* Bridget breaks down after Cate allows her to leave the house wearing a skimpy dress that Paul would never allow. Kerry comforts her by giving her exactly the kind of speech Paul would use.
** The same episode has Kyle telling Kerry that he loves her, but she just thinks it's because he feels sorry for her. Bridget, as someone who used to date Kyle, tells Kerry that it has to be genuine "because he never said it to me". Sure enough, he tells Kerry that Paul's death made him realise he shouldn't hide his feelings. The end scene shows the two having sincere fun at the dance, with Kerry being happy for the first time since Paul's death.
* The episode where Bridget learns to drive. Paul sees a flashback of himself taking the training wheels off Bridget's bike and letting her go while Kerry draws on the garage floor. This then fades to the two girls happily getting into the car in the present.
-->'''Paul:''' ...Off you go.
** There are a few more flashback scenes like this, showing how Paul really sees his girls. For example, in the pilot, when he sees Bridget crying after Kyle blows her off, he pictures her getting younger and younger until she's just a tiny crying child. Ask any father of girls what it's like when his daughters are upset and they'll probably say it's something like this.
* Bridget gets cast as Anne Frank for a school play and ends up delivering an impressive performance. Back home, Cate asks how she did it and Bridget just makes a vague reference to digging deep. Once alone, though, Bridget places a rose by Paul's picture.
-->'''Bridget:''' Good night.
** Also in that episode, Cate's colleague brings her mother who is an Auschwitz survivor to the play. While the mother begins the play snarking how Bridget looks nothing like Anne Frank, guess who begins the applause at the end by saying "Bravo! Bravo!"?
* One scene in "[[ChristmasEpisode All I Want for Christmas]]": Paul lets the kids open one present each on Christmas Eve. Rory gets a [[spoiler:chemistry set, despite Cate's protests]]. Bridget and Kerry's gifts? [[spoiler:Kyle and Puppy, respectively]].
* In an early episode, it is revealed that Paul trembled when he reached for the hand of a girl. Cate assures him he should have some faith that Rory will be the same, and she is proven right!
* Paul's final column:
-->"Okay, readers, today we're having a little pop quiz. It's multiple choice, so sharpen your #2 pencils and put on your thinking caps. Ready? Here's a quote. "Dad, you're an idiot." Now, contestants, this was said to me because of which of the following transgressions? A. Coming to the breakfast table wearing pyjamas and black socks; B. Asking my oldest daughter if that guy I saw her talking to at school yesterday was her boyfriend; C. Referring to rapper 50 Cent as "Fifty Cents"; Or D. Entering the room. Ok , pencils down. Actually, it was a trick question. The answer is, all of the above. Now, do you know how many times I called my father an idiot? Zero. Why? Because I feared him. Back then, we didn't share our deepest feelings; our deepest conversations usually involved the Tigers' bull pen. But my kids? I can't get them to shut up. There's not a feeling that my kids are afraid to express, over and over and over. And my wife reassures me this is a good thing, over and over and over. And she's always right. So do I wish that my kids feared me? Well, my house would be quieter and I'd spend a lot less time in the bathroom, but no. Because I know that whenever they insult me- whether it's a "You're an idiot", "What a geek" or an "I hate you"_ an "I love you" isn't far behind. And it's the knowledge that my wife and kids love me that makes it safe for me to wear pyjamas and black socks to the breakfast table."
* The way CJ defends Jim to his obnoxious biological father. Sure, CJ and Jim may not be a match made in heaven, but their loyalty to each other shines when it really matters.
* Nikki Alcott, the popular girl and HeadTurningBeauty who asks Rory to the prom comes out as gay, and he's crushed when she initially says he helped her realise this. Until she says...
--> "I just mean that, if I can't be attracted to a guy as sweet and cute as you, then I'm definitely not attracted to guys."
** She then gives him a little kiss on the lips, and he's very grateful of it.