Unmarked spoilers
- For her overall treatment of him, Mary Lou at least acknowledges Bill to treat her right.
- Despite his wife Virginia's sternness, Walt fondly nurtures Vicki's youthful aspirations.
- The release from her oppressive home life Vicki finds with Craig.
- In a very dark context, Bill and Buddy's grief and remorse over accidental instigation of Mary Lou's horrific death unites them in friendship.
- When their friend Jess storms off, bitter rivalry with Vicki and Monica doesn't stop Kelly looking on in concern. At Jess's funeral, Kelly mourns quietly, and hesitantly gives Vicki a look of sympathy.
- Josh and Monica's awkward flirtation.
- Despite her bitter rivalry with Vicki and Monica, Kelly's insecure need for adulation manifests in being sincerely nice to everyone else. While Josh wryly notes her higher social standing, she seems genuinely fond of him.
- Bill's fierce protectiveness of his son.
- When Bill pacifies Mary Lou with offer of her crown, the two make a spectral return to the fateful night in 1957. In alternative circumstances to its tragic end, with Mary Lou no longer denied her crown, the two share a waltz. Although it's soon subverted with revelation of Mary Lou still to be in a possessive, homicidal mood, this monster does seem to have a tender side.
