All Soaps: One good cry

[DRW50]

That's weird -- I was almost going to mention this. His death was very disturbing, and very brave from a writing point of view, because they had him choose risky surgery over a life of paralysis. He just could not face life in a wheelchair. So he had the surgery, and...he died. You don't see that very often with a heroic leading male character on a show.

[SFK]

The look on Bobbie's face and Felicia's pained, "Not Barbara Jean..."

Stone's, "I can see you!"

A very subtle scene where Jean was exhausted and lost control while sitting in a chair in the Llanfair library and Viki reemerged with no clue to what all had been going on. She was so vulnerable and scared.

I got the good kind of choked up when Erica had the 19 dozen roses delivered to her house ("You know 19's always been my lucky number!") when Susan Lucci finally won the Emmy.

[AllMyDaysatGH]

The tears always well up in me whenever I watch that clip of Susan finally winning her Emmy. I would like to see her win another one, imagine that.

ETA:Read your post over, SFK. I thought you were talking about SL winning her emmy, LOL! I didn't get to see her getting the 19 roses before. Dangit.

[dragonflies]

OMG me too! Those were heartbreaking scenes, well written and acted

[Adam]

Dixie says "Together..." Tad Says "Together, forever", Dixie smiles.... flatlines.... I start bawling.

[DRW50]

They upset me so much at the time. I just could not bear to see Lucy in more pain (and this was before they took a hatchet to her character). Then poor Kevin was strong for her, he only broke down when he was alone with Mac

[All My Shadows]

Jennifer says her goodbyes to Will, Paul, Barbara, Bob, and Kim before dying in Dusty's arms - ATWT

[dragonflies]

Alan's death on GH had me bawling like a baby. When he collapsed outside, it was heartbreaking.

Also Georgie's death on GH

Those were great scenes. I still have those on tape somewhere.

[All My Shadows]

And Hal! I forgot that BH/Hal was still around then.

So draining. I was totally into ATWT for most of that year up until that point, and I loved Jen, so having her die was so sad. It was the Thursday and the Friday of that week. I was through when she started calling Bob her hero, but then they started talking about the original Jennifer, which touched me on a more personal level because it really showed how soap characters' lives can parallel our own. My grandmother watch Jen's grandmother die in the 70s, and here I was watching Jen die thirty years later.

[Soapsuds]

Bobby's death in the hospital. Dallas 85 cliffhanger.

[DeeeDee]

It was his last appearances.

[dragonflies]

BJ's death on GH, when Tony puts his head on BJ's chest, that about killed me. I still think those are some of the best GH scenes ever.

[CassieFan]

1. Cassie's death and funeral - Y&R

2. Georgie's death and funeral - GH

3. Dixie's death - AMC

4. Emily's death - GH

5. Stone's death - GH

[juniorz1]

I cried when Eden "died" on SB in 91, falling from the cliff. I cried again when Marcy returned for her final scene, leaving her wedding ring behind and bidding farewell to longtime love Cruz through a window as he met her old friend (and multiple personality) Suzanne Collier.

I cried when Eden came to the beach house to try to comfort Cruz after Santana's deception but he rejected her (at first). I fell for it & bawled all weekend, to the point where my dad wanted me to stop watching because it was effecting me so much.

I cried when John reunited Marlena with Baby Belle on Christmas Eve as Billie sang "O Holy Night" in the background. One of the most touching & poignant episodes of Days of our Lives I've ever seen.

I cried when Cassie died on Y&R.

I cried during certain scenes of Lucinda's breast cancer story on ATWT back in 2005, mainly because my mother was going through the same thing at the time, though not quite as bad.

Those were the first scenes that came to mind, though I'm sure I'll think of more.

[Quent]

I have to agree about Jennifer's death on ATWT. The show hit all the right notes, with Jennifer getting to say goodbye to all her family, including Will, Bob, Kim, Paul and Dusty. But what really got me was her farewell to Barbara and Hal. CZP and BH were never better, and the fact that BH died about a month later made the scene even more heartbreaking.

Also worthy of many Kleenex was the scene at the fence when Katie ran after Simon, begging him to stay some years back. Terri and Paul pulled out ALL the stops for that scene.