I'm not someone who cries when I watch a highly emotive movie or TV series. Sure, I get teary-eyed but, in the vast majority of cases, I never find myself reaching for a box of tissues to stem the flow of tears cascading down my face after a particularly devastating scene or sequence.
So far in 2025, though, three different shows have somehow cracked my steely resolve and turned me into a blubbering wreck. Is it because I'm getting older and therefore more susceptible to emotionally-loaded productions? Are their stories so well designed that they tug harder at the ol' heartstrings? Or is it simply a big coincidence that three of the most soul-destroying projects have all launched on the world's best streaming services this year? Who's to say.
