Life on Mars/Tear Jerker

"Ray: When you don't play the game, people get hurt. You didn't play the game,."
 * Any time Sam cries - which is a LOT. John Simm just breaks your heart.
 * Sam sobbing, almost hysterically, and draped over his TV in the first episode: "Wait! No! Wait, don't leave me, I'm in BUPA! Please don't leave me! No! No, please, I'm here! Don't leave me here! Please! Please! Please don't leave me!"
 * Episode 1-3 is rather depressing with Sam's knowledge of the future -- the factory will get demolished, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
 * The last half of episode 1-4 contains an absolutely gut-wrenching sucker punch. It really hurts to see how guilty Sam feels, as well -- in a way, it is his fault, and he knows it.

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 * Perhaps what makes this moment somewhat worse is when you hear Gene knock quietly on Sam's door instead of breaking it down like he normally would. When Gene Hunt is out of character like this something bad has clearly happened.
 * Sam's "The Reason You Suck" Speech delivered to in series 1 episode 5, where his normally-professional demeanour shatters and it's obvious that he's genuinely upset. It's painful because the subject of what he's talking about is a major real-world issue too.
 * Series 1 episode 6: After, and he starts to cry as he remembers a memory of his father that he talked about earlier.
 * The scene in the first season finale where Sam
 * Episode 2-5.

""It hurts, doesn't it?! That's because it's REAL!""
 * The interrogation with Ravi in episode 2-6. Gene is completely ruthless, and even rubs in his face. By the end of it, Ravi is in tears.
 * Annie's Armour Piercing Slap to Sam, delivered in.


 * in the final episode.