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* The seventh series departure of Rimmer, and his taking up the mantle.

* The ending of Series VIII ("Only the Good") might also fit the bill. Rimmer returns from the mirror universe (he actually [[Dirty Coward|comes ''back'']]) to find that the ship is burning, the others have escaped and he's stuck. Then he discovers that the antidote formula he brought back is actually {{spoiler|the formula for the virus}}. And the paper burns up. With [[Playing the Heart Strings|violin music]]. It's the quiet little "smeg" as he collapses that makes me go all sniffly.

{{quote|'''Rimmer''': "That was going to be our song... but I never found anyone to share it with. So now it's my song."}}

 

* ''[[Roseanne]]'' has a few emotional scenes, but the one that truly qualifies at tearjerker is the final episode. {{spoiler|In the end Roseanne confesses that all of the events since Dan's heart attack were made up. In fact, Dan died that day. The final shot shows an apathetic looking Roseanne sitting in front of the tv, eating chips, indicating that she might have lost her lust for life. Thus the series ends on a bitter note.}}

** If you take that scene along with the voice-over right before, it sounds like she only briefly gave into food and depression, but got out of her funk and ''chose'' to be alive when Darlene's baby was premature, making that last scene on the couch more of a [[Bittersweet Ending]].

 

 

** This moment is more of of a tearjerker now than it was then, but there was an old Schiller's Reels sketch called "Love is a Dream" which had Jan Hooks and Phil Hartman in it. Hooks played an old woman going into a storage place and taking out an old necklace of hers and suddenly she's flashing back to a young woman as Hartman comes out as Nutcracker-like soldier and they dance and it's just so beautiful. As the flashback ends she puts away the necklace and is walking out and the guard there waves goodbye to her, which is Hartman's character as an old man. This was a touching and mildly tear-jerking video at first, but when Hartman died in 1998, it became a full fledged sobfest.

*** Phil Hartman's goodbye from his last episode of season 19 (1993-1994 season; the host was Heather Locklear; the musical guest was Janet Jackson) was sad enough, but now when you look back... It's Phil, singing, and holding a ''clearly'' sobbing Chris Farley... There are no words.

** When Mr. Rogers died, during the last sketch of the night, Sanz came out onto a stage with only a spotlight on him. He had on a cardigan sweater and was saying "A very good friend of ours died this week" and then started to sing "You're Special" and then said "Thank you, Mr. Rogers" and then the camera fixed on a little trolley going across the stage and into black.

*** The much-despised ([[Justified Trope|and with good cause]]) Jean Doumanian era (1980-1981), of all places, has a [[Tear Jerker]] moment on what many consider is one of the few consistently funny episodes of that season (the episode hosted by Karen Black with musical guests Cheap Trick and The Stanley Clark Trio). There's a sketch that takes place through the eyes of a man who is laid up in the hospital after having a stroke (his thoughts can still be heard and are voiced by [[Gilbert Gottfried]] in one of the rare times that Gottfried [[Averted Trope|actually]] ''[[Averted Trope|had]]'' [[No Indoor Voice|an indoor voice]]). After being visited by his [[Jerkass]] daughter and her boyfriend (played by episode host Karen Black and cast member Charles Rocket), who only care about finding his will, his best friend, Rachel, (played by Denny Dillon) is revealed to be the only one who actually cares about him (as she loved him, despite that he married someone else) and the one who is the beneficiary to his will. Rachel's line, "I've always wanted you, Morris. Why didn't you ask me? Why was it Ruth you married?", the way she takes one final look back at him before she leaves (knowing that {{spoiler|he's going to die}}), and the ending of the sketch ( {{spoiler|in which the man is put under with a sedative and sings a song that he remembers from when he was with Rachel}}) is heart-wrenching.

{{quote|"You told me you didn't speak french"

"I lied. My wife tauht me. She taught me many things. Above all, how to say goodbye." }}

 

 

* {{spoiler|Sid's father's death}}, and his utterly shell-shocked reaction to it, in Season 2 of ''Skins''.

* When Sid runs to the beach in tears, and Michelle follows him, and then he turns around and says to her brokenly, "Chelle, I'm so lonely." Add Fat Segal's beautiful ambient music in the background.

* {{spoiler|Chris' death and funeral.}}

* The scene in the final episode of Series 2 where {{spoiler|Tony and Sid say goodbye. "I've always loved you the best, Sid."}} Heartwrenching.

** Series 2's finale is like a neverending tearjerker. Aside from the two examples above, the other plotlines have {{spoiler|Anwar reaching a dead end in his life and facing up to the shame and loneliness from being left behind while all his other friends were able to move on with their lives. During the scene where he makes up with Maxxie and leaves with him, this becomes tears of happiness... only to become tears of sorrow again when the bus leaves to show Sketch, alone and forgotten with a face of pure despair.}}

* Naomi's struggles to face up to her love of Emily in her episode.

{{quote|'''Emily:''' I know you, Naomi. I know you're lonely. I think you need somebody to want you. Well, I ''do'' want you. So be brave, and want me back!}}

 

 

* ''St. Elsewhere'' many times, but especially at the end of the heart transplant episode where Jack Morrison goes to the ICU, takes out his stethoscope, and listens to his late wife's heart which is now beating in Eve Leighton's chest.

* The finale is sure to get you crying, especially if {{spoiler|you're a cat lover}}. Seriously, MTM, what the fuck?!

*** Much of "Duet", but one particular moment is Kira's plea that she be allowed to continue the investigation, on behalf of "every Bajoran who moved too slowly, and then never moved again."

** The finale manages to do it through [[Mood Whiplash]]. The happiness of {{spoiler|the end of the war}} quickly turns into the sadness of {{spoiler|Odo's departure, Garak returning to a destroyed Cardassia, and Sisko's death/ascension.}}

*** {{spoiler|Damar...poor, poor Damar. Especially his final "Keep..."}}

** "The Siege of AR-558" nearly managed to make two men cry.

** "The Darkness and the Light". Poor Kira. Especially the deaths of Furel and Lupaza.

** The baby changeling dying in "The Begotten". Oh. My. God.

* In the classic ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "The Best of Both Worlds" had a ton:

** Picard sheds a single tear, as he's powerless to stop the Borg from altering his mind and body. Add in Ron Jones's epically sad music and a Klingon would weep.

'''Data''': ...[[Emotional Emotionless Person|I wish I could feel it with you]].<br />

'''Lal''': I will feel it for both of us. }}

{{quote|'''Lal''': Thank you for my life. }}

*** Another tearjerker? Lal's ''name'' actually means "beloved".

** There's also a [[Reality Subtext]], as the first episode was written around the time of Gene Roddenberry's decline and the second, where Sarek died, was dedicated to Gene, who had died not long after it was filmed. It's about the decline and death of the father of [[Star Trek]], giving it a more personal [[Tear Jerker|Tear Jerking]] touch.

* ''The Naked Now'' had Tasha indulging with Data under the influence of a virus similar to the TOS episode ''The Naked Time''. Her later [[That Didn't Happen]] excuse, to what we find later is one of his most cherished memories, leaves us heartbroken for someone who [[Tin Man|can't be]].

{{quote|'''Picard''': Under the circumstances, I don't think Tasha would mind. }}

* More Data in ''The Measure of a Man''. Riker's guilt for playing devil's advocate, not to mention essentially committing multiple acts of battery, shows that their friendship has evolved from what it was. Data's forgiveness of same, noting that [[I Did What I Had to Do|he did what he had to do]], shows that not only does he understand humanity more than he thinks, he embodies some of our ''best'' traits.

** In a similar vein, Spock's ending words in "This Side of Paradise" about his time as part of the [[Lotus Eating Machine]]: "I have little to say about it, Captain. Except that, for the first time in my life, I was happy."<br />Dammit, Spock.

** "Where No Man Has Gone Before," had Elizabeth Dehner's death.

* ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode, "The Forgotten." Following a devastating battle with the Xindi, Trip is asked to write a letter to a killed crewman's parents - a task he finds increasingly difficult before he finally cracks.

{{quote|"Every time I start, I hear myself saying what a fine young woman she was – how smart and full of potential. And I realize, I'm not thinking about Taylor at all, I'm thinking about Elizabeth. So many people dead. I tried not to see her any differently than the other seven million, so I've spent the last nine months pretending she was just another victim! But she's not. She's my sister, T'Pol - my baby sister!"}}

* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' made a [[Tear Jerker]] out of its very first scene, in which Ayiana and a male Ancient just stand there for a while, looking at each other in silence, then part--and Atlantis leaves Earth forever. Especially since we know what happens to Ayiana much, much later...

** Also, possibly the Funeral scene in ''Sunday''. Even if the rest of the episode was a flat out ridiculous.

**** Bagpipes are simply [[Tear Jerker]] incarnate for whatever reason. Add them to a funeral and the waterworks come, guaranteed. Just goes to show they know how to get to the audience.

** Ronon's reaction to finding out his friends {{spoiler|are Wraith Worshippers}} in ''Reunion''.

** The scene where John and Rodney are on the pier at night toghether, with Rodney trying to remember his niece's name, asking if they should say their goodbyes now, John resolutely refusing (I'm not saying goodbye! "Well I'm saying it anyway! "Well I'm not gonna listen!"), ending with Rodney saying that John is a good friend...calling him Arthur. John looks at him in shock, thinking he's losing even more memory...and then the two burst into a fit of giggles. I never really bought the two of them being friends until this scene.

** Woolsey gets one in when he talks about his father's moment of clarity. It's a far more relatable story, and hits that much harder for it.

* There's a tiny little moment in ''Echoes'' when Teyla is in the infirmary and Ronon's talking to her. This doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|CMoH]] and solidified Jason Momoa as a great actor.

* "With her last breath she took out three of Michael's Hive Ships... And we buried another empty casket." {{spoiler|-Future Rodney speaking about Sam's last stand during an ambush over a heavily populated world.}}

* For fans of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', Samantha Carter's farewell to the show - and [[Amanda Tapping]]'s, to boot - likely induced quite a few tears. Carter was a mainstay of ''SG-1'' through the show's entire run, and her transfer brought home the fact that the longest-running science fiction show in American television history had just come to an end.

 

== [[The Suite Life On Deck]] ==

* Marcus' goodbye party in "Bon Voyage", especially when he's thanking everyone and telling them how fondly he has always thought of them.

 

 

 

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