Saddest TV Moments

[Neurochick]

Michael Michelle, Callie Thorne, and <shudder> Jon Seda walking INTO the station house instead of Bolander, Howard, and Felton in the sixth season opener.

Oh that was sad, that was really sad, I did cry over that one, especially Jon Seda.

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Also, when Mark dies. I love the "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" rendition that was in that episode.

Wow I cried so much on that episode.

Buffy - so many moments, and when I saw Anya dead (although I knew it was going to happen) I choked even if she bugged me it meant the end for the show.

(My 4 year olds name is Xander Harris - no, Im not kidding).

Wow!

[eveschmeve]

When Billy died in the courtroom on Ally McBeal. I sobbed when he died, but also when Ally told Georgia that his last words were, "Tell Georgia that I love her."

I have never cried so hard during an episode- and I cried just as hard during the rerun.

[baseballgirl]

It's not sad, but it definitely makes me cry (Every. Damn. Time.):

We're not good friends. Most of us never found the time to get to know you. But that doesn't mean we haven't noticed you. We don't talk about it much, but it's no secret that Sunnydale High isn't really like other high schools. A lot of weird stuff happens here. ["Zombies ... hyena people ... Snyder!"] But whenever there was a problem, or something creepy happened, you seemed to show up and stop it. Most of the people here have been saved by you or helped by you at one time or another. We're proud to say that the Class of '99 has the lowest mortality rate of any graduating class in Sunnydale history, and we know at least part of that is because of you. So the senior class offers its thanks, and gives you, uh, this [holds up adorable miniature umbrella]. It's from all of us, and it has written here, 'Buffy Summers, Class Protector.'

[raqs]

The moment in 'A Doll's Eyes' when the brain-dead child, killed by a stray bullet fired by some mook in a mall, is disconnected from life support as his mother talks calmly to him about how much she loves him and then, as the heart monitor goes into its flatline tone, emits one long wail as she and his father cradle the boy in their arms...

Oh God. Thank you for making me tear up. In my office AT WORK. I'm blinking furiously in case the accountant drops in for a chat!

Honestly, anything involving children dying and parents grieving really bothers me, probably because I think I'd die if anything ever happened to my own child.

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Oh, man, Caroma, you are so right about the wonderfulness that was Homicide. The one with the kid on life support after being hit by a stray bullet wiped me out for days. When the dad picks him up and says his goodbye, then says, "I'm going to give you to your mother now..."

Another one that wiped the floor with me: When Gus died in Lonesome Dove. (paraphrase) "By God, Woodrow, it was a hell of a party, wasn't it?"

[spinsterliz]

M*A*S*H made me cry a couple of times. Henry Blake's death was sad as hell. But I also cried a little during the series finale. Yes, it drug on way too long, and the whole thing with Hawkeye and his story about the chicken/baby being smothered was just disturbing. But at the very end, when he has to say goodbye to B.J., that's when I cry, and I never even liked B.J. very much.

The two of them are standing there, and they're both trying not to cry, and they're telling each other all the things that make make them think of each other forever-mostly dumb stuff like the taste of bad alcohol. Then, finally, they get serious and just hug, and they're both still teary. Then they both leave. Aww. So sad.

[schmoosie]

Honestly, anything involving children dying and parents grieving really bothers me, probably because I think I'd die if anything ever happened to my own child

Wordy Word McWord. I have to stop watching the ER double play on TNT in the mornings. I shudder on a continual basis, then grab my 14 month old and hug him tight. Poor kid is gonna start running everytime he hears the ER theme! "Oh no! Mommy is going to grab me and practically smother me as she, hugs me, kisses me, and starts crying again!" Yes if anything happened to him I wouldn't want to know about it. I'd just want to be blessedly put out of my misery before I ever heard the news. That said, Oh please God never let anything remotely ERish or any of these shows happen to my family!!

[angel17987]

Although I think the only one that really made me actually cry (I don't cry much in movies or tv shows)was on Angel, in "I Will Remember You", when Angel has just told Buffy that she's going to forget everything that's happened between them. They've just had this blissful day or two and he's taking the whole fucking thing away from her again, after so much trauma, and she's clinging to him, crying and whispering, "I'll never forget, I'll never forget, I'll never forget." I was just in floods of tears after that one.

Yes! I was such a big Buffy/Angel shipper and that was so sad to me.

Also, on the subject of Angel, the series finale just killed me. I was such a fan and had watched the characters for years, first on Buffy and then Angel. It was like the end of an era for me, and when the end credits rolled, I bawled.

[monsterzero]

I think my saddest TV moment is the Doctor Who episode Logopolis where the Tom Baker Doctor falls to his death from the giant satellite dish during a fight with the Master. As the Master escapes, the Doctor's companions rush over to him. Now throughout the entirety of that season the normally flippant character of the Doctor had been restrained and foreboding, but what's really heartbreaking is that his first response right before his regeneration is a bright smile that harkens back to the earlier seasons, right before he says 'It's the end....'

That and Peter Davison's exit in Caves of Androzani when it succombs to spectrox toxemia and questions if he'll actually die this time. Heartbreaking stuff.