# Shows you never thought would make you cry... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493 "2010-11-22T00:14:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/1 "2010-11-22T00:14:19Z")
For me I’d say Futurama and the “Jurassic Bark” episode. Who would have thought that Futurama could make me cry? And yet there it did. What show made you cry that you never thought could, and which episode was it that did it? ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/2 "2010-11-22T00:19:52Z")
I was going to say Futurama and “Luck of the Fryrish”. Not Jurassic Bark because I don’t have the emotional attachment to dogs that most people do. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/3 "2010-11-22T00:20:11Z")
Well, I came to say Futurama, “Jurassic Bark.” Shit, now I have to actually come up with another one… Joe ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/4 "2010-11-22T00:23:58Z")
Yeah, I’ll agree with that Futurama episode. Another one for me was West Wing, which you wouldn’t really think of as a big tearjerking TV show, but I cried like a baby when Mrs. Landingham died. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/5 "2010-11-22T01:43:51Z")
Almost every episode of Cold Case (not to be confused with Cold Case FILES) made me cry. Beginning with a tragic death of some kind and then the resolution with the ghost of the wronged victim being vindicated while his/her loved ones go on… holy crap. I would just sit there and sob. I’ve been taping them, but now I’m getting mostly reruns and as good as they were, I can’t bear to watch them a second time. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/6 "2010-11-22T01:57:15Z")
Terriers makes me cry on almost a weekly basis. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/7 "2010-11-22T02:32:01Z")
_Mork and Mindy_. There is an episode “Reflections and Regrets” where Mork channels Mindy’s dead mother. Pam Dawber saying “Momma?” still raised goosebumps on my arms, even though I have not seen that show since it originally aired. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/8 "2010-11-22T02:49:16Z")
Babylon 5 Not the kind of show to draw tears, but it did a few times in its final episode, especially when the credits hit and it shows everyone from when they were new and how they ended up. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/9 "2010-11-22T03:24:41Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Babylon 5 > > Not the kind of show to draw tears, but it did a few times in its final episode, especially when the credits hit and it shows everyone from when they were new and how they ended up. _…Marcus lives!!!_ “Luck of the Fryrish” wins for me as well. My pick: the “Hey Arnold” Veterans Day episode. I just watched it again and found myself tearing up once more… https://www.youtube.com/embed/yYsChiK9wIs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque https://www.youtube.com/embed/wmopRmENRJE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque https://www.youtube.com/embed/FFcydmZOJ0w?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/10 "2010-11-22T03:36:17Z")
I was long past childhood when it aired, but Sesame Street. I saw online somewhere the skit where Big Bird hadn’t yet come to terms what Mr. Hooper dying meant, and expected him to be at a get-together where he was showing off the drawings he’d done of all of the locals. ☹ The adults had to explain to him the finality of death. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/11 "2010-11-22T09:48:04Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I was long past childhood when it aired, but Sesame Street. I saw online somewhere the skit where Big Bird hadn’t yet come to terms what Mr. Hooper dying meant, and expected him to be at a get-together where he was showing off the drawings he’d done of all of the locals. ☹ The adults had to explain to him the finality of death. Absolutely!☹ ---
**Author:** ![AutumnLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@AutumnLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AutumnLeaves)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/12 "2010-11-22T11:00:34Z")
> [@bibliophile](#): > > Terriers makes me cry on almost a weekly basis. Isn’t that the truth. Donal Logue is freakin’ brilliant on that show, so perfect and understated. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/13 "2010-11-22T12:56:43Z")
I’ll cry at almost anything and remember crying at The Bear in the Big Blue House once… But I came in to say the often hated episode of the Simpsons where Lisa makes some friends on holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/14 "2010-11-22T13:23:53Z")
The very last _Blackadder_, of course. Damn, damn, damn. ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/15 "2010-11-22T13:32:31Z")
Buffy’s _The Body_ ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/16 "2010-11-22T13:34:03Z")
_Sesame Street_, with the aforementioned Farewell, Mr Hooper episode. I too saw it online and it was just… argh. I can’t even. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/17 "2010-11-22T13:47:08Z")
The ending of the final epsiode of “Black Adder Goes Forth”–but then I’ve always had a soft spot about young men dying in WWI. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/18 "2010-11-22T14:51:53Z")
> [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](#): > > Buffy’s _The Body_ “Mom? Mom? … Mommy?” ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/19 "2010-11-22T15:17:53Z")
> [@bibliophile](#): > > Terriers makes me cry on almost a weekly basis. The one where Katie said goodbye to the dog. Ooof! And the fact that it’s probably going to get canceled. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493/20 "2010-11-22T15:18:26Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > For me I’d say Futurama and the “Jurassic Bark” episode. Who would have thought that Futurama could make me cry? And yet there it did. Poor doggie. Little guy spent his whole life waiting for Fry to come back, and he _could_ have woken up to spend a whole 'nother doggie-life with Fry in the future - if only Fry had the sense to let that happen. I don’t even _like_ dogs, and thought this was was as heck. Something’s in my eye … [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-never-thought-would-make-you-cry/561493.md?page=2)