History Tearjerker / OrphanBlack

* Just when it seemed like Sarah, Kira and Cal could all move into Cal's new house as a family, [[spoiler: Rudy threatens Kira with a gun. Fearing for her daughter's safety, Sarah sent her away to Iceland with Cal until the threat of Castor has passed. Its absolutely heartbreaking to see this family lose their second chance at being together.]]

* Just when it seemed like Sarah, Kira and Cal could all move into Cal's new house as a family, [[spoiler: Rudy threatens Kira with a gun. Fearing for her daughter's safety, Sarah sent her away with Iceland with Cal until the threat of Castor has passed. Its absolutely heartbreaking to see this family lose their second chance at being together.]]

* [[spoiler:Delphine breaks it off with Cosima]] due to work, both of them barely holding in their tears.

* Sarah's horror and fury when she learns that Mrs. S traded Helena away. She practically begs Sarah to understand, but Sarah just screams at her and storms off.

* Delphine breaks it off with Cosima due to work, both of them barely holding in their tears.

* The KickTheDog moment of [[spoiler: Delphine getting [[ReassignedToAntarctica sent to Germany]]]] by Rachel was pretty sad too, especially since [[spoiler: for all Delphine knows, Cosima's going to die, and she won't even get a chance to say goodbye]]. No matter what you think of [[spoiler: Delphine]]'s motives, it's pretty clear that she's genuinely in love, so Rachel's cruelty just ''hurts''.

** The KickTheDog moment of [[spoiler: Delphine getting [[ReassignedToAntarctica sent to Germany]]]] by Rachel was pretty sad too, especially since [[spoiler: for all Delphine knows, Cosima's going to die, and she won't even get a chance to say goodbye]].

--> '''Ethan''': My poor poor Rachel.

** Sarah telling him about the [[spoiler: the other clones, Alison and Cosima, that Cosima is sick, and practical demanding his help because she just feels so overwhelmed by the conspiracy and all that has happened to her.]]

* [[spoiler: Rachel]]'s VillainousBreakdown is surprisingly poignant, especially when she starts to cry while [[spoiler: starting at a picture of Sarah and Kira. If it wasn't clear before, it's clear now that she really wants to be a mother, but that option was taken away from her a long time ago.]].

* [[spoiler: Rachel admits to her father that she rewatches old tapes of her childhood because she forgot how it feels to be loved. Then Ethan commits suicide by poisoned tea to keep her from accessing his scientific knowledge of the clones because, even though he loves her, he knows she'll abuse that knowledge.]]

* Sarah is very reluctant to [[spoiler: subject Kira to an invasive procedure to save Cosima's life]]. Then her horror when [[spoiler: Rachel attacks Felix and kidnaps Kira. This time, it's not a ploy by Mrs.S - Kira is really gone. No matter what Sarah does, her family is always in danger and there's nothing she can do about it short of giving up all her freedom and becoming a Dyad puppet.]]

* [[spoiler: At the end of ''Variable and Full of Perturbation'', Cosima suffers a coughing fit that suddenly turns into a full-blow seizure that leaves her on the floor gasping for breath as she chokes on her own blood.]]

** Rachel learns that [[spoiler: the clones are barren by design]] and goes on a mental frenzy. On the outside, she remain cool and controlled, by on the inside she imagines going on a rampage and destroying her office.
* [[spoiler: At the end of the episode, Cosima suffers a coughing fit that suddenly turns into a full-blow seizure that leaves her on the floor gasping for breath as she chokes on her own blood.]]

--> '''Alison''': You destroyed us Donnie, [[spoiler: with the spying and the lies.]] I love you so much and you ruined our family. And you're so ''stupid'' you don't even know why.

* You actually feel a little sorry for Donnie when he finally learns everything that's going on and exactly the magnitude of his betrayal of Alison.

* Rachel [[spoiler: reunited with her thought-to-be-dead father and learns the truth about her mother's death -- that the man who raised her was responsible. Despite making arrangements with Marian Bowles to eliminate him, she warns Leekie because she does still care for him. Leekie looks genuinely heartbroken when he hears all this.]]

* [[spoiler: Helena expressing a desire to be a mother and quietly leaving with Gracie and Mark so Hank can return the fertilized eggs to her womb.]]

* ''Everything'', absolutely everything, about [[spoiler: Ethan Duncan. Sarah finds him a cluttered, slightly rundown old house where he lives under the Birdwatcher's protection for twenty years. One of the creators of the clones is a sweet, frail, slightly forgetful old man who made too many mistakes and now lives in fear for his life. When he first sees Sarah, he asks if she's his daughter Rachel. Then he reveals that Leekie killed his wife in the fire and was forced to fake his death; all the while his precious daughter was being raised into the cruel, cold woman who's currently trying to ruin Sarah's life. He ''loved'' Rachel so much and he completely lost the chance to watch her grow up. That's all he and wife wanted, to have a daughter and raise a family. And now all he has are his parrots.

--> [[spoiler: '''Helena]]:''' You make me cry [[spoiler: sestra]].

* The ending of ''Governed As It Were By Chance''. [[spoiler: Sarah is knocked out by Daniel and wakes up zip-tied to a shower. He pulls out a razor and starts cutting her behind her ear...when a noise interrupts him. He leaves the bathroom and is attacked, managing only to stumble back into Sarah's view bloody and near death. Helena appears like a ghost in a BloodSplatteredWeddingDress, prompting Sarah to scream even more than when she was being attacked. Helena slowly inches toward her ''seestra'' begging for help and gently embraces the crying, terrified Sarah.]]

--> [[spoiler: '''Helena]]:''' You make me cry [[spoiler: seestra]].

** [[spoiler:Helena's WhamLine: ''"I think he took something from inside of me..."'']]

** [[spoiler:Helena's WhamLine: ''"They took something out of me..."'']]

* The ending of ''Governed As It Were By Chance''. [[spoiler: Sarah is knocked out by Daniel and wakes up zip-tied to a shower. He pulls out a razor and starts cutting her behind her ear...when a noise interrupts him. He leaves the bathroom and is attacked, managing only to stumble back into Sarah's view bloody and near death. Helena appears like a ghost in a BloodSplatteredWeddingDress, prompting Sarah to scream even more than when she was being attacked. Helena slowly inches toward her ''seestra'' begging for help and gently embraces the crying, terrified Sarah.]]

* Sarah tearfully telling Kira about how confused she felt growing up without any parents, making it clear that she doesn't want the same thing for her daughter.

--> '''Felix:''' There's no place for me here.

* Jennifer's video diaries. In the first one, she's bubbly and optimistic that her health will improve. [[MoodWhiplash But in the second one]], she's horribly ill, thin and pale, her hair has fallen out, and she's been disillusioned about her chances of survival.

** The woman is rather sad [[spoiler: in her final moments]]. She's shaking and stuttering, her hands impaled by knives on the table, as her old friend [[spoiler: shots her at point-blank range.]]

** [[spoiler: Then it turns out that Helena [NotQuiteDead isn't quite dead].]]