The only one's that I can remember, so far; it has been a long time since I watched the series, is "Shock Theater". In this episode, particularly toward the end when with all the power that Ziggy had to allow Al to communicate with Sam and tell him that he had to undergo the same shock treatment, the waterfall started at that point for me. Then, as the struggle went on for Sam as he was dragged again to the table to undergo the same torture that scrambled his brain in the first place, was heart wrenching as Al, continuing to fade in and out and yelling at the nurse for her to "Do It" was even more heart wrenching for me to see as Sam looked into the eyes of the nurse for her to do it. Then, finally, with hesitation, she administers the shock treatment as the lightning bolt broke through the glass only to have not just Sam leap, but Al as well.
The other one, that was a tear jerker for me was: "The Leap Back". That is when Sam had to make a decision to either leave Al in 1945 and have him die, or leap into Al and save him from an impending death. At the time when Sam said that he updated the retrieval program I thought there was promise. But, after Al safely leaped out and Sam leaped in and Gucci fired up the Quantum Leap accelerator again, only to have it fail, I, again teared up. Wishing that it was not true.
Finally, the series finale when Sam leaps into himself. Believe me, in the final episode I wanted Sam to leap home. The whole episode itself was emotional as he saved the miners, and saw Al's uncle leap out, which confused me, but, when Al, the bartender told Sam that the leaps would get tougher, and that Sam could go home anytime he wanted, at first, shocked me. Though, I thought that is what was going to happen. I thought Sam was going to leap home. But when I saw on the screen that he never made it home, I teared up. For me, when this series ended, and Sam never made it home, it was like loosing a friend. and I can remember sitting in front of the television crying because of this.
These, my friends are the tear jerker episodes for me.
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