History TearJerker / TheBoys2019

* Hughie goes into a store to buy beer...and sees that most of the store is littered with A-Train sponsored items. The poor guy just about makes it to the counter [[HeroicBSOD before suffering a panic attack.]]

* While the plane scene is packed with Nightmare Fuel, it's also heartbreaking to watch Maeve trying in vain to convince Homelander to at least try ''something'' to save the passengers while he shoots down every possible option because he simply doesn't want to. She is in tears as she's forced by Homelander to leave two little girls behind while he just seems annoyed at her for caring at all, falsely assuring the passengers that everything is under control to keep them quiet and docile then viciously snapping at them once they find out he's going to abandon them to their fate. It's this scene that makes it clear that people mean ''nothing'' to Homelander, and Maeve wouldn't matter to him either if she didn't have superpowers.
** A regretful Maeve choosing to take Homelander's hand to escape with him after he tells her not to die with the passengers. All while the passengers plead for her not to abandon them like he has.
** Maeve is in a complete state of guilt when her and Homelander arrive to the shore where the wreckage washes up, remaining totally quiet during the interview. Made infinitely worse when an unfazed Homelander twists the entire situation to make them look innocent and to fuel Vought's agenda.
* As much as it is meant to cross the line twice, it is still tragic to watch The Deep fail to save the Dolphin, ending with it catapulting through his windshield and then being run over by a truck.

-->'''Billy''': [[BigNo Lenny, no! No]]! ''[gunshot]''

* Kimiko gets an ImagineSpot where she [[TheCastShowoff performs a beautiful rendition]] of [[Creator/DorisDay "Dream a Little Dream of Me"]], the she spends some time struggling to play the song on a little electronic piano. It shows shat she's lost and how it haunts her.

** Butcher finding out about the rape through footage captured by Mallory of Homelander and Becca entering an office room like normal then cutting to Becca quietly wandering out beyond worse for wear. He's completely shocked that Homelander, supposedly a superhero, would do such a thing until Mallory states that it's only the tip of the iceberg of what the supes do behind closed doors.

** Butcher finding out about the rape through footage captured by Mallory of Homelander and Becca entering an office room like normal then Becca quietly wandering out beyond worse for wear. He's completely shocked that Homelander, supposedly a superhero, would do such a thing until Mallory states that it's only the tip of the iceberg of what the supes do behind closed doors.