The whole Daisy/Palmer/Myra thing. Jump to 2:29 and then jump to 6:50. Myra's Entrance was very chilling as well.

I liked when Lexis came out and told Hope and Bo that Zack died. KA's scream will forever be remembered. And Renee was great too.

Yes, if ever people didn't think that Kristian Alfonso could act...she certainly proved otherwise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3j_eKHb9t0

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GH: Tony tells Bobbie that BJ is brain dead. Heartbreaking performances from Brad Maule and Jackie Zeman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osT3P4YToD0

GH: Skye on the Witness Stand. Robin Christopher is at her best here. When she screams "It wasn't MEEEE, BRENDA killed Alcazar!"

and then "You miserable WHORE!" it's just spine-tingling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53S7Vh9LvSw

and then of course the MOST dramatic soap moment ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez79MbbIeFA

Of course there are more, which I'll think of and post later.

Tom confronts Erica about her birth control use.

I was just about to post that, AMS!

-Kendall wheeling Richard Fields into the courtroom

-Stone regaining his sight just before dying ("I SEE you, Robin, I can SEE you...")

-Tommy throwing Dorian down the stairs; Dorian discovering Princess in the cemetary

-The will reading where Katherine left everything to Esther

-Storm's suicide

-Iris and Mac's explosive arguments ("I've been too indulgent with you."/"In-DULLL-gent!?!?... That's why you sent me off to BOARDing school in Switzerland while you ran around like a fool with all types of women!"... "She's TURNED you AGAINST me, Daddy!"/"IRIS! Don't you EVER. EVER. Come into this house again.")

I guess this is more overdramatic than dramatic, but I love it anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GauO2xvW9uA

Luke gives the beatdown to his ungrateful niece Caroline, 1996:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfRbp9Xh0Og

Can't forget this from EastEnders:

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There are so many, but the one that's sticking out now is AMC's JR sobbing through singing "You Are My Sunshine" to Bess/Miranda as Jack, Tad, etc. showed up to retrieve the baby. ::Shattered:: Is this more sad than dramatic? lol

Two scenes come to mind:

1) Jennifer's death on ATWT. All the acting was great, but the scenes where Barbara and Hal say goodbye to their daughter were heartbreaking soaps at their best.

2) Katie and Simon's farewell at the fence. These two could do comedy as well as anybody, but in this gut-wrenching scene, they were at their dramatic best.

Can't forget this from EastEnders:

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Oh. That is, without question, one of the truly best moments in television history, soap, daytime, primetime, American or British. Just brilliant.

Mac and Iris on AW after it is revealed that she was behind the take-over.

Mac sliding down against the door, and that being the real last moment between the characters because the actor died in real life.

Chilling tear-jerker.

Yes yes yes. This is another one I decided not to post the clip of because I've already done it so many times.

One of my favorite little scenes which packed a big emotional punch was on Another Life, when Dave Phillips, who was the moral center of the show, upbraided his friend and fellow doctor, Ben, for leaving their free clinic behind and becoming more interested in money and power. Ben, reflexively, threw it Dave's face that he had no right to lecture anyone (Dave had once been an alcoholic and had killed his son in a drunk driving accident). Dave was crushed, and even though Ben immediately apologized, a wall of ice came down over Dave.

It was one of those types of scenes viewers could only understand if they knew and loved the characters, and it's something I really miss on soaps.