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Aug. 7th, 2005 11:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brokenrecordSeen this around, decided to do it. I take "emotional" as meaning "so gut-wrenchingly sad it makes me bawl", since if I decided to add happy moments as well, I would explode. It was hard enough narrowing this down to 20. So, yeah. In no particular order (except all the ones in each fandom are together and those are in order by episode).
Hee, I just realized that I totally lied when I said that all of these were "so gut-wrechingly sad it makes me bawl". The rest are, though, I swear. Uh, so this isn't really a TV show moment, but... well, it was on TV, so it counts. Any other time of the year I probably wouldn't think to put this, but... well, you've seen how I've been the past few days. (Don't worry, I'll return to normal soon). So, this was on my mind. And seriously, I tear up every fucking time I see this. It's just... incredible. I mean, him concentrating and Bucky, Andy, and Bob all behind him supporting him and him attempting it time and time again and the crowd cheering him on and him ACTUALLY FINALLY FUCKING DOING IT and his reaction and everone's reaction (...especially Bob's. I've seen the video millions of times, and he just like... puts his hands on his face and looks up and looks so relieved and it's almost as if he himself made it and that's what I mean about the skateboarders being so... friendly) and everyone swarming him and guh. Thinking about it makes me teary. It was such a gigantic moment in skateboarding history. And to this day, only 3 people can pull it off, including Tony. It's just insane.
2. Charmed - All Hell Breaks Loose - Piper dies
Ok, now to the gut-wrenching. My god, Holly Marie Combs and Shannen Doherty are amazing in this scene. The whole episode. My favorite episode of the series, by the way (back when it was my absolute favorite show and it was actually, you know, good). But man, Piper's "Prue, I'm cold. I can't feel my legs" totally kills me everytime. It's just... guh. I shiver just thinking about it.
3. Charmed - Hell Hath No Fury - Piper yells at Prue for dying
Seriously. I love Holly Marie Combs. She's what kept me watching through the 7th season. She's what'll bring me back for the 8th. This whole scene at Prue's grave is just... horrible (um, in a good way). So painful to watch. "How dare you leave me! How could you go and die and leave me here all alone? Please come back. I need you." and "She risked her life everyday and she never thought about what would happen to me and Phoebe if she was gone." Just... sigh. (Also, sorry about the crappy quality of the first 3 pictures. The rest should be better.)
4. The O.C. - The Gamble - Ryan's mother leaves
I think The Gamble is probably my favorite The O.C. episode. The first 3 are like... perfection to me.
5. The O.C. - The Ties that Bind - Kirsten breaks down after Ryan leaves
Man, there are like... 3 episodes that can make me cry in The O.C., and in two of them it's all because of Kirsten (and in the other, it's actually like 1/2 because of Kirsten, so close enough). I liked the episode up until that point, but Kirsten's breaking down completely made it for me. And I love how much it shows the progression of the Kirsten/Ryan relationship. I mean, in the beginning of the season, she didn't even want him staying there, and in the end, she's crying because he's gone. Absolutely heartbreaking.
6. Doctor Who - The Parting of the Ways - everything
I'm totally serious about the everything, btw. There is only one other episode of any TV show that has me absolutely bawling throught the entire episode besides this one. Just... man. Everything! Jack's death and sending Rose home and hearing the recording of the Doctor saying "If you're seeing this, it means I'm dead, or close to it" (blah, horrible paraphrasing, but you know what i mean) and Rose fighting to return and seeing the soul of the Tardis and "my doctor" and the kiss and "You were fantastic, Rose, and you know what? So was I" and omg there is no limit to my love for this episode. I'm getting teary just thinking about it. Ok, now I'm going to be forced to watch this episode again. Damn this meme.
7. Queer as Folk - 122 - Brian's reaction to the bashing
I was going to say "the bashing", but it's really not the bashing that makes me start tearing up, it's Brian. The second he sees Hobbs and gets out of the car and yells Justin's name... god. And his saying "No, no, no, no" frantically and seeing him waiting in the hospital with the bloody scarf still around his neck... guh. I am dead.
8. Veronica Mars - You Think You Know Somebody - Veronica and Keith's argument over her mom
Veronica's "You can find anybody!" is what totally kills me. Her voice cracks and you can hear her distress and... guh. I immediately start crying.
9. Veronica Mars - A Trip to the Dentist - Veronica confronts Duncan
God, this entire scene is positively painful to watch in the best way possible. Both Kristen Bell and Teddy Dunn did a phenomenal job with this scene. I really have no words for it.
10. Veronica Mars - Leave it to Beaver - Veronica kicks her mother out
I adore this scene. It really shows how much Veronica's grown. I mean, my first VM emotional moment was Veronica arguing with her dad about finding her mother, and in this one, she's kicking her out of their home. I love "I bet on you, and I lost. I've been doing that my whole life, and I'm through." What really makes the scene for me, though, is Lianne saying "Veronica... it's not easy," and Veronica replying "I know it's not." Because honestly, who's Lianne to tell Veronica about difficulties in life? Especially after what Veronica went through in the last two episodes, not to mention her best friend's death. And I definitely do know that alcoholism is a serious disease and it isn't easy to just abandon alcohol, but the fact that Lianne was in rehab and how much Veronica went through to get her there... I mean, Lianne took the easy way out. Rehab would've been difficult, but she didn't bother to stick it through. So, yeah. Veronica's "I know it's not," is just... perfect.
11. Angel - I Will Remember You - Buffy and Angel only have a few minutes left before the day's reset
This scene is just so heavy with emotion. And when Angel goes back a day to Buffy being all cold again? Oh, man. The most heart-wrenching part for me is Buffy's repeated "There's not enough time, there's not enough time!" Never fails to make me bawl.
12. Angel - Hero - Doyle dies
"The good fight, yeah? You never know until you've been tested. I get that now." Oh, man. I loved Doyle! geez. Him punching Angel and kissing Cordy and saving the day... geez. "Is that it? Am I done?" Most heartbreaking episode of Angel for me.
13. Buffy - Prophecy Girl - Buffy doesn't want to die
Oh, geez. "The signs? Read me the signs! Tell me my fortune! You're so useful sitting here with all your books! You're really a lot of help!" and "I don't care! I don't care. Giles, I'm sixteen years old. I don't want to die." I really don't know what to say. This is such a powerful scene.
14. Buffy - Innocent - Buffy's lets the candle burn
It was a tough choice between the scene where Buffy finally sees Angel again but he's Angelus and taunts her about their first time and... this scene. But I chose this scene just because it shows how much Buffy's matured (or at least how jaded she's become) in the span of one episode. Poor, poor Buffy.
15. Buffy - Passion - Buffy rescues Giles
Man, and I thought choosing a scene from Innocent was hard. It was between Giles finding Jenny's body, Buffy and Willow finding out about Jenny's death, and the scene between Buffy and Giles right after she rescues him and tells him she needs him. I had to choose this, though. "You can't leave me. I can't do this alone." guh.
16. Buffy - Becoming Pt. 2 - Buffy's mom can't accept her being the slayer
This is my absolute favorite episode of Buffy. You know when I said for the Doctor Who episode The Parting of the Ways that there was only one other episode of any TV show that had me crying from start to finish? Well, yeah. That's this one. The end with the fight is absolutely killer, and Angel getting his soul back, and Buffy having to kill him anyways, and Buffy leaving home, and but I had to go with this moment. I don't know why, but this just... completely gets me. "No, it doesn't stop! It never stops!" And then Joyce tells her that if she walks out of the house, she can't come back, and... Buffy leaves. god. Such a heartwrenching moment.
17. Buffy - The Wish - Giles smashes Anya's amulet
It's actually the part where Anya says "You trusting fool! How do you know the other world is any better than this?" and Giles replies "Because it has to be." guh. Plus, the entire fight scene. Oz kills Willow, Buffy kills Angel and Xander, the Master kills Buffy... [shivers].
18. Buffy - The Prom - Willow helps comfort Buffy after Angel breaks up with her
There are a lot of emotional moments in this episode, and I was considering going with Angel breaking up with Buffy or Buffy winning that award, but I had to go with this moment. I love the Willow/Buffy friendship, and I hate that it's essentially nonexistent later in the series. Buffy's "I think horrible is still coming. Right now, it's worse. Right now, I'm just trying to keep from dying," and "I can't breathe, Will. I feel like I can't breathe." Oh man, poor Buffy. I'm tearing up just thinking about it.
19. Buffy - The Body - Buffy's mother dies
I love the scene where Buffy tells Dawn that Joyce has died and the one where Anya has the speech about not understanding death, but I think this is the most emotional for me. Especially when Giles comes and Buffy calls her mother "the body" and then realizes what she's just said.
20. Buffy - The Gift - Buffy dies
Buffy's realization that she has to die and her speech to Dawn and all her friends finding her dead... guh. Absolutely kills me.
So, I definitely did not start crying multiple times while doing this meme and I'm definitely nowhere near close to crying right now. Stupid emotional moments.
Ok, now I'm off to watch Skateboard Big Air. After that is the supermoto thing which I really couldn't care less about (I'd rather watch Moto X Step Up), which means that by 1 or 1:30ish, X Games will be over for me. sigh. It's so fun to get as excited as I do over the X Games, but that means that once the end comes, I'm in for a major crash. And if that wasn't enough, the series finale of Queer as Folk is on tonight as well. sigh. Tomorrow will not be fun.
