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* The end of "I'll Try To Fix You" when the bomb drops about the shooting in Tucson. For those hellish minutes, nobody knew whether Rep. Gabrielle Giffords would live or die, and the characters' reactions - particularly Will slipping and calling her 'Gabby' - really brings that home.

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* The end of "I'll Try To Fix You" when the bomb drops about the shooting in Tucson. For those hellish minutes, nobody knew whether Rep. Gabrielle Giffords would live or die, and the characters' reactions - -- particularly Will slipping and calling her 'Gabby' - on air -- really brings that home.
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*The [[spoiler: death of the child that Maggie was bonding with in Africa.]] After a brief HopeSpot where it seems like the two of them got away and she was happily reading a book to him on the bus, we see that [[spoiler: he was actually shot and died in her care.]]
*Mackenzie and Will's last kiss before Will is hauled away by federal agents for his refusal to give up Neal's source. They had only gotten married literally minutes before and now Mackenzie has no idea when she'll see her husband again.
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* 52 days after ACN had to pass the story of [[spoiler:Equatorial Kundu off to Associated Press, essentially burying the story to a lesser release, the source commits suicide on the steps of a government building]]. It's essentially written off as a crazy nobody making a nonsense protest against guns. Their sacrifice may never be known to anybody except a few people at ACN.
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* [[spoiler:Charlie's death from a heart attack]] at the end of Oh Shenandoah.
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* Will's father [[spoiler:dies of a heart attack while Will is on the air]]. Despite being estranged, Will is only almost successful in hiding his grief.
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* [[spoiler:Daniel's death. It's telegraphed throughout the episode, but still hits hard when it happens.]]

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* [[spoiler:Daniel's death.death in "Unintended Consequences". It's telegraphed throughout the episode, but still hits hard when it happens.]]
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* [[spoiler:Daniel's death. It's telegraphed throughout the episode, but still hits hard when it happens.]]
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* Don's brief MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment after asking the United Airlines pilots why they were so paranoid and then, with the greatest possible respect, telling them that Bin Laden was dead.
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* Will apologizing to the crew when the Mock Debate was cancelled. Cue slow ballad of the main theme.
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* TearJerker:
** The end of "I'll Try To Fix You" when the bomb drops about the shooting in Tucson. For those hellish minutes, nobody knew whether Rep. Gabrielle Giffords would live or die, and the characters' reactions - particularly Will slipping and calling her 'Gabby' - really brings that home.
** The NSA whistleblower [[spoiler:committing suicide. This hits Charlie particularly hard, and his breaking voice to Jim, telling him to call his parents once in awhile... Ouch.]]
** Don's brief MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment after asking the United Airlines pilots why they were so paranoid and then, with the greatest possible respect, telling them that Bin Laden was dead.

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The end of "I'll Try To Fix You" when the bomb drops about the shooting in Tucson. For those hellish minutes, nobody knew whether Rep. Gabrielle Giffords would live or die, and the characters' reactions - particularly Will slipping and calling her 'Gabby' - really brings that home.
** * The NSA whistleblower [[spoiler:committing suicide. This hits Charlie particularly hard, and his breaking voice to Jim, telling him to call his parents once in awhile... Ouch.]]
** * Don's brief MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment after asking the United Airlines pilots why they were so paranoid and then, with the greatest possible respect, telling them that Bin Laden was dead.
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* TearJerker:
** The end of "I'll Try To Fix You" when the bomb drops about the shooting in Tucson. For those hellish minutes, nobody knew whether Rep. Gabrielle Giffords would live or die, and the characters' reactions - particularly Will slipping and calling her 'Gabby' - really brings that home.
** The NSA whistleblower [[spoiler:committing suicide. This hits Charlie particularly hard, and his breaking voice to Jim, telling him to call his parents once in awhile... Ouch.]]
** Don's brief MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment after asking the United Airlines pilots why they were so paranoid and then, with the greatest possible respect, telling them that Bin Laden was dead.

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