Tear-jerker Little House episodes

Well you can say that the entire show was a tear jerker, even when Blanche faked being shot ... okay I'm kidding on that one ....

There were really some silly episodes in Little House... but the show is known to have some really sentimental episodes. Which are the episodes that made you cry?

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Some that make me cry without fail are:

Look Back to Yesterday and The Last Farewell

It would be a much shorter list if you asked me which shows didn't make me cry. But I will list my top 10 in no order:

1) Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow
2) The Lord is My Shepherd
3) The Last Farewell
4) A Child with No Name
4) May We Make Them Proud
5) Look Back to Yesterday
6) The Pilot Movie (when Laura says goodbye to Mr. Edwards)
7) Remember Me
8) Little Girl Lost
9) Times Are Changing
10) Home Again

You'll notice a lot of the episodes that make me cry involve the children. Not too unusual for a mother, I think.

Richest Man in Walnut Grove, the ending of I'll be Waving as you Drive Away...the episode that always, always makes me weepy is the ending of Laura Ingalls Wilder when they have Eliza Jane talking at the end about how happy she is for Almonzo and Laura and then they show her hugging him. When Season 9 begins always makes me cry (kidddinnnnnng)..... Too many other episodes to list.

There are so many moments, but these are some that stand out:

- The end of The Last Farewell (I completely broke down over this one)
- When Baby Charles dies in The Lord is My Shepherd
- The end of circus man in season one, for some reason is just really sad...I think it's Melissa Gilbert's face and the music that gets me.
- The end of the Raccoon, when they find out Laura doesn't have rabies
- The Remember Me poem
- A Matter of faith, when Charles, Mary and Laura think Ma is going to die
- Castoffs, when Jack dies
- When Mary's baby dies
- When Charles finds out his mother has died
- When Caroline sees her mother's coffin in the back of the wagon (this one is really heartwrenching)
- Times are changing, as it marks the end of the Ingalls in the Little House

There are too many to name but the one that always gets me is The Lord is My Shepherd when Laura sees her Pa coming and they run to meet each other. I know it's coming and try to prepare but it gets me every time.
I always cry when Laura and Charles have a tender moment, especially when she is little. I love the relationship that they had together, both in the show and in the books.
I was watching The Return of Nellie yesterday and cried when Nancy was lost. I hate Nancy! But children crying get to me. She's a better crier than Nellie was.
I cry all the time when this show is on. I cry at happy and sad moments and wierd moments. I cry at the music of Jesus Loves me at the end of the episode where Mary teaches a lesson to Mrs Peal.

There are quite a few. But the one that pops in to my mind right away is Castoffs. When Laura realizes that Jack has died, that just gets to me everytime.

Also, The Last Farewell how could you not tear up when you see our beloved Walnut Grove being destroyed?

oh there are really too many to name but I agree with most of you: really sad are a lot of parts in The Lord is my Shepherd. What really got me last time I saw it was when Caroline and Charles start reciting the psalter at the doctors office.
You have too know: To show things llike this is very unusual for German TV. My pastor o´nce said: In Germany you can talk about everything on TV, but you'll almost never see uncommented religous faith.
Therefore the episodes where a stron christian believe is shown get me especially, since I'm always amazed and glad that this is at least sometimes still possible.

Oh my gosh, when Caroline and Charles are repeating the Lord's Prayer when the baby died, is absolutely heartbreaking. I cry every time I see that episode. It was so touching and so believable....

In the 2 episodes when Caroline's mother dies, and then Charles' mother dies.......When Caroline goes running to the back of the wagon to greet her mother, only to find the casket rips my heart out everytime, the pain that KG was able to portray, and then the episode when Caroline takes Charles the letter from his pa and he has mixed emotions not knowing if they will visit or if his pa will have reason not to come, and he reads his ma has died......When Charles falls on Caroline's shoulders and crying out "Mama? My mama...." Tears my heart out yet again. ML did a wonderful job portraying a heartbroken 'boy' who has lost his mother.....

I agree with the others..there are so many. A couple stick out in my mind.

-Charles and Caroline's baby dies
- Alice Garvey and Adam Jr. die in the fire
- Jack the dog dies
- Bunny's accident and has to be put down

I can't watch any of the above episodes.

One more..just because it happened to be on..I would have never remembered it. I'm not a big fan of LHOTP: A New Beginning BUT today's episode "Marvin's Garden", where Jenny has an accident that left her disabled but a retired doctor worked with her and she regained her movement and speech. Anyway, at the very end where she and the doctor are taking a walk, she's back to the way she was before the accident, she's picking some flowers and holds them up for the doctor to smell..you see that he's lost his sight and looks older. I could feel the tears welling up.

I agree, this is a very emotional episode, one of the best of the later ones...

"Whisper Country" is kind of emotional for me. Even though this particular episode has a happy ending, it feels a little ominous watching it since this is the last episode centering around Mary before she goes blind.

I agree about "Whisper Country". I always blow my eyes out when I watch the "Yes, Jesus loves me" scene. A classical tear-jerker.

But the show has a lot of emotional moments. Too many to remark them all!!!! And most of them are related to Mary.

Vanesa.:think:

starmonkey wrote:

One more..just because it happened to be on..I would have never remembered it. I'm not a big fan of LHOTP: A New Beginning BUT today's episode "Marvin's Garden", where Jenny has an accident that left her disabled but a retired doctor worked with her and she regained her movement and speech. Anyway, at the very end where she and the doctor are taking a walk, she's back to the way she was before the accident, she's picking some flowers and holds them up for the doctor to smell..you see that he's lost his sight and looks older. I could feel the tears welling up.

Yes, that is really depressing.

Beckie

The Lord Is My Shepherd must have the most tear-jerking scenes of any episode!

Caroline is pregnant - I cried.
Caroline gives birth to a son - I cried.
Laura feeling jealous - Icried
The baby dying - I howled.
Charles and Caroline reciting Psalm 23 - I roared.
Laura's letter to Charles - So sad
Caroline breaking down when Carrie asked where Laura was - I broke down with her.
Charles crying when he and Mr Edwards were looking for Laura - I sobbed with him
The final scene with Charles finding Laura and apologising to her -That just about finished me off!

But I LOVE this episode too! :Gjob:

Rhonda wrote:

[color=indigo][b]In the 2 episodes when Caroline's mother dies, and then Charles' mother dies.......When Caroline goes running to the back of the wagon to greet her mother, only to find the casket rips my heart out everytime

It´s been so many years since I´ve seen that episode but I remember that scene vividly. It´s printed in my mind and the change in Caroline´s face from anticipation to see her mother to grief over her death.

I cry EVERY time I watch the Last Farewell when they blow up the town. I can´t help myself.
I also cried in Remember Me when Rev Alden read the poem at the funeral. Reminded me of Michael Landon

The ending of the second half of The Wild Boy. Gets me every time.

Beckie

I just remembered the episode where the kid´s made fun of this fat man without knowing that he was the father of one of their friends. When he then discovered his daughter was embarrassed about him I cried. I felt so sorry for him... Just the looks on his face was heart wrenching...

I think each episode had a little something that touches my heat time and tiem again. You would think seeing each episode at least a dozen or more times your heart wouldnt melt all over again and again I find myself reaching for a tissue while watching this episode or that.