History TearJerker / StarTrekDeepspaceNine

* The end of ''Rejoined'' - Jadzia Dax is willing to throw away immortality and endure permanent exile from her home civilization to be with her once and hopefully future lover. The ending, after the passionate argument asking her former wife not to leave... they lock gazes across the Promenade... and Dax's lover leaves forever, unwilling to make the sacrifice. Dax has simply the most heartbreaking expression...

* The end of ''Rejoined'' - Jadzia Dax is willing to throw away immortality and endure permanent exile from her home civilization to be with her once and hopefully future lover. The ending, after the passionate argument asking her former wife not to leave... they lock gazes across the Promenade... and Dax's lover leaves forever, unwilling to make the sacrifice. Dax has simply the most heartbreaking expression...

* "Hard Time", O'Brien is implanted with the memories of a 20-year prison sentence, during which he was kept sane only with the help of a fellow prisoner, Ee'char. After he's "released" and returns to DS9, the prisoner appears as a hallucination to help him get over the experience and regain his humanity. The scene where Bashir attempts to talk O'Brien out of suicide, and the true story of Ee'char is revealed, is heart-wrenching.

* "Hard Time", O'Brien is implanted with the memories of a 20-year prison sentence, during which he was kept sane only with the help of a fellow prisoner, Ee'char. After he's "released" and returns to DS9, the prisoner appears as a hallucination to help him get over the experience and regain his humanity. The scene where Bashir attempts to talk O'Brien out of suicide, and the true story of Ee'char is revealed, is heart-wrenching.

* Kira and Odo's parting scene as Odo enters the Great Link in "What You Leave Behind."

* "The Begotten". Any aversion of InfantImmortality is going to be a TearJerker, but this one is made worse by how ''happy'' the baby Changeling made Odo.

** It actually isn't that bad the first time though. The ''second'' time, however, all bets are off.

* Jadzia's death in "Tears of the Prophets" was easily one of the saddest sequences in Trek's history. And poor Worf. Even he can't keep a stiff upper-lip about this. His roar at the end to warn the gods is concentrated tear-jerker-ness.
* Also, "The Quickening". Bashir is trying to find a cure to a seemingly incurable disease which is present in a dormant state in all the people on the planet until the day it "quickens" and leads to their death. Shortly after distributing an antigen he thinks will cure the disease, his volunteers' conditions abruptly worsen and Bashir realises the EM fields from his instruments have severely hastened the progress of the disease. All around him are screaming patients in horrendous pain who beg for euthanasia to end their suffering. They all die except Bashir's first volunteer, who is heavily pregnant, but she has quickened which means her death is soon to come. Bashir stays with her and tries to keep her alive long enough to give birth. She lives just long enough to learn that her baby does not have the disease because the antigen crossed through the placenta and gave the baby immunity.

* Jadzia's death and Worf's utterly heartbroken scream of grief (sure, it's Klingon ritual, but be honest, Worf just screamed because the woman he loved is dead in his arms, he wasn't there to help her, and he couldn't do a damn thing to save her, not because he's letting the dead know another warrior is coming), and then his sobbing prayer over her body.
** And in the next two episodes, his ongoing grief (smashing up Vic's place after demanding he sing Jadzia's favorite song, and Vic indicating that it was far from the first time) over her death, culminating in tears of joy as he accomplishes his goal of honoring her death in a great battle and assuring her entrance to Sto-Vo-Kor.

* And how has "Tears of the Prophets" not been mentioned yet. Jadzia's death was easily the saddest sequence in Trek's history. And poor Worf. Even he can't keep a stiff upper-lip about this. His roar at the end to warn the gods is concentrated tear-jerker-ness.

** And in the next two episodes, his ongoing grief (smashing up Vic's place after demanding he sing Jadzia's favorite song, and Vic indicating that it was far from the first time) over her death, culminating in tears of joy as he accomplishes his goal of honoring her death in a great battle and assuring her entrance to Sto-Vo-Kor.

* The death of Enabran Tain, who was not only Garak's mentor but also [[spoiler:Garak's father as well]], in "In Purgatory's Shadow".

* "Children of Time". The last ten minutes.

** That only added to the tears. Would list all the things that add to the tears but that turned into a synopsis (minus the Kirayoshi subplot). This troper would put this episode on a Tear Jerker level with Jurassic Bark. After watching it had to go back to the Ferengi episode just prior to stop sniffling.

* Also, "The Quickening". Bashir is trying to find a cure to a seemingly incurable disease which is present in a dormant state in all the people on the planet until the day it "quickens" and leads to their death. Shortly after distributing an antigen he thinks will cure the disease, his volunteers' conditions abruptly worsen and Bashir realises the EM fields from his instruments have severely hastened the progress of the disease. All around him are screaming patients in horrendous pain who beg for euthanasia to end their suffering. They all die except Bashir's first volunteer, who is heavily pregnant, but she has quickened which means her death is soon to come. Bashir stays with her and tries to keep her alive long enough to give birth. She lives just long enough to learn that her baby does not have the disease because the antigen crossed through the placenta and gave the baby immunity.

** Oh god, "Crossfire." All of it.

* "Heart of Stone" is the first episode in which Odo reveals that he has been secretly in love with Kira for years. He confesses this to her when it seems like she's trapped in a deadly situation and she's trying to persuade him to leave her behind. She tells him, "I love you too" and that she felt the same way for some time. This is the crucial mistake that tips Odo off that's an impostor Kira, he knows the real Kira sees him only as a friend and wouldn't be the type of person to lie about it in order to comfort him. Later, when Kira asks how he figured out it wasn't her, he explains that the impostor "said something [he] knew [she] would ''never'' say"

* Weyoun... poor, poor Weyoun. Not just his death(s), but his entire existence, really. Particularly the "defective" one who died in Odo's arms after a HeroicSacrifice. But even the look on one of the evil Weyouns's face when one of his Gods (who would throw away his life in a heartbeat, if she had a heart at all) refers to him as a trustworthy and loyal servant.
* Remata'Klan's HonorBeforeReason death at the end of Rocks and Shoals

** Oh he's ''utterly'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone ashamed of himself]]- from the start he'd never considered Nog's request to join Starfleet as anything other than some devious Ferengi scheme for profit and in this scene he virtually ''bullies'' Nog into explaining himself, even physically grabbing and shaking him. Then he finds out that Nog's reasons are heartbreakingly personal and tragic and he realizes he's forced the young man to admit that his own father (who Nog still loves dearly) is a failure because of his own cultural and racial prejudices. Fortunately, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming he does make it up to Nog.]]

-->''Lieutenant:'' We've got to go now, sir!
-->''Sisko:'' Dammit, we just can't leave her here!

---->'''Sisko''': So... I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all... I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again, I would. Garak was right about one thing, a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant. So I will learn to live with it. Because I can live with it. I can live with it...

---->'''Jennifer Prophet''': It is not linear.
---->'''Sisko''': [sobs] No. It's not linear.

---->'''Sisko''': Do you really want to give up your life for 'the order of things'?
---->'''Remata Klan''': It is not my life to give up, Captain-and it never was.

* And how has "Tears of the Prophets" not been mentioned yet. Jadzia's death was easily the saddest sequence in Trek's history. And poor Worf. Even he can't keep a stiff upper-lip about this. His roar at the end to warn the gods is concentrated tear-jerker-ness.

** And let's not forget [[CruelTwistEnding the end of "Duet"]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-YyL7X4CWw&feature=related The final monologue to "In the Pale Moonlight"]] sprung tears, perhaps ManlyTears.

** An unusual entry, I know, but, Nog's true [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcATQUFsz68 reasons for wanting to join Starfleet]] always made me feel absolutely awful. The look on Captain Sisko's face throughout made it even worse; he almost looked ashamed of himself.
*** Oh he's ''utterly'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone ashamed of himself]]- from the start he'd never considered Nog's request to join Starfleet as anything other than some devious Ferengi scheme for profit and in this scene he virtually ''bullies'' Nog into explaining himelf. Then he finds out that Nog's reasons are heartbreakingly personal and tragic and he realises he's forced the young man to admit that his own father (who Nog still loves dearly) is a failure because of his own subconscious racial prejudices. Fortunately, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming he does make it up to Nog.]]
** Time's Orphan, 8-year old girl stranded, alone, 300 years in the past. Brought back as a feral girl 10 years (relative to her) later. Eventually, her parents have to send her BACK as her only shot at being happy. Sorry chief, looks like being TheWoobie runs in the family.
** Hell, the first episode ''starts'' with a TearJerker as Sisko is dragged kicking and screaming from his wife's half-buried body.
** And later when Sisko meets the Prophets:

** Weyoun... poor, poor Weyoun. Not just his death(s), but his entire existence, really.
** Remata'Klan's HonorBeforeReason death at the end of Rocks and Shoals

* There's also "Ties of Blood and Water" and the death of Tekeny Ghemor. Becomes bittersweet when Kira, after initially refusing to speak to him after discovering that he took part in an attack during the Cardassian Occupation (he was nineteen years old and was told that the people he killed were smuggling weapons), chooses to forgive the man who has come to think of her as a daughter and buries him on Bajor beside her real father.