History Tearjerker / Defiance

** At the end of the Episode Amanda puts away the badge knowing that there will be no justice for [[spoiler: Deidre.]] Who few if any will mourn. An innocent and dying man allows himself to die in a prison cell so his daughter will have a future. And Tommy [[spoiler: is left lying on the ground bleeding to death after Irisa stabbed him, despite him]] [[{{CoolDownHug}} embracing her and trying to convince her to come back to him and Nolan.]]

** At the end of the Episode Amanda puts away the badge knowing that there will be no justice for [[spoiler: Deidre.]] Who few if any will mourn. An innocent and dying man allows himself to die in a prison cell so his daughter will have a future. And Tommy [[spoiler: is left lying on the ground bleeding to death. After Irisa stabbed him Despite him]] [[{{CoolDownHug}} embracing her , and trying to convince her to come back to him and Nolan.]]

** At the end of the Episode Amanda puts away the badge knowing that there will be no justice for [[spoiler: Deidre.]] Who few if any will mourn. An innocent and dying man allows himself to die in a prison cell so his daughter will have a future. And Tommy [[spoiler: is left lying on the ground bleeding to death. After Irisa stabbed him, despite him]] [[{{CoolDownHug}} embracing her , trying to convince her to come back to him and Nolan.]]

** Poor Amanda, in the space of a month she lost [[spoiler: Kenya, her biological sister who she finally accepts is dead.]] Then she [[spoiler: loses Deidre who is also murdered.]] Deidre who looked up to Amanda as an older sister. And during the investigation, Amanda starts to realize that she was the one who indirectly caused this mess, by encouraging Deidre to fight for this mystery man she's been telling her about. [[spoiler: Amanda didn't realize that Deidre was talking about Alak Tarr, or the level of drastic action Deidre was willing to take.]]

** Poor Amanda, in the space of a month she lost [[spoiler: Kenya, her biological sister who she finally accepts is dead.]] Then she [[spoiler: loses Deidre who is also murdered.]] Deidre who looked up to Amanda as an older sister. And during the investigation, Amanda starts to realize that she was the one who indirectly caused this mess, by encouraging Deidre to fight for this mystery man she's been telling her about. [[spoiler: Amanda didn't realize that Deidre was talking about Alak Tarr, or the level of drastic action Deidre was willing to take.]]
* In "Doll Parts," Irisa and Nolan's interactions are heartbreaking. Irisa accuses Nolan of corrupting her as a child, teaching her how to fight and kill people and questioning whether he ever really loved her or if it was just fun for a racist soldier to turn one of his enemies into his pet. For his part, Nolan is convinced that [[spoiler: this isn't Irisa talking, but the influence of the Irzu AI embedded in her]], but he doesn't deny his flaws.

** Poor Amanda, in the space of a month she lost [[spoiler: Kenya, her biological sister who she finally accepts is dead.]] Then she [[spoiler: loses Deidre who is also murdered.]] Deidre who looked up to Amanda as an older sister. And during the investigation, Amanda starts to realize that she was the one who indirectly caused this mess, by encouraging Deidre to fight for this mystery man she's been telling her about. [[spoiler: Amanda didn't realize that Deidre was talking about Alak Tarr, or that Deidre was so messed up in the head.]]

** Poor Amanda, in the space of a month she lost [[spoiler: Kenya, her biological sister who she finally accepts is dead.]] Then she [[spoiler: loses Deidre who is also murdered.]] Deidre who looked up to Amanda as an older sister...

** Poor Amanda, in the space of a month she lost [[spoiler: Kenya, her biological sister who she finally accepts is dead.]] Then she [[spoiler: loses Deidre who is also murdered.]] Deidre who looked up to Amanda as an older sister...

** And then, later [[spoiler:it turns out "Kenya" is actually an Indogene spy intended by Pottinger to be used in a kind of twisted "win the girl" plot with Amanda.]] Amanda mourning her sister at the end of the episode is bittersweet because she has closure, but also because now she knows for sure she'll never get Kenya back.

** And then, later [[spoiler:it turns out "Kenya" is actually an Indogene spy intended by Pottinger to be used in a kind of twisted "win the girl" plot with Amanda.]]

'''Stahma:''' Don't...''don't'' tell me that I killed Kenya Rosewater for nothing.

* Christie and Alak's [[spoiler: breakup]] in "If you Could See Her Through My Eyes," combined with Christie's cripplingly bad self-esteem issues leading her to [[spoiler: cosplay as a Castithan and assume a Casti identity...under the name "[[{{Squick}} Stahma]]".]]

* Christie and Alak's [[spoiler: breakup]] in "If you Could see Her Through My Eyes," combined with Christie's cripplingly bad self-esteem issues leading her to [[spoiler: cosplay as a Castithan and assume a Casti identity...under the name "[[{{Squick}} Stahma]]".]]

* Christie and Alak's [[spoiler: breakup]] in "If you Could see Her Through My Eyes," combined with Christie's cripplingly bad self-esteem issues leading her to cosplay as a Castithan and assume a Casti identity...under the name "[[{{Squick}} Stahma]]".]]

* Berlin actually cared enough about Tommy that she would have gone with him anywhere the E-Rep had a presence, even if the location was a terrible place. And yet everything Tommy [[OpenMouthinsertFoot is saying]] is just making things worse, so she breaks off their relationship then and there.

* Berlin actually cared enough about Thomas to admit she would have gone anywhere the E-Rep had a presence, if he'd wanted to go. And yet everything Thomas [[OpenMouthinsertFoot is saying]] is just making things worse, so she breaks off their relationship then and there.

'''Pottinger:''' Would you have sent your Irathient girl?

* Pottinger sending [[spoiler:Churcill]] on a SuicideMission, knowing without a doubt he's not coming back. You can tell Pottinger's genuinely affected by it, and even toasts his name later on.

** The long, lingering final shot of "Put the Damage On" is Doc Yewll walking slowly through a silent, empty Defiance, all alone. It's a powerful visual reminder that everyone else in the town has ''someone''. They may not have a good relationship with all of them, but everyone in Defiance has friends, family, someone they love, or at least someone who looks out for them. Doc has ''no one''. Is it any wonder she's willing to cling so desperately to [[spoiler: a warped illusion of the woman she loved]]?

* In "Put the Damage On" it gets even worse. Amanda [[spoiler: hallucinates a vision of Nolan saying horrible abusive things and trying to rape her, and afterwards she won't let the real Nolan anywhere near her.]] Nolan's stoic facade cracks even more here; he sounds so desperate when he says, "That wasn't me, you know..."

** And then it gets worse. [[spoiler:She got pregnant from it, but got an abortion. Connor, who didn't know, though it was his baby that was aborted. It wound up tearing up their relationship, and now that he's dead it can't ever be fixed.]]

* [[spoiler: Amanda]] breaking the audience's heart with five words: "The man who raped me."

** Luke was murdered.
** Quentin ran away.
** Christie got married.

** It becomes even more tragic in a subsequent episdoe when Alak learns that by killing Skevur, he's finally convinced his father that he's a worthy successor to his criminal enterprise.

* The normally hard bitten and stoic Nolan is literally about to break down in tears when he comes to think that his precious daughter Irisa is going around killing innocent people. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, it turns out to be something worse... she is unknowingly infecting people with some sort of tech virus.]]

* The normally hard bitten and stoic Nolan literally about to break down in tears when he comes to think that his precious daughter Irisa is going around killing innocent people. [[spoiler: unfortunately it turns out to be something worse...she is unknowingly infecting people with some sort of tech virus.]]

* The normally hard bitten and stoic Nolan literally about to break down in tears when he comes to think that his precious daughter Irisa is going around killing innocent people. [[spoilder: unfortunately it turns out to be something worse...she is unknowingly infecting people with some sort of control virus]]

* After Skevur's plot to kill Stahma fails, Stahma decides to bully Alak into dealing with him. As incompetent as he is, it's still hard not to feel sorry for him when he nearly bungles the job, barely manages to kill Skevur, and afterwards, is so horrified by what he's done that he throws up.

* Christie's and Alak's wedding being called off by Datak.