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Best EpisodeCrowning Moment Of Sadness
Crowning Moment Of Sadness: Angel
A crowning moment in media which causes most people to form tears, mourn, or weep openly because of the events that have transpired.
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+18 (yeas:18 nays:0)
When Wesley is dying, and Illyria offers to change to look like Fred.

Illyria: Would you like me to lie to you now?

Wesley: Yes. Thank you. Yes. Hello there.
+14 (yeas:15 nays:1)
Fred death in "A Hole In The World"

They have to know, that it was quick, that I wasn't scared - I'm not scared, I'm not scared. Please, please Wesley... why can't I stay?
+11 (yeas:12 nays:1)
Doyle's Heroic Sacrifice. We only knew him for 9 episodes, but he left such an effect on the show and viewers. RIP.

Especially when it's repeated in the 100th episode!
+6 (yeas:6 nays:0)
The end of "Five by Five". In the middle of Faith and Angel's fight, she slowly starts to lose control, then starts crying and begging - she pleads with Angel to kill her. He refuses, and she breaks down and just weeps in his arms.
+5 (yeas:5 nays:0)
"Oh, and you're welcome."
+5 (yeas:6 nays:1)
When Angel joined Wolfram and Heart so they'd erase Connor's troubled mind after Angel killed him. That one scene where Angel is lurking outside new-Connor's house and watching him be happy with his fake-family is the worst part.
+4 (yeas:5 nays:1)
Don't forget the ridiculously depressing scene in "Salvage" where Wesley talks to his hallucination of Lilah after her death. Alas Poor Villain does not begin to cover it.
Lilah: Why so glum? It is kinda what you wanted, isn't it? I mean, deep down. Me out of the picture—utterly, finally. You can't get outer than this. It makes your life simpler, doesn't it? Cleaner?
Wesley: I didn't want this.
Lilah: Come on, what are you worried about, Wesley? You hated yourself for being with me. Or maybe you just hated yourself for loving being with me. (laughs) Hey, semantics. In any case, we both knew, sooner or later, it would come to a messy end. For one of us, anyway. (pulls him to face her; she touches his face and arms) So ease up on that furrowed brow. You're free now. No longer encumbered with the secret shame of our relationship.
Wesley: It wasn't a relationship.
Lilah: There's a signed dollar bill in your wallet I think proves different. You knew how I felt.
Wesley: You don't feel.
Lilah: The only true thing I ever—
Wesley: You didn't love me! You couldn't.
Lilah: We'll never know now, will we? I know what it is. The reason you're having such a hard time with this. Why you're taking so long to—you know... (makes a creaking noise as she gestures across her throat with her hand) The awful truth: you couldn't save me. And this is the exclamation point.
Wesley: Saved you from the Beast, for all the good it did.
Lilah: Wesley, you know that's not what I'm talking about. You couldn't save me from me.
Wesley: Is that what you thought?
Lilah: Me? (laughs) Lover, I'm not even here. I'm just a figment in your devilishly handsome head. So, clearly, it's what you thought. For all your supposed darkness, edge of the razor mystique, there was always a small part of you that thought you could pull me back from the brink of my evil, evil ways. Help me find redemption.
Wesley: Redemption?
Lilah: Angel's influence, I suppose. The whole not giving up on someone, no matter how far he—or she—has fallen. Oh, well. Too late for me. Let's just get it over with. That body's not gonna dismember itself, you know.
Wesley: I'm sorry, Lilah.
Lilah: Oh, Wes, we don't have that word in our vocabulary. Not people like you and—
(the axe swings forward)
+1 (yeas:2 nays:1)
Sad isn't always bad. Sometimes a good new beginning can be sad. Such as the end of "Happy Anniversary" in which Wesley, Gunn and Cordelia decide to continue the good fight.
Man: So, which one of you is Angel?
(pregnant pause)
Wesley: It's just a name.
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