10 Most Emotional Moments In It's A Sin
The most heartbreaking scenes in one of the greatest shows of this generation...
It's the TV show that seems to have taken the world by storm in the first part of 2021.
It's A Sin, the 80s-set drama penned by iconic writer Russell T Davies was released on Channel 4's streaming service and HBO Max (outside of the UK) at the start of the year to critical acclaim.
Telling the story of a group of young people in London in the 1980s, it highlights their lives and the tragedy surrounding them as they find themselves at the centre of the AIDS pandemic, which led to the deaths of thousands of young men and women in that period. The show also tackles some of the major issues and stigma surrounding members of the LGBT community which, sadly, still continue today despite some big advancements.
It's a crowning achievement in television and one to watch at the next awards season, with some incredible settings, plotlines and acting involved from some breakout stars, as well as some interesting parallels with today's pandemic. But which of the moments in this five-part drama really had us clutching for the tissues? Here's the big heartbreaking scenes which had us crying in our seats...
Major spoilers follow!
10. Roscoe Leaves Home
Omari Douglas plays an incredible part as Roscoe Babatunde, a young British man of Nigerian descent, whose family attempt to send him back to Nigeria after finding out he is gay.
It is the first scene with Roscoe's family in episode one which hits home straight away as to how ignorant (and sometimes brutal) attitudes were towards gay men in the 80s, when his family attempt to exorcise his sexuality from him. This is then followed by a moving scene where his sister urges his brother to flee his home, because he would be killed if he was sent to Nigeria because of who he is.
Easily the most outgoing of the main group, Roscoe is clearly confident in his own sexuality throughout the show, but the moment he breaks down in his sister's arms clearly shows his own feelings of pain and vulnerability, and hits home some of the sacrifices many members of the LGBT community had to go through in that period.