coping with the death of a spouse theme

A character grieves over the loss of their spouse.

Examples

Worf howled over the body of his murdered spouse K'Ehleyr in tng4x07 "Reunion".

188 total · 8 choice · 44 major · 136 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ahh2x14 choice A theme alluded to in the title: Grace was devastated after her beloved fiancé Keith apparently died in a mining accident. She descended into madness and ended up shooting her loyal servant dead rather than face the truth that her Keith was a conman.
ahp5x02 choice So devastated was Stella by the tragic death of her husband, who died on a mountain and fell into a glacier, that she refused to move on from him until she beheld his dead body. This she did some 40 years after the fact.
as1985e1x24 choice Helen was so dismayed by her husband Charlie's death that she refused to accept it and went on as if he was still alive. Edwin impersonated Charlie in order to abet Helen's escape from reality.
bbf2x02 choice Sheridan was torn up over his wife's passing.
columbo1971e9x04 choice The viewer is led to believe that Columbo was torn up over the sudden and unexpected passing of his beloved wife, Mrs. Columbo. The story's villain Vivian Dimitri was hell-bent on exacting revenge on those she held responsible for her husband dying in prison.
movie: Archive (2020) choice George so loved his supposedly deceased wife Jules that he set about creating an android body in which to embody a digital near-copy of her consciousness.
tng4x07 choice Worf was coming to terms with the tragic passing of his lover, K'Ehleyr.
tz1985e3x05 choice Roger was down in the dumps of the death of his beloved wife, even though he had dead for three years. Laurel likewise coped poorly in the aftermath of her spouse's demise.
ahh1x10 major Paul was sullen and broody in the aftermath of having killed his wife.
ahh1x15 major Andrew had been off for several weeks due to the tragic death of his wife. He used this as an excuse for mistakes he made several times.