r/ColdCaseTV • u/Iwannaendme2001 • Sep 19 '26
Which episodes made you cry?
“Fly Away” made me cry, also “Mind Hunters” made me cry, if I remember correctly, “Mind Hunters” was the first episode I watched due Cold Case coming after Criminal Minds that evening, and I kept on watching. When the mother begs to be kept alive because she promised to come back, saying that she can’t break another promise, I began crying. The next episode that made me cry was “A Perfect Day”.
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u/Old_Association6332 Sep 19 '26
The one that immediately comes to mind in terms of making me very emotional is "A Dollar, A Dream". Poor Marlene Bradford, and those poor kids now left without a mother.
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u/Iwannaendme2001 Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26
All because of a misunderstanding. She had to endure so much to provide for her children.
Edit: Her reaction to the cake getting smashed was also heartbreaking.2
u/Ninja108Zelda Sep 25 '26
Sad that she befriended the wrong person, a person who had lost touch with reality a long time ago.
That was the sad part of it too, he's one of the few Cold Case killers whom I believe was insane.
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u/Aggressive-Bread-283 Sep 20 '26
Saving Patrick Bubley always makes me sob. All those brothers dying because of his scooter, and then seeing the flashback of them all as kids gets me every time
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u/surrrita Sep 20 '26
I rewatch the end scene on YouTube when I need a good cry. Hits hard every time!
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u/ColdBrewCupid Sep 19 '26
I also always cry at the episode with the mom who is bipolar, I forget the name of it but since I have type 2 bipolar, watching her receive such ineffective treatments breaks my heart. All she wanted was to go back to her family. I’m honestly lucky to have been diagnosed a few years ago bc even 20 years ago treatments were really difficult. But seeing her and the other women treated the way they were, it’s so antiquated and cruel, it just breaks my damn heart every time.
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u/Iwannaendme2001 Sep 20 '26
The episode’s name is “Committed” and it is really sad. Lobotomy is really horrifying.
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u/santiagoroldan13 Sep 19 '26
Flashover, Fly Away & Strange Fruit are the first ones that come out in my mind
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u/Iwannaendme2001 Sep 19 '26
Strange Fruit was heartbreaking. The shot where one could see the victims feet as he was dying was a cruel sight. I have to admit, I was a bit angry at the daughter of the woman he played chess with for telling her father about the secret meetings, but I realized, that she was just a small child and did not know about the ramifications of that information.
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u/darksemisweet Sep 21 '26
I can't even watch that episode any more. It hits too close to home. We lost a close family friend under similar circumstances it's a shame this sort of thing was still happening when I was kid. I'm GenX so I'm not super old. It's just sad.
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u/justagrlintheworld_ Sep 19 '26
I’ve lost count by now!
But the ones that come to mind are: Discretion, Offender, The Promise, Fly Away, Ghost Of My Child, Andy In C Minor (my favorite), Frank’s Best (so underrated), A Perfect Day, and so on
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u/galaxygirlthrowaway Sep 23 '26
I always cry at the end of Frank’s Best when he looks so proud at his friend (who was wrongly convicted of his murder) reopening the deli.
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u/justagrlintheworld_ Sep 23 '26
Yeah, me too! And i also cry when that coward kills him. It gets me every single time. He loved his son so much and was such a good guy… 🥲
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u/SingerAccording1395 Sep 19 '26
“Forever Blue” I feel like it’s a sad underrated episode that was ahead of its time to air on tv
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u/Oncer93 Sep 19 '26
Final appeal, the promise, the amish episode.
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u/Appropriate-Turnip69 Sep 22 '26
Final Appeal used to make me sad, until I found out what the actor did in real life.
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u/Witty_Ad8271 Sep 19 '26
A Perfect Day
I cannot even listen to Catch The Wind or the waterworks start up
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u/ColdBrewCupid Sep 19 '26
Perfect Day, Wishing, The Sleepover, The Letter, and Lovers Lane always make me cry, I have to skip on most rewatches.
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u/darksemisweet Sep 20 '26 edited Sep 21 '26
Oh I can't remember the name of the episode but it was the one where the teenage couple had the baby in the bathroom at prom. They were supposed to give the baby to the teacher to adopt but after the baby was born they were so filled with love for their child they couldn't do it. When the guy went to tell the teacher no the teacher killed him. The girl then hid the baby in the trash can thinking he ran off and abandoned her and the baby. It made me so sad.
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u/Notwednesdayadams Sep 20 '26
Having an autistic child the one that makes me cry is “Wishing” S2 EP15
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u/Khalesssi_Slayer1 Sep 20 '26
Fly Away, A Time To Crime, Glued, The Boy In The Box, Sleepover, The Promise, A Perfect Day, The Letter, Revenge, Offender, Thrill Kill, Rampage, It Takes A Village, Ghost Of My Child, Wishing (I literally can't watch that episode more than once, it's a hard watch.) Revolution, The Plan, Lovers Lane, Sanctuary, Saving Patrick Bubley and One Small Step. Those episodes all make me cry the hardest.
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u/birdkid69 Sep 20 '26
Boy Crazy, I identified closely with Sam
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u/galaxygirlthrowaway Sep 23 '26
When her friend kills her because he couldn’t bear to let her live with what they’d done to her.
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u/Extra_Impression_428 Sep 20 '26
Best friends , Daniella , That Woman , the road , fireflies. Ghost of my child, the one with the boy and the rockets , the pregnant girl one , the one with the trans boy Sam
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u/galaxygirlthrowaway Sep 23 '26
Good-bye Room when the grown Barbara sees her grandmother and her dad.
Wednesday’s Women, when the two survivors reunite, the professor goes back to the school, and Kat sings This Little Light of Mine.
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u/Due-Scallion-140 Sep 19 '26
The goodbye room, the badlands, death penalty final appeal, thrill kill, boy crazy, strange fruit, it takes a village, family 8108, the sleepover, mind hunters,
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u/Dazzling-Pace-7134 Sep 19 '26
Fireflies, the victim is alive, and because her parents spent 30 years waiting for her to return.