Law & Order: Criminal Intent/Tear Jerker

Law & Order: Criminal Intent, episode Magnificat. Det. Goren's interrogation of Paul Whitlock, whose wife (based on Andrea Yates) is being charged for the murder of three of their sons in an attempted murder-suicide. You can view the clip here.
- Also, the ending of Semi-Detached. You really must watch the episode to appreciate why it's so sad.

Nelda: Don't you care about me at all? I know you do, I saw it.
Goren: I didn't mean for you to see it.

The season 5 episode "In the Wee Small Hours," Detective Eames's testimony. The phrase "acquired taste" still makes some hardcore fans cry.
- Goren's mother is scizophrenic, and has lymphoma. ON her last day alive, Bobby must find out from her whether or not her old lover, who turned into a serial rapist and murderer, was his biological father. She admits to never knowing for sure. His look of devastation will break your heart. In the same scene, he tries to calm her and she starts flailing on him weakly. It's really the saddest moment of the whole show, this poor woman beating up on her big, strong son in helpless anger, and he the one who loves her the most in the world. . .
Goren and Eames's final scene in the season nine opener. They have the most heartbreaking conversation, ending in an Anywhere But The Lips kiss. Eames accepts the captaincy, on the condition she has to fire Goren. She does so, but then lays her badge and gun on Ross's old desk and quits herself because she can't imagine working without her beloved partner.

You're the best. You always will be.

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