Classic 90s TV Episode of the Week: Fresh Prince of Bel Air's 'Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse'

Another Throwback Thursday means its time for another edition of MStars' "Classic 90s TV Episode of the Week." A word of warning: get your tissues out because this one is going to reduce you to a puddle of tears. Unless, of course, you have no soul. Yo homes, to Bel-Air!

Growing up, I wanted to be Will Smith. You wanted to be Will Smith. Hell, my grandma probably wanted to be Will Smith. Unfortunately, Jada Pinkett wasn't into me, so I was never going to be Will Smith. Thankfully, we could all live vicariously through The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which brought us a fictionalized version of the young rap star as a boy from Philadelphia who moves in with his auntie and uncle in Bel-Air.

Late in Season 4, the show delivered one of its most heartbreaking episodes, "Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse." Will's father, Lou, who had abandoned him and his mother years earlier, returns and briefly reconnects with his son. The two start hanging out and growing closer, but Uncle Phil and Aunt Viv don't trust him. This leads to a blowout between Will and Phil, and Will prepares to leave with his father on a road trip.

But at the last minute, Lou comes up with an excuse and leaves Will again. Phil tries to comfort him but, at first, Will tries to act like nothing is wrong. But he quickly launches into an angry tirade and eventually breaks down into tears in his uncle's arms and realizes that Phil has become his real father. The line that gets me every time: "How come he don't want me, man?"

When Will Smith cries, I cry. And I'm pretty sure it rains, too. Check out the emotional scene below:

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