Law & Order: Criminal Intent/Tear Jerker

Tear Jerkers in  include:

"Nelda: Don't you care about me at all? I know you do, I saw it. Goren: I didn't mean for you to see it."
 * Law & Order: Criminal Intent, episode Magnificat. Det. Goren's interrogation of Paul Whitlock, whose wife  You can view the clip here.
 * Also, the ending of Semi-Detached. You really must watch the episode to appreciate why it's so sad.

"You're the best. You always will be."
 * The season 5 episode "In the Wee Small Hours," Detective Eames's testimony. The phrase "acquired taste" still makes some hardcore fans cry.
 * Goren's mother is scizophrenic, and has lymphoma. ON her last day alive, Bobby must find out from her whether or not her old lover, who turned into a serial rapist and murderer, was his biological father. She admits to never knowing for sure. His look of devastation will break your heart. In the same scene, he tries to calm her and she starts flailing on him weakly. It's really the saddest moment of the whole show, this poor woman beating up on her big, strong son in helpless anger, and he the one who loves her the most in the world. ..
 * Goren and Eames's final scene in the season nine opener. They have the most heartbreaking conversation,


 * I'm crying just thinking about it.