History Tearjerker / Sense8

* Will's father's death. Between the acting, the music, the fact that Will is unable to be there in person, and the flashbacks to their imperfect relationship that they'll never be able to fix, the whole scene is gut-wrenchingly real and packed with AdultFear.

!!!Episode 01: A Christmas Special
* Will's phone call to his father. Especially since his dad [[TheAlcoholic started drinking again]] due to grief over [[spoiler: Will's disappearance. Later, Whispers appears ''at Mr. Gorski's house'' to tell him lies about Will and subtly threatens him in front of Will, who starts breaking down at the thought of his father getting hurt]].
* Doubles as Heartwarming: [[spoiler: Lito's mom accepting him, Daniela, and Hernando into her home after he is outed.]]
** [[spoiler: Also when Hernando reveals his parents died in a car accident on New Year's, and when Daniela talks about how her own DysfunctionalFamily was prone to getting in fights.]]

!!!Episode 09: What Family Actually Means
* [[spoiler: Will's father's death. Between the acting, the music, the fact that Will is unable to be there in person, and the flashbacks to their imperfect relationship that they'll never be able to fix, the whole scene is gut-wrenchingly real and packed with AdultFear.]]

-->'''Will''': I know how much it hurts. I know you want to lay down here and never get up again. I know it, 'cause I feel it. I can feel it.

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* Dani trying to laugh off her black eye to Hernando, saying that if there is one thing that life has taught her, it's that she knows how to take a punch. The look on Hernando's face really says it all.

!!!Episode 10: What Is Human?

* This episode treats us to a very long and brutal expansion of Riley's backstory. Basically, [[spoiler:her husband died in a car crash while driving her to the hospital, leaving Riley to give birth ''by herself'' '''in the middle of a snowstorm''', and she was forced to leave him so she can hike herself and her newborn daughter to safety. She ultimately fails and her daughter dies of exposure. She is so overcome by grief that she collapses in the snow and won't move. She was ready to die out there, but ended up getting rescued]].

-->'''Lito''': "Hernando, please don't leave me, please..."

--->'''Nomi:''' "I quit trying to fit in, trying to be one of "them". I knew I never would be. But more importantly, I didn't want to be. [The bullies'] violence was petty and ignorant, but ultimately, it was true to who they were. The real violence, the violence that I realized was unforgivable, is the [[{{Gayngst}} violence]] [[InternalizedCategorism that we do to ourselves]] when we're too afraid to be who we are."

-->'''Will''': "I know how much it hurts. I know you want to lay down here and never get up again. I know it, 'cause I feel it. I can feel it."

* Sun's relationship with her father (she was TheUnfavorite because of her gender, despite being far more competent and loyal than her irresponsible {{Jerkass}} brother), tied with her memories of her dying mother and the promise she made to her to protect her brother.

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* Some of the Sensates' backstories are incredibly heartbreaking. For starters:
** Capheus' entire relationship with his mother. She's really all he's got in the world, especially since she at one point defended Capheus from some men who wanted to kill Capheus because of the tribe his father was from.
*** We also see that Capheus and his mother were forced to give his little sister up to the care of an orphanage because they couldn't provide enough for her as well.
** Sun's relationship with her father (she was TheUnfavorite because of her gender, despite being far more competent and loyal than her irresponsible {{Jerkass}} brother), tied with her memories of her dying mother and the promise she made to her to protect her brother.
** Riley's backstory, where she blames herself for her mother's death and especially for what happened to her husband and daughter. When she breaks down in front of her late husband's gravestone, it leaves quite an impact.
** Wolfgang's memories of abuse and violence, and his happy recollections of time spent with Felix, culminating in [[spoiler:Wolfgang sitting at Felix' bedside, holding his best friend's hand.]]
** The way Nomi is treated by her mother is already shocking and sad, but when Nomi talks to Lito about her childhood years and trauma, there won't be a dry eye in the house.
* The penultimate and the final episode of season 1 treats us to a very long and brutal expansion of Riley's backstory, where we see that [[spoiler:her husband died in a car crash while driving her to the hospital, leaving Riley to give birth ''by herself'' '''in the middle of a snowstorm''', and she was forced to leave him so she can hike herself and her newborn daughter to safety. She ultimately fails and her daughter dies of exposure. She is so overcome by grief that she collapses in the snow and won't move. She was ready to die out there, but ended up getting rescued]].
** Will then experiences this memory for himself and the ensuing grief as they are trying to escape and it brings him to tears as well.
-->'''Will''': "I know how much it hurts. I know you want to lay down here and never get up again. I know it, 'cause I feel it. I can feel it."
* When Hernando dumps Lito, all Lito can do is watch desperately as Hernando walks away from him, pleading with him not to go.
-->'''Lito''': "Hernando, please don't leave me, please..."
** The circumstances surrounding their break up in relation to Dani. She chooses to go back to a man who [[DomesticAbuse abuses and beats her]] just to save Lito's reputation. The worst part is her trying to laugh off her black eye to Hernando, saying that if there is one thing that life has taught her, it's that she knows how to take a punch. The look on Hernando's face really says it all.
** Lito then trying to kill himself with the (fake) gun.
** While it is certainly funny in a CringeComedy kind of way, Lito sobbing over the phone in the bathtub, emotionally broken and falling to pieces really hurts, especially once you realize that despite his public persona, he is a deeply self-conscious man with a very low sense of self-worth, and he needs Hernando.
*** The final message he leaves, where he tells Hernando that he simply misses the sound of his voice. Whenever Lito talks about Hernando, one of the first things he highlights is how much he loves to hear Hernando speaking so passionately about everything. Now that Hernando has dumped him, the only thing he really wants is to just hear him speaking.
* Amanita finally managing to get a call in to Nomi while she's trapped in the hospital
* Nomi's situation in the first few episodes where she is basically imprisoned in a hospital by her mother so that she can be given a lobotomy. She isn't able to leave her room, and she can't contact Amanita, the one person she truly loves.
** Doubles as heartwarming, but Nomi's reunion with Amanita in the taxi.
* Wolfgang finally getting revenge for Felix and murdering his uncle would seem awesome at first, until you realize that Kala has witnessed the whole thing, and then he tells her that she has to marry Rajan because he is too much of a monster to be with her. Next time we see Kala, she's still crying.
* Watching Sun take the fall for her brother, when you know he would never do the same for her. She is being so brave but you can see how scared she looks.
** Sun handing her dog to her mentor was painful to watch.
* Nomi recounting her childhood trauma to Lito to encourage him to be honest with himself about his sexuality. Lito screaming "Stop it!" at the top of his lungs by the time she's done is particularly heartbreaking because it's clear this is him channeling her emotions, rather than asking her to stop the story.
** Nomi's entire speech to Lito about the importance of self-acceptance can really hit close to home for LGBT people.
--->'''Nomi:''' "I quit trying to fit in, trying to be one of "them". I knew I never would be. But more importantly, I didn't want to be. [The bullies'] violence was petty and ignorant, but ultimately, it was true to who they were. The real violence, the violence that I realized was unforgivable, is the [[{{Gayngst}} violence]] [[InternalizedCategorism that we do to ourselves]] when we're too afraid to be who we are."
* Jonas trying to comfort Angel as she prepares to kill herself in the very first scene of the series. Made even worse by Yrsa's revelation that feeling the death of a clustermate was "the worst pain imaginable".
* Riley's dad quietly playing Baba O'Riley is very painful. It's probably the worst situation to be in as a parent, and all he can do is wait.
** On a similar note, Will choosing to consciously stay with Riley the whole time may make you tear up a little too.
* Kang-Dae Bak realizing that he's made a mistake and attempting to not only set Sun free, but to reconnect with her once more. [[spoiler: Too bad Joong-ki puts an end to that.]]
** From Joong-ki's behavior, Sun realizes that [[spoiler: he murdered their father to save his own skin, viciously attacks him, and vows to make him pay for his crimes as she's dragged away by the prison guards]].

** [[spoiler: Also when Hernando reveals his parents died in a car accident on New Year's, and when Daniela talks about how her family was prone to getting in fights.]]
* Will's phone call to his father during the Christmas special. Especially since his dad [[TheAlcoholic started drinking again]] due to grief over [[spoiler: Will's disappearance. Later, Whispers appears ''at Mr. Gorski's house'' to tell him lies about Will and subtly threatens him in front of Will, who starts breaking down at the thought of his father getting hurt]].

!!!Episode 01
!!!Episode 02
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!!!Episode 10
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!!!Episode 12

!!!Episode 01

** [[spoiler: Also when Hernando reveals his parents died in a car accident on New Year's, and when Daniela talks about how her family was prone to getting in fights.]]

** From Joong-ki's behavior, Sun realizes that [[spoiler: he murdered their father to save his own skin, viciously attacks him, and vows to make him pay for his crimes as she's dragged away by the prison guards]].

** While it is certainly funny in a CringeComedy kind of way, Lito sobbing over the phone that the bathtub, broken and falling to pieces really hurts, especially once you realize that despite his public persona, he is a deeply self-conscious man with a very low sense of self-worth, and he needs Hernando.

* The penultimate and the final episode of season 1 treats us to a very long and brutal expansion of Riley's backstory, where we see that [[spoiler:her husband died in a car crash while driving her to the hospital, leaving Riley to give birth ''by herself'' '''in the middle of a snowstorm''', and she was forced to leave him so she can hike herself and her newborn daughter to safety. She ultimately fails and her daughter dies of exposure. She is so overcome by grief that she collapses in the snow and won't move.
** Will then experiences this memory and the ensuing grief as they are trying to escape and it brings him to tears as well.

* Some of the Sensates' backstories are incredibly heartbreaking. Take, for example:
** Capheus' entire relationship with his mother, especially the moments where she defended him against men who wanted to kill Capheus because of the tribe his father was from.
** The scene where Capheus remembers his mother giving up her younger child, his sister, because she couldn't keep her alive is very heavy.
** Sun's past and relationship with her father (she was TheUnfavorite because of her gender, despite being far more competent and loyal than her brother), tied with her memories of her dying mother and the promise she made to her to protect her brother.
** Riley's backstory, where she blames herself for what happened to her husband and daughter. When she breaks down in front of her late husband's gravestone, it leaves quite an impact.

* The penultimate and the final episode of season 1 treats us to a very long and brutal expansion of Rileys backstory, where we see her having to abandon her dead husband so she can hike her newborn daughter to safety. She ultimately fails and her daughter dies of exposure. She is so overcome by grief that she collapses in the snow and won't move.
** Will then experiences this blast of grief as they are trying to escape and it brings him to tears as well
-->'''Will''': I know how much it hurts. I know you want to lay down here and never get up again. I know it, ‘cause I feel it. I can feel it.

-->'''Lito''': Hernando, please don't leave me, please
** The circumstances surrounding their break up in relation to Dani. Her choosing to go back to a man who beats her just to save Lito's reputation. The worst part is her trying to laugh off her black eye to Hernando, saying that if there is one thing that life has taught her, it's that she knows how to take a punch. The look on Hernando's face really says it all.

** Some may find it a bit silly, but Lito sobbing over the phone that the bathtub is broken and just generally falling to pieces really hurts, especially once you realize that despite his public persona, he is a deeply self-conscious man with a very low sense of self worth, and he needs Hernando.

--->'''Nomi:''' "I quit trying to fit in, trying to be one of "them". I knew I never would be. But more importantly, I didn't want to be. Their violence was petty and ignorant, but ultimately, it was true to who they were. The real violence, the violence that I realized was unforgivable, is the [[{{Gayngst}} violence]] [[InternalizedCategorism that we do to ourselves]] when we're too afraid to be who we are."

* Kang-Dae Bak realizing that he's made a mistake and attempting to not only set Sun free, but to reconnect with her once more. [[spoiler: Too bad Joong-ki puts an end to that.]]

* Nomi recounting her childhood trauma to Lito to encourage him to be brave. Lito screaming "Stop It" at the top of his lungs by the time she's done is particularly heartbreaking because its clear this is him channeling her emotions, rather than asking her to stop the story.
* Jonas trying to comfort Angel as she prepares to kill herself in the very first scene of the series.

** On a similar note, Will choosing to consciously stay with Riley the whole time may make you tear up a little too.

** Capheus' entire relationship with his mother, especially the moments where she defended him against men who wanted to kill Capheus for something his father did.

** The circumstances surrounding their break up in relation to Dani. Her choosing to go back to a man who beats her just to save Lito's reputation. The worst part is her trying to laugh off her black eye to Hernando, saying that if there is one thing that life has taught her, it's that she knows how to take a punch. The look on Hernando's face really says it all
** Lito the trying to kill himself with the (fake) gun.
** Some may find it a bit silly, but Lito sobbing over the phone that the bathtub is broken and just generally falling to pieces really hurts, especially once you realise that despite his public persona, he is a deeply self conscious man with a very low sense of self worth, and he needs Hernando.

* Nomi's situation in the first few episodes where she is basically imprisoned in a hospital by her religious mother so that she can be given a lobotomy. She isn't able to leave her room, and she can't contact Amanita, the one person she truly loves.

* Wolfgang finally getting revenge for Felix and murdering his uncle would seem awesome at first, until you realise that Kala has witnessed the whole thing, and then he tells her that she has to marry Rajan because he is too much of a monster to be with her. Next time we see Kala, she's still crying.

* Rileys dad quietly playing Baba O'Riley is very painful. Its probably the worst situation to be in as a parent, and all he can do is wait

** Some may find it a bit silly, but Lito sobbing over the phone that the bathtub is broken and just generally falling to pieces does really hurt, especially once you realise that despite his public persona, he is a deeply self conscious man with a very low sense of self worth, and he really does need Hernando.

* Wolfgang finally getting revenge for Felix and murdering her uncle would seem awesome at first, until you realise that Kala has witnessed the whole thing, and then he tells her that she has to marry Rajan because he is too much of a monster to be with her.

-->'''Will''': I know you want to just lay down here and die. I know it because I feel it.

-->'''Lito''': Hernando please, don't leave me please