Blake's 7/Tear Jerker

Tear Jerkers in  include:

""I am sorry. I... have... Failed you.""
 * In one of the very shocking moments within Blake's 7 is the loss of  Up till this point the protagonists had spent a series almost emerging unscathed from such situations, often laughing off the after effects.
 * "Blake", one of the most tragic series finales ever seen on TV.
 * The death of . Poor  ...


 * The Avon/Anna backstory. Avon's failed bank fraud resulted in the capture of his lover, who was subsequently tortured to death. Later he learns that the Federation only came after them because they thought he was political, and while trying to get revenge on her killers he runs into Happy endings, eh?
 * The massacre of the resistance group and later the murder of and his girlfriend in the very first episode. It's not that their deaths are particularly sad: it's that they don't matter. No one will notice, no-one will be outraged and, after a little Orwellian editing, no-one will remember they ever existed at all.