History TearJerker / LifeIsStrange

* If you think about it, [[spoiler: the drugs Jefferson used on the abducted girls were most likely bought from Frank, Rachel's love. In a way, Frank killed Rachel.]]
* [[spoiler:The biggest TearJerker of all for this episode is Chloe getting shot by Mr. Jefferson. He quickly drugs Max so she can't rewind and there's no undoing it. Chloe Price is dead. Again]].

** Let that sink in for a bit. If you [[spoiler: save Chloe, the storm will destroy the entire town and seemingly kill everyone in it, including Warren and Chloe's parents, as well as Kate and Frank if you managed to keep them alive. When the storm clears, Max and Chloe will pack their stuff and leave town, smiling at one another. But if you save Arcadia Bay, Max is forced to sit in the bathroom and listen to Chloe die. Justice is served for Kate, Rachel and Chloe, but the look on David's face when he discovers her body and the way Joyce almost falls when she walks up to Chloe's casket...there's seriously no "good" way to end this game.]]

*** [[spoiler: The "sacrifice Chloe" ending becomes even more sad whenever you realize in recent years in our world teenagers have died in very similar situations like Chloe's "bathroom death" scene.]]

* The montage at the end of the episode, showing [[spoiler: all the major characters observing the freak snowfall]]. It gives us an insight into little, ordinary moments of their lives. The beautiful song playing over the whole thing just makes it better.

* Chloe's outburst. [[spoiler: she's an abrasive jerk at times, but this episode really piles on exactly why she's the way she is, selfish attitude and all. She perceives her dead father as having ''left her'', still holds it against Max for leaving town, and thinks her Mom partially abandoned her for her step-father. The only thing that was basically holding her together was Rachel, and she finds out that the person she loved seemingly preferred Frank, a drug dealer (one who is now demanding money from Chloe) to her. When that gets revealed, you can see her break, and nothing Max can say - even if you've been on her side throughout everything and maintain that she has you - will stop her from turning Max away and driving off in silence]].

* In a heartbreaking case of TruthInTelevision, the Episode goes into great length to showcase just how incredibly ''shitty'' is the life of a [[spoiler: quadriplegic.]] Most people just think "not being able to move your body would be a living hell", but it's way further than that. Think about [[spoiler: not being able to feel anything with your body, or having to have other people attend to your most basic physical needs ("having to have a nurse watch me shit so she can wipe my ass for me"), being forced to go incredible length just to keep one's body functioning on the most basic biological levels ("she has to use a lot of lotion to keep her blood flowing...", not to mention breathing through a tube because her lungs don't work), or being abandoned by all of your friends because you're just too sad a sight to bear. Not to mention, the feeling of being a burden on one's own family and loved-ones, and them practically having to destroy themselves out of care for you.]] All the more horrific because, again, ''this is a situation many people in real life are stuck in'', and they don't have time-travelling friends who can save them. That said, it's worth noting that for all the horror, the episode does at least [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming show that being a quadriplegic is not, by and of itself, the end of the world, and that if the situation wasn't quite so dire and dramatic Chloe could've still had a happy and fulfilling life. Max even mentions how amazing it is that technologies like chin-operated joystick computers and electric wheelchairs are making life much easier for the handicapped, and Chloe is still shown to have many diverse hobbies and to have even made friends over the internet, implicitly other wheelchair-bound people, despite her disability.]]]]

** A subtle one comes with Alt!Chloe's text messages. If you notice, you can see that, unlike other characters, there are pauses of several minutes between Max's messages and her replies. It's a small thing, but it further drives home that even something she can do thanks to the mouth-operated joystick is slow and difficult for her.
** [[spoiler: Consider Max's situation in all this. She has every right to blame herself for what happened, yet she's technically not guilty. Had these things happen in the original timeline, she propably wouldn't feel responsible, all she would feel is the sorry for Chloe and the guilt over not being there for her. But this Max knows all this happened because she tempered with the past and thought she was making things right. Now what if she'd been able to use that photo power only once? If she was unable to go back and reset things? She'd either hve to kill Chloe herself or deal with her early death knowing it's actually all her fault. She'd have to live the rest of her of life with this burden that nobody else knows about!]]

* [[spoiler:Chloe's reaction if she ends up killing Frank and his dog protecting Max. She is completely in shock. You can rewind if you want so that Frank lives, but still...]]
* Depending on your opinion of the character, [[spoiler:watching Nathan get beaten by Warren, to the point of ''breaking down into tears and begging for him to stop'']] was a strong pull on the heartstrings. Especially since it comes out of the blue and he was acting tough and domineering as usual just moments before. It shows that [[HiddenDepths Nathan is probably much more fragile than he acts]].

** [[spoiler: Max doesn't take it too well, either. At one point, she ends up in this nightmarish mashup of everything that happens and it leads her to the diner where everyone--every single character she's met--ends up in the room, including a version of herself that claims that she's one of the alternate Maxes that was left behind (whether she is this or a manifestation of Max's guilt is up to interpretation).]]
** [[spoiler: Most of the characters shame Max for her selfishness or beg her not to let them die. All Samuel says is: "Please, save the squirrels."]]

* [[spoiler: Both endings. Either you zap back in time and let Chloe be murdered by Nathan, therefore stopping the storm, or you let presumably everyone in town die just to save Chloe.]]
** Let that sink in for a bit. If you [[spoiler: save Chloe, the storm will destroy the entire town and kill everyone in it, including Warren, Kate (if you managed to keep her alive), and Chloe's parents. When the storm clears, Max and Chloe will pack their stuff and leave town, smiling at one another. But if you save Arcadia Bay, Max is forced to sit in the bathroom and listen to Chloe die. Justice is served for Kate, Rachel and Chloe, but the look on David's face when he discovers her body and the way Joyce almost falls when she walks up to Chloe's casket...there's seriously no "good" way to end this game.]]

*** [[spoiler: What is arbuably the most depressing and soul-crushing part of the entire ending is the exchange between Max and Chloe right before Max goes back in time to let Chloe die, where they say their goodbyes to each other for the very last time.]]
--> '''Chloe:''' [[spoiler: I'll always love you... And Max Caulfield? Don't you forget about me...]]

** [[spoiler:In the "Sacrifice Chloe" ending, seeing Max helpless to save Chloe and crying silently in the bathroom corner is heartbreaking. As is seeing the time Max and Chloe spent together overwritten by the new timeline. Made even more powerful by the use of the song ''Spanish Sahara'' form ''Music/{{Foals}}'' (already a {{Tearjerker}} in itself), which kicks in at just the right moment.]]

* Even if David has been a grade A JerkAss, it's hard not to feel sorry for him when [[spoiler: if you sided with Chloe in Episode 3 and he ends up leaving the house. ]]

* When Max firstly tries to [[spoiler:save William from getting in his car, it's horrible seeing him walk off into the light, thinking that you can't save him.]] You can because your failure is not permanent, but still.

* [[spoiler:The biggest TearJerker of all for this episode is Chloe getting shot by Mr. Jefferson. He quickly drugs Max so she can't rewind and there's no undoing it. Chloe Price is dead. Again.

* Anyone who's been through extreme bullying before will know how Kate Marsh feels. She's just so nice and yet she gets harassed even by a ''security guard''! He's really paranoid and would probably harass a lot of people, but that's still tough. [[spoiler: It's especially worrying when you see his pictures of her. Poor girl.]]

* Chloe's situation in general. [[spoiler:Max left and never called, her real father died, her mother remarried to a paranoid abusive step-dad, and she formed a new relationship with Rachel only for Rachel to vanish without a word.]] Chloe may not be the best girl out there, but she didn't deserve all that.
** Just look at her face when Max puts the CD on...

* The montage at the end of the episode, showing [[spoiler: all the major characters observing the freak snowfall]]. It humanizes the characters and gives us a window into little, ordinary moments of their lives. The beautiful song playing over the whole thing just makes it better.
** Seeing Kate Marsh sitting alone in her dorm room, crying.

* It gets worse for Kate in Episode 2 when [[spoiler: she finally breaks under all of the stress and abuse and tries to commit suicide by jumping off the roof of the girls dorms. It is especially heartbreaking if you don't manage to save her.]]
** Going into Kate's dorm room and getting to see how bad everything really is for her. Everything's dark, and she's surrounded by nothing but letters of disapproval from her deeply Christian family.
** It's even worse if you know someone who actually [[spoiler: has committed suicide, or were put in Max's situation to try and convince someone not to do it, or if you've been suicidal yourself.]]
** And then at the end of the episode, if you [[spoiler: fail to save her]], we get a slow, solemn shot of [[spoiler: a student-made memorial erected outside the school]].

** The ending song is specially heartwrenching, regardless of the outcome.
--> I don't have to see you right now
* Max's contemplation scenes in the junkyard.

* Max wakes up at the beginning of Episode 3 from a nightmare about [[spoiler:Kate]]. It's clear that she's been traumatized by [[spoiler:Kate's suicide attempt]], even if she prevented it.

** Let's not forget that [[spoiler:whether or not Max prevented Kate's suicide on the roof, she still witnessed Kate's initial jump before she reset time and reached the roof. Either way, Max witnessed a classmate commit suicide.]]

* If you [[spoiler: fail to save Kate's life]], you get a heartfelt text message from her father telling you how much it means to him that you even tried. This is especially sad if you see [[spoiler:the postcard he sent Kate, telling her that he loves her unconditionally. Losing his daughter must be beyond painful.]]
* When you're on your first try to [[spoiler:save William from getting in his car, it's kind of horrible seeing him walk off into the light, thinking that you can't save him.]] In the end, you can because your failure is not permanent, but still.
* Chloe. No, ''not'' the reveal - [[spoiler: sure, she's an abrasive jerk at times, but this episode really piles on exactly why she's the way she is, selfish attitude and all. She perceives her dead father as having ''left her'', still holds it against Max for leaving town, and thinks her Mom partially abandoned her for her step-father. The one thing that was basically holding her together was Rachel, and she finds out that the person she loved seemingly preferred a drug dealer (one who is now demanding money from her) to her. When that gets revealed, you can see her break, and nothing Max can say - even if you've been on her side throughout everything and maintain that she has you - will stop her from turning Max away and driving off in silence]].

* Near the end of Episode 3, it gets really sad after [[spoiler: you rewind into the picture and destroy all the memories after William's death. All those happy memories that David had with Joyce, even if it was just a few, were gone. It's sort of bittersweet really. Chloe is much happier with her biological dad around, but it's kind of depressing that David cannot have the joy of a family like William did, as far as we can tell.]]
** It is particularly painful when we realize that in [[spoiler:this timeline David is just a schoolbus driver.]] The miserable glance he casts at you upon [[spoiler:opening the bus door for you]] is enough to make you wish for things to [[spoiler:revert to how they used to be]].
** Also, there was a birthday card that David wrote for Chloe about how he was so happy to be accepted into their family. Goddammit.
* Towards the end of Episode 3. [[spoiler: Beached whales.]]

* At the end of episode 3 you see [[spoiler: Chloe in a wheelchair. How did she get in that chair? How hard have you fucked up her life this time? ''What the hell is going on?'']]
** [[spoiler: Made worse by three things: 1) once the player and Max manage to save William, we're treated to a heartwarming and hilarious photo montage of all the unpleasant moment of Chloe's life being replaced by happy moments that she shared with both Joyce and William (including a picture of a brand new car, which was probably the reason behind her accident) leading the player to think everything turned out okay; 2) the fact that apparently in this timeline, much like the case was in the first episode, Max hasn't reached out to talk to Chloe since she moved away from Arcadia Bay, with her reuniting with Chloe in the original timeline being a result of Max getting involved in Chloe's business with Nathan; and 3) in the original timeline: William's dead, Max moves away, Joyce remarries an abusive paranoid asshole, Chloe's best friend goes missing and it turns out that she's been lying to her, leaving Chloe to trust no one including Max. You would think that her problems would go away when William is saved, but instead in this timeline we see Chloe, she's paralyzed, confined to a wheelchair, with a breathing tube in her throat. Can the universe ''please'' stop shitting on Chloe now?]]

* In a heartbreaking case of TruthInTelevision, the Episode goes into great, brutal length to showcase just how incredibly ''shitty'' is the life of a [[spoiler: quadriplegic.]] Most people just get as far as thinking "not being able to move your body would be a living hell", but that's just because they've never gone deep enough. They haven't thought about [[spoiler: never again being able to feel anything with your body, or having to have other people attend to your most shameful physical needs ("having to have a nurse watch me shit so she can wipe my ass for me"), being forced to go incredible length just to keep one's body functioning on the most basic biological levels ("she has to use a lot of lotion to keep her blood flowing...", not to mention breathing through a tube because her lungs don't work), or being abandoned by all of your friends because you're just too sad a sight to bear. Not to even begin mentioning the feeling of being a burden on one's own family and loved-ones, and having to impotently watch them destroy themselves out of care for you.]] All the more horrific because, again, ''this is a situation many people in real life are stuck in'', and they don't get any time-traveling friends who can save them. That said, it's worth noting that for all the horror, the Episode does also [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming goes further than many other texts to show that being a quadriplegic is not, by and of itself, the end of the world, and that if the situation wasn't quite so dire and dramatic Chloe could've still had a happy and fulfilling life. Max even outright mentions how amazing it is that technologies like chin-operated joystick computers and electric wheelchairs are making life so much easier for the handicapped, and Chloe is still shown to have many diverse hobbies and to have even made friends over the internet, implicitly other wheelchair-bound people, despite her disability.]]]]
** One aspect of Alt!Chloe's condition that's sorely overlooked is just how frail her ''voice'' is. Major credit must be given to Ashley Burch for intentionally changing her delivery from vivacious and active to strained and hoarse. Now, just talking for Chloe is hard, and not something she can do so often; she even has to ask Max for water to moisten her throat at one point.
** A subtle one comes with Alt!Chloe's text messages. If you look at the times you receive them, you can see that, unlike other characters, there are pauses of several minutes between Max's messages and her replies. It's a small thing, but it further drives home that even something she can do thanks to the mouth-operated joystick is so slow and difficult for her.
* [[spoiler:Alternate Chloe asking Max to kill her was incredibly sad. Just this nice, poor girl who could've had everything she ever wanted if she just didn't get in that car crash. Now, she probably can't even move her arms or legs. What's even worse is that this girl, who cares so much for her parents, is still asking for you to kill her despite knowing how much that would hurt them. She must be in that bad of a situation to have to lead to that...]]
** [[spoiler: What makes the entire scenario even more powerful is the absolute lack of background music or ambience sound effects. [[SimpleScoreofSadness In typical shows or videogames during tragic events, there's background music inserted into the scene to address the impact of the tragedy to the audience]]. Here? The entire scenario is completely silent apart from the conversation between the two girls. No background music, no ambience sound effects...just complete silence.]]
** Chloe's reaction if [[spoiler: Max refuses is particularly heartbreaking. She bitterly accuses Max of bailing out on her like everyone else, and for just a moment, we see the old, angry Chloe in her. Then she just turns away]].
** As if Max's excruciating guilt over the whole situation wasn't bad enough, at one point Chloe accidentally rubs salt in the wound by telling her she's "not Super Max". She only means it as reassurance, but given how much time and effort Max has spent bending over backwards to be just that, for Chloe and indeed maybe for everybody, it hurts a ''lot''. An honest insult would've been better.
* [[spoiler:Max uses the photo to travel back to the day William originally died and allows him to die once more to save Chloe. It's really sad that the whole situation was just that bad that Max had to undo it all. I mean, think about it! The Prices were about to be homeless from all the things they had to pay! If only that car crash hadn't happened then everything would've been fine. Chloe was a straight A student! Max was friends with Victoria! William was alive! All stopped because of one mistake by some random driver.]]

* Even if David has been a grade A JerkAss, it's hard not to feel sorry for him when [[spoiler: he leaves the house if you sided with Chloe. ]]
-->'''David''': Congratulations, Max. You won. [[spoiler: You destroyed my family. [[GracefulLoser I salute you.]] ]]
** Then there's the unfinished letter in the garage, where [[spoiler: he tells Joyce he's sorry that he can't explain himself to her if she kicks him out, and that he would never intentionally try and hurt their family. He wishes he could tell her what is actually going on in Arcadia Bay but needs more proof. He also shows guilt for Kate's suicide attempt happening under his watch, and is upset that his step daughter hates him.]]
* [[spoiler:Chloe's reaction if she kills Frank and his dog. She just cannot in any way believe what she had just done. Thankfully, you can rewind so that he lives but still...]]
* YMMV with this one, depending on your opinion of the character, but [[spoiler:watching Nathan Prescott get beaten to the point of ''breaking down into tears and begging for Warren to stop'']] was a strong pull on the heartstrings. Especially since it comes fairly out of the blue and he was acting tough and domineering as usual just moments before. It shows that [[HiddenDepths Nathan is probably much more fragile than he acts]].
** It becomes more upsetting when you consider [[spoiler: Nathan's mental instability and that Warren may well have pushed him close to his breaking point]]. If you've ever experienced severe mental illness or known someone who has, this scene, and seeing him lie pitifully on the ground afterwards, can be pretty difficult to watch.

* [[spoiler:Max and Chloe finally find out what happened to Rachel Amber: she's been DeadAllAlong. Chloe's reaction is heartbreaking. You can just feel the intense pain taking her. It's sickening that this could happen to just one kid.]]

* If you think about it, [[spoiler: the drugs used on the abducted girls were most likely bought from Frank Bowers. In a way, he killed Rachel, the girl he truly loved.]]
* [[spoiler:The biggest TearJerker of all for this episode is Chloe getting shot by Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson quickly drugged Max so that she can't rewind so there's no undoing it. Chloe Price is dead. (Again. [[KilledOffForReal And most likely for real]].)]]
** [[spoiler:To make her death ''even more'' heartwrenching, [[TogetherInDeath she is killed right next to the grave of her best friend Rachel]].]]

* The trailer for Episode 5. [[spoiler: Max can be heard crying and begging Mr. Jefferson to let her go as he prepares another syringe. The poor girl's been through absolute hell, and it only seems like it's going to get worse. And the tornado is on its way.]]
* If you tried to save Victoria and she believed you, [[spoiler: she'll confide in Mr. Jefferson, who will kidnap her as well as murder her in the Dark Room]].
** Afterwards you get a flurry of texts from [[spoiler: Taylor, who's worried because Victoria disappeared after her acceptance speech.]]

* Telling [[spoiler: David]] about [[spoiler: Jefferson killing Chloe is heartbreaking but hiding the truth from him just to make sure he doesn't kill Jefferson in a rage is a punch to the gut, especially when he's finished saying how he plans on making things right with Chloe and Joyce. He truly thinks everything is going to be okay when he has no clue.]]
* Nathan's been a giant shit the entire game, but [[spoiler: the voicemail he leaves Max before he's killed by Jefferson offscreen is absolutely heartbreaking. It doesn't excuse the fact that he murdered Rachel and possibly drove Kate to suicide, but he only wanted to make his father figure proud and now his father figure has murdered him and plans on framing him for everything.]]
** The fact that [[spoiler: unless you sacrifice Chloe, Nathan is dead because he was murdered by Mr. Jefferson before the party.]] YMMV on this one, but most people after episode 4 had become fond of him.
* If you didn't warn the homeless woman who lives by the diner, [[spoiler: Max comes across her dead body crushed underneath some debris. Max even curses herself by saying that she never even asked for her name.]]
* If you tell Frank [[spoiler: about Nathan and Jefferson killing Rachel with the drugs that he supplied Nathan with, he breaks down. '''Hard.''']]
** Jesus, the soundbites you hear from him afterwards...
* When Max finds out that [[spoiler: the storm, more or less, is her fault. Just because she wanted to save someone's life.]]

** When Max meets [[spoiler: herself in the nightmare!diner, that Max reams into her/the player for using time to mess with other people's feelings.]]
* The version of Warren who turns up during the NightmareSequence, when you realise what it means that Max is dreaming about him as a [[EntitledToHaveYou possessive]], abusive JerkJock. After having been subjected to sexualised violence, part of Max now finds Warren's [[{{Adorkable}} clumsy but good-natured]] flirtation scary and threatening, even though it's clear from their previous scene together that she doesn't consciously think of him as anything but a NiceGuy. What [[spoiler: Jefferson]] did to her has clearly left scars that will take a long time to heal.
* [[spoiler: The ending. All of the possible endings, really. Either you zap back in time and let Chloe be murdered by Nathan, therefore stopping the storm or you let presumably everyone in town die just to save Chloe.]]
** Let that sink in for a bit. If you [[spoiler: save Chloe, the storm will destroy the entire town and kill everyone in it, including one of Max's best friends and Chloe's parents. When the storm clears, Max and Chloe will pack their stuff and leave town, smiling at one another. But if you save Arcadia Bay, Max is forced to sit in the bathroom and listen to Chloe die. Justice is served for Kate, Rachel and Chloe, but the look on David's face when he discovers her body and they way Joyce almost falls when she walks up to Chloe's casket...there's seriously no "good" way to end this game.]]
** [[spoiler:In the "Sacrifice Chloe" ending, seeing Max helpless to save Chloe and crying silently in the bathroom corner while the focus ends is heartbreaking. As is seeing the time Max and Chloe spent together overwritten by the new timeline. Made even more powerful by the use of the song ''Spanish Sahara'' form ''Music/{{Foals}}'' (already a {{Tearjerker}} in itself), which kicks in at just the right moment.]]

*** [[spoiler: Because Max went back in time to the beginning, none of the moments Max and Chloe spent together ever happened. As far as Chloe is concerned, she died alone, feeling sad and unloved, not knowing what happened to Rachel and never seeing Max again.]]

--> ''And we could run away''

** [[spoiler:In the "Sacrifice Chloe" ending, seeing Max helpless to save Chloe and crying silently in the bathroom corner while the focus ends is heartbreaking. As is seeing the time Max and Chloe spent together overwritten by the new timeline. Made even more powerful by the incredible music, which kicks in at just the right moment.]]

** [[spoiler:In the "Sacrifice Chloe" ending, seeing Max helpless to save Chloe and crying silently in the bathroom corner while the focus ends is heartbreaking. As is seeing the time Max and Chloe spent together overwritten by the new timeline.]]

-->'''Max:''' [[spoiler:I'll never get the image out of my head of Kate jumping off that roof.]]

*** [[spoiler: Remember how far Max could go out of her way to tell Kate in Episode 2 that the bullies were wrong, that there was still hope, and that she deserved to live as much as anyone? Yeah, Chloe doesn't get any of that. Chloe gets told, by ''reality itself'', that she was doomed from the start, that she has no right to live when the universe doesn't want her to, and that she ''better'' kill herself unless she wants to be responsible for the whole town being wiped out. How sad is that?]]

* [[spoiler: Remember how far Max could go out of her way to tell Kate in Episode 2 that the bullies were wrong, that there was still hope, and that she deserved to live as much as anyone? Yeah, Chloe doesn't get any of that. Chloe gets told, by ''reality itself'', that she was doomed from the start, that she has no right to live when the universe doesn't want her to, and that she ''better'' kill herself unless she wants to be responsible for the whole town being wiped out. How sad is that?]]

** [[spoiler: What makes the entire scenario even more powerful is the absolute lack of background music or ambience sound effects. [[SimpleScoreofSadness In typical shows or videogames during tragic events, there's background music inserted into the scene to address the impact of the tragedy to the audience]]. Here? The entire scenario is completely silence apart from the conversation between the two girls. No background music, no ambience sound effects...just complete silence.]]

* In a heartbreaking case of TruthInTelevision, the Episode goes into great, brutal length to showcase just how incredibly ''shitty'' is the life of a [[spoiler: quadriplegic.]] Most people just get as far as thinking "not being able to move your body would be a living hell", but that's just because they've never gone deep enough. They haven't thought about [[spoiler: never again being able to feel anything with your body, or having to have other people attend to your most shameful physical needs ("having to have a nurse watch me shit so she can wipe my ass for me), being forced to go incredible length just to keep one's body functioning on the most basic biological levels ("she has to use a lot of lotion to keep her blood flowing...", not to mention breathing through a tube because her lungs don't work), or being abandoned by all of your friends because you're just too sad a sight to bear. Not to even begin mentioning the feeling of being a burden on one's own family and loved-ones, and having to impotently watch them destroy themselves out of care for you.]] All the more horrific because, again, ''this is a situation many people in real life are stuck in'', and they don't get any time-traveling friends who can save them.

* Towards the end of Episode 3. [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two Words]]: [[spoiler: Beached whales.]]

* The version of Warren who turns up during the NightmareSequence, when you realise what it means that Max is dreaming about him as a [[EntitledToHaveYou possessive]], abusive JerkJock. After having been subjected to sexualised violence, part of Max now finds Warren's [{{Adorkable}} clumsy but good-natured]] flirtation scary and threatening, even though it's clear from their previous scene together that she doesn't consciously think of him as anything but a NiceGuy. What [[spoiler: Jefferson]] did to her has clearly left scars that will take a long time to heal.

*** [[spoiler: Because Max went in time to before any of the events after the beginning happened, Chloe has none of the memories of her and Max together. Chloe died alone, unloved, not knowing what happened to Rachel and never seeing Max.]]

** [[spoiler: The "sacrifice Chloe" ending becomes even more sad whenever you realize in recent years in our world teenagers have died in very similar situations like Chloe's "bathroom death" scene]]

** [[Spoiler: Most of the characters shame Max for her selfishness or beg her not to let them die. All Samuel says is: "Please, save the squirrels."]]