The hit show "The Fosters" has hit almost every emotional situation possible in a television show. From foster care, to school shootings, to cancer. And if you're anything like me, you've watched each episode with tears streaming down your face asking yourself how they manage to make you cry week after week. Now we have to wait until June to see the finale 3 episodes that will wrap the series up. Before we get there, let's reminisce about the heartbreaking moments from the two-part season finale. (Spoilers ahead!!!)
1. Grace dying
Originally I saw this coming and prepared myself for the event. However, Grace came out of her meeting with the doctor and told Brandon she was in remission, which obviously made me cry happy tears. Once they started taking pictures everywhere they went while in Hollywood, I knew she lied. I knew she was going to die, but nothing could prepare me for the number of tears falling from my eyes when it happened.
2. Stef's emotional breakdown about her father not accepting her.
We watched Stef struggle with some unclear issues throughout this season, and she finally let is all out in this finale. She has a conversation with her late father about how he would never accept her for who she is and how hard she tried to be the perfect daughter for him to be proud of. Her father tells her that she doesn't need his approval because all that matters is her own approval of herself.
She comes to terms with this and tells herself how proud she is of herself and how much she loves herself. This brought me to tears because self-love can be very hard for so many people, myself included.
3. Making Jesus a senior
Jesus had struggled all season in school due to his brain injury. We learn that he failed his math class and was not going to be a senior next year with his twin sister, Mariana, and his girlfriend, Emma. Well, Mariana, along with everyone else who loves Jesus, come together to build a treehouse with Jesus for his senior project to give him the credits he needs to be a senior next year. This was such a heartwarming gesture that brought me instantly to tears, especially after seeing the surprise and appreciation in Jesus's face.
4. Stef and Lena's conversation with Callie the night before graduation.
Stef and Lena, also known to the kids as "Moms", have a heartfelt conversation with Callie the night before she graduates high school telling her how proud they are of her and how far she has come. What hit me most was when Callie told Moms how thankful she was for them. She recalls being told that she is not disposable when she first met Moms and how much that has impacted her since then. It sent happy tears streaming down my face, for the millionth time.
5. Graduation
Graduation induced a fountain of tears for me. From Lena's improv-speech to seeing each and every one of them graduate. Callie finds out she got into the 5-year law program of her top school while on stage receiving her diploma from her mom and the look of amazement on her face was priceless. Flash forward to next year seeing Jesus, Mariana, and Emma graduating.
Both Mariana and Emma get into Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is an incredible accomplishment and dream come true for them. Jesus is headed to community college, which is also a huge accomplishment for him given his circumstances. Flash forward another 2 years to Jude graduating. We see how grown up and successful they are all becoming and it is just a feel-good moment, but also the end of our favorite show.
6. After graduation
Everyone is sitting at the kitchen table in their home for the first time again in, what we assume, a long time. Once again, we see how successful they are all becoming and Brandon is engaged!! When you think it's over and there's nothing else left to see, Lena picks up the phone and tells Stef their social worker has a kid in need of a home. All happy tears with a hint of sadness for saying goodbye to all these characters we've grown to love.
This show was ground-breaking, to say the least. I am impatiently waiting for the next three episodes to air in June so I get the answers I need, but until then, I will be repeatedly sobbing over all these moments. And I'm sure I'll sob some more come June.
