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  • From the first film, Josh's reason to go along with getting help from Elise: He wants to see his son again. Say what you want about Josh being a complete idiot throughout the first half of film, but the fact he agrees to go into The Further completely alone shows how determined he is to get his son back.
  • Josh's reunion with his son in the astral plane was incredibly satisfying and heartwarming.
  • From the second film: Elise comforting Josh and insisting it wasn't his fault she died, the same could be said with her telling Carl that he tried his best to help the family.
  • Specs and Tucker's attitude in the second film following Elise's death shows them pretty somber, as if she was their surrogate mother. Poor guys!
  • Josh trying to contact Renai by playing her favorite song on the piano in the second film. It didn't work, but still.
  • The third film shows Quinn being saved by her mother, and even being assured she'll always be with her.
    • Elise seeing that her deceased husband used some of his power to leave his favorite sweater for her on their bed.
      "I love you too, Jack."
  • And beforehand, we see Carl from Chapter 2 telling Elise she should help Quinn and her family, by showing her a photo of Josh and his family, saying she helped him live a normal life.
  • While The Last Key is the darkest of the film's entire series, it has some heartwarming pieces:
    • Elise showing some comfort in her old abusive home, such as seeing old toys of her past and even finding the whistle her mother gave Christian.
    • Elise and Christian's reconciliation, where the two finally hug after Christian releases his resentment at her for running away from home and leaving him alone with their father.
    • Elise's reunion with her mother in The Further. Elise had held onto that guilt from releasing Keyface long enough for him to kill her mother since she was a young child, and you can see the love wash over her face to hug her mother again.
  • The entire ending of The Red Door.
    • Everything has come full circle at last, and all the trauma of the past four movies has been resolved. After watching everything the Lambert family has gone through, especially Josh and Dalton, it's nice to see them happy and content once more.
    • There's a hint that Josh and Renai might reconcile, as she invites him to dinner and he gratefully accepts.
    • Elise gets a cameo at the end, happily telling Josh that he and Dalton have a bright future ahead of them.
    • The closing shot ends on a painting Dalton had done of a scene from the first film: of his father holding a lantern and carrying him out of the darkness, symbolizing the renewed and strengthened bond between father and son.

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