2013 was a year filled with tears caused by what we saw on television, and the masochists inside ourselves couldn’t help but put them all together in one list.
Because of the vast number of spoilers this article contains, we’ve hidden the major deaths and/or events in white so you’re not entirely spoiled. In order to look at the surprises, just highlight the text.
‘The Vampire Diaries’: Funerals and feathers
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The Vampire Diaries is no stranger to character deaths, and it seems that even when you’re expecting or wanting a character to die, you’re still hit with that emotional tsunami. Bonnie‘s funeral was absolutely no exception! Even though we all technically saw it coming and some of us welcomed it with open arms, it was by far the most emotional scene on The Vampire Diaries this season.
‘Teen Wolf’: A lost love
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When Derek had to kill Paige, we found ourselves grieving not only for him but also for the victim. That flashback brought us to such a critical point in Derek‘s life, and having seen what he had to endure to get those eyes just broke our Teen Wolf hearts. This, in addition to the after effects the event caused, definitely make it a contender for most emotional Teen Wolf scene.
‘Doctor Who’: Blink and you’ll miss it
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We knew this episode was going to be emotional no matter what, but this year’s Christmas Special definitely held one of the most emotional moments for us as fans of the Eleventh Doctor. When the Doctor hallucinated about Amy, that’s when we just about lost it. It was sad enough that we were losing our raggedy man, but so was Amy, and she didn’t even get a chance to properly say goodbye, seeing as the Doctor just imagined it. We wish her and Rory were able to properly say goodbye to the Doctor, but we’re pretty sure they would’ve been pretty shocked had they witnessed the regenerating sneeze that brought us Peter Capaldi.
‘Game of Thrones’: Caught off guard
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Every year on Game of Thrones there’s a penultimate episode that either tugs at your heartstrings or makes your brain explode, and this year was no exception. The Red Wedding was one of the most unexpected bloodbaths that we’ve seen since the first season. If you’d read the books you knew what was coming, but HBO managed to surprise everyone thanks to the level of gore. Practically half of the Stark line died in that episode, and now they barely have a claim to the throne, or at least not as well as they did before they got ambushed. Seeing Catelyn Stark scream for her son was one of our many sob-worthy points…until she also got axed. That’s the thing with Game of Thrones: No one’s safe.
‘Downton Abbey’: A shocking birth
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The most emotional events are always the shocking, unexpected ones. That’s what we got when Sybil died earlier this year on Downton Abbey. No one had seen it coming, and when it did happen we yelled and screamed at our TV for someone to take action and help her survive. After the yelling and screaming, and for some of us even during all of it, our tears flowed like never before. This scene was by far the most emotional and traumatizing one of Downton Abbey‘s history. Thankful, series 4 is much easier on the heart.
‘The Newsroom’: Africa and a haircut
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This character’s story arc was a mystery all season long until we found out exactly what happened when they went to Africa. The events that took place were so tragic that almost anyone would have gone through the same emotions, but Maggie‘s was so severe we wondered if anything would be normal again for her. Finding out what happened to invoke such a personal change and then wondering if she’d ever really heal from that event was definitely one of the most emotional parts of The Newsroom this season.
‘Merlin’: The last battle
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When the Merlin series finale aired in the U.S. a lot of us already knew what was going to happen, but that didn’t stop us from crying. Every part of the finale from the magic reveal to the Battle of Camlann and Arthur‘s last breath had us bawling. The added deaths of Morgana and Gwaine (Who can forget his terrible last words?!) just made the whole emotional ordeal even worse. We dreaded that episode for five years. Even though it’s been months since it aired, we’re still not over it.
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