Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer say the final 'Broad City' episode ends in tears

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Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer say the final 'Broad City' episode ends in tears
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In what is arguably the worst news we've ever heard, Broad City is coming to a close at the end of the fifth season. It's hard to know what life will be like without Abbi and Ilana gracing our screens with their antics.

Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer — the creators and stars of the show — spoke to Jimmy Kimmel about how they feel about Broad City drawing to a close.

Jacobson said that one of the weirdest things was no longer gathering material to write the script. For the past ten years, the pair have had a Google Doc featuring anything that happened to them that they could work into the plot of the show. Glazer said that no longer having that spreadsheet means they're now "forced to be present and enjoy life and the moments for what they are."

So, what was it like shooting that final scene? Glazer said the show ends with Abbi and Ilana "hysterically crying on a sidewalk in Queens". But it wasn't just the characters crying, Glazer and Jacobson were actually crying real tears in that final scene. And, apparently the crew was as well.

Great, now we're crying too.

Rachel Thompson, sits wearing a dress with yellow florals and black background.
Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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