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** Nate's [[spoiler:wife dies. Not from the breast cancer, but because he gave her a MercyKilling.]]

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** Nate's [[spoiler:wife dies. Not from the breast cancer, but because he gave her a MercyKilling.]]
* Episode 2x07:
** Bonnie discovers that Annalise told Asher about [[spoiler:her past history of sexual abuse by her father. She angrily tells Annalise that she's ruined the only good thing in her life, and that she wants Annalise to die.
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** Celeb overhears a recording of his aunt making malicious, racist comments about him and Catherine, saying that their parents shouldn't have adopted them, and realizes that she never truly thought of them as family.

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** Celeb Caleb overhears a recording of his aunt making malicious, racist comments about him and Catherine, saying that their parents shouldn't have adopted them, and realizes that she never truly thought of them as family.

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** Asher becoming greatly (and justly) upset at his father for only thinking of himself when [[[spoiler:is about to sign an immunity agreement.]] Their relationship has only gotten worse.

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** Asher becoming greatly (and justly) upset at his father for only thinking of himself when [[[spoiler:is [[spoiler:is about to sign an immunity agreement.]] Their relationship has only gotten worse.


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** Celeb overhears a recording of his aunt making malicious, racist comments about him and Catherine, saying that their parents shouldn't have adopted them, and realizes that she never truly thought of them as family.
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** Bonnie [[spoiler:sobbing in her car as she speaks to Annalise about Asher going to the police. She's so distraught over letting Annalise down.]]

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** Bonnie [[spoiler:sobbing in her car as she speaks to Annalise about Asher going to the police. She's so distraught over letting Annalise down.]]
* Episode 2x06:
** Nate's [[spoiler:wife dies. Not from the breast cancer, but because he gave her a MercyKilling.
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** Asher becoming greatly (and justly) upset at his father for only thinking of himself when [[[spoiler:is about to sign an immunity agreement.]] Their relationship has only gotten worse.

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** Asher becoming greatly (and justly) upset at his father for only thinking of himself when [[[spoiler:is about to sign an immunity agreement.]] Their relationship has only gotten worse.worse.
** Bonnie saying, "I love you," [[spoiler:to try to stop Asher going to police.]]
** Bonnie [[spoiler:sobbing in her car as she speaks to Annalise about Asher going to the police. She's so distraught over letting Annalise down.]]
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** [[spoiler: Annalise on the verge of dying as paramedics attempt to revive her heartbeat is a very disconcerting one, as it appears that the Keating Four ''and'' Nate have abandoned her.]]

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** [[spoiler: Annalise on the verge of dying as paramedics attempt to revive her heartbeat is a very disconcerting one, as it appears that the Keating Four ''and'' Nate have abandoned her.]]]]
* Episode 2x05:
** Michaela's breakdown [[spoiler:after she finds out that Levi is actually "Eggs 911" and has been using her.]]
** Bonnie's backstory: [[spoiler:Her father sexually abused her and put it all online]] This drives Asher to tears.
** Asher becoming greatly (and justly) upset at his father for only thinking of himself when [[[spoiler:is about to sign an immunity agreement.]] Their relationship has only gotten worse.
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** Annalise crying in the bathroom after her brutal cross on the stand.

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** Annalise crying in the bathroom after her brutal cross on the stand.stand.
** The next morning after a night of passion, Eve heads off to New York and asks Annalise to come with her. [[spoiler: Going by the flashforwards with Annalise on the brink of death, that might never happen.]]
* Episode 2x03:
** [[spoiler: Bonnie and Asher bringing an end to their relationship.]]
* Episode 2x04:
** [[spoiler: Annalise on the verge of dying as paramedics attempt to revive her heartbeat is a very disconcerting one, as it appears that the Keating Four ''and'' Nate have abandoned her.]]
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** Not only that, from what we can see Rebecca truly cared for both Wes and Lila, and trusted them enough to drop her defenses around them. Only for Lila to call her worthless and leave her. As well as Wes who loses faith in her and starts believing that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In the end Wes finally believes in her again and steps up to defend her, [[spoiler: but by that time it's most likely the Rebecca is already dead and will never know that the man she loved stood up for her.]]

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** Not only that, from what we can see Rebecca truly cared for both Wes and Lila, and trusted them enough to drop her defenses around them. Only for Lila to call her worthless and leave her. As well as Wes who loses faith in her and starts believing that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In the end Wes finally believes in her again and steps up to defend her, [[spoiler: but by that time it's most likely the Rebecca is already dead and will never know that the man she loved stood up for her.]]]]

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* Episode 2x01
** Eve (the lawyer Annalise told Nate to call) calling out Annalise for her constant manipulations of others and saying there's nothing good in her.
* Episode 2x02:
** Annalise crying in the bathroom after her brutal cross on the stand.
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* Annalise breaking down while she explains to Wes that she and her husband have been trying and failing to have a child, and it's been putting a lot of stress on her- and it's even worse because it really seems like she's telling all of this to a new student because she doesn't have any friends or anyone she could talk to about it. It gets even worse when she reveals in episode seven that she had several miscarriages.

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* Annalise breaking down while she explains to Wes that she and her husband have been trying and failing to have a child, and it's been putting a lot of stress on her- and her--and it's even worse because it really seems like she's telling all of this to a new student because she doesn't have any friends or anyone she could talk to about it. It gets even worse when she reveals in episode seven that she had several miscarriages.
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** Not only that, from what we can see Rebecca truly cared for both Wes and Lila, and trusted them enough to drop her defenses around them. Only for Lila to call her worthless and leave her. As well as Wes who loses faith in her and starts believing that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In the end Wes finally believes in her again and steps up to defend her, [[spoiler: but by that time its most likely the Rebecca is already dead and will never know that the man she loved stood up for her.]]

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** Not only that, from what we can see Rebecca truly cared for both Wes and Lila, and trusted them enough to drop her defenses around them. Only for Lila to call her worthless and leave her. As well as Wes who loses faith in her and starts believing that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In the end Wes finally believes in her again and steps up to defend her, [[spoiler: but by that time its it's most likely the Rebecca is already dead and will never know that the man she loved stood up for her.]]
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** Not only that , from what we can see Rebecca truly cared for both Wes and Lila , and trusted them enough to drop her defences around them . Only for Lila to call her worthless and leave her. As well as Wes who loses faith in her and starts believing that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In the end Wes , finally believes in her again and steps up to defend her. [[spoiler: But by that time its most likely the Rebekah is already dead and will never know that in the end that the man she loved stood up for her.]]

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** Not only that , that, from what we can see Rebecca truly cared for both Wes and Lila , Lila, and trusted them enough to drop her defences defenses around them .them. Only for Lila to call her worthless and leave her. As well as Wes who loses faith in her and starts believing that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In the end Wes , finally believes in her again and steps up to defend her. her, [[spoiler: But but by that time its most likely the Rebekah Rebecca is already dead and will never know that in the end that the man she loved stood up for her.]]
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** And her heartbroken face when [[spoiler: Lila admits that [[FalseFriend she was never really her friend]]. Lila blames Rebecca for everything bad that happened to her, says she was just using her as a distraction from her troubled life, and calls her a "trashed-out druggie whore".]]

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** And her heartbroken face when [[spoiler: Lila admits that [[FalseFriend she was never really her friend]]. Lila blames Rebecca for everything bad that happened to her, says she was just using her as a distraction from her troubled life, and calls her a "trashed-out druggie whore".]]
** Not only that , from what we can see Rebecca truly cared for both Wes and Lila , and trusted them enough to drop her defences around them . Only for Lila to call her worthless and leave her. As well as Wes who loses faith in her and starts believing that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In the end Wes , finally believes in her again and steps up to defend her. [[spoiler: But by that time its most likely the Rebekah is already dead and will never know that in the end that the man she loved stood up for her.
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** And her heartbroken face when [[spoiler: Lila admits that [[FalseFriend she was never really her friend]]. Lila blames Rebecca for everything bad that happened to her, says she was just using her as a distraction from her troubled life, and calls her a "trashed-out druggie whore".]]
** Not only that , from what we can see Rebecca loved both Wes and Lila , and trusted them enough to drop her defences around . Only for Lila to call her worthless and leave her. As well as Wes to stop believing in her and believing that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In the end Wes , finally believes in her again and steps up to defend her. [[spoiler: But by that time its most likely the Rebekah is already dead and will never know that in the end that the man she loved stood up for her.]]

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** And her heartbroken face when [[spoiler: Lila admits that [[FalseFriend she was never really her friend]]. Lila blames Rebecca for everything bad that happened to her, says she was just using her as a distraction from her troubled life, and calls her a "trashed-out druggie whore".]]
** Not only that , from what we can see Rebecca loved both Wes and Lila , and trusted them enough to drop her defences around . Only for Lila to call her worthless and leave her. As well as Wes to stop believing in her and believing that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In the end Wes , finally believes in her again and steps up to defend her. [[spoiler: But by that time its most likely the Rebekah is already dead and will never know that in the end that the man she loved stood up for her.
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** Not only that , from what we can see Rebecca loved both Wes and Lila , and was dropped her defences for them. One called her worthless and left her, the other stop beliving in her and belived that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In the end Wes , finally believes in her again and steps up to defend her. [[spoiler: But by that time its most likely the Rebekah is already dead and will never know that the man she loved stood up for her.]]

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** Not only that , from what we can see Rebecca loved both Wes and Lila , and was dropped trusted them enough to drop her defences around . Only for them. One called Lila to call her worthless and left her, the other leave her. As well as Wes to stop beliving believing in her and belived believing that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In the end Wes , finally believes in her again and steps up to defend her. [[spoiler: But by that time its most likely the Rebekah is already dead and will never know that in the end that the man she loved stood up for her.]]
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** Not only that , from what we can see Rebecca loved both Wes and Lila , and was dropped her defences for them. One called her worthless and left her, the other stop beliving in her and belived that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In thed end Wes , finally believes her and steps up to defend her, [[spoiler: But by that time its most likely the Rebekah is already dead and will never know that the man she loved stood up for her.]]

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** Not only that , from what we can see Rebecca loved both Wes and Lila , and was dropped her defences for them. One called her worthless and left her, the other stop beliving in her and belived that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In thed the end Wes , finally believes in her again and steps up to defend her, her. [[spoiler: But by that time its most likely the Rebekah is already dead and will never know that the man she loved stood up for her.]]
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** Not only that , from what we can see Rebecca loved both Wes and Lila , and was open up her defences around them. One called her worthless and left her, the other stop beliving in her and belived that she murdered the only other person she cared about. Wes , finally believes her and steps up to defend her [[spoiler: but by that time its most likely the Rebekah is already dead and will never know that the man she loved stood up for her.]]

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** Not only that , from what we can see Rebecca loved both Wes and Lila , and was open up dropped her defences around for them. One called her worthless and left her, the other stop beliving in her and belived that she murdered the only other person she cared about. In thed end Wes , finally believes her and steps up to defend her her, [[spoiler: but But by that time its most likely the Rebekah is already dead and will never know that the man she loved stood up for her.]]
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** And her heartbroken face when [[spoiler: Lila admits that [[FalseFriend she was never really her friend]]. Lila blames Rebecca for everything bad that happened to her, says she was just using her as a distraction from her troubled life, and calls her a "trashed-out druggie whore".]]

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** And her heartbroken face when [[spoiler: Lila admits that [[FalseFriend she was never really her friend]]. Lila blames Rebecca for everything bad that happened to her, says she was just using her as a distraction from her troubled life, and calls her a "trashed-out druggie whore".]]
** Not only that , from what we can see Rebecca loved both Wes and Lila , and was open up her defences around them. One called her worthless and left her, the other stop beliving in her and belived that she murdered the only other person she cared about. Wes , finally believes her and steps up to defend her [[spoiler: but by that time its most likely the Rebekah is already dead and will never know that the man she loved stood up for her.
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* Rebecca's reaction to finding [[spoiler: Lila's corpse]] in the flashback. After everything that happened, it's clear that she really did care about Lila.

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* Rebecca's reaction to finding [[spoiler: Lila's corpse]] in the flashback. After everything that happened, it's clear that she really did care about Lila.Lila.
** And her heartbroken face when [[spoiler: Lila admits that [[FalseFriend she was never really her friend]]. Lila blames Rebecca for everything bad that happened to her, says she was just using her as a distraction from her troubled life, and calls her a "trashed-out druggie whore".]]
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* Annalise's anger at her mother for [[spoiler:knowing about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her Uncle Clive.]]

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* Annalise's anger at her mother for [[spoiler:knowing about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her Uncle Clive.Clyde.]]
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* Three words from Oliver: [[spoiler: "I tested positive."]]

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* Three words from Oliver: [[spoiler: "I tested positive."]]"]]
* Rebecca's reaction to finding [[spoiler: Lila's corpse]] in the flashback. After everything that happened, it's clear that she really did care about Lila.
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* Annalise's anger at her mother for [[spoiler:knowing about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her Uncle Clive.]]

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* Annalise's anger at her mother for [[spoiler:knowing about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her Uncle Clive.]]]]
* Three words from Oliver: [[spoiler: "I tested positive."]]
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* Whether you like her or not, [[spoiler: Aiden breaking up with Michaela]] was pretty rough.

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* Whether you like her or not, [[spoiler: Aiden breaking up with Michaela]] was pretty rough.rough.
* Annalise's anger at her mother for [[spoiler:knowing about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her Uncle Clive.]]
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* Asher calling out his father, practically begging him to say that he wasn't involved in getting an innocent man sentenced to death. It ends with his father calling him ungrateful and throwing him out. And yet even then, Asher still demands that Annalise keeps his father out of the proceedings.

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* Asher calling out his father, practically begging him to say that he wasn't involved in getting an innocent man sentenced to death. It ends with his father calling him ungrateful and throwing him out. And yet even then, Asher still demands that Annalise keeps keep his father out of the proceedings.



* Sam and Annalise's fight on the night of the murder. All lot of ''really'' cruel things are said, like [[spoiler: Annalise rubbing her affair in his face and Sam calling her a coward, monster and slut. After Sam comes close to strangling her in a fit of rage]], Annalise storms out and returns home hours later to leave him a heartfelt voice message [[spoiler: that he's never going to hear because he's dead. Twenty years of marriage, over just like that]].

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* Sam and Annalise's fight on the night of the murder. All A lot of ''really'' cruel things are said, like [[spoiler: Annalise rubbing her affair in his face and Sam calling her a coward, monster and slut. After Sam comes close to strangling her in a fit of rage]], Annalise storms out and returns home hours later to leave him a heartfelt voice message [[spoiler: that he's never going to hear because he's dead. Twenty years of marriage, over just like that]].
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** [[spoiler: It kinda gets worse when it's revealed the message is just a full-blown lie, in order to throw suspicion off of her]].

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** [[spoiler: It kinda gets worse when it's revealed the message is just a full-blown lie, in order to throw suspicion off of her]].her]].
* Whether you like her or not, [[spoiler: Aiden breaking up with Michaela]] was pretty rough.

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** After episode 9, this gets a much darker turn...



* Sam and Annalise's fight on the night of the murder. All lot of ''really'' cruel things are said, like [[spoiler: Annalise rubbing her affair in his face and Sam calling her a coward, monster and slut. After Sam comes close to strangling her in a fit of rage]], Annalise storms out and returns home hours later to leave him a heartfelt voice message [[spoiler: that he's never going to hear because he's dead. Twenty years of marriage, over just like that]].

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* Asher having a party for the other Keating Four, but nobody showing up, except for [[TheScrappy Michaela]]... [[spoiler: but she's just there to steal the trophy]].
* Sam and Annalise's fight on the night of the murder. All lot of ''really'' cruel things are said, like [[spoiler: Annalise rubbing her affair in his face and Sam calling her a coward, monster and slut. After Sam comes close to strangling her in a fit of rage]], Annalise storms out and returns home hours later to leave him a heartfelt voice message [[spoiler: that he's never going to hear because he's dead. Twenty years of marriage, over just like that]].that]].
** [[spoiler: It kinda gets worse when it's revealed the message is just a full-blown lie, in order to throw suspicion off of her]].
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* Bonnie's complete breakdown in "He Has A Wife" is upsetting, especially when compared to her usual behavior.

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* Bonnie's complete breakdown in "He Has A Wife" is upsetting, especially when compared to her usual behavior.behavior.
* Sam and Annalise's fight on the night of the murder. All lot of ''really'' cruel things are said, like [[spoiler: Annalise rubbing her affair in his face and Sam calling her a coward, monster and slut. After Sam comes close to strangling her in a fit of rage]], Annalise storms out and returns home hours later to leave him a heartfelt voice message [[spoiler: that he's never going to hear because he's dead. Twenty years of marriage, over just like that]].
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* Asher calling out his father, practically begging him to say that he wasn't involved in getting an innocent man sentenced to death. It ends with his father calling him ungrateful and throwing him out. And yet even then, Asher still demands that Annalise keeps his father out of the proceedings.

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* Asher calling out his father, practically begging him to say that he wasn't involved in getting an innocent man sentenced to death. It ends with his father calling him ungrateful and throwing him out. And yet even then, Asher still demands that Annalise keeps his father out of the proceedings.proceedings.
* Bonnie's complete breakdown in "He Has A Wife" is upsetting, especially when compared to her usual behavior.

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* Annalise breaking down while she explains to Wes that she and her husband have been trying and failing to have a child, and it's been putting a lot of stress on her- and it's even worse because it really seems like she's telling all of this to a new student because she doesn't have any friends or anyone she could talk to about it.

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* Annalise breaking down while she explains to Wes that she and her husband have been trying and failing to have a child, and it's been putting a lot of stress on her- and it's even worse because it really seems like she's telling all of this to a new student because she doesn't have any friends or anyone she could talk to about it. It gets even worse when she reveals in episode seven that she had several miscarriages.
* Asher calling out his father, practically begging him to say that he wasn't involved in getting an innocent man sentenced to death. It ends with his father calling him ungrateful and throwing him out. And yet even then, Asher still demands that Annalise keeps his father out of the proceedings.
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* Pax's [[spoiler: suicide]] in the fourth episode, and Conner's ensuing breakdown. It's mirrored by his second breakdown in the flash-forward after the murder.

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* Pax's [[spoiler: suicide]] in the fourth episode, and Conner's ensuing breakdown. It's mirrored by his second breakdown in the flash-forward after the murder.murder.
* Annalise breaking down while she explains to Wes that she and her husband have been trying and failing to have a child, and it's been putting a lot of stress on her- and it's even worse because it really seems like she's telling all of this to a new student because she doesn't have any friends or anyone she could talk to about it.
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* Pax's [[spoiler: suicide]] in the fourth episode, and Conner's ensuing breakdown. It's mirrored by his second breakdown in the flash-forward after the murder.

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