Samurai Jack/Tear Jerker

• Near the end of episode L (#40), when X9, now powering down, and dying, asks Jack to take care of Lulu. Cue Jack showing a worried expression at possibly killing a perfectly innocent robot.
  • "Lulu... sweet thing."
• How can you forget "Jack and the Lava Monster"? Jack fights his way through a maze of death only to confront a near-invincible giant lava monster Then we learn that the lava monster was actually a Viking warrior, bound by Aku to fight until the world's greatest warrior defeated him. Which Jack does... sending the fallen Viking on to eternal rest. Blast it, I'm tearing up just writing this one.
  • "Free"
• The ending to "Jack and the Mountain."
• "Jack Remembers the Past" is heartbreaking.

• For the series as a whole, especially regarding the ending: Not only does the ending feel very rushed and compressed, but it also ends on a bitter-sweet note. Thanks to Ashi, Jack is able to return to the past and kill Aku once and for all, but in doing so, Ashi ceases to exist as well. She fades from existence right in his arms during their wedding in a manner reminiscent of the ending of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann with the woman our hero fell in love with dying. Yes, the lives Jack saved and affected were beyond count, but when one considers all he's lost and been through, he doesn't seem to getting anything for his trouble. Genndy promised us a great ending, and while it could have been worse, that doesn't mean it was great either.