This article got the line wrong: “Marshall, I’m so sorry. Your father’s dead.” is much colder than the actual line. “Marshall. Something’s happened. Umm… your father, he had a heart attack. He didn’t make it.” And Segel’s response was the best line in the show—so simple, but so genuine. “<so much emotional processing> My dad’s dead? <a whole lot more emotional processing> I’m not ready for this.”