History TearJerker / TheBlacklist

** And the the penultimate episode of the season reveals a devastating truth: [[spoiler: the woman Liz, and the audience, believed to Katarina was actually an imposter who was framed and spent the last thirty years on the run. Everything up to and including getting close to Liz was a manipulation to get what ''she'' wanted which was freedom.]]

* The end of "Mr. Solomon: Conclusion." Liz dies after giving birth to her baby, and both Red and Tom are devastated.
** Liz apologizes to Red for telling him not to attend her wedding.

** And the the penultimate episode of the season reveals a devastating truth: [[spoiler: the woman Liz, and the audience, believed to Katarina was actually an imposter who was framed and spent the last thirty years on the run.]]

** Gets worse when the Protean shoots and seriously wounds Jennifer, who he uses as bait to get Liz out. She later dies of her wounds.

** Followed by Liz going rogue to get revenge, leaving her team devastated, as they now have to hunt her down.

** Clark Middleton's (aka Glen) passing on October 2020.

** Clark Middleton's (aka Glen) passing on October 2020.

* Liz finally learns Reddington's secret in "Sutton Ross". The bones in the duffle bag belong to Raymond Reddington, the REAL Raymond Reddington, who has been dead since before the series began. The man she came to know was an imposter all along.

* [[spoiler:Luli's death in "Anslo Garrick", and the way [[NervesOfSteel Red]] desperately begs for her life (as well as Dembe's, who is spared only by chance) from both their killer and Harold (who can give Garrick what he wants by telling him the access code to the box Red has locked himself and Ressler in).]]

* The deterioration of Liz and Tom's relationship over the course of the series. [[spoiler:With the revelation that he is really an assassin/spy, which confirms Red's accusations to Liz.]]
* Ressler's heartbroken expression [[spoiler:after Audrey gets shot and dies in his arms.]]
* [[spoiler:Poor Liz finds Meera just seconds before she dies...]]

* When Reddington sees [[spoiler: his wife]] for the first time in forever [[spoiler: when Berlin releases her to Reddington after he blackmails Berlin.]] The look on Reddington's face when she walks forward...that's repressed longing.
* Ressler's breakdown at the end of "The Mumbasa Cartel" when [[spoiler: Liz reveals she found the pain pills he's become addicted to]]. After an entire season and a half's worth of relentless trauma, it's the first time he's ''ever'' showed vulnerability to another character, and it's ''heartbreaking''. The fact that the whole thing is done without speaking, from a distance, just serves to emphasize how alone he seems, and then Liz putting her hand on his shoulder brings on the waterworks.
* [[spoiler: Alan Fitch's]] death. [[spoiler: Alan Alda's]] performance in that scene really was a OneSceneWonder. [[spoiler: In his last moment, the man remembered all 763 people died "in service of their country" by his order and decided to not make it 764 by telling the bomb squad man that's trying to remove his collar bomb to go. He then requested a meeting with Reddington, telling him everything about his faction's plan for 2017 and told him that he and his wife had 51 wonderful years together.]]
* [[spoiler: Berlin's last meal]] (or in this case last vodka). He calmly drank with Reddington, cup for cup and spoke about his pride to be a Soviet citizen when he watched a parade as a boy and then silence. Even more tearjerking when you considered that this is TruthInTelevision, many, many Soviet and other former communist countries' citizens felt the same pride, and the same emptiness and hopelessness when TheGreatPoliticsMessUp happened.
* [[spoiler: Berlin's]] last meeting with [[spoiler: his daughter.]]

* [[spoiler:Wilcox's palpable frustration and heartbreak in "Tom Keen" after the conclusion of the Harbormaster murder trial; one of the few characters in the whole series who did his job honestly, selflessly, and sincerely worked to give resolution to the Harbormaster's surviving family, and it goes nowhere because Tom and Liz are protected; perfectly putting into perspective the collateral damage caused by Liz's actions.]]
* Considering everything that went on, the Season 2 finale counts. Lizzy's life, professional and personal, is utterly destroyed, her country considers her [[spoiler: a traitor and a Russian spy, with her getting a place on the FBI's most wanted list board]], her colleagues are set to hunt [[spoiler: her down, and she ends the season on the run]].
* The end of "Mr. Solomon: Conclusion." [[spoiler: Liz dies after giving birth to her baby, and both Red and Tom are devastated.]]

* "Cape May". The whole episode. It really underscores [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness how distraught Red is]] after [[spoiler:Liz's apparent death.]] The revelation at the end of the episode that [[spoiler:he's been hallucinating her apparently dead mother the whole episode]] just makes it even harsher.

* Red explaining to Liz why he helped her in "The Harem". [[spoiler:Especially since it relates to Mr. Kaplan.]]

* [[spoiler: Aram being forced to help the titular Architect in "The Architect", especially since he ends up helping to kill various guards in the prison. Eventually, Aram ends up killing The Architect with [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the vary railgun he used to kill all those people]], but he he gets a HeroicBSOD in the process.]]

* "Lady Ambrosia" -- [[TokenGoodTeammate Theodore]] in general. [[spoiler:Especially when he finally snaps and invokes MurderSuicide on his EvilMatriarch mother along with himself.]]
* [[spoiler: Tom's death in "Ian Garvey". After he and Liz are brutally assaulted to by Garvey, the two are taken to hospital and with their dying breaths, they declare their love for each other. Liz awakens from a 10-month coma and once she finds out from Red that Tom died, she breaks down in tears, with Red's expression managing to hit it home.]]
* [[spoiler: Liz finally learns Reddington's secret in "Sutton Ross". The bones in the duffle bag belong to Raymond Reddington, the REAL Raymond Reddington, who has been dead since before the series began. The man she came to know was an imposter all along.]]

* [[spoiler: Liz finally learns Reddington's secret in "Sutton Ross". The bones belong to Raymond Reddington, the REAL Raymond Reddington, who has been dead since before the series began. The man she came to know was an imposter.]]

* [[spoiler:Tom's death in "Ian Garvey". After he and Liz are brutally assaulted to by Garvey, the two are taken to hospital and with their dying breaths, they declare their love for each other. Liz awakens from a 10-month coma and once she finds out from Red that Tom died, she breaks down in tears, with Red's expression managing to hit it home.]]

* [[spoiler: Alan Fitch's]] death. [[spoiler: Alan Alda's]] performance in that scene really was a OneSceneWonder. [[spoiler: In his last moment, the man remembered all 763 people died "in service of their country" in his order and decided to not make it 764 by telling the bombman that's trying to remove his collar bomb to go. He then requested a meeting with Reddington, telling him everything about his faction's plan for 2017 and told him that they have 51 wonderful years together.]]
* [[spoiler: Berlin's last meal]] (or in this case last Vodka). He calmly drank with Reddington, cup for cup and spoke about his pride to be a Soviet citizen when he watched a parade as a boy and then silence. Even more tearjerking when you considered that this is TruthInTelevision, many many Soviet and other former's communist countries's citizen felt the same pride and the same emptyness and hopelessness when TheGreatPoliticsMessUp happened.

* Considering everything that went on, the Season 2 finale counts. Lizzy's life, professional and personal is utterly destroyed, her country considers her [[spoiler: a traitor and a Russian spy, with her getting a place on the FBI's most wanted list board]], her colleagues are set to hunt [[spoiler: her down, and she ends the season on the run]].

* "Lady Ambrosia" -- [[TokenGoodTeammate Theodore]] in general. [[spoiler:Especially when he finally snaps and invokes MurderSuicide on his EvilMatriarch mother along with himself.]]

* The origin of "Mr. Kaplan's" name. Once Kathryn, she had been Katerina's best friend and was rocked by Katerina apparently dying. At a bar, Kathryn met up with a lady named Annie Kaplan and the two began a relationship that blossomed into a love affair. Annie was a bail bondswoman and one night a man burst into her office, angered that he'd had a hunter on his trail at his father's funeral. When Annie identifies herself, the man snorts at Kathryn: "I guess that makes you Mr. Kaplan." He shot both of them, Kathryn in the head and was in a coma for weeks while Annie died on the spot. The loss of the one person she truly loved helped harden Kathryn's heart and put her on her dark path.

* [[spoiler: Aram being forced to help the titular Architect in "The Architect", especially since he ends up helping to kill various guards in the prison. Eventually, Aram ends up killing The Architect with [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the vary railgun he used to kill all those people]], but he he gets a HeroicBSOD in the process.]]

-->'''Red''': Years ago, a Wisconsin housewife named Maureen Rowan was outside in the wee hours with the family dog, Dodger. It was absolutely frigid. No one in their right mind would've been out in that kind of bitter cold, and if not for Dodger's aging bladder, I imagine Maureen would have been fast asleep. But as fate would have it, her neighbor, Alexei Lagunov the avtoritet of a Russian bratva, felt given the late hour and windchill, he and his boyeviks could move a body from his basement to the trunk of an associate's car without being observed.They didn't count on Dodger's call to nature. So Maureen had a choice between remaining silent or doing the right thing. She chose to testify. And while she helped to bring Alexei Lagunov to justice, she also forfeited the rest of her life in doing so.

-->'''Red''': Years ago, a Wisconsin housewife named Maureen Rowan was outside in the wee hours with the family dog, Dodger.
It was absolutely frigid. No one in their right mind would've been out in that kind of bitter cold, and if not for Dodger's aging bladder, I imagine Maureen would have been fast asleep. But as fate would have it, her neighbor, Alexei Lagunov the avtoritet of a Russian bratva, felt given the late hour and windchill, he and his boyeviks could move a body from his basement to the trunk of an associate's car without being observed.They didn't count on Dodger's call to nature. So Maureen had a choice between remaining silent or doing the right thing. She chose to testify. And while she helped to bring Alexei Lagunov to justice, she also forfeited the rest of her life in doing so.

--> '''Red''': Years ago, a Wisconsin housewife named Maureen Rowan was outside in the wee hours with the family dog, Dodger.

* Liz distraught over Agnes taken by Kirk.

--> As far as I'm concerned, you killed my entire family!

* "Cape May". The whole episode. It really underscores [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness how distraught Red is]] after [[spoiler:Liz's apparent death.]] The revelation at the end of the episode that [[spoiler:he's been hallucinating her apparently dead mother the whole episode]] just makes it even harsher.

* "Cape May". The whole episode. It really underscores [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness how distraught Red is]] after [[spoiler:Liz's apparent death.]] The revelation at the end of the episode that [[spoiler:he's been hallucinating her dead mother the whole episode]] just makes it even harsher.

* "Cape May". The whole episode. It really underscores [[OOCIsSerousBusiness how distraught Red is]] after [[spoiler:Liz's apparent death.]] The revelation at the end of the episode that [[spoiler:he's been hallucinating her dead mother the whole episode]] just makes it even harsher.

* The end of "Mr. Solomon: Conclusion." [[spoiler: Liz dies after giving birth to her baby, and both Red and Tom are devastated.]]

* Considering everything that went on, the Season 2 finale counts. Lizzy's life, professional and personal is utterly destroyed, her country considers her [[spoiler: a traitor and a Russian spy, with her getting a place on the FBI's most wanted list board]], her colleagues are set to hunt [[spoiler: her down, and she ends the season on the run]].

* Red watching a professional performance of Swan Lake alone, as he holds an old, creased program... which he appears to have kept from when his daughter danced the part.