TV Moments that Made You Cry [Archive]

CS Ambrose

08-02-2010, 03:36 PM

Inspired by the "Comic Book Moments that Made You Cry" thread

Rescue Me is guaranteed to be quite upsetting at at least one or two moments every season but when Johnny Gavin (Dean Winters) died the Gavin's dad insists that everyone wears bright clothes to his funeral because "my boy was always laughing" I bawled like a small child.

What got you?

Dark Sasha

08-02-2010, 03:43 PM

Recently watched Summer Heights High and the last episode got to me.

JasonWGBB007

08-02-2010, 03:43 PM

"The Body" Episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

capntightpants

08-02-2010, 03:45 PM

Teal_Lantern

08-02-2010, 03:50 PM

From Lost, the episode "Greatest Hits."

Also, when Faraday sees a young Charlotte.

Also, when Homer Simpson's mother passed away.

CS Ambrose

08-02-2010, 03:54 PM

I think it was season 3 of 24, where Jack Bauer is flying out to the middle of the desert to detonate a bomb and sacrifice himself. His last moments are on the phone with Kim Bauer. The "I love you, daddy" thing had my eyes well up. I think I'm a softy for parent-child relationships.

And LOST: Desmond and Penny in the "The Constant". God that was a great moment.

I love The Constant.

Charlie's death in LOST really got me too. Also the moment in The End where he remembered everything. Dominic Monaghan really gave a great performance on that show.

SallySensational

08-02-2010, 03:57 PM

MASH. I know it's kind of retro, but my parents were big fans and we watched it religiously in reruns.

The farewell episodes were always the worst.

HamsterRage

08-02-2010, 04:02 PM

"The Body" Episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Right there with you. The finale of LOST.

Season 5 of THE WIRE when Bubbles finally gets to join his family upstairs.

capntightpants

08-02-2010, 04:03 PM

Fresh Prince.
When Will realizes that this biological father will never be the father he wants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxulantPiXI

Cam63

08-02-2010, 04:03 PM

New South Wales losing to Queensland in State of Origin for the last FIVE frickin' years.

...Aw, Hell. I'm kinda gettin' used to it.

capntightpants

08-02-2010, 04:04 PM

Right there with you. The finale of LOST.

Season 5 of THE WIRE when Bubbles finally gets to join his family upstairs.

:( So many moments in the The Wire. That's definitely one of them.

CS Ambrose

08-02-2010, 04:05 PM

"The Body" Episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

When Buffy dies, the way Spike just can't handle it and is uncontrollably crying really gets me too.

CS Ambrose

08-02-2010, 04:10 PM

Fresh Prince.
When Will realizes that this biological father will never be the father he wants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxulantPiXI

Jesus "How come he don't want me, man?". Good one.

c. page

08-02-2010, 04:13 PM

the season 2 finale of buffy, where she sends angel to hell.

anya's soliloquy in "the body"

the season 5 finale of buffy, her speech to dawn at the end.

"a hole in the world" in angel.

damn, joss whedon makes me a weepy, weepy man.

CS Ambrose

08-02-2010, 04:19 PM

Mordru

08-02-2010, 04:45 PM

In MASH, when Radar comes into surgery without a mask..to tell them that Henry is dead...that one is classic.

That damn Rudy movie at the end....damn that plucky little guy.

And dammit...I have to admit that the death scene in Dr Horrible amkes me tear up every damn time.

Darque_Angel

08-02-2010, 04:48 PM

The Body episode so many have mentioned.

The moment in Faith, Hope and Trick where Giles gets Buffy to tell him what really happened when she killed Angel and you find out the spell he'd been talking about wasn't real at all. He just wanted to help Buffy move on.

Faith begging Angel to kill her in the Alley in the pouring rain. I hated the character of Faith until that moment but I'd never seen anyone so completely broken as that character was at that moment and the thought of what must have happened to that person to break them that badly was crushing.

Wes' death in Not Fade away. When Illyria ask him if he wants her to lie to him now and he answers yes and she becomes Fred.

Half a dozen moments on the end of Lost. Charlie and Claire's reunion and as Kate and Jack fan when Jack remembered. Sawyer and Juliet. I swear that episode should have been sponsored by Kleenex.

The last episode of Veronica Mars when Keith throws away everything he'd ever worked for to protect his child and because the idiots at the network canceled it.

When Jonathan Kent died on Smallville.

I should note I'm an easy touch for crying at shows.

Teal_Lantern

08-02-2010, 04:51 PM

Speaking of Smallville, when Lex has a flashback to when his mother went insane. Damn, that was just depressing.

Although, I rarely cry in fiction. Atlhgough sometimes I do get sad.

Also, I can't believe I'm the first person to say this, but the death of Jin and Sun on Lost, I mean you saw them literally one minute afterward, but still!

Jenna

08-02-2010, 05:05 PM

Yeah, I just came in here to say The Body and unsurprisingly everyone else had already mentioned it. There were TONS of Buffyverse episodes that got me all emotional, but the other really big one was A Hole in the World from Angel season 5...it absolutely destroyed me.

Battlestar Galactica tugged at the heart strings quite a bit too. Starbuck dying in season 3 and the Admiral finds the card she made him where she has a mustache, the fleet finding "Earth" and then discovering it was nuked by the Cylons, the entire finale...ugh, this show made me such a weepy mess. I got way too attached to it.

Oh, and then there was the scene in Avatar: The Last Airbender when Uncle Iroh is singing to his dead son, which was made even sadder by the fact that the voice actor who played him had just died.

I'm SUCH a crybaby! :Oops:

Teal_Lantern

08-02-2010, 05:17 PM

Avatar has got a whole bunch of sad moments.

Zuko's mother leaving him

Azula in season 3.

The Story of how Rohku died.

Thequeerjock

08-02-2010, 05:21 PM

I'm a huge dork, but the final episode of Code Geass. I swear to god, I was bawling.

Everyone got their happy ending (well, everyone still alive) execpt for poor Lelouch.:sad:

Dark Sasha

08-02-2010, 05:22 PM

Avatar
"Swing from the vine, falling so slow.."

ZimMan2

08-02-2010, 05:26 PM

Check the sig.

t.c.johnson

08-02-2010, 05:37 PM

Right there with you. The finale of LOST.

When Vincent kept Jack company in the end.

And yeah, the death of Charlie.

ER.. First season Of that show, every episode had a moment that would make me cry.

a. non

08-02-2010, 05:59 PM

You know this scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uU7-X0iHes)

Also, from Fullmetal Alchemist
Maes Hughes' funeral (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nQuX6Xau54)

leafinsectman

08-02-2010, 06:00 PM

Also, I can't believe I'm the first person to say this, but the death of Jin and Sun on Lost, I mean you saw them literally one minute afterward, but still!

I loved that! Because I didn't have to stay sad for long.

When Vincent kept Jack company in the end.

That's my fave scene in the finale (and possibly the whole show). Everyone keeps mentioning the "live together, die alone" motto but in the end, Jack didn't die alone. Vincent made sure he didn't die alone. That to me is the essence of Lost. Screw dying alone, we'll keep you company.

Lost definitely had quite a few of those made you sad/cry/teary eyed moments (The Constant, Greatest Hits and the finale come to mind).

The DS9 episode titled The Visitor got me pretty emotional. When I showed it to my wife, I looked at her face after the episode ended and it was full of tears.

And quite possibly the biggest one of all is the Futurama episode about Fry's dog. I've only ever watched it once because I can't make myself go through that sad shit again. Great episode though which had really fun moments before it got all sad.

Teal_Lantern

08-02-2010, 06:03 PM

Oh lord, the Fry's dog episode. I actually avoid watching that one. Not because it's bad, but because it is so depressing.

leafinsectman

08-02-2010, 06:13 PM

Luck of the Fryish is a little sad too but at least its rewatchable. I watch about half of the Fry's dog episode because its damn funny but I can't watch the whole thing.

Teal_Lantern

08-02-2010, 06:16 PM

Luck of the Fryish is a little sad too but at least its rewatchable. I watch about half of the Fry's dog episode because its damn funny but I can't watch the whole thing.

At least Luck of the Fryish at least had some happiness to the ending. I mean, the ending to th Fry's dog was completely sad.

Adam Witt

08-02-2010, 06:19 PM

Six Feet Under, season 5.

a. non

08-02-2010, 06:20 PM

Re: Fry's dog

Bender's Big Score takes a big chunk out of the sting

leafinsectman

08-02-2010, 06:23 PM

At least Luck of the Fryish at least had some happiness to the ending. I mean, the ending to th Fry's dog was completely sad.

There's that too. I hope they revive the dog in a future episode. So maybe then I can rewatch that episode.

Re: Fry's dog

Bender's Big Score takes a big chunk out of the sting

A very tiny bit (for me). Its still very sad. Fry didn't revive his dog because he believed that his dog forgot about him. But he never did. That's the sad part. He waited years just for Fry to come back.

JohnBehling

08-02-2010, 06:37 PM

So many:
Battlestar: Daybreak, Revelations, Sometimes a Great Notion, Pegasus (specifically the torture scenes)
Buffy: The Body, The Gift, Seeing Red, Becoming part 2
Farscape: Self Inflicted Wounds, Infinite Possibilities, PK Wars
Deep Space Nine: Tears of the Prophets, What You Leave Behind
Next Generation: All Good Things
Babylon 5: Sleeping in Light, Between the Darkness and the Light, Rising Star

I could go on, but I'll stop here.
;)
-John

Teal_Lantern

08-02-2010, 06:42 PM

What happened in Bender's Big Score again? Bender was the one who froze him or something like that?

a. non

08-02-2010, 06:49 PM

A very tiny bit (for me). Its still very sad. Fry didn't revive his dog because he believed that his dog forgot about him. But he never did. That's the sad part. He waited years just for Fry to come back.

But to Seymour, Fry never left him (except to hunt narwhals). He and Fry were together for those 12 years.

Babylon 5: Sleeping in Light
-John

*thumps forehead really hard*

What happened in Bender's Big Score again? Bender was the one who froze him or something like that?

Fry went back to 2000 twice: the first Fry froze himself again, and the second Fry stayed in 2000 and lived his life like normal until Bender tried to kill him and flashed-fossilized Seymour.

Thequeerjock

08-02-2010, 06:49 PM

At least Luck of the Fryish at least had some happiness to the ending. I mean, the ending to th Fry's dog was completely sad.

I dunno. I tear up at the "Named for his uncle to carry on his spirit" line, cause it's kinda sad that he spent the whole episode bitching about how fucking horrible his brother was and how much he hated him, but then you find out that Yancy loved Philip so much that he named his kid after him when he thought he did.

Teal_Lantern

08-02-2010, 06:52 PM

I dunno. I tear up at the "Named for his uncle to carry on his spirit" line, cause it's kinda sad that he spent the whole episode bitching about how fucking horrible his brother was and how much he hated him.

Yeah, but the happy part is that his brother really did care about him. So, for me, that would be more bittersweet than downer. With Seymour, he just kinda got screwed.

capntightpants

08-02-2010, 07:47 PM

Avatar
"Swing from the vine, falling so slow.."

Oh yes. This. Very much this. Especially when combined with Makato's real life passing :cry:

leafinsectman

08-02-2010, 07:47 PM

But to Seymour, Fry never left him (except to hunt narwhals). He and Fry were together for those 12 years.

Oh yeah, that's right. Damn that movie just makes things confusing. I think my brain just chooses to forget that movie even though I know it happened and all.

sans serif

08-02-2010, 07:51 PM

"The Body" Episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I don't think I've ever watched this episode without tears clouding my eyes. When I stop crying after one character's reaction, they move on to the next and I just start crying some more! I'm just a damn wreck during the whole episode.

Dream

08-02-2010, 08:08 PM

God, Fry's Dog got me choked up, especially because I have my own dog.

That episode of House where Dr. Kutner dies. And when Amber dies. God those episodes made me sad.

Darque_Angel

08-02-2010, 08:26 PM

That episode of House where Dr. Kutner dies. And when Amber dies. God those episodes made me sad.

Amber dieing was very sad. The part that gets me on that episode is Wilson going home and laying down on the bed, that gets me every time.

Teal_Lantern

08-02-2010, 08:29 PM

God, Fry's Dog got me choked up, especially because I have my own dog.

That episode of House where Dr. Kutner dies. And when Amber dies. God those episodes made me sad.

I remember the episode with House's parents was pretty sad.

And I can't believe I forgot Scrubs, the finale, that episode was both sad and brilliant.

MayorMitch100

08-02-2010, 09:41 PM

last episode of LOST.

Zack Braff's last episode on Scrubs. Not the latest seasons with the new people though. I don't believe in those.

XXXenophile

08-03-2010, 02:39 AM

Fresh Prince.
When Will realizes that this biological father will never be the father he wants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxulantPiXI

Oh yeah that moment just HURTS.

Then go to the closeup of the statue.

Cam63

08-03-2010, 02:50 AM

The episode of Skippy when Sonny falls off the 1000 foot tall cliff in the Blue Mountains, leaving Skip to sadly shake his head and utter, " Tch tch tch... "

K-DoG7p7

08-03-2010, 02:54 AM

Futurama: "The Luck of the Fryrish", "Jurassic Bark" and "The Sting"
DS9: "The Visitor" and "The Sound Of Her Voice"
Blackadder Goes Forth: "Goodbyeee"

Silent G

08-03-2010, 03:55 AM

The moment in Band of Brothers when the real Dick Winters quotes a conversation between one of his men and that man's grandson makes me cry a little every time.

In the UK Office when David Brent asks not to be fired. Maybe it's the tonal shift that gets me but it got me.

The aforementioned scene of Bubbles getting to come up out of the cellar in the Wire.

CougarTrace

08-03-2010, 04:28 AM

sans serif

08-03-2010, 04:49 AM

:( So many moments in the The Wire. That's definitely one of them.

One that really gets me is when:
Kima gets shot. Yeesh.

Shisho

08-03-2010, 05:11 AM

I didn't cry exactly (I don't even cry in movies, believe it or not), but I definitely got choked up recently (as did my husband, surprisingly) in a recent episode of NCIS. The one where Abby confronts Gibbs and she has her little meltdown and basically offers to throw everything she believes in out the window if it means saving him from jail. I swear, Abby gets me every time.

CS Ambrose

08-03-2010, 05:12 AM

When Vincent kept Jack company in the end.

And yeah, the death of Charlie.

ER.. First season Of that show, every episode had a moment that would make me cry.

ER - The Letter: the episode in which Carter reads out the letter detailing Dr. Green's last days and telling everyone he died. Carter pins the letter to the notice board and as different cast members start their shift and read it it broke my heart each and every time.

CS Ambrose

08-03-2010, 05:20 AM

Dream

08-03-2010, 09:43 AM

Amber dieing was very sad. The part that gets me on that episode is Wilson going home and laying down on the bed, that gets me every time.

Same here. I actually teared right there.

I remember the episode with House's parents was pretty sad.

And I can't believe I forgot Scrubs, the finale, that episode was both sad and brilliant.

The Scrubs finale was really sad.

last episode of LOST.

Zack Braff's last episode on Scrubs. Not the latest seasons with the new people though. I don't believe in those.

For me, Scrubs ended when Zach Braff left.

Teal_Lantern

08-03-2010, 09:47 AM

I don't think hat I have ever actually cried at a TV show but have gotten pretty sad.

Also, every single episode of Cold Case, it's like that show's entire point is just to make each story as sad as possible, saddest one would be the teenage mothers episode.

Dark Galaxy

08-03-2010, 11:18 AM

I admitted this in the other thread as well, but I really honestly cry at the drop of a hat, when it comes to tv and movies. Way more than real life. I swear it's the music/score that gets me. Here are a few of the most memorable or recent ones. If I listed them all, I may go over the character limit.

-Charlie's death in Lost. I LOVED Charlie.

-Jack's death in the Lost finale. I made it through almost that whole show without sobbing too hard, and then that good doggie wouldn't let Jack die alone.:cry: (I seriously just got teary eyed thinking about it).

-Buffy's mom dying

-Buffy dying to save Dawn

-The finale of Dawnson's Creek (don't judge!) Poor Jen:sad:

-Most anything that is supposed to make someone emotional, will most likely bring me to tears.

There are a million more. I will add if I remember anything terribly ridiculous.

Teal_Lantern

08-03-2010, 11:22 AM

Another tearjerker part of the Lost finale

None of them died alone. When they died, they all went to that ame place together, so it was nice to know that Locke and Juliet all saw that when they died.

FanboyStranger

08-03-2010, 01:33 PM

Have to go with the season four finale of The Wire when Randy starts yelling at Carver in the hospital. After seeing Michael's fall from grace, that was the moment that pushed me over the edge emotionally. I don't think there's ever been anything as sad on television as season four of The Wire.

Lester C.

08-03-2010, 01:41 PM

I cried when Kosh bit it in Babylon 5.

J. Wilson

08-03-2010, 02:30 PM

When the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004.

When Bobby Simone died on NYPD Blue.

The Body episode of Buffy.

stealthwise

08-03-2010, 05:35 PM

last episode of LOST.

Zack Braff's last episode on Scrubs. Not the latest seasons with the new people though. I don't believe in those.

InTeRnEt HiGh-FiVe!

That final montage gets me every frigging time.

I think Scrubs meant more to me than any other tv show, because it came at such a hugely depressing time (just after 9/11, just left high school and tried to get things going at university, my parents had divorced, etc), and it was the one thing that I could rely on to keep me smiling.

XXXenophile

08-04-2010, 02:12 AM

ER - The Letter: the episode in which Carter reads out the letter detailing Dr. Green's last days and telling everyone he died. Carter pins the letter to the notice board and as different cast members start their shift and read it it broke my heart each and every time.

Actually the moment in the finale when Dr. Greene's daughter shows back up and when she announces who she is the look on Frank's face just like really got to me right then and there.