History TearJerker / LiveACtionTV

* The aptly-titled seventh episode, "The Breaking Point," sees characters the viewers have become emotionally invested in [[spoiler: horrifically injured, killed, or suffer nervous breakdowns]], made all the worse because it all really happened. Episode nine, "Why We Fight," borders on NightmareFuel with [[spoiler: the discovery of a (brutally accurate) concentration camp]], as mentioned above. No matter how many times she watches the series, these two episodes always make this troper cry herself sick

** In the following episode "Family" Picard suddenly breaks down and cries, admitting how wretched he feels that he couldn't stop the Borg from taking over his mind. To see Jean-Luc "Bad Mo-fo" Picard cry is hard enough, but when you factor in Patrick Stewart's acting, it just becomes a bit much.
---> "They took everything I was. They used me to ''kill'' and to ''destroy,'' and I couldn't stop them! I should have been able to stop them! I tried. I tried ''so hard.'' But I wasn't strong enough! I wasn't ''good'' enough! I should have been able to stop them. I should, I ''should.''"
---> [[MagnificentBastard "So, my brother is a human being after all."]]

*** His brother was a [[MagnificentBastard total jerkass, though]].

--> '''Decker:''' ''They say there's no devil, Jim... but there is – right out of hell, I saw it!''

--> '''Decker:''' (sobbing) ''Don't you think I know that? There was, but not anymore! They called me, they begged me for help – four hundred of them! I couldn't... I-I couldn't...''

** Another tearjerker? Lal's ''name'' actually means "beloved".
*** The admiral's description of Data's attempts to save Lal by itself were enough to bring this Troper to tears.

*** Definitely not alone. But for me, I teared up at Lore's last words as Data deactivated him: "I love you....brother...."

-->Lwaxana: But I'm crying. I don't ''cry''...
-->Deanna: You cried when Father died. We both cried.

--->Deanna: ...[[TearJerker Goodbye, daddy]].

** The TNG series premiere "Encounter at Farpoint" has one - [=DeForest=] Kelley's last-ever appearance as the immortal Dr. "Bones" [=McCoy=].

** The episode ''Sarek'' is particularly rough going for anyone who's lost a loved one to Alzhiemer's. The legendary Ambassador Sarek comes aboard the ''Enterprise'' to conduct a peace treaty, but it turns out his mental health is deteriorating at a frightening rate. In order to keep him stable to finish the negociations, Sarek mindmelds with Picard to regain a measure of his self-control. Unfortunately, this leaves Picard a screaming, despairing mess, channeling all of Sarek's repressed emotions and love for his son Spock, falling apart in Beverly Crusher's arms. Patrick Stewart acts the ''hell'' out of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYIIeoJVd9w this scene]], but it's ''not'' easy going. And while we're on the subject of Sarek, there's also ''Unification'' where he ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu_fLE6rmDY dies.]]''

--> Ransom: You've got a fine crew, Captain. Promise me you'll get them home.
-->Janeway:...I promise.

--->"On the Starship'' Enterprise'', noone is alone."

** Might be a case of DracoInLeatherPants, but Marcos the suicide bomber's death was so sad. He [[HeelFaceTurn already surrendered]] (and probably wanted to hug his mommy as well), but he blew up anyway because Samir told his men to turn on the suicide vest's failsafe. He finally told Jack to tell his mother that he is sorry.

** Might be a case of DracoInLeatherPants, but Marcos the suicide bomber's death was so sad. He already surrendered (and probably wanted to hug his mommy as well), but he blew up anyway because Samir told his men to turn on the suicide vest's failsafe. He finally told Jack to tell his mother that he is sorry.

** Two words: "Profiler, Profiled." Oh God. The pair of scenes where Morgan -- big, cool, invulnerable, tough-guy Morgan -- finally [[spoiler: breaks down and acknowledges that he was sexually abused as a child by this week's [=UnSub=], and that he's been living with both the shame of that and the guilt of not having stopped him sooner for his entire adult life]], with about half his ''team'' overhearing the second one, and then his visit to the grave of the unnamed first murder victim... Jesus.

** Bodie's final blaze of glory.

* At the end of episode 15, "Scarlett Fever" (itself a bit of a tear-jerker), Lisbon observes that Jane "doesn't like to be thanked" for his work in solving cases and speculates it has something to do with remaining aloof or mysterious: “Who was that masked man, anyway?� But at the end of “Blood Brothers,� when Jane sees the victim’s family approaching, seems about to retreat, then is spotted by Van Pelt and goes down resignedly and manages to say a few kind words to the family, this troper began to wonder if he has another reason. As she said to her sister: Maybe seeing victim’s families reminds him of his own wife and child, who were murdered by Red John. And maybe he hates being thanked because he has to see these people get closure, while the Red John case has never been solved. Cue salty waterfalls.

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* When New Directions came in [[spoiler: last place]] at sectionals. We've all been there at one point or another.

* "My Body is a Cage" Adam's scenes, especially the scene where [[spoiler: Claire sees "Gracie" burning herself.]]

** Also on the subject of Data--I may be alone here, but I always found ''Descent'' to be a little bit sad. Especially Data's simple "Goodbye, Lore," when he [[spoiler: finally deactivates Lore for good.]] Emotionless, my foot.