Fringe/Tear Jerker

"Elizabeth: Please. Please turn it back on again. Please turn it on. I want to see him again!"
 * A the end of the pilot, Olivia goes to ask Peter to stay and help them. Every time he asks "where's John" she doesn't answer and starts talking faster and faster. It's painfully obvious that she's trying not to cry.
 * When Thomas Jerome Newton shows Walter a series of still images and asks what his strongest association with them is, four out of five of them draw an association with Peter: an image of Peter as a boy, a glass of orange juice, a bowl of custard, and a child-sized coffin.
 * Walter breaking down over  in "A New Day in Old Town." He insists, at first, that she can be revived, then examines her himself and moans, "I'm so sorry, Olive." (Probably for a lot more than just failing to revive her.)
 * The one sentence that will dissolve any fan of Charlie Francis into a puddle of tears. "You're gonna be fine."
 * The Observer
 * Walter's breakdown in "Snakehead".
 * And again at the end when he sees that Astrid was hurt by the gang members.
 * The entire episode of "Peter."

"Shape-shifter: *about a monster under the bed* You know... sometimes... monsters aren't all that bad. Sometimes... if you get to spend some time with them, they can be very surprising. They can be, um, incredibly sweet and pure and capable of great, great love. And then, one of them might actually become your very, very best friend.
 * The
 * When Peter
 * It's a little bit of Fridge Horror(Fringe Horror?) but in "Brown Betty," when
 * Olivia's
 * Olivia's confrontation with Fauxlivia's mother. The hug, the little "I'm not your daughter" and the fact that the brainwashing actually works because of it. A part of you just knows that the reason it worked was because she wanted it to.
 * "This is your safehouse."
 * This conversation between a shape-shifter and the boy who thinks that it (he?) is his father.

Boy: But you're my best friend.

Shape-shifter: *quietly* Yeah, that's right."

"Walter: *holding Peter's face* Every day, for the past 25 years, I've tried to imagine what you'd look like as a man...my son. *lets go* But I don't deserve this. I don't deserve you. I realise now that this was my punishment. You were sent to tempt me. See if I would repeat the mistakes of the past. You shouldn't be here.
 * The scene in Marionette where Olivia is trying to wash all her clothes, then breaks down at the sight of Peter's sweater, is just... It's heartbreaking to watch the stoic Action Girl be suddenly broken.
 * Just about every interaction between Peter and Olivia in that episode is a Tear Jerker.
 * Whatever parts of Subject 13 that didn't make you feel warm and fuzzy. Heck, even Walternate inspired a few sniffles.
 * Little Peter's breakdown especially. The hitch in his voice when he shouts "I wanna go home" is heartbreaking.
 * "She's me, only better." Oh, Liv...
 * There's one brief moment in "Bloodline" but he just looked so sad.
 * Peter and Walter in "6:02 am".
 * Olivia and Walter's reunion in the Bad Future.
 * Sudden, no acknowledgement, no goodbye, just... gone.
 * From 4.02 "Walter, I'm here. Can you hear me? I'm right here. Walter, I'm right here. I'm here, Walter. Walter, right here. Right here, Walter. Right here. Walter, I'm here. Can you hear me? I'm right here. Walter...Please. Help me."
 * And they did it again in 4.03: "Walter, I'm scared. I wanna come home."
 * Walter's situation in the Amber Timeline.
 * The end of "Novation"

Peter: Walter, no!

Walter: Wherever you came from, however you got here... it doesn't matter. I can't help you.

Peter: Walter, you don't understand-

Walter: I tried to help a boy. A version of my son. 25 years ago. But that boy was never my﻿ son... and neither are you."

"Alt-Astrid: I thought I would come here. I didn't know where to go after. Mother had traditions for such occasions but I don't know. I don't remember her. My mother died of cancer when I was a girl. Did yours as well?
 * And Those We Left Behind. Pretty much all of it.
 * In The Firefly, when Roscoe is talking about his son's death and the subsequent collapse of the band, breaking up emotionally over it... which is made even stronger by  and Christopher Lloyd's intense, emotional performance.
 * Peter's scene with Walter in Back to Where You've Never Been. Walter tells him how Elizabeth committed suicide and then refuses to help him because of what happened last time.
 * In "Making Angels", Alt-Astrid comes to Blue universe without asking for clearance. We know something bad happened to her but we don't find out until this conversation.

Astrid: Yes.

Alt-Astrid: At first I thought I would walk in the park. But it was so cold. And I cannot stop thinking about the word Reverend Stewart said. What a leader he was. A great man. A great friend. Reverend Stewart said he would be sorely missed. *starts to cry* And they lowered the box down into the ground and we put down flowers. I didn't know where to go. Because the park was so cold. May I ask you a question? Yours. Did you love him?

Olivia: Astrid. What's going on?

Astrid: I think my fa... I-I think her father is dead."

"Alt-Astrid: My father...I cannot get the thought out of my mind. That I couldn't give him what he wanted because of... the way that I am. That he secretly wished that I could love him back in a way that he could understand. Do you think that if I were more like you, he would have loved me more? If I was normal?"
 * And this.

" : I have a son.
 * Even sadder is finding out that he would have loved her more if she was normal.
 * It's impossible to watch this episode without wanting to give Alt. Astride a hug.
 * September

September: You had a son."

"Peter: Imagine the repercussions.
 * Peter  We don't even know if it's true but she looked so sad.
 * September is  Considering he's been in practically every episode and   it's rather sad.
 * Olivia and Nina at the end of A Short Story About Love.
 * Peter and his mother reunite during the season two finale.
 * The brief scene with Nina was fairly depressing.
 * The Bad Future. The universe is breaking apart. The opening credits now include water and hope.  Walternate   Ella, who once fixed Walter's story, doesn't believe in happy endings anymore. But Walter has a plan. A really drastic plan.
 * The brief scene with Nina was fairly depressing.
 * The Bad Future. The universe is breaking apart. The opening credits now include water and hope.  Walternate   Ella, who once fixed Walter's story, doesn't believe in happy endings anymore. But Walter has a plan. A really drastic plan.

Walter: There's no telling what the cost might be. *touches Peter's face* But it can't be worse than this. Can't be worse than this.


 * beat*

Peter: What would I need to do?"

"Walter: I think I shall miss them. More than I imagine."
 * And the consequences were severe.
 * After an entire episode of Fauxlivia, blue!Lincoln and red!Lincoln exchanging friendly banter and the two Lincolns bonding over their similarities,
 * A slow, sad rendition of Fauxlivia's Theme, which was usually played when she was up to no good, was played in the background.
 * Fauxlivia, who was all smiles until then, drowning her sorrows. Unlike Olivia, who has a rather high alcohol tolerance, Fauxlivia just gets hung over and miserable. Also? It's alcohol that Frank left behind when he dumped her.  Yeah.
 * "I don't like funerals. I never know what I am supposed to say." Damn it, Alstrid stop making us cry.
 * "Letters Of Transit." Just... the idea of it. They save two universes and still don't get their happy ending? Surely they've earned it?
 * The world has, in short, gone to shit. But they've saved the world once already, implying that the alternate universe is safe. And Etta is reunited with her family. That's something, right?
 * The fact that  isn't there is officially no longer a Tear Jerker.
 * The ending of Worlds Apart.
 * The fact that  isn't there is officially no longer a Tear Jerker.
 * The ending of Worlds Apart.

"Walternate: Okay."
 * The first thing Walter does after they  is to check if Peter is still there.
 * They stop Jones for now.
 * Walternate's reaction to the  This man fought tooth and claw for his universe. His world was healing.   Damn.

"Walter: I know you loved him-

Nina: *shouting* Oh Walter, just stop it! *Olivia and Walter look startled*

Walter: It's still possible-

Nina: *shouting* Oh Walter, anything is possible!"


 * 4x22.  That woman shouldn't be allowed to cry, it's too damn sad.
 * Walter  Not the act itself because of Foreshadowing, the Foregone Conclusion and pure disbelief but Walter and Peter's reactions were awful.