History TearJerker / StargateSG1

** Before the operation to remove the Goa'uld symbiote, Kowalski asks General Hammond to [[DeadlyEuphamism "give the order"]] if it can't be done, because [[DyingAsYourself "I wanna wake up as me or not at all."]] The operation ''appears'' to go well, but the Goa'uld deceived them by posing as Kowalski so it could escape through the Stargate. His last request was so small, and they couldn't even give him that.

*** It really is the manner in which we find out, in the very brutal and realistic lens of a battlefield camera, without the gloss of TV and hollywood.

* Poor little Keenan in "Lifeboats", telling Janet about his mum.

* Sam wondering around Daniel's empty office in Revelations.

* Poor little Keenan in 'Lifeboats' telling Janet about his mum.

* The death of [[spoiler:Doctor Janet Fraiser]], that is all.

** Also Daniel recounting the story of how he died, and how dedicated Janet was.
** General Hammond's protectiveness during this whole time period, but especially him telling Sam that although you're supposed to care for all your officers equally, you can't help but care for some of them more. Its clear that he means SG-1 and [[spoiler: Janet]] are officers he's come to care for more like family, and that [[spoiler: the loss of Janet is hitting him particularly hard]].

* "Avatar" can be brutal to watch, as Teal'c suffers slow mental exhaustion after becoming trapped in a computer simulation that [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard will not let him win]]. He "dies" over and over again, no matter what he tries, and finally suffers a HeroicBSOD when he realizes the game won't even let him quit. It gets worse when it's revealed why he can't beat the simulation: [[spoiler: the program's not malfunctioning. It's learning from Teal'c's personality and experiences, and tailoring the simulation to fit them. The reason Teal'c can't beat the Goa'uld in the game is because subconsciously he still believes that he'll never be able to beat the Goa'uld in real life.]]

* The episode "Flesh And Blood" opens with apparently [[KilledOffForReal killing off]] Colonel Chekov. While it's never outright confirmed if he was or wasn't one of the six people aside from Daniel who managed to evacuate the ''Korolev'' before it was destroyed, he's never seen or mentioned again. While he was often far from likeable, that's still a bit tragic.

** The worst part is that after ''years'' of service, and having saved at least ''two'' galaxies from annihilation. [[spoiler: Prometheus is lost and the civilization it was destroyed trying to save wiped themselves out hours later.]] Talk about a SenselessSacrifice...
* Orlin at the season 9 double episode "The Fourth Horseman". [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished He returns to save the Earth from the Ori plague]], and at the end of it, he is shown [[spoiler: having lost almost all memories of what he ever was]].
* Gerak, also in The Fourth Horseman. Gerak is made a Prior, Teal'c talks some sense into him and has him agree to help on Earth with the plague, but the Ori put a failsafe in their Priors that causes them to self-destruct if they betray the Ori. "If I help you, I will die. But I WILL DIE FREE!"

* When Jack is under the influence of Apophis' hallucinogen and he sees a memory of when Charlie surprised him with a squirt gun. 'Charlie' wastes no time telling Jack that his original response was a lot harsher than what he says in the memory and that Charlie would accidentally shoot himself in the near future. Richard Dean Anderson really sells just how painful this is for Jack, who just asks Charlie if they can play catch like he'd originally intended that day. Of all the hallucinations Apophis puts SG-1 through, this is probably the cruelest, especially when Charlie smugly holds that happy what-could-have-been for ransom.

** The reason Harlan created the duplicates in the first place. He's been all alone on his home planet, for ''Millennia''.

* All of Daniels interactions with [[spoiler: Sha're in "Secrets".]] He spends a good amount of time being upset and confused by the whole situation and its hard to see [[spoiler: him and Sha're dancing around each other, unsure of what to do]]. Then of course he realizes he may only have a few days[[spoiler: with her,]] and every moment between them becomes this as they try and find a way to [[spoiler: protect her and get her back to Earth]].

** Then there's the story of the device he's using. The Ancients who lived there built it to prevent some catastrophe from wiping them out, but it only ever looped time a few hours. After countless attempts to make the device work, they gave up and let the end come.

* The end of "Divide and Conquer", [[spoiler: Poor Martuf...]]

** What about Jack walking in on Daniel about to [[spoiler: jump off his balcony]], complete with him tearfully saying that it 'doesn't mean anything'. Its revealed in the next scene of course that this is due to some weekly alien shenanigans, but because of all the awful stuff thats happened to him, it is genuinely believable for a moment [[spoiler: that Daniel might actually jump.]]
*** When he 'wakes up' from his little trance and realises where he is, he sounds so scared.

** His held gaze with [[spoiler: Shifu]] at the end. The kid was [[spoiler: sort of his son, and protecting him was Sha're's dying wish]], so its understandably hard on Daniel.

* General Hammond's conversation with Jack about Teal'c's fate in "Threshold". Due to his involvement with the Stargate program, he would have to be put in a maximum security prison in solitary confinement for the remainder of his life, which, given his reliance on the infant Goa'ould, will likely only be another 4 or 5 years. After that, he will die in agonising pain. Hammond keeps up his stoic exterior while explaining this, but he admits that he can't do that to Teal'c.
--> '''Hammond''': I won't do that to him Jack
** Hammond's reluctance to enter the room while Teal'c is being deprogrammed. It clearly really hurts him to see a man that he trusts so much and has so much faith in reduced to such a state. And once its over, he immediately runs into the room, on the edge of crying.
* Daniel yelling at Jack for killing Reese. Its sad as Daniel really did seem to care for Reese and is mourning her, and it's also sad seeing Daniel and Jack so angry at each other. Specifically Daniel calling Jack a stupid son of a bitch. He has only shown that much contempt for a Goa'ould.

** From the same episode, Daniel repeatedly telling Oma he doesn't believe he's done enough good. His open honestly about how deep he is into the DespairEventHorizon eventually causes the eternally cryptic Oma to drop the koans and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness just tell him one truth]]: that the only thing he ever could control was whether he was good or evil.
* Sam wondering around Daniels empty office in Revelations.
** Hammond trying to console Sam about Daniels uncertain fate by telling her about his friend who got shot down in Vietnam, managed to pull his 'chute, but was never found.

* Calling the first hyper space capable earth fighter jet 'Abydos 1'.

** Special mention goes to Jack yelling at Daniel that if their positions were reversed he would break Daniel out in a heartbeat. And then he would make Ba'al suffer. When Daniel says he wouldn't because he's a better man than that, Jack immediately screams at him 'That's where you're wrong!", Once again hammering home the point that when it comes to his little adopted family, there isn't much he wouldn't do. Even if they are already gone.
** At one point while being tortured, Jack's reduced to simply whispering Daniels name, begging him to end it.

* The Tok'ra aren't always entirely sympathetic, but the events of "Cure" not only bring home their plight (they are in a very real way a dying race), but with their reaction to Egeria and what has happened to her, plus the fact that she's dying, all over a stupid, impossible to foresee mistake, also remind us that they aren't just arrogant, unfeeling dicks. Malak, for one, looks near to tears when Egeria tells him that she's dying and gives her SoProudOfYou line. Because after all, Egeria is his mother, the mother of ''all'' the Tok'ra and they found her again just in time for her to die, despite all they tried to save her.
* How about the look on Fifth Replicator's face end of "Unnatural Selection" when he realizes Carter and the others are leaving without him.

** Later in the same episode, Daniels jubilation at being able to remember Sha're's name is abruptly bought to an end when he relearns that she is dead. He looks down at the photo of her he's carrying and says, voice breaking slightly, 'I loved her very much'. He then places the photo face down next to him and changes the subject.

* Poor little Keenan in 'Lifeboats' telling Janet about his Mum.

** Sam's general emotional state in part 2 is pretty hard to watch. Teal'c coming to her nearly crying, having written a eulogy also qualifies, and Daniels protectiveness over the tape that shows the event are all big hits emotionally.

*** It really is the manner in which we find out, in the very brutal and realistic lens of a battlefield camera, without the gloss of tv and hollywood.
** The in-show tribute video at the end actually did bring tears to General Hammond's actor, a former Vietnam-era army sergeant. And for the regular viewers... [[spoiler:fan-favorite regular Dr. Fraiser is killed instantly while treating a wounded airman during an offworld firefight. Samantha Carter delivers her euology.]]
-->[[spoiler: We often talk about those that give their lives in the service of their country. And while Janet Frasier did just that, that's not what her life was about. The following are the names of the men and women who did not die in service, but who are in fact alive today because of Janet. Major Samantha Carter, Dr. Daniel Jackson, Colonel Jack O'Neill, Teal'c, Sergeant Connie Smith,Major Ian Hules, Senior Airman Simon Wells. . .]]
** And the end of the episode when [[spoiler: Simon Wells, the airman that Dr Frazier died saving, is revealed to have named his newborn daughter Janet after her.]]

* Gerak, also in The Fourth Horseman. Gerak is made a Prior, Teal'c talks some sense into him and has him agree to help on Earth with the plague, but the Ori put a failsafe in their Priors that causes them to self destruct if they betray the Ori. "If I help you, I will die. But I WILL DIE FREE!"
* [[spoiler: The first, [[CurbStompBattle disastrous]] battle against the Ori motherships. The entire combined forces of the Tau'ri, Free Jaffa, Asgard, and Lucian Alliance can't even damage ''one'' enemy ship. We're treated to slow-motion, somber scenes of destruction and death as the main characters struggle in vain... [[DownerEnding but the new RFS Korolev is destroyed, the handful of surviving ships are disabled, and the Ori crusade has free reign on the galaxy.]] ]]

* The episode "Flesh And Blood" opens with apparently [[KilledOffForReal killing off]] Colonel Chekov. While it's never outright conformed if he was or wasn't one of the six people aside from Daniel who managed to evacuate the ''Korolev'' before it was destroyed. He's never seen or mentioned again. While he was often far from likeable, that's still a bit tragic.

* From "Counterstrike", when the team think Adria is dead Daniel assumes Vala is heartbroken over it. Turns out it's worse, while she is saddened over the loss. Vala explains to him that she had been holding herself at least partially responsible for Adria's actions. Daniel tries to comfort her, but doesn't have much success.

** During the ending, Carter mentions that Langara and Hebridan are among the planets that have fallen to the Ori and that they haven't been able to get in contact with their allies there. Which means the fates of people like Jonas Quinn, Warrick, Eamon and Jarlath are unknown.

** The reason Harlan created the duplicates in the first place. He's been all alone on his home planet, for ''years''.

* When Jack is under the influence of Apophis' hallucinogen and he sees Charlie.

** During the ending, Carter mentions that Langara and Hebridan among the planets that have fallen to the Ori and that they haven't been able to get in contact with their allies there. Which means the fates of people like Jonas Quinn, Warrick, Eamon and Jarlath are unknown.

* "Avalon", watching as a poor terrified Vala is [[DeathByFire burned alive]]. All while Daniel is pleading with the people that they only wanted to meet them in peace.

* "Show and Tell", when Re'tu Charlie asks if Jack can be his dad...sniff.

** Then poor Re'tu Charlie has a front row seat to his "mother's" murder.

* Quite a lot of 'Forever in a Day"

* Seeing the result of Merrin's 'averium' on the population of Orban is a good version of this. She went through with her sacrifice, and as a result, when SG-1 returns, they find corridors full of children laughing and playing, finally having learned fun. Even the adults are now seen enjoying their lives, the previously stoic Kalan having drawn a 'representation of himself' for the team. And all because of one little girl.

* Daniel having to make the decision to [[spoiler: leave Sha're's son in the hands of Oma]]. It meant having to come to terms with the fact that he wasn't able to completely fulfill [[spoiler: Sha're's dying wish for him to protect 'the boy']]. It's also him having to say goodbye to that last piece of his wife, and a child who was, in a way, his son too.

* Loren's story from 'The Light' is pretty awful. Poor kid.

* Daniel being unable to talk about what happened to Sha're in 'Absolute Power'.

* General Hammond's conversation with Jack about Teal'c's fate in 'Threshold'. Due to his involvement with the Stargate program, he would have to be put in a maximum security prison in solitary confinement for the remainder of his life, which, given his reliance on the infant Goa'ould, will likely only be another 4 or 5 years. After that, he will die in agonising pain. Hammond keeps up his stoic exterior while explaining this, but he admits that he can't do that to Teal'c.

* [[FirstLawOfResurrection Even if you know he gets better]], watching the episode where [[spoiler: Daniel dies of radiation poisoning]] is still incredibly heart-rending.

** Hammond trying to console Sam about Daniels uncertain fate by telling her about his friend who got shot down in Vietnam, managed to pull his shoot, but was never found.

* The end of "Window of Opportunity". When they are trying to get the guy to shut off the machine, the man behind it all says that he wants it so he can see his wife again, believing that Jack could ''never'' know that kind of pain. Cue Jack's patience finally evaporating;
-->'''O'Neill:''' I lost my '''son!''' '''I know!''' And as much as I... I could never live through that again.

** Daniel saying goodbye to the people of Abydos, and telling them to bury the gate forever. He's crying the entire time and you realise that these people and this community have become his family, and he would rather be alone again than let something happen to them.

** Jack repeatedly calling Kawalsky by [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious his first name]] throughout the episode, leading the audience to realise just who Jack named his dead son after.

** When the doppelganger reveals that its entire mission was to help Jack, and explains that it deemed his emotional pain of losing Charlie to be greater than any physical injury he had. It explains that its goal was to go and get Charlie and bring him back to Jack to make him better, which is heartbreakingly childlike logic. That revelation in an of itself is awful, but then the doppelganger [[spoiler: turns into Charlie to at least try and fulfil its mission and give Jack one last moment with him. The look on his face says it all]].

** The look on both their faces as Sam closes the blast door, Sam crying her heart out on her way back up the elevator, and then turning the elevator around and going back to wait out the timer with Cassandra is one uninterrupted seven-minute stretch of tear-jerking.

* The scene with Daniels parents in "The Gamekeeper", absolutely every moment.
* All of Daniels interactions with [[spoiler: Sha're in "Secrets".]] He spends a good amount of time being upset and confused by the whole situation and its hard to see [[spoiler: him and Sha're dancing around each other, unsure of what to do]]. Then of course he realises he may only have a few days[[spoiler: with her,]] and every moment between them becomes this as they try and find a way to [[spoiler: protect her and get her back to earth]].

** Its also heavily implied by the end of the episode that [[spoiler: Sha're is still in there, fighting against Amaunet, as she makes eye contact with Daniel hiding behind a pillar, but doesn't give his position away, protecting him from Apophis]]. And from what we've seen of hosts who manage to regain their selves, thats a fate worse than death.

** Even worse that he didn't die and had to remain a prisoner in his own body for two more years. Imagine it - [[HopeSpot thinking your millennia of torment is about to end as you slowly lose consciousness]], [[AndIMustScream then waking up again to find that your are still a prisoner in your own body]].

* "Show and Tell", when Re'tu Charlie asks if Jack can be his dad... sniff.

** Then poor Re'tu Charlie has a front row seat to his "mothers" murder.
* Hammond being genuinely upset, to the point of his voice getting a choked up, when Ma'chello suggest that they [[spoiler: effectively sacrifice Daniel for his use. Seeing as Daniel is trapped in Ma'chello's old dying body, this is would be a death sentence for Daniel]]. Its always clear how much he cares about Jack, but this is the first time we really get to see his affection spreading to the rest of the team.

** Him explaining his reasons for leaving to Jack as he packs his office. Specifically when he says that every time he stepped through the gate, he always wondered if this world would be the one he found Sha're on, and now that part of him won't exist anymore, that hope. It will just be another place, and he can't do it anymore. And then he starts to cry. He manages to get it under control, but my god its one of the most painful moments to watch.

** Despite the fact [[spoiler: its all in his head]] this is still Daniels process of moving through his grief.
** Seeing what he would have done [[spoiler: without Sha're's intervention- quitting the SGC, refusing to forgive Teal'c, cutting of communication with his team- is awful when you realise that that would have been his fate without her sending her last message]].
** His anger at Teal'c, while justified, is horrible to see. Its clear just how betrayed he feels

* Seeing the result of Merrin's 'averium' on the population of Orban is a good version of this. She went through with her sacrifice, and as a result, when SG-1 returns, they find corridors full of children laughing and playing, finally having learned fun. Even the adults are now seen enjoying their lives, the previously stoic Kalan having drawn a 'representation of himself' for the team. And all because one one little girl.
** But of course because of this, the previously articulate and intelligent Merrin has been reduced to a mute, infant like state, scribbling on the walls.
* Daniel having to make the decision to [[spoiler: leave Sha're's son in the hands of Oma]]. It meant having to come to terms with the fact that he wasn't able to completely fulfil [[spoiler: Sha're's dying wish for him to protect 'the boy']]. It's also him having to say goodbye to that last piece of his wife, and a child who was, in a way, his son too.