Can TV make you cry?

[Nikolas]

TV nope! Too random to keep in mind.

but movies, yes.

I vomited on 'Breaking the Waves' actually (1996, Lars von Trier), towards the ending scene in the boat. I just couldn't take it. I value vominting amazingly higher than "simply" crying.

And I cry a little bit on '101 Dalmatians' in the scene in the snow...

[Disco]

Oh...now if you were to ask if TV has ever made you vomit, then the question gets a bit easier  to answer.

Anyways:

TV Shows That Have Made Me Vomit

7th Heaven
The Help
Just Deal
Cleopatra 2525
Gilmore Girls
most of Full House
SK8
My Super Sweet 16

[Pumaman]

For me, I think one of the best endings I've seen in recent years was the finale to Life On Mars. It managed to be both happy and sad, providing a satisfying conclusion without going over the top with sentimentality.

On the other hand, if I ever meet Spielberg, he's going to pay for War of the Worlds and AI.

[[Cameron]]

I cry fairly easy in movies and watching TV, but the one that gets me the most is MASH. It always makes me cry, especially Hawk Eye's dear dad eps. Yeah, I'm a big softy.

[Emerald]

Man, you people are such girls...

I don't think I've ever been moved to tears by anything. I might sit there, floored for a while, but never cried...

[Disco]

...and that doesn't surprise me in the least 

[lo_res_man]

I cried a bit when in the episode in Full Metal Alchemist when Ishballan boys found out the reason

Spoiler

there mother didn't try to rescue them was because she was blind, she did try to rescue them, but she couldn't see them

[close]

[veryweirdguy]

It may seem silly to say it NOW, as the show has become this ultra-macho USA-happy action-hero-a-plenty shootathon, but in the second season of 24 there were a couple of nice moments where you thought there might actually be a possibility that Jack Bauer might die, and they actually caused me to well up. Since then, however, the show has bene far too silly for me to have any emotional response whatsoever.

I looooove Lost, but the end of Season 3 is probably one of the only moments I have felt genuinely emotionally attached to a character. For a long time I was not invested in the characters at all, only interested in the mystery. That's changed now, but for a good while this caused me to have no emotional attachment to them.

Also: Futurama. YES. Jurassic Bark, Luck of the Fryish, but also The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings. The last few moments of that are really touching, although this was probably originally because I thought it would be the last Futurama I would ever see. The whole final sequence of it is genuis though, all through the opera up until the final shot..."I want to see how it ends..."

Video games? Hmmm. I felt a strong emotional attachment on my second (and subsequent) playing(s) of Grim Fandango. I even keep a file of quotes saved from it in My Documents and read through them occasionally. I don't know why, but I especially like the Moon poem and the poem that actually mentions the "Grim Fandango." They don't make me cry, but I feel something from it.

The end of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 also tugged strongly at my heartstrings, though I won't spoil why. If you've played it you'll know.

Recently I have noticed how strongly comic books can access my emotional state as well, which may seem very silly (especially if you don't read them) but it's true. A couple of moments in "Y: The Last Man" (especially when A CERTAIN SOMETHING happens to A CERTAIN CHARACTER) really got me. Also: a book called "Pedro and Me," which is about a guy with AIDS, really got me. Also also: I recently read through the entire "Preacher" series and by gosh does that series pack an emotional punch.

Hmmm, has this post made me sound gay? Perhaps. I don't really cry at these things, maybe occasionally well up a bit, but I certainly know what is relevant emotionally - when the creator(s) have made me feel some sort of attachment with the characters.

[LimpingFish]

Futurama: Jurassic Bark

Yes! My sister's favorite episode, and it reduces her to tears every time she sees it.

EDIT: "The Luck of the Fryrish" is her second favorite.

[lo_res_man]

Futurama: Jurassic Bark

Yes! My sister's favorite episode, and it reduces her to tears every time she sees it.

EDIT: "The Luck of the Fryrish" is her second favorite.

Oh yes, "Luck of the Fryish" that was areal special episode. I havn't seen 'Jurassic Bark' but yes, of all the futurama episodes I have seen, "Luck of the Fryish" was the closest to making me cry.

[Rincewind]

I cry fairly easy in movies and watching TV, but the one that gets me the most is MASH. It always makes me cry, especially Hawk Eye's dear dad eps. Yeah, I'm a big softy.

Ah, MASH, heck yes. I cry every time I see the episode where Colonel Blake dies. I think death and loss in fiction is the thing that makes me cry the most often, hands down.

[hedgefield]

I am often moved by movies or games, and sometimes TV shows, but never really to the point of crying. There are those moments in Lost, 24 and Prison Break etc, but I think the most intense one -for a TV show- I experienced, was the season finale of Grey's Anatomy seasonnnn... 2 I think (I guess that makes me an even bigger queer ). But it was because I had watched all of season one and two on DVD over a few days, and the events combined with the music and the idea that I'd have to wait 6 months for the next season was pretty saddening. I was so attached to the characters by then it really felt like a goodbye.

[Tuomas]

Oh yeah, I completely forgot the Urusei Yatsura episode with the cherry tree blossom. It really made me feel something. Can't remember it that well, I should prolly get the episodes again and watch them

[The Ivy]

I cried a bit when in the episode in Full Metal Alchemist when Ishballan boys found out the reason

Spoiler

there mother didn't try to rescue them was because she was blind, she did try to rescue them, but she couldn't see them

[close]

Oh my god, I had forgotten all about that. Excuse me I...have something in my eye...

[Ubel]

For me, I think one of the best endings I've seen in recent years was the finale to Life On Mars.

I couldn't agree more. It had an excellent ending.

And to answer the ultimate question: No, I don't recall ever crying while watching TV. TV, no. Movies, yes. One very good example is The Green Mile... don't watch without tissues. :'(

[SSH]

There was that episode of In the Night Garden where Iggle Piggle lost his blanket...

[[Cameron]]

Another show that made me cry is Friends, but only ever stuff with Chandler. His stuff with Monica and his character developments always seemed the most real. Actually, a lot of other stuff in it made me cry, but mostly Chandler.

[Emerald]

I always thought Chandler was the least real character.

I mean, come on, have you ever heard of a real person who's first name is Chandler?

[EldKatt]

Well, there's this (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937).

And this (The Great Dictator, 1940).

[Emerald]

And this (The Great Dictator, 1940).

Yeah, his moustache makes me cry, too...