NCIS/Tear Jerker


 * Any time on NCIS where Abby is less than sunny makes this troper sad, so seeing her almost in tears  was pretty sad.
 * "Judgment Day" - Jenny may have had her issues, but Tony's reaction to is absolutely heartbreaking.
 * Similarly, when Abby is upset in "Skeletons" because her boyfriend dumped her for being too tall. That in itself is sad enough, but the Reality Subtext (his dumping her was a hasty rewrite after the actor playing him died).
 * On an earlier-season note, "Once A Hero" brought the tears, but for a different reason. Firstly, once, and somewhat cathartic tears once.
 * This troper didn't quite cry, but did get the sniffles with Gibbs' last line:

"Roy: Would you think you'd have noticed... that I was no longer there? That I'd stopped running. Ziva: Yes. I would've noticed... I would have missed seeing you. Roy: But eventually you'd have forgotten me. Ziva: I won't forget you now."
 * Even earlier in the series (2.07) "Call of Silence" with the Medal of Honor winner believing he had killed a fellow marine during WWII. Offering his Metropass to DiNozzo (multiple times) and dancing with Kate in the squad room...
 * This troper got a little misty-eyed when DiNozzo nudged aside the man's tie, so that the Marines coming to arrest him could see the Medal of Honor, and them immediately snapping to attention out of respect.
 * Recently, the last ten minutes or so of the season 6 episode "Dagger".
 * At the end of "Silent Night", when Gibbs
 * The ending of "Corporal Punishment."
 * The season four episode "Dead Man Walking," in which Ziva comes to care for a man who's dying of radiation poisoning, definitely yanks on the heartstrings, particularly with the last scene:

"Gibbs: I don't KNOW Agent Gibbs, I don't WANNA know Agent Gibbs, I want... I want SHANNON! I want... Kelly... * sob* I miss 'em..."
 * and the episodes following it.
 * "...Shannon?" * sob*
 * Oh my God... anything that mentions Shannon and/or Kelly cues the waterworks for me. Particularly when he wakes up with amnesia, and everyone's calling him "Agent Gibbs"...

"Tony: Boss?"
 * Season 5 episode 7 "Requiem".
 * When we learn Gibbs gets his "rules" not from his father, but via flashback from the first time he talked with Shannon. *sniff*
 * Requiem had me in tears from the moment when the team figures out that Maddie was Kelly's best friend.
 * The end of season six. When Tony's sitting in the squadroom without

"Abby: Tell me how much I've been like a daughter to you, and how much you love me... Gibbs: Will that help? Abby: * visibly struggling for control* No...What I really need to know, Gibbs, is if you're gonna love me, no matter what.
 * The Season 7 premiere, as well.
 * Ziva shooting  Especially when straight after the scene shifts to.
 * The end of "Family", when Tony  Also a double Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, one for the series in general (the parents reunited with their child) and another for Tony and the team showing just how much of a family they've come to be.
 * "All we are we are..."
 * The end of "Borderland", where Abby She comes to Gibbs' basement, torn up over what to do. This conversation happens:
 * grey-out*, credits."


 * "Broken Bird," good Lord! Ducky is forced to face a Complete Monster who psychologically tortured him years ago while he served as a doctor in an Afghan refugee camp. But what brought it home was the very end when Ducky returns to work, quieter than ever before, and proceeds to break down in his girlfriend Jordan's arms.
 * When hits to close to home for This Troper
 * Just..."Swan Song" in general.
 * Season 2, episode 22, SWAK. Seeing DiNozzo looking so awful as he's dying from bubonic plague.
 * The end of "Honor Code", where scenes of Gibbs working on his boat with Zach are montaged with scenes of Gibbs and Kelly working on the boat.
 * Pretty much all of . Especially when
 * "Recruited" has a few, especially when it's revealed that the murdered petty officer was helping the boy to deal with bullying.
 * Doctor Magnus being reminded of all the people he helped.
 * The ending of "Till Death Do Us Part." While the fates of  are up in the air, the finale of the entire episode comes on a beach, where the shock of
 * Especially painful was the thought that "oh, Ducky's heartbroken but at least he's safe--