History TearJerker / SKins

-->"Bye."

* Sid breaking down and grieving over [[spoiler: his father's death]] in front of Tony, in his series 2 episode.

* Cassie's speech about enjoying power during her exam. She's clearly asking her teacher for understanding, especially when she mentions her self harm. What makes it more tragic is that she actually gets some sympathy from her teacher and aces the test... [[spoiler: and it's her last happy moment before Chris dies.]]
* [[spoiler: Chris's death]]
** Cassie, unable to deal with it [[spoiler:runs away to New York]]
** Special note goes to Adele's Hometown Glory playing as she runs desperately through the crowd in her final scene of 'Cassie'
* Tony crying when [[spoiler: Sid leaves for New York to find Cassie.]] What really makes this scene is when Tony stands at the doors of the airport [[spoiler: after Sid goes through them a second time to catch his flight,]] as if he's waiting for Sid to come back a second time, but it finally clicks in for Tony when he never does. Then the tears start to fall.

--> '''Cook''': "Nothing good ever stays with me. Absolutely nothin'."

--> '''Naomi''': "''(quietly)'' [[spoiler: Got cancer."]]

--> '''Naomi''': "''(crying)'' [[spoiler: CANCER, okay!?]] I've got [[spoiler: ''fucking cancer!'']] You win! You win, again!"
* Cooks final speech on the last episode. The main theme of it is about how people tend to let grief and the past consume them, a vitally important theme for Cook and for the show, as [[spoiler: someone dies every generation]]. But he then reminds us that in the same vein, we sometimes forget to appreciate our lives, and that to be happy, we need to start letting ourselves live. Basically its telling the viewers thats its ok to move on. And thats the end of the series. Cue floods of tears

** His description of his emotions towards [[spoiler: killing Foster]]. He describes it as feeling like nothing. This sounds worryingly like he's lost any sense of remorse, until he goes on to say he has to live with that nothing inside of him, and you realise that what he's actually dealing with is pretty obviously clinical depression. Feelings of numbness, a withdrawn nature, and self harm are often major red flags. If you compound those onto his severe low self worth, his best friend having been murdered, and the mental strain of being on the run for 3 years, its a wonder Cook hasn't completely cracked yet. It's hard not to feel sad about his evolution from a carefree trouble maker to a depressed and haunted man.
--> '''Cook''': And thats all I've got to say about that.
* Katie finding out that she is going through [[spoiler: premature menopause]] in her series 4 episode.

* The rooftop scene in Emily's series 4 episode where she finds out that [[spoiler: Naomi cheated on her.]]

* [[spoiler: Grace’s death]] especially important as unlike the other two generations, it happens at the beginning of Gen3's second season, so we really get to see the fall out.
* Rich coming back to the Blood's wrecked house and finding David Blood sat on the staircase. The poor man isn't even angry about the house, all he can think about is how he just [[spoiler: turned off his daughters life support, essentially killing her.]]

* Liv spending a whole episode stressing about possibly having a tumour. When she finally gets into the clinic, the nurse tells her theres nothing there, she realises being seeing things the whole time [[spoiler: as a side effect of her having lost her best friend.]] She then breaks down sobbing in the nurses arms.
--> '''Liv''': My friend died. [[spoiler: Grace died]].
* The final scene of the main series, in which Franky finally [[spoiler:meets her birth mother]], Alex [[spoiler:leaves for Thailand with the implication that he'll never see Liv again and sends her a text that just says, "love you forever,"]], Mini [[spoiler:giving birth to her and Alo's child]], and a content Rich hearing the baby's birth and looking to the sky to say one final message to Grace (and to the viewer):

* Cook during the final episode of season 3, "Everyone", letting his JerkassFacade finally fall.

** Rich realising that the phone he's been using to talk to Grace on is broken, so the call obviously couldn't have happened, and was all in his head.

--> '''Liv''': My friend died. [[spoiler: Grace died]].

* Nicks complete breakdown and subsequent wrecking of his house. It displays really well just how difficult it is mentally to be the 'golden child'.
* [[spoiler: Graces death]] especially important as unlike the other two generations, it happens at the beginning of Gen3's second season, so we really get to see the fall out.

** His description of his emotions towards [[spoiler: killing Foster]]. He describes it as feeling like nothing. This sounds worryingly like he's lost any sense of remorse, until he goes on to say he has to live with that nothing inside of him, and you realise that what he's actually dealing with is pretty obviously clinical depression. Feelings of numbness, a withdrawn nature, and self harm are often major red flags. If you compound those onto his severe low self worth, his best friend having been murdered, and the mental strain of being on the run for 3 years, its a wonder Cook hasn't completely cracked yet. Its hard not to feel sad about his evolution from a carefree trouble maker to a depressed and haunted man.

--> '''Cook''': And thats all I've got to say about that.

* Tony crying when [[spoilers: Sid leaves for New York to find Cassie.]] What really makes this scene is when Tony stands at the doors of the airport [[spoilers: after Sid goes through them a second time to catch his flight,]] as if he's waiting for Sid to come back a second time, but it finally clicks in for Tony when he never does. Then the tears start to fall.

* Cooks final speech on the last episode. The main theme of it is about how people tend to let grief and the past consume them, a vitally important theme for a show where [[spoiler: someone dies every generation]]. But he then reminds us that in the same vein, we sometimes forget to appreciate our lives, and that to be happy, we need to start letting ourselves live. Basically its telling the viewers thats its ok to move on. All this happens as Cook walks of over a snowy field, away from get another murder scene, into an uncertain future. The Skins logo fades in over the top, and it finally brings the series to a close, and sends the audience on its way, as the show has now taught us all it can.

--> '''Liv''': My friend died. [[spoiler: Grace died]].

* Rich coming back to the Blood's wrecked house and finding David Blood sat on the staircase. The poor man isn't even angry about the house, all he can think about is how he just [[spoiler: turned off his daughters life support, in his eyes, killing her.]]
** Rich realising that the phone he's been using to talk to Grace on is broken, so therefore the call obviously couldn't have happened and was all in his head.

* Cooks final speech on the last episode. The main theme of it is about how people tend to let grief and death consume them, a vitally important theme for a show where [[spoiler: someone dies every generation]]. But he then reminds us that in the same vein, we sometimes forget to appreciate our lives, and that to be happy, we need to start letting ourselves live. Basically its telling the viewers thats its ok to move on. All this happens as Cook walks of over a snowy field, away from get another murder scene, into an uncertain future. The Skins logo fades in over the top, and it finally brings the series to a close, and sends the audience on its way, as the show has now taught us all it can.

!!Generation 3

* Cook breaking down in tears during the final episode of season 3, "Everyone", letting his JerkassFacade finally fall.

!!Generation 1
!!Generation 2
* Naomi's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove to Emily in the Series 4 finale.
* In Skins: Fire, Naomi goes to the doctor after complaining of abdominal pains. At the end of "Part 1", she is playing loud music on the roof, disrupting Effy's sleep. Effy storms upstairs and demands to know why she's been acting so strangely. Naomi, staring blankly at the view of the city, turns around at Effy, and breaks down into tears.
--> '''Naomi''': "''(quietly)'' [[spoiler: I've got cancer..."]]
--> '''Effy''': "...What are you saying?"
--> '''Naomi''': [[spoiler: "CANCER,]] okay!? I've got [[spoiler: ''fucking cancer!'']] You win! You win, again!"
!!Generation 3