History TearJerker / GameOfThrones

* Theon's outburst at Balon, [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out for treating him as soft and corrupted by the Starks]] (for bringing up the more strategically sound Stark-Greyjoy alliance of all things), pointing out that it was ''Balon'' who gave him up in the first place. Countering Balon's demand that the Ironborn "are not subjects or slaves" and that they "take what is theirs" Theon brings up his father's submission to King Robert Baratheon and that he didn't "take what is his" then, which earns him a smack across the face so hard it sends him across the room. Theon (tears in his eyes) recovers enough to remind his father that it was ''Balon'' who gave the last of the Greyjoy sons away like "some dog that he didn't want anymore" and yet he has the nerve to curse him when he returns home, which noticeable stuns even Balon momentarily before he marches out of the room, face frozen with what could be described as regret from someone who has never shown regret in his life. Masterful acting on both sides.

** Irri sobbing that [[spoiler: Rhakaro's soul has been killed because his body was not burned and Dany hugging her and promising to build him a funeral pyre]] had this troper choking back tears.

* Sansa telling Shae to stay and brush her hair becomes one when you realize her reasons for it. Even though Shae clearly has no idea how to be a handmaiden, Sansa asks her to stay with her because she literally has no one else to talk to who isn't trying to harm or manipulate her in some way. Poor Sansa is completely alone and surrounded by people who would have no qualms about killing her to achieve their own ends.

* Theon's outburst at Balon, calling him out for treating him as soft and corrupted by the Starks (for bringing up the more strategically sound Stark-Greyjoy alliance of all things), pointing out that it was ''Balon'' who gave him up in the first place. Countering Balon's demand that the Ironborn "are not subjects or slaves" and that they "take what is theirs" Theon brings up his father's submission to King Robert Baratheon and that he didn't "take what is his" then, which earns him a smack across the face so hard it sends him across the room. Theon (tears in his eyes) recovers enough to remind his father that it was ''Balon'' who gave the last of the Greyjoy sons away like "some dog that he didn't want anymore" and yet he has the nerve to curse him when he returns home, which noticeable stuns even Balon momentarily before he marches out of the room, face frozen with what could be described as regret from someone who has never shown regret in his life. Masterful acting on both sides.

* Theon's outburst at Balon, calling him out for treating him as soft and corrupted by the Starks (for bringing up the more strategically sound Stark-Greyjoy alliance of all things), pointing out that it was ''Balon'' who gave him up in the first place. Countering Balon's demand that the Ironborn "are not subjects or slaves" and that they "take what is theirs" Theon brings up his father's submission to King Robert Baratheon and that he didn't "take what is his" then, which earns him a hard smack across the face so hard it sends him across the room. Theon (tears in his eyes) recovers to remind his father that it was ''Balon'' who gave the last of the Greyjoy sons away like "some dog that he didn't want anymore" and yet he has the nerve to curse him when he returns home, which noticeable stuns even Balon momentarily before he marches out of the room, face frozen with what could be described as regret from someone who has never shown regret in his life. Masterful acting on both sides.

* Poor Brienne; having just earned her place on Renly's Kingsguard, she's dismissed by him almost immediately - to take Catelyn to her tent. The worst bit is, she seems almost resigned to this sort of treatment; the flatness in her voice when she tells Catelyn 'Brienne's enough - I'm no lady' speaks volumes.

* Theon's outburst at Balon, calling him out for treating him as soft and corrupted by the Starks (for bringing up the more strategically sound Stark-Greyjoy alliance of all things), pointing out that it was ''Balon'' who gave him up in the first place. Countering Balon's demand that the Ironborn "take what is theirs" Theon brings up his father's submission to King Robert Baratheon and that he didn't "take what is his" then, which earns him a hard smack across his face so hard it sends him across the room. Theon (tears in his eyes) continues reminding his father that it was ''he'' who gave the last of the Greyjoy sons away like "some dog that he didn't want anymore" and that his father has the nerve to curse him when he returns home, which noticeable stuns even Balon momentarily before he marches out of the room, face frozen with what could be described as regret from someone who has never shown regret in his life. Masterful acting on both sides.

* Theon's outburst at Balon, calling him out for treating him as soft and corrupted by the Starks, pointing out that it was ''Balon'' who gave him up in the first place and then has the nerve to complain when he came back. Balon's face, frozen into an expression of who knows what, could also count. Masterful acting on both sides.

* After Tyrion makes a crack about the rumors of her affair with Jamie, Cersei responds that he's always been funny, starting with when their mother died giving birth to him. Tyrion's face is heartbreaking.

-->'''Cersei:''' Mother gone. All for the sake of you. There's no bigger joke in the world.

* [[spoiler: Dany comforting Irri after Rhako's death.]] Sad on a couple of levels; [[spoiler: firstly because he was genuinely likeable character and it was gutting to have him die so horribly, but also because Irri's reaction comfirms what many viewers suspected but was never shown on screen- they were in love.]]

* Tyrion makes a crack about the rumors her affair with Jamie and Cersei responds that he's always been funny starting with when their mother died giving birth to him. Tyrion's reaction is heartbreaking.

'''Tyrion:''' She was my mother too.
'''Cersei:''' Mother gone. All for the sake of you. There's no bigger joke in the world.

* Cersei Lannister gets a small PetTheDog moment in the beginning of the series. When Bran is still in a coma, she goes to visit him and runs into Catelyn who iswatching over her son. While there, she talks to Catelyn about her first child, a boy who died in childbirth. It is hinted that this child was actually Robert's rather than [[spoiler: Jaime's,]] yet Cersei seems genuinely torn up when she talks about the loss and the grief she and Robert experienced and almost seems to be on the brink of tears while describing it. She actually sounds sincere when she tells Catelyn that she will pray for Bran's recovery, even though his waking up could mean the exposure of [[spoiler: her and Jaime's affair.]] It was a moment that made Cersei, a character best known for being a ManipulativeBitch, very human.

** The scene with the [[spoiler: dragon hatchlings]] was actually a ''moving'' TearJerker for some, as was the [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning "KING IN THE NORTH!"]] scene.