History TearJerker / Orangeisthenewblack

** The next episode shows Piper crying in her bunk and when Hapakuka asks her if she's okay Piper responds brokenly "Not even a little bit." She also looks unwell physically as well as mentally.

* [[spoiler: Maria, Flores and the Hispanic inmates crudely branding a Swastika onto Piper's forearm while she screams in agony. Despite her jerkass tendencies that scene complete with her being ignored by the prison population while everyone is socializing together and dancing is quite sad. And then the Hawaiian girl turns on her for treating her horribly and sells her out to the Hispanic inmates]]
** The next episode shows Piper crying in her bunk and when the Hawaiian girl asks her if she's okay Piper responds brokenly "Not even a little bit." She also looks unwell physically as well as mentally.

* [[spoiler: Maria, Flores and the Hispanic inmates crudely branding a Swastika onto Piper's forearm while she screams in agony. Despite her jerkass tendencies that scene complete with her being ignored by the prison population while everyone is socializing together and dancing is quite sad. And then her groupie turns on her for treating her horribly and sells her out to the Hispanic inmates]]

* Aleida's look of horror [[spoiler: watching Caputo's press conference, where he only says "a young woman" was killed.]] AdultFear in its purest form.

* Aleida's look of horror [[spoiler: watching Caputo's press conference, where he only says "a young woman" was killed.]] AdultFear in its purest form .

* [[spoiler:Fan-favorite Poussey's sudden, tragic, completely avoidable death in the penultimate episode, asphyxiating after being kneeled on by Bayley as he tries to fight off Suzanne in the penultimate episode. It brings out a slew of other tearjerking moments:]]

* "Bitches gots to learn." [[spoiler: Piper's speech to Dina about how prison will ruin you simply by forcing you to confront yourself effects not only Dina, but all of the inmates, kids and guards who were listening outside.]]

* Aleida's look of horror [[spoiler: watching Caputo's press conference, where he only says "a young woman" was killed.]] AdultFear at its finest.

* Seeing just how far the sociopathic new guards have pushed the inmates, to the point where in the finale, they’re all screaming for [[spoiler:Daya]] to shoot the CO. They’re so angry, and have been pushed so far to the edge, that they are all screaming for blood. It's terrible to see the characters that viewers know as kind, funny, caring people, who have been dealt a hard life, pushed down and broken to that level.

** [[spoiler:Taystee exploding over Cuputo in his office.]]

** [[spoiler:The MCC won’t even let Cuputo call the police before they come up with a spin story to either make Poussey look like a violent thug, or her killer, a sweet kid who was in completely in over his head and is now practically suicidal over having killed someone, look like a murderous loose cannon.]]

* Luschek visits [[spoiler:Nicky in prison, largely to absolve his own guilt over send her there. Nicky completely chews him out, and explains the hell he sent her to where she is constantly surrounded by her addiction and she is completely alone. Its horrible to see her loosing control like that, as all her pain is dragged to the surface]].

* Red finding [[spoiler:Nicky]] high and out fo her mind in the shower stalls. [[spoiler:Nicky]] clearly wants a reaction out of Red, wants her to get angry, but instead Red breaks down crying because she feels she failed [[spoiler:Nicky by letting her fall back into addiction. She says that Nicky looks like shes already dead, and she’s going to fail her just like she failed Tricia]]
* The abuse that [[spoiler:Maritza suffers through under one of the sadistic new guards. Specfically when he forces her to eat a live baby mouse after hearing her having a ‘would you rather’ conversation with Flaca. When Flaca finds her afterwards she’s in terrified tears, and her horrified explanation that she could feel its toes as she swallowed it was both chilling and heartbreaking.]]

** [[spoiler:Various prisoners from diffrent cliques offering their condolences to Poussey’s friends.]]
** [[spoiler:The MoodWhiplash moment of Cindy and Watson remembering Pousseys amazing singing voice, laughing over her exploits with a shewee, and then bursting into tears.]]
** [[spoiler:After one of the white supremacists makes a joke about Poussey being wheeled of in an ambulence despite being dead, Watson snaps and punches her, and then breaks down into floods of tears.]]
** [[spoiler:Norma rocking a hysterical Soso back and forth while singing quietly. So heartbreaking seeing as its silent Norma.]]

** [[spoiler:Its quite a high adrenaline moment, but the prisoners going into full riot mode after they find out of that the guard is not going to be fired, and Poussey didn’t even get mentioned by name in the official statement. It really puts into perspective the amount of rage and pain they’re all feeling.]]

** [[spoiler:Its almost cruel to see the intercut flashback scenes of Poussey’s life before prison, where she really lived life to its fullest, and was such a bright happy person, and then to snap back to the present where she’s still lying dead on the cafeteria floor.]]
* Seeing just how far the sociopathic new guards have pushed the inmates, to the point where in the finale, they’re all screaming for [[spoiler:Daya]] to shoot the CO. They’re so angry, and have been pushed so far to the edge, that they are all screaming for blood. Its terrible to see the characters that viewers know as kind, funny, caring people, who have been dealt a hard life, pushed down and broken to that level.

** [[spoiler:Its almost cruel to see the intercut flashback scenes of Poussey’s life before prison, where she really lived life to its fullest, and was such a bright happy person, and then to snap back to the present where she’s still lying dead on the cafeteria floor.]]

** [[spoiler:Various prisoners from diffrent clique offering their condolences to Poussey’s friends.]]

** [[spoiler:Taystee exploding over Cuputo in his office. She’s understandbly angry, and distraught at the way her death is being treated like an accident when she was killed. Cuputo is in the impossible situation where he is totally sympathetic to the inmates, but none of his gaurds will tell him the truth.]]

** [[spoiler:Suzanne not being able to decide if she should say Poussey keeps books under her bed, or kepy.]]

** [[spoiler:Finally, the season closing with one last shot of Poussey in a flashback of her outside, in a happier time, a sad and jarring cut from the rage and violence that's overtaken the prison in its final scene.]]

* [[spoiler:Fan-favorite Poussey's sudden, accidental, yet completely avoidable death in the penultimate episode, kneeled on by Bayley as he tries to fight of Suzanne in the penultimate episode. Taystee's wail of agony when she sees her, Bayley's ensuing near-suicidal depression after realizing what he did, the simmering fury that leads to the riot at the end of the final episode... And then, the final scene of the season is Poussey in a flashback to a happier time on the outside, letting the audience see her just one more time.]]

* Pennsatucky paying her respects to her aborted children on Mother's Day. Regardless of any political feelings on abortion, it's clear that Pennsatucky is filled with deep regret and sadness over them.

* [[spoiler:Soso's attempted suicide. You slowly see her become more and more depressed as the season goes on, and it's so sad to see the once bright and chatty girl become so desperate for an end to the loneliness.]]

* [[Soso's attempted suicide. You slowly see her become more and more depressed as the season goes on, and it's so sad to see the once bright and chatty girl become so desperate for an end to the loneliness.]]