History Tearjerker / Leverage

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/LeverageS04E18TheLastDamJob The Last Dam Job]] has this NotSoStoic speech from Eliot as he urges Nate not to cross a line and [[spoiler: kill Dubenich and Lattimer to avenge his father]].

** And then they clasp each others' hands. In context, this is ''devastating''.

** Nate's BigNo is especially heartbreaking as its more of a scream of pain than anything else.

* Season 4 in general is filled with tearjerkers galore.
** Especially with the second-to-last episode of the season: "The Radio Job". [[spoiler: Jimmy Ford makes a deal with Latimer, despite his son's warnings, because it was all to keep him safe (and for two million dollars). He gets knocked unconscious and wakes up slowly by Nate's phone calling him, and realizes [[OhCrap he's surrounded by explosives and a timer just about to go off]]. Jimmy calmly tells Nate to stay away, who keep telling him he's going to get him, losing his cool and rising his voice to the point of fear because he knows what's about to happen. He gets out of the car and hears his dad say he loves him... forcing him to a shocked stupor. Then the building blows up, all in slow motion.]]

* "The Grave Danger Job": Parker talking Hardison through [[spoiler: being BuriedAlive]].

* In the "The 15 Minutes Job", while the team is following the mark, they come across a woman whose high school boyfriend has been in jail for the last 14 years. [[spoiler: he was framed as the drunk driver in an accident caused by the mark]]. She's spent the entire time fighting on his behalf, with nearly nothing to show for it. It's by pure chance that the team was able to find and help her. [[spoiler: At the end of the episode, when her innocent boyfriend goes free, she is right there by him.]]

* In the "The 15 Minutes Job", while the team is following the mark, they come across a woman who's high school boyfriend has been in jail for the last 14 years. [[spoiler: he was framed as the drunk driver in an accident caused by the mark]]. She's spent the entire time fighting on his behalf, with nearly nothing to show for it. It's by pure chance that the team was able to find and help her. [[spoiler: At the end of the episode, when her innocent boyfriend goes free, she is right there by him.]]

* "The Lost Heir Job" actually gave a tragic backstory to a character who in almost any other episode would have been the VillainOfTheWeek. [[spoiler: CorruptCorporateExecutive falls for the stripper he got pregnant and plans to marry her. His lawyer who cleans up after him doesn't want the scandal and sends her off to Las Vegas, where she has their daughter and dies of cancer two years later. The guy manages to track his now HappilyAdopted daughter down and begins to gradually build up a relationship with her again through her charity. But then his lawyer cuts off contact with anyone and he never gets to explain anything to his daughter. The last time he sees his daughter he mistakes her for her mother who he thought had abandoned him and is thrilled to see her.]]

* The flashback in "The Second David Job" where Nate watches his son Sam die (complete with a particularly harrowing use of the BigNo) certainly qualifies, especially since we as an audience know ''exactly'' what it did to him. The fact that the same flashback is shown several other times doesn't make it any less painful to watch.
** Nate's BigNo is especially heartbreaking as its more of a scream of pain than anything else.
** Nate's whole conversation with Maggie, wherein we first see that flashback, where he confesses the truth about Sam's death is also pretty tearjerker-y.
* "The Lost Heir Job" actually gave a tragic backstory to a character who in almost any other episode would have been the VillainOfTheWeek. [[spoiler: CorruptCorporateExecutive falls for the stripper he got pregnant and plans to marry her. His lawyer who cleans up after him doesn't want the scandal and sends her off to Las Vegas, where she has their daughter and dies of cancer two years later. The guy manages to track his now HappilyAdopted daughter down and begins to gradually build up a relationship with her again through her charity. But then his lawyer cuts off contact with anyone and he never gets to explain anything to his daughter. The last time he sees his daughter he mistakes her for her mother who he thought had abandoned him and is thrilled to see her.]]

** And then they clasp each others' hands. In context, this is ''devastating''.
* In the "The 15 Minutes Job", while the team is following the mark, they come across a woman who's high school boyfriend has been in jail for the last 14 years. [[spoiler : he was framed as the drunk driver in an accident caused by the mark]]. She's spent the entire time fighting on his behalf, with nearly nothing to show for it. It's by pure chance that the team was able to find and help her. [[spoiler: At the end of the episode, when her innocent boyfriend goes free, she is right there by him.]]
* "The White Rabbit Job" The mark's feelings of guilt. [[spoiler: He blames himself for the death of his cousin, who he was closest to in the world, and it sent him into a self destructive spiral to the point his panic attacks and feelings of guilt are so bad, he's trying to sell off his family business as fast as possible.]]

-->'''Hardison:''' Did Eliot make it out?
-->'''Eliot:''' Yeah, I made it. Age of the geek, brother.

-->'''Eliot''': Don't ask me that, Parker. Because if you ask me, I'm gonna tell you. So please, don't ask me.

* At the beginning of "The Lonely Hearts Job" when a wealthy executive who would normally be a target walks in. Nate tells him to leave and the man just breaks down crying, begging Nate to find his wife.

-->'''Parker''': You mean... he died down here? ...Alone?

* The StarCrossedLovers backstory in "The Van Gogh Job".
** In particular, Dorothy!Parker's face when Charlie!Hardison jumps on the train, leaving her forever. Not to mention the fact that Dorothy had already died several years prior, meaning Charlie will never be reunited with her in life.

* THE FINALE. It starts off bad, then the emotional baggage just piles on and on. Then you hit the [[spoiler: bridge scene, where Nate's driving the truck, and he looks back]]. It's heart-wrenching.

* At the beginning of "The Lonely Hearts Job" when a wealthy executive who would normally be a target walks in. Nate tells him to leave and the man just breaks down crying, begging Nate to find his wife.

** Especially with the second-to-last episode of the season: "The Radio Job". [[spoiler: Jimmy Ford makes a deal with Latimer, despite his son's warnings, because it was all to keep him safe (and for two million dollars). He gets knocked unconscious and wakes up slowly by Nate's phone calling him, and realizes [[OhCrap he's surrounded by explosives and a timer just about to go off]]. Jimmy calmly tells Nate to stay away, who keep telling him he's going to get him, losing his cool and rising his voice to the point of fear because he knows what's about to happen. He gets out of the car and hears his dad say he loves him... forcing him to a shocked stupor. [[KilledOffForReal Then the building blows up, all in slow motion]].]]

** In context, this is ''devastating''.
* At the beginning of "The Lonely Hearts Job" when a man that would normally be a target walks in. Nate tells him to leave and the man just breaks down crying, begging Nate to find his wife.

** In context, this is ''devastating''.

** In particular, Dorothy!Parker's face when Charlie!Hardison jumps on the train, leaving her forever.
*** Not to mention the fact that Dorothy had already died several years prior, meaning Charlie will never be reunited with her in life.

* Elaboration later due to spoilers, but THE FINALE.
** It starts off bad, then the emotional baggage just piles on and on. Then you hit the [[spoiler: bridge scene, where Nate's driving the truck, and he looks back]]. It's heart-wrenching.

*** In context, this is ''devastating''.