Line #1 TearJerker/GreysAnatomy


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6	* Any time we see Owen with kids is this for a little while. He really wants and loves kids but is in love with Cristina who doesn't and aborted their child. It eventually leads to them breaking up (multiple times). This is a tearjerker in and of itself because they love each other so much but want different things out of life.
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10	* At the start of "If Tomorrow Never Comes," a patient with an extra-large tumor comes in and takes a shine to Alex, to the point of only agreeing to have a CT scan if he's there. Unfortunately, while she's in the machine, she overhears Alex making fun of her with the technician. The way the poor woman's face just ''falls'' upon hearing their cruel words is just awful.
11	** Later on in the episode, her surgery quickly goes south and the doctors end up using all of the blood they'd originally had on hand for her surgery. They call for more, but the order takes too long, even when Alex (who has been banned from the OR for his insensitivity) takes it upon himself to run around the hospital searching for whoever has the extra blood bags. He returns just in time to see the doctors packing up, having just called her time of death not even five minutes before he'd arrived.
12	** The episode's Plot B involves a daughter trying to convince her father to get a potentially risky surgery. It's revealed that it's not only because she has already lost her mom, but because she just wants him to walk her down the aisle at her wedding.
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17	* "Into You Like a Train", in which a man and a young woman were both impaled on a pole during a train crash. Their injuries are such that the only way to operate is to pull the woman backwards off of the pole, most likely sentencing her to bleed out, and then operate around the pole and hopefully get it out of the man without making his injuries worse. The man survives, but the woman (Bonnie) does die, and her tearful but calm acceptance of her own impending death is absolutely heartbreaking. Even Derek needs a moment to compose himself after breaking the news to Bonnie's fiance.
18	* In "Damage Case", a family is hit in a car accident by an intern from another hospital (played by Creator/JohnCho). At first it seems that the family is fine and that they're mostly just for laughs while the real medical issues are with Cho's character. However, this assumption is turned on its head when one family member's catastrophic injuries are revealed while Cho's character was merely tired. The tears really get jerked when Cho apologizes to the father for killing his pregnant daughter.
19	* Izzie's famous "What about me?" speech to Denny when she tells him of her plan to cut his LVAD wire so that he will qualify for the heart transplant.
20	* Izzie breaking down crying when Denny dies.
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25	* In the episode where Ellis suddenly becomes lucid, the scene between mother and daughter in which Ellis demands to know what happened to Meredith to have made her "nothing more than ordinary". Meredith points out everything she's had to do for her mother in the past few years, breaking into tears, telling Ellis "''[[CallingTheOldManOut You. You happened to me]].''" Pompeo delivers one of her finest performances in that scene.
26	* Everyone's faces after Meredith drowns and almost dies. Derek and Cristina especially are inconsolable.
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31	* If you have grown up around or known alcoholics, Lexie's rant to Meredith in 4.08 is heartbreaking.
32	-->'''Lexie:''' Everyday is my mother's birthday. My mother was born in March. He lied. He's a liar. And I'm glad. Really, I'm glad that you found him charming. I'm sure he was delightful. He's a blast after five drinks, not so much after nine though; he gets a little weepy and mean. He's a drunk, Meredith. He probably came in and told you how wonderful you are. How sad he is he doesn't get to spend more time with you. You know, yesterday he told me I was his favorite daughter. The day before, I was an ungrateful bitch. The week before, he wrote me a check for $20,000 because he said I deserved everything life had to offer, because he was so proud of me, a lifetime's worth of proud. So thank you for letting me know that I need to keep a better eye on him. Thanks.
33	* At the end of season 4 when after committing Ava/Rebecca, Alex breaks down in tears when trying to make out with Izzie to cope.
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38	* After sleeping together, Erica gives a heartbreaking monologue about not realizing she was gay when she was a kid and how Callie was her ClosetKey. Callie's reaction is to panic and run away to sleep with Mark, leaving Erica hurt.
39	* Arizona's heartbreaking "tiny coffins" speech in "Sympathy For the Devil" after Alex calls her on her supposed callousness-she's seen way too many children die.
40	-->'''Arizona''': You don't think that I know they just pulled the plug on a kid? You don't think I get that? You don't think I know about the tiny, tiny coffin they are going to stick him in? I know about the tiny coffins. I see them all the time, in my sleep. So if you don't mind, I'm going to keep talking rainbows and relationships and crap, and I'm going to make plans for tomorrow, because that is what you do, Karev. You make plans. You have to. You turn you back on the tiny coffins and you face forward...to the next kid.
41	* In "Stairway To Heaven", Meredith attends the execution of one of her patients. Kudos to Ellen Pompeo for her performance in the scene directly after, where she breaks down crying in front of Derek.
42	* Just about all of the Season 5 finale. George gets hit by a bus and dies. He is brought in as a John Doe, and he is unrecognizable. He traces ‘007’ , his original nickname into Meredith’s hand, and the horrified realization that comes upon her is clear as a bell. It is especially a shock, as Izzie was the one with terminal cancer, and was expected to die in the Season 5 finale. Callie’s confirmation of the identity also brings some tears.
43	** Izzie flatlining in Alex's arms and then meeting George in the elevator, dressed in his army uniform.
44	** The fact that when Meredith recognizes George, the doctors rushed to save his life... [[AllForNothing just to fail, as he dies anyways]].
45	---> '''Derek:''' "We have you, O'Malley. You hear me? We have you."
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49	* When Mark's daughter gives birth and Mark is holding his grandson and he has to give it to the adopting parents.
50	* The entire two-part finale, "Sanctuary/ Death And All His Friends", is pretty much one giant tearjerker.
51	** Charles is shot in the gut, and eventually bleeds out in Miranda's lap, trying to be brave as he slowly dies.
52	** Then in the next season, a local college is shot up, bringing back memories of the hospital's own trauma.
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56	* In "These Arms of Mine", Mary Portman returns for surgery after surviving the hospital shooting with Miranda. Unfortunately, she never wakes up afterwards. As the documentery eventually notes:
57	-->'''Three days later, Bill opted to end Mary's life support.'''
58	* In "Something's Got To Give", Alex tells Meredith he had to commit his brother for psychiatric treatment after the brother went after their sister with a knife
59	* As the hospital awaits the incoming wounded from a mass shooting in "Disarm", multiple doctors and nurses are seen crying. And then Richard Webber gives a RousingSpeech guaranteed to bring a tear to your eyes to rally his forces
60	-->'''Richard''': What we went through six months ago, they are going through right now, which makes them our brothers and sisters, which makes then fellow travelers, which makes them our own.
61	** Also, Jackson comforting the mother of the shooter is a Heartwarming moment. It takes real compassion to comfort someone that many people think wouldn't deserve it.
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65	* In "Heart Shaped Box", Alex notes he doesn't like to think about George because then he thinks of Izzie, and then he gets sad.
66	* [[FromBadToWorse Dark Was The Night]], an unrelentingly bleak episode in which everything that can go wrong does.
67	* Season 8 has an episode in which Morgan, one of Alex's interns, gives birth prematurely. The baby has a ton of health problems and the father spends the whole time complaining about how he's missing work (he worked at a different hospital) and not wanting to be there for his sick child. Morgan gives the father an out, and he doesn't hesitate to walk out on his girlfriend and newborn son by the end of the episode. Morgan starts to lean on [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Alex]] for support but ends up falling for him, which causes him to keep his distance. Then the baby eventually dies a few episodes later.
68	* This happens in the season eight finale, [[WhamEpisode "Flight".]]
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73	* The aftermath of season 8's plane crash: Every scene from the first few episodes of season 9 of Callie and Arizona, the days leading up to Mark's death and him waking up just to end up knowing he will be dying soon, the Cristina and Owen scenes, etc.
74	** The actual plane crash episode when Lexie tells Mark she loves him as she is dying.
75	* The death of Dr. Thomas in "Beautiful Doom", which sends Cristina right back to Seattle Grace.
76	* In "I Was Made For Lovin' You", a gay liver transplant patient had been waiting for a liver for so long that he was still married to a woman when he got sick. He and his husband are excited, talking about wanting to spend 30 additional years together to make up for lost time, since it took him such a long time to come out. The patient does finally get the liver, but his body rejects it, and he and his husband only have a few days left together. An intern starts crying and even Cristina looks sad.
77	* "Love Turns You Upside Down" has two single parents, both with newborns in the ICU, who bond over the shared experience and become each others' close friend/confidant and support system. The woman has been waiting for a heart transplant for her daughter for a long time, while the man's son seems to be doing better. Then the boy starts to get a lot worse, just as the hospital has a heart available, and he bypasses the girl, who is at the top of the list. This causes a rift between the two - the mother is appalled by this revelation and immediately distances herself from the other parent who is overcome with guilt. At the end, they are still upset but the woman tries to be happy for the guy instead of being angry.
78	* Richard leaves his ailing wife's side and attends Bailey's wedding. Why? ''Because Adele died.'' The last shot of the episode is an ImagineSpot of her and Richard dancing at their own wedding.
79	* The season nine finale has two tearjerker events that double as Heartwarming or Badass.
80	** When Meredith goes into labor, she's informed that she needs surgery because of her son's dangerous position in the womb. After a few tense moments the baby's delivered and Derek goes to PEDS with him to make sure he's ok. It's only after all the senior surgeons leave the room that it's discovered Meredith's bleeding internally from an earlier fall. She's forced to direct the interns how to operate on herself before passing out, despite being clearly terrified. Bailey, Derek and Cristina's reactions are all various forms of sad as well.
81	** After a bus goes on fire in the hospital parking, Jackson is the only one who realizes that a little girl is still trapped. Everyone notices the missing pair right as the bus blows leaving the mother, Hunt and Callie horrified and April completely devastated and heartbroken. Just as everyone's convinced Jackson is dead, he walks out of the fire - with relatively minor injuries from an explosion- with the little girl safe in his arms. April is not the only one to break down in tears during the whole event.
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90	* "Bend and Break": after 30 days during which Calliope and Arizona took a "break", they meet again before their therapist. Arizona realizes that she needs Calliope more than she knew, calling her her anchor, and tells her she wants to spend her life with her. Calliope, on the other hand, breaks down in tears, and says to her that she realized that by trying to keep her marriage together so hard, she ended up feeling stuck and not being happy, and that at this point she considers the situation unsalvageable, wanting to finally being able to love herself instead of trying to love Arizona so much. She was finally happy during the break: going back to Arizona would mean losing herself once again.
91	* "All I Could Do Was Cry": April and Jackson have found out their baby has osteogenesis imperfecta, meaning that he'll die very soon after birth. They have to decide what to do and eventually deliver the baby and hold him until he dies a few minutes later. The entire situation is especially hard for Amelia, who went through a similar situation years earlier. Do not watch Grey's if you're pregnant.
92	* "How to Save a Life": Derek's death and Meredith's reaction. Just before she gives the okay to remove life support, she has several flashbacks to the most important moments in their relationship. Then she tells him that it's okay to go and that they will be fine. The cover of Chasing Cars used during that scene made it even more heartbreaking.
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97	* In "Old Time Rock and Roll", Meredith delivers a heartbreaking speech to the interns on doing [[DeathNotification Death Notifications]]:
98	--> "When you walk into a room to tell someone that their loved one has died, it's more than just a list of bullet points you've memorized. Yours is the face they will remember for the rest of their life. They were fine before they met you. They picked up their children from school, they made dinner, and they got a call. The police showed up at their door and brought them here with those children to this room so that you can give them the worst news of their entire life. You are changing this person's life forever. You are responsible for this moment. For the instant that person goes from wife to widow is you. All you. Nobody but you. So, this person isn't an inconvenience. They are not a box on a list to be checked off. You are a part of their life now. Your words, your face. So take that seriously and recognize the importance of your role. And respect the fact that that person's pain is the biggest thing in the room. You got it?"
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108	* Jackson tearfully praying for April next to her bedside.
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113	* "Silent All These Years"
114	** Abby comes in with a gash to her face. She tells the doctors that she walked into a cabinet but Teddy and Jo quickly realize she's been sexually assaulted but won't admit it. At Jo's urging Abby finally admits what happened while angrily deriding the rape kit Jo asks her to do. Struggling to breath, Abby comes out with this:
115	--->'''Abby''': The tequila I drank will make it my fault. And whoever did this to me, whatever he drank, that'll be his excuse.
116	** Jo finally tracks down her birth mother...and discovers she was conceived during a rape.
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120	* Cristina crying in Owen's arms over the death of her father.
121	* When Richard sings that song "My Funny Valentine" to his wife, Adele whose Alzheimer's is getting worse and he's trying to bring her out of her delusion.
122	* In episode 2 of season 19, "Wasn't Expecting That", Zola is giving a presentation on her hero Ellis Grey. When she gets to the part about her early-onset Alzheimer's she mentions that it's hereditary, and begins panicking onstage and repeating how her mom and aunt are going to get it and she's going to be all alone. Not only is it heartwrenching to see a young girl go through this publicly, but given that it was already known that Ellen Pompeo would only be in eight episodes of the season...things aren't looking too great for the titular doctor.
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