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* [[spoiler: Anastasia's revival and Victoria's joy]] is equal parts TearJerker and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - until we see how it affected poor Ivy, who was watching through the window. The realization hits her that she failed to [[spoiler: wake her sister before her mother did]], and that Victoria got one over her yet again even though ''she'' should be the one in control, and seeing Victoria coo and almost break down with happiness over [[spoiler: Anastasia]] in comparison [[TheUnfavorite to how unloved]] or [[AbusiveParents even downright]] ''[[WellDoneDaughterGal despised]]'' Ivy is [[IJustWantToBeLoved shoves this girl over]] the DespairEventHorizon hard. She then walks away and [[BrokenTears begins to cry]] as the episode ends, marking yet another of many KickTheDog moments towards her. [[TheWoobie Ultimate Woobie, thy name is Ivy]] (even if she is a JerkassWoobie for many things she did up to here).


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* [[spoiler: Anastasia's revival and Victoria's joy]] is equal parts TearJerker and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - until we see how it affected poor Ivy, who was watching through the window. The realization hits her that she failed to [[spoiler: wake her sister before her mother did]], and that Victoria got one over her yet again even though ''she'' should be the one in control, and seeing Victoria coo and almost break down with happiness over [[spoiler: Anastasia]] in comparison [[TheUnfavorite to how unloved]] or [[AbusiveParents even downright]] ''[[WellDoneDaughterGal despised]]'' Ivy is [[IJustWantToBeLoved shoves this girl over]] the DespairEventHorizon hard. She then walks away and [[BrokenTears begins to cry]] as the episode ends, marking yet another of many KickTheDog moments towards her. [[TheWoobie Ultimate Woobie, thy name is Ivy]] (even if she is a JerkassWoobie for many things she did up to here).

here). [[TragicVillain Someone just give her]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds a hug already.]]

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* [[spoiler: Anastasia's revival and Victoria's joy]] is equal parts TearJerker and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - until we see how it affected poor Ivy, who was watching through the window. The realization hits her that she failed to [[spoiler: wake her sister before her mother did]], and that Victoria got one over her yet again even though ''she'' should be the one in control, and seeing Victoria coo and almost break down with happiness over [[spoiler: Anastasia]] in comparison [[TheUnfavorite to how unloved]] or [[AbusiveParents even downright]] ''[[WellDoneDaughterGal despised]]'' Ivy is [[IJustWantToBeLoved shoves this girl over]] the DespairEventHorizon hard. She then walks away and [[BrokenTears begins to cry]] as the episode ends, marking yet another of many KickTheDog moments towards her. [[TheWoobie Ultimate Woobie, thy name is Ivy]] (even if she is a JerkassWoobie for many things she did up to here}.


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* [[spoiler: Anastasia's revival and Victoria's joy]] is equal parts TearJerker and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - until we see how it affected poor Ivy, who was watching through the window. The realization hits her that she failed to [[spoiler: wake her sister before her mother did]], and that Victoria got one over her yet again even though ''she'' should be the one in control, and seeing Victoria coo and almost break down with happiness over [[spoiler: Anastasia]] in comparison [[TheUnfavorite to how unloved]] or [[AbusiveParents even downright]] ''[[WellDoneDaughterGal despised]]'' Ivy is [[IJustWantToBeLoved shoves this girl over]] the DespairEventHorizon hard. She then walks away and [[BrokenTears begins to cry]] as the episode ends, marking yet another of many KickTheDog moments towards her. [[TheWoobie Ultimate Woobie, thy name is Ivy]] (even if she is a JerkassWoobie for many things she did up to here}.

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* The fear in Rapunzel's voice as she screams for her family to help her as Gothel imprisons her in the tower.
* Six years later, little Drizella has lost all hope of her mom returning, but Anastasia has faith and uses the floating lanterns in the hopes that she will find them. When she does, she embraces Ana and then Marcus while Drizella walks away, sad and confused (she was very little when her mother was trapped, so she doesn't remember much about her and therefore cannot have proper attachment; in addition it's strongly implied that Ana was always Rapunzel's favorite).
* Then Rapunzel meets stepdaughter Ella and upon seeing Cecilia realizes that Marcus remarried thinking she'd never come back.
* Even when Rapunzel was younger and Drizella was little, they were never properly attached; Drizella learned to become attached to Cecilia while Rapunzel was gone for six years.

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* The Tremaine family backstory. '''All of it.'''
** Rapunzel's family is falling ill and she asks Gothel for help; in return for her services, Gothel quite literally builds a tower around the woman.
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The fear in Rapunzel's voice as she screams for her family to help her as Gothel imprisons her in the tower.
* ** Six years later, little Drizella has lost all hope of her mom returning, but Anastasia has faith and uses the floating lanterns in the hopes that she will find them. When she does, she embraces Ana and then Marcus while Drizella walks away, sad and confused (she was very little when her mother was trapped, so she doesn't remember much about her and therefore cannot have proper attachment; in addition it's strongly implied that Ana was always Rapunzel's favorite).
* ** Then Rapunzel meets stepdaughter Ella and upon seeing Cecilia realizes that Marcus remarried thinking she'd never come back.
* ** Even when Rapunzel was younger and Drizella was little, they were never properly attached; Drizella learned to become attached to Cecilia while Rapunzel was gone for six years.
years. Rapunzel expresses clear resentment towards Cecilia for this and notes to Marcus that Drizella barely reacted to Rapunzel's gift while she excitedly thanks and hugs her stepmom. [[spoiler: This leads Rapunzel to shatter a mirror and use Gothel's poison mushroom on Cecilia, causing her to run away to Wonderland.]]
** Some time later, Ella and Ana fall through an ice pond while helping Drizella build a snowman. Marcus dives in but could only save Ella in time, and Ana is near-death when she is recovered. Luckily, Gothel saves her last breath but tries to imprison ''her'' next. [[spoiler: Good thing Rapunzel stole the magic from her before using it on her instead.]]
* Weaver trying to get through to Victoria that she shouldn't lose hope or actively further attempt to worsen her relationship with Ivy, reminiscing about how it took Neal a long time to forgive him.
* Victoria [[spoiler: causing Lucy to lose hope by showing her a comatose Anastasia and footage of Jacinda kissing Nick as well as saying that Henry left and never looked back (he did leave, but it would only be brief), and that some happy endings don't come true. She then collects the tear spilled by Lucy and lets her run off. She kisses Ana on the forehead and drops the tear on her, reviving her - at the exchange of Lucy falling under the curse now right in front of her mother.]]
* [[spoiler: Anastasia's revival and Victoria's joy]] is equal parts TearJerker and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - until we see how it affected poor Ivy, who was watching through the window. The realization hits her that she failed to [[spoiler: wake her sister before her mother did]], and that Victoria got one over her yet again even though ''she'' should be the one in control, and seeing Victoria coo and almost break down with happiness over [[spoiler: Anastasia]] in comparison [[TheUnfavorite to how unloved]] or [[AbusiveParents even downright]] ''[[WellDoneDaughterGal despised]]'' Ivy is [[IJustWantToBeLoved shoves this girl over]] the DespairEventHorizon hard. She then walks away and [[BrokenTears begins to cry]] as the episode ends, marking yet another of many KickTheDog moments towards her. [[TheWoobie Ultimate Woobie, thy name is Ivy]] (even if she is a JerkassWoobie for many things she did up to here}.

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* Alice's terror at being unable to touch her father because he's under a curse from a poison mushroom that can potentially kill him if he touches a loved one. She believed that he'd been cured, or at least that Drizella could help cure him. [[spoiler: She lied.]]
* Alice talking to Ella about her mother Cecilia helping her fight the Jabberwock along with many others. Alice was the only survivor.
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* Weaver trying to explain to Rogers that [[DeathSeeker he (Rumple) needs to]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal get back to his wife.]]
* The fear in Rapunzel's voice as she screams for her family to help her as Gothel imprisons her in the tower.
* Six years later, little Drizella has lost all hope of her mom returning, but Anastasia has faith and uses the floating lanterns in the hopes that she will find them. When she does, she embraces Ana and then Marcus while Drizella walks away, sad and confused (she was very little when her mother was trapped, so she doesn't remember much about her and therefore cannot have proper attachment; in addition it's strongly implied that Ana was always Rapunzel's favorite).
* Then Rapunzel meets stepdaughter Ella and upon seeing Cecilia realizes that Marcus remarried thinking she'd never come back.
* Even when Rapunzel was younger and Drizella was little, they were never properly attached; Drizella learned to become attached to Cecilia while Rapunzel was gone for six years.

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* [[spoiler:Belle's death from old age.]] Especially painful because [[spoiler:she and Rumple had gone to the Edge of Realms so he could be mortal again and grow old with her, but she eventually realized that ''she'' had to die if Rumple were to ever be free. And she ''didn't tell Rumple this until she was on her deathbed''. The fact that this was all preceded by a heartwarming homage of the famously tearjerky opening to "Up", you just knew something was about to make you cry.]]

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* [[spoiler:Belle's death from old age.]] Especially painful because [[spoiler:she and Rumple had gone to the Edge of Realms so he could be mortal again and grow old with her, but she eventually realized that ''she'' had to die if Rumple were to ever be free. And she ''didn't tell Rumple this until she was on her deathbed''. The fact that this was all preceded by a heartwarming homage of the famously tearjerky opening to "Up", you just knew something was about to make you cry. That on it's own is sad enough, [[BrokenTears Rumple's reaction]] makes it so much worse.]]
* Henry walks up to Ivy sitting on a bench while he's looking for Lucy (whom Ivy lost), and Ivy wipes her eyes and [[JerkassFacade her voice shakes when she tries to be a jerk to him]] - her mother verbally abused and threatened her so bad it brought her to tears. [[spoiler: And yes, even though Ivy is the BigBad behind the Curse, those weren't CrocodileTears - she was genuinely hurt and stressed by her mother's harshness. If she were faking, she would have pretended to cry only when she saw Henry approaching; the evidence is that she'd been doing it for a while.]]
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* Ivy tries to offer her mother help, and for a moment [[HopeSpot it looks like Victoria is going to praise her,]] [[spoiler: then she subverts it and goes right to being her usual bitchy self. Clearly, this hurts Ivy beyond repair as though she'd been considering not punishing Victoria as much as planned, but being called an embarrassment and being told off for "flailing around" convinced her that there was no hope for their mother-daughter relationship.
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* Drizella realizes all her mother wants is her heart to resurrect Anastasia. She cries she always knew she wasn't her mother's favorite daughter but never knew how badly until now and sobs on Regina's shoulder. While it is the start of her path to darkness, it's hard not to feel sorry for her at this moment.

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* Drizella realizes all her mother wants is her heart to resurrect Anastasia. She cries she always knew she wasn't her mother's favorite daughter but never knew how badly until now and sobs on Regina's shoulder. While it is the start of her path to darkness, it's hard not to feel sorry for her at this moment. The conversation between her and her mother during the confrontation makes it even worse.
-->'''Drizella''': Y'know, I've been trying my whole life to win your approval, but now I realize I'm never going to get it... because I'm not her.
-->'''Tremaine''': You're most certainly ''not.''
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* Regina's misery at Drizella going down the same path she herself went through as the Evil Queen, despite Regina trying to teach her to go in the opposite direction.


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* Rogers' reaction to believing that Eloise is dead.
* Regina having to break apart Henry and Jacinda - from the way she goes about it, one can easily tell that's the last thing she wants to do.
* Gothel [[spoiler: trapped her newborn child (Alice) in the tower she (and previously Rapunzel) had been in. Alice presumably stays there for ''years'' and Wish!Hook has to raise her all alone.]]
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* Drizella realizes all her mother wants is her heart to resurrect Anastasia. She cries she always knew she wasn't her mother's favorite daughter but never knew how badly until now and sobs on Regina's shoulder. While it is the start of her path to darkness, it's hard not to feel sorry for her at this moment.
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* Regina awakening but realizing that she can't reach out to Henry because of how the new Curse is set up and thus must deny him the truth.
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* Even though all the memories are fake, Roni trying to adopt and it falling through and Henry's memories of living in the system and never getting out.
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* [[spoiler:Belle's death from old age.]] Especially painful because [[spoiler:she and Rumple had gone to the Edge of Realms so he could be mortal again and grow old with her, but she eventually realized that ''she'' had to die if Rumple were to ever be free. And she ''didn't tell Rumple this until she was on her deathbed''.]]

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* [[spoiler:Belle's death from old age.]] Especially painful because [[spoiler:she and Rumple had gone to the Edge of Realms so he could be mortal again and grow old with her, but she eventually realized that ''she'' had to die if Rumple were to ever be free. And she ''didn't tell Rumple this until she was on her deathbed''. The fact that this was all preceded by a heartwarming homage of the famously tearjerky opening to "Up", you just knew something was about to make you cry.]]
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* [[spoiler:Belle's death from old age.]] Especially painful because [[spoiler:she and Rumple had gone to the Edge of Realms so he could be mortal again and grow old with her, but she eventually realized that ''she'' had to die if Rumple were to ever be free. And she ''didn't tell Rumple this until she was on her deathbed''.]]
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\n* Rumplestiltskin had ''that much darkness in him''. No wonder he went crackers in the jail cell back in the Enchanted Forest - who ''wouldn't?''

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* The fact that Henry´s cursed self thinks he lost his wife and daughter in a fire, and how broken he is.

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* The fact that Henry´s cursed self thinks he lost his wife and daughter in a fire, and how broken he is.is.
* Lucy´s reaction when she finds out Henry told her step-grandmother where she and Jacinda were.
* Mrs Belfry telling Jacinda that Lucy will be moving in with her.
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* In two separate scenes, both Charming and Snow find they can't take the separation of their Sleeping Curse any longer. Charming can't bring himself to wake Snow to the nightmare of Regina and Emma being gone, and the Hooded Figure being in town. Snow can't write another note to him because she is brought to tears by the fact little Neal spoke his first word...and Charming wasn't awake to hear it.
* When Rumple goes to collect Jack and Jill's baby to lure in the Black Fairy, we find out that the deal Jill struck with him was to save Jack after his fall from the well...and the price was her most precious possession. At the time this was a ring, but when he came to collect it was of course their baby. And when the Blue Fairy as its godmother comes to try and stop Rumple, she is powerless due to the contract. Jack and Jill are only left to weep on their knees as Rumple saunters away. Luckily Belle returning the baby later turns it back to TearsOfJoy.
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** [[spoiler:Rumple's]] added backstory in this episode reveals it's been a very vicious cycle. His own father abandoned him as an infant. Years later, when [[spoiler:a young and idealistic Rumple chooses cowardice to get home to Milah and an infant Bae, not wanting to have Bae grow up without a father. A few years later, Bae has to do just that because of Rumple's cowardice.]] When Emma meets Neal, it seemed like Neal was going to finally be able to turn over past habits in his family line. But, thanks to [[spoiler:August telling him that Emma is TheChosenOne]], Neal chooses to run.
* Rumple gets hit hard in the present day too: His plan succeeded. Every deal, every machination, every little scheme that he pulled came to fruition in this episode. He finally got the reunion with his son that he'd been hoping for [[spoiler:and said son wants nothing to do with him.]] Damn, writers. That's cold.

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** [[spoiler:Rumple's]] added backstory in this episode reveals it's been a very vicious cycle. His own father abandoned him as an infant.him. Years later, when [[spoiler:a young and idealistic Rumple chooses cowardice to get home to Milah and an infant Bae, not wanting to have Bae grow up without a father. A few years later, Bae has to do just that because of Rumple's cowardice.]] When Emma meets Neal, it seemed like Neal was going to finally be able to turn over past habits in his family line. But, thanks to [[spoiler:August telling him that Emma is TheChosenOne]], Neal chooses to run.
* Rumple gets hit hard in the present day too: His plan succeeded. Every deal, every machination, every little scheme that he pulled came to fruition in this episode. He finally got the reunion with his son that he'd been hoping for for, [[spoiler:and said son wants nothing to do with him.]] Damn, writers. That's cold.



* Rumplestiltskin telling Baelfire that there's magic back in Storybrooke and that he can turn Baelfire back into a fourteen year old again, so they can start over. As Robert Carlyle noted at a Paleyfest panel, it's been three hundred years since he's seen his son and that's all he has to offer.

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* Rumplestiltskin telling Baelfire that there's magic back in Storybrooke and that he can turn Baelfire back into a fourteen year old again, so they can start over. Bae would be three years older than his own son. As Robert Carlyle noted at a Paleyfest panel, it's been three hundred years since he's seen his son son, and that's all he has to offer.



* The reason why Snow is a BirthdayHater. [[spoiler:Her mother died on her birthday.]] Oh, and you know what? [[spoiler:Her caretaker and only link to her mother is flung out of a window by Cora.]] On her birthday. Oh, and it turns out that Cora is hell bent on turning Snow evil as well as Regina. [[spoiler:Because she hates Eva. For some reason.]] [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope And it may or may not be working.]]

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* The reason why Snow is a BirthdayHater. [[spoiler:Her mother died on her birthday.]] Oh, and you know what? [[spoiler:Her caretaker and only link to her mother is flung out of a window by Cora.]] On her birthday. Oh, and it turns out that Cora is hell bent hellbent on turning Snow evil as well as Regina. [[spoiler:Because she hates Eva. For some reason.]] [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope And it may or may not be working.]]



** "And what would you know about mothers?" Coming from her step mother, that's gotta ''burn.''

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** "And what would you know about mothers?" Coming from her step mother, stepmother, that's gotta ''burn.''
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* A deleted scene shows Rumple taking Jack and Jill's newborn son and it's as heartbreaking as it sounds.
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* The scene where Belle [[spoiler:leaves Rumplrstiltskin, but only for a little while]] after he unleashes the wraith on Regina.

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* The scene where Belle [[spoiler:leaves Rumplrstiltskin, Rumplestiltskin, but only for a little while]] after he unleashes the wraith on Regina.
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** A bit of Fridge Sadness: remember how Robin was so happy to meet Belle again, after the curse was ended in Season 3B? She isn't here to attend the funeral because she's both still under the Sleeping Curse and inside Pandora's Box. Imagine her reaction after she's free and awake next season. We never see it, but...
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** The moment where we see the three sisters as children again[[spoiler:, TogetherInDeath. Look closely--Ingrid is ''running to catch up'' with Gerda and Helga. And it's Gerda's hand she takes...]]
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* Surprisingly, the scene where Zelena, about to give birth prematurely, begs Zelena and Robin to help her shows genuine fear and anguish, and it's hard not to feel sorry for her--Regina and Robin certainly did, even if they were mostly concerned for the baby.

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* Surprisingly, the scene where Zelena, about to give birth prematurely, begs Zelena Regina and Robin to help her shows genuine fear and anguish, and it's hard not to feel sorry for her--Regina and Robin certainly did, even if they were mostly concerned for the baby.
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* Robin being not only killed, but no longer even being able to go to an afterlife.

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* Robin being not only killed, but no longer even being able to go to an afterlife. [[spoiler:Thankfully, WordOfGod heavily implied the latter was {{Jossed}} because Hades invoked ILied.]]
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* The fact that, [[spoiler: in giving up her son, Belle ''fucks up all the shit, lets the Black Fairy end up in Storybrooke'' and ''destroys Gideon's life for nearly three decades.'']] Trying to do the right thing was, in this case, the ''wrong'' thing.
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-->'''Regina''', ''in tears'': Zelena, I do believe in you. I defended you when no one else did. I wanted ''so'' badly for you to find love. But sometimes love...blinds us. Hades tried to kill me already...Robin died to protect me. That's what true love is. It's sacrifice. It's giving up everything for the person you love. But Hades won't give up a single thing for you. Like he said...he wants it all.
-->'''Zelena''', ''to Hades, also in tears'': All I ever wanted was love. You told me that was enough for you, but now I realize...'''''nothing ever will be!'''''
** And then afterward they both can't do anything but kneel on the floor, holding each other and crying over the loves they've lost.
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** Of special mention though is the actual moment of Helga's death. She collapses, freezing over and turning to ice, her expression only one of stunned disbelief that Ingrid had done this to her. Ingrid desperately tries to save her, pleading that there's still a chance, and then she ''breaks apart right in Ingrid's hands''. Follow this up with the way Ingrid pleads with Gerda that it was just an accident, that she loved her and promised she would never turn on her, before being sealed in the run... '''God''', the tears...

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** Of special mention though is the actual moment of Helga's death. She collapses, freezing over and turning to ice, her expression only one of stunned disbelief that Ingrid had done this to her. Ingrid desperately tries to save her, pleading that there's still a chance, and then she ''breaks apart right in Ingrid's hands''. Follow this up with the way Ingrid pleads with Gerda that it was just an accident, that she loved her and promised she would never turn on her, before being sealed in the run... '''God''', urn... '''''God''''', the tears...
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** There's also the way Snow literally falls on her knees before Regina and begs her to break her heart in two to save Charming, as a child to her mother, because that's what Regina was to her once and is becoming again. The look on Regina's face says it all.

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** Also, his horrified, remorseful reaction to Rumple's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech telling him that [[spoiler:the hand was never cursed and that Hook's misdeeds were done of his own free will. While Rumple tricked him into thinking it was cursed, Hook isn't as changed as he wants to believe. And right after that revelation, Hook threatens Belle by "crushing her heart". After all trying to be a good man for Emma, he was willing to give in to his darkness to hurt an innocent woman to spite Rumple. Just like he would do in season 2.]]
* Anna rejecting her inner darkness, thus allowing Rumplestiltskin collect the box. Shows usually treat the hero doing this as a victory; unfortunately, due to the circumstances, it turns out to be Rumple's win, rather than Anna's. There's as much despair as disgust in the way she says this line:

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** Also, his horrified, remorseful reaction to Rumple's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech telling him that [[spoiler:the hand was never cursed and that Hook's misdeeds were done of his own free will. While Rumple tricked him into thinking it was cursed, Hook isn't as changed as he wants to believe. And right after that revelation, Hook threatens Belle by "crushing her heart". After all his trying to be a good man for Emma, he was willing to give in to his darkness to hurt an innocent woman to spite Rumple. Just like he would do in season 2.]]
* Anna rejecting her inner darkness, thus allowing Rumplestiltskin to collect the box. Shows usually treat the hero doing this as a victory; unfortunately, due to the circumstances, it turns out to be Rumple's win, rather than Anna's. There's as much despair as disgust in the way she says this line:



* The reason why the Snow Queen was so surprised to see Emma again in Storybrooke. [[spoiler:She was one of Emma's foster mothers, and had even talked with Emma during her early days in Storybrooke. Yet it turns out Emma remembered none of it]]. Made more painful when the Snow Queen admits her deepest longing: a family that wouldn't leave her.

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* The reason why the Snow Queen was so surprised to see Emma again in Storybrooke. [[spoiler:She was one of Emma's foster mothers, and had even talked with Emma during her early days in Storybrooke. Yet it turns out Emma remembered none of it]].it--which later turns out to be the Snow Queen's own doing, but the reason she did it (Emma still hating her and thinking her crazy for going on about magic), after she had been going to adopt her, makes it even more of a TearJerker]]. Made more painful when the Snow Queen admits her deepest longing: a family that wouldn't leave her.



* Belle's tearful confession to Mr Gold about a secret she kept from him all the while showing a deep trust in him. Rumple's reaction is both conflicted and painful.
* Regina, telling Robin Hood that he needed to forget about her to save his wife, effectively sacrificing her own happiness to ensure that of her beloved. Both HeartWarming and TearJerker at the same time.

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* Belle's tearful confession to Mr Gold about a secret she kept from him all the while showing a deep trust in him. Rumple's reaction is both conflicted and painful.
painful, particularly when he knows quite well he's lying to her about the dagger.
* Regina, telling Robin Hood that he needed to forget about her to save his wife, effectively sacrificing her own happiness to ensure that of her beloved. Both HeartWarming a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and TearJerker at the same time.



** Of special mention though is the actual moment of Helga's death. She collapses, freezing over and turning to ice, her expression only one of stunned disbelief that Ingrid had done this to her. Ingrid desperately tries to save her, pleading that there's still a chance, and then she ''breaks apart right in Ingrid's hands''. Follow this up with the way Ingrid pleads with Gerda that it was just an accident, that she loved her and promised she would never turn on her, before being sealed in the run... '''God''', the tears...



** Just prior to this, as the spell is arriving, there's the moment where Elsa is embracing Anna while covering her face with her hand, and Emma is sinking to her knees, desperately protecting baby Neal. There's just something so sad and despairing, watching this and knowing ''nothing'' can stop the spell from taking effect, and all they can do is huddle and hold each other till it's over.



** [[spoiler:Right before Rumple is pushed completely over, Belle just turns away. She still holds the dagger at him, but her arm is shaking and she starts crying. This has one of two interpretations, both equally depressing: that she was too disgusted to even look at him, or that she couldn't bear to see his sorrow but couldn't back down from doing the right thing.]]

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** [[spoiler:Right before Rumple is pushed completely over, Belle just turns away. She still holds the dagger at him, but her arm is shaking and she starts crying. This has one of two interpretations, both equally depressing: that she was too disgusted to even look at him, or that she couldn't bear to see his sorrow but also couldn't back down from doing the right thing.]]



* Belle clearly is still devasted by losing Rumple, even while she recognises that she did the right thing.

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* Belle clearly is still devasted devastated by losing Rumple, even while she recognises that she did the right thing.



** That Cora's idea of genuinely helping her daughter is to throw a boy toy that fits her sense of propriety, without bothering to think about what might be bothering her daughter. Wuth parents like these...
* In a flashback, a couple is shown having a wedding in a meadow near Regina's castle. She comes up to them, and rips the grooms heart out. Her father tries to reason with her, but he only ends up angering her further, and she crushes his heart. The cries of his would-be-bride and his family on what was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives is gut wrenching.

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** That Cora's idea of genuinely helping her daughter is to throw a boy toy at her that fits her sense of propriety, without bothering to think about what might be bothering her daughter. Wuth With parents like these...
* In a flashback, a couple is shown having a wedding in a meadow near Regina's castle. She comes up to them, and rips the grooms groom's heart out. Her father tries to reason with her, but he only ends up angering her further, and she crushes his the heart. The cries of his would-be-bride and his family on what was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives is gut wrenching.
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* [[spoiler: Rumple has to kill his mother. The look on his face after he does so plus the fact that his arm is shaking drives home the fact that, despite everything she did, he truly loved her just as she loved him and didn't want it to come to this. He even lingers in a VillainousBSOD util Belle snaps him out of it. [[SelfMadeOrphan He's now been forced to destroy both his parents.]]]]

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* [[spoiler: Rumple has to kill his mother. The look on his face after he does so plus the fact that his arm is shaking drives home the fact that, despite everything she did, he truly loved her just as she loved him and didn't want it to come to this. He even lingers in a VillainousBSOD util until Belle snaps him out of it. [[SelfMadeOrphan He's now been forced to destroy both his parents.]]]]
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* [[spoiler: Rumple has to kill his mother. The look on his face after he does so plus the fact that his arm is shaking drives home the fact that, despite everything she did, he truly loved her just as she loved him and didn't want it to come to this. He even lingers in a VillainousBSOD for a while until Belle snaps him out of it. [[SelfMadeOrphan He's now been forced to destroy both his parents.]]]]

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* [[spoiler: Rumple has to kill his mother. The look on his face after he does so plus the fact that his arm is shaking drives home the fact that, despite everything she did, he truly loved her just as she loved him and didn't want it to come to this. He even lingers in a VillainousBSOD for a while until util Belle snaps him out of it. [[SelfMadeOrphan He's now been forced to destroy both his parents.]]]]
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* [[spoiler: Rumple has to kill his mother. The look on his face after he does so plus the fact that his arm is shaking drives home the fact that, despite everything she did, he truly loved her just as she loved him and didn't want it to come to this. He even lingers in a VillainousBSOD for a while until Belle [[SelfMadeOrphan He's now been forced to destroy both his parents.]]]]

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* [[spoiler: Rumple has to kill his mother. The look on his face after he does so plus the fact that his arm is shaking drives home the fact that, despite everything she did, he truly loved her just as she loved him and didn't want it to come to this. He even lingers in a VillainousBSOD for a while until Belle snaps him out of it. [[SelfMadeOrphan He's now been forced to destroy both his parents.]]]]

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