If you’re anything like me, you shed tears when you watched the conclusion of Gavin & Stacey last night.

The final episode is widely regarded by fans as one of the best finales ever, as The Guardian’s Rachel Aroesti noted in her five-star review. Gavin & Stacey: The finale will make you grin, but mostly it will make you sob uncontrollably.

This is “A send-off that pulls at the heartstrings, and then some.”

The last episode centers on Smithy, with the narrative likely concluding early on if he accepted Nessa’s proposal in the 2019 Christmas special.

With everyone coming to Smithy’s stag do and wedding, the presumption is that he did, but after a wonderful rug pull, it is discovered that his wedding is to Sonia.

Hijinks occur, emotional confessions are made, and after a dash to the docks to declare his love to Nessa after leaving Sonia at the altar, the couple ultimately marries after 17 years.

The couple is shortly shown to be married, and the whole major cast is seen dancing and drinking before settling down for a group shot.

If you thought that had you in tears, a tidbit revealed during a Q&A about the play would make you cry again.

Scott Bryan, a British film and television critic, presented a series of noteworthy revelations from the Q&A session.

The thread contains a wealth of information, from the casting of Neil the Baby and his request to sing, to the actress’s concealment of her role in the production.

Fans were particularly impressed by the closing moment.

Bryan tweeted, “They changed the schedule so that the final day of filming was the closing scene with everyone together, instead of Smithy in a car.”

The cast was moved to tears when the sound department played the song’s theme, Stephen Fretwell’s ‘Run.’

In an interview with GQ, James Corden explained the closing scene: “We really, really felt that the last day should be the last scene and that the last line should be the last thing that we ever shoot.”

Ruth Jones described the scene: “When she called cut on the very last take, the music began…” As you can expect, that energized us all.

Fans were affected by the details, with one tweeting, “I’ve gone. “I have actually gone.”

Another person commented, “It was absolutely fantastic.” Laughing aloud. Totally made Christmas. “TV Gold.”.

A third person commented, “The actors must have heard the ovation through the tears in rooms throughout Britain because the ending of #GavinAndStacey absolutely lived up to its anticipation.”

“On Christmas Day, it’s the best series finale since Only Fools and Horses 1996.”