. Both shows are so well written. The casts of both shows are wonderful actors which make both shows so easy to watch.

Ohhh, I miss this show...

I never missed this show, it was my generation and my issues. And wouldn’t you know it, our wild and crazy friend, our daughter’s godfather, who had settled down and married, died in a horrible car crash with a semi on the interstate, about 15 years after this show.