When did Star Trek make you really emotional?
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Deep Space Nine episodes "The Visitor" and "Far Beyond The Stars."
TNG "The Measure of a Man" is one that always gets me. There are so many great moments throughout that whole episode. Picard's closing statement is so good. One of my favorite episodes.
There are simply too many emotional scenes or moments to list in a single post. But here are some that always make me shed at least several single man tears...
"THE VISITOR" - I am a total mess after this. Every. Single. Time. One of those episodes that absolutely transcends the genre and speaks to everyone.
"The Offspring" - Lal's final scene, thanking Data for her life... that just hits hard. And then Data walking onto the bridge, saying he transferred her memories into him because she so enriched his life that he couldn't allow her to fade into oblivion... a father just lost his daughter, but he finds a way to keep her spirit alive.
"HARD TIME" - after O'Brien almost kills himself, he enters his quarters and Molly just runs to him and says, "Daddy's home!", and hugs him. That just gets me every time.
"The Inner Light" - the ending, with Picard clutching the flute and then playing the song.
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN - Spock's death scene. Kirk speaking at the funeral. And as I've gotten older... when McCoy says, "He's not really dead. As long as we remember him."
"Et in Arcadia Ego, Part II" - Picard and Data's final scene.
"THE VISITOR" - I am a total mess after this. Every. Single. Time. One of those episodes that absolutely transcends the genre and speaks to everyone.
"The Offspring" - Lal's final scene, thanking Data for her life... that just hits hard. And then Data walking onto the bridge, saying he transferred her memories into him because she so enriched his life that he couldn't allow her to fade into oblivion... a father just lost his daughter, but he finds a way to keep her spirit alive.
"HARD TIME" - after O'Brien almost kills himself, he enters his quarters and Molly just runs to him and says, "Daddy's home!", and hugs him. That just gets me every time.
"The Inner Light" - the ending, with Picard clutching the flute and then playing the song.
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN - Spock's death scene. Kirk speaking at the funeral. And as I've gotten older... when McCoy says, "He's not really dead. As long as we remember him."
"Et in Arcadia Ego, Part II" - Picard and Data's final scene.
Only two TV/Movie things have ever made me cry. No, I take that back. I just remembered Old Yeller. 
The only Trek one was Spock's death. I was a young teenager and saw the movie with my family. I was embarrassed. 
The third was when Huell Howser died in RL. You only know who he is if you live in California.
The only Trek one was Spock's death. I was a young teenager and saw the movie with my family. I was embarrassed. The third was when Huell Howser died in RL. You only know who he is if you live in California.
The final scenes of DS9 theme mixed with the song The way you look tonight. Gets me every time.
I'm going to go and watch it now.
I'm going to go and watch it now.
2009 when George did his heroic thing and Into Darkness when Pike died for me.
And when Tasha died, but in my defence I was 6.
And when Tasha died, but in my defence I was 6.
I have a feeling the final episode of SNW will leave me in floods of tears. I will miss that Pike Tower of hair
Beginning of ST 09 when George Kirk says "I love you."
Ending of Balance of Terror with Kirk trying to console the recently widowed bride.
Charlie X and Charlie's pleas for "I want to stay." It's suitably tragic.
Spock's death and then his return.
Many more than this.
Ending of Balance of Terror with Kirk trying to console the recently widowed bride.
Charlie X and Charlie's pleas for "I want to stay." It's suitably tragic.
Spock's death and then his return.
Many more than this.
Much the same as some others here, Lal's final scene in TNG: "The Offspring", and George Kirk's sacrifce at the beginning of Star Trek (2009) have me in floods But also Saavik stating "Admiral, David is dead" and Kirk's subsequent reaction in ST III: The Search For Spock.
And for sheer exhilaration, "Stealing the Enterprise" from ST IV: The Voyage Home, and Mariner and the Cali-class fleet warping in to save the Cerritos from Admiral Buenamigo's mad USS Aledo in LDS: "The Stars At Night"!
But also Saavik stating "Admiral, David is dead" and Kirk's subsequent reaction in ST III: The Search For Spock.And for sheer exhilaration, "Stealing the Enterprise" from ST IV: The Voyage Home, and Mariner and the Cali-class fleet warping in to save the Cerritos from Admiral Buenamigo's mad USS Aledo in LDS: "The Stars At Night"!
''Like Spock's blindness, her sadness was temporary, Jim.''
''Yes. I had a feeling she'd recover in record time, but really.''
Gives 'Romance Of The Week' new meaning now...
There have been many. Spock's death, funeral and even his rejoining on Vulcan in Star Trek III come to mind.
"You're name is... Jim."
Gets me everytime.
The destruction of The Enterprise also hits me pretty hard.
In terms of just raw Human emotion? Nothing hits harder than George Kirk sacrificing himself to protect his family.
Nothing.
That was a masterclass in emotional manipulation and I commend J.J. Abrams for it.
"You're name is... Jim."
Gets me everytime.
The destruction of The Enterprise also hits me pretty hard.
In terms of just raw Human emotion? Nothing hits harder than George Kirk sacrificing himself to protect his family.
Nothing.
That was a masterclass in emotional manipulation and I commend J.J. Abrams for it.
An admittedly excellent scene with two sustained minutes of ^original thinking.^ on his part.(:
Star Trek 2009 had the best opening scene of the Trek movies
There's a number of Jean-Luc centric TNG episodes I can't re-watch because of how emotional they tend to make me for various reasons. "The Inner Light" being the most prominent one.
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