Tear Jerker / All My Children

• The Death of Mona Kane, particularly Erica's complete breakdown at the funeral.
• When Robin Scorpio reunited with her mother Anna Devane (both from sister soap General Hospital), after thinking Anna had been killed when Robin was a child, only to have to seperate again because of the people trying to kill Anna.
• The tributes to the late Eileen Herlie and James Mitchell were certainly heartbreakers, particularly Eileen's knowing that Thorston Kaye (Zach Slater) wrote a poem in her honor.
  Zach: Now who will lead our Carnival
  And who will make us stronger
  Who will mend our broken sleep
  When she is here no longer

  For whose part do we stand and bow
  What stories do we tell
  And will we memorize the day
  When great and greatness fell

  Say will this valley overcome
  And will these shadows fade
  And will we lift our eyes to see
  The beauty that she made

  The disappearing last of her
  That leads to worlds unknown
  Has left a path to softly tread
  When sadness wanders home

  I’ll meet thee where the highland winds
  Divide wild mountain thyme
  Where I will be forever yours... and you forever mine.
• The Hubbard family montage, which aired during the show's final week.
• Edmund screaming in agony when told that his wife Maria was dead. At the time, their actors were Happily Married in Real Life and one really got the feeling that he was imagining how he would feel if this really happened.
  • The fact that this nearly DID happen in Real Life—they were scheduled to be on one of the planes that hit the World Trade Center but postponed so that she could sleep late— makes that scene even harder to watch.
  • John Callahan's own death in March 2020 doesn't help either.
• When Gloria was told that there was no hope for her premature baby to survive. Resigned to this, she asked for all the machines to be disconnected, cradled her daughter in her palm, and tearfully sung, "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands".
• The online version's reveal that the victim of the ABC version's finale's Cliffhanger was Marissa, putting the cap on the tragic love life of Bianca Montgomery.
• Also incredibly endearing, but at the end of the James Mitchell tribute, who is there to welcome Palmer into heaven? His beloved niece, Dixie, with Cady McClain cameoing in the end.
  Dixie: Uncle Palmer... (smiling and extending her hand) Welcome home.