Heartwarming / Somos Familia

• The reunion Coco never got to give. Hector reunites with Coco, causing a great gasp from her little body, and a great big hug from Hector.
• Thanks to him returning home before things got too serious, Imelda apologizes for attempting to have Hector smash his guitar, and so finally gives him a welcome home kiss.
• One thing that becomes clear in this new reality is that everyone's trying to make things work going forward. So when Ernesto comes back with a manager and a potential new deal, Imelda starts to steel herself to have Hector leave again...only to learn Ernesto insist that Hector write where he's most comfortable, allowing him to stay with his family and become a famous composer at the same time.
• Ernesto babysitting the twins while Hector and Imelda get some much-needed rest. Despite his guilt complex, Ernesto is genuinely happy looking after the babies.
• Hector and Ernesto give each other gifts on their first visit to Mexico City. Ernesto passes on small gifts that the children will carry for the rest of their lives, while Hector gifts Ernesto an oak guitar to match the white one he has.
• As she leaves for Cancer treatment, Coco gives Leticia her favorite ribbon for luck.
• Despite all the hurt she went through in dying, it's nice to see that Leticia was able to adjust to being dead by having her grandparents care for her.
• Barto and Matty's friendship blossoming. As Barto's father points out, by being together, Matty helped turn Barto into a better man. And in turn, Barto gave Matty a friend when he needed it the most.
• After politics created a hiccup in the end of their courtship, Julio and Coco's wedding is all smiles and wonder.
• Hector naming his 2nd son after the man who saved his wife and son. He names him Miguel.
• Hector recognizes the part Dante played in bringing the family home in order to save Imelda during her near-fatal delivery, calling him a hero and giving him the best cuts of high quality meat as a reward.
• Despite the pain and fear in his heart, when Hector finally sees himself in Mateo leaving home to follow his heart to the war, he gives him a blessing of love to part ways on good terms. Which Matty greatly appreciated.
• Despite their own miseries on being out in Mexico City, Hector calls Julio a great son in law.
• Hector has the perfect rebuttal to Ernesto trying to deflect his own problems.
  Ernesto: After all, the world is my family...
  Hector: I'M YOUR FAMILY!
• Mateo comes home from the war, broken but alive and bringing along a nurse who he fell in love with. When he and Hector discuss her, one of the things Mateo comments on is that he always felt broken because he never had romantic feelings for anyone and while Hector appears to be going for a "you just needed to find the right person" argument, he finishes by insisting that even if Mateo had gone his whole life without finding "the right person", there still would have been nothing wrong with that or Mateo himself.
  • Matteo says that he needs to make Wanda a pair of shoes and then she'll really be part of the family. Hector has a So Proud of You reaction to this.
• Mateo shares about how despite his own stupidity during the war, he had people to help him in his darkest moments. Whether that was Wanda who set him straight after he found out about Ernesto's death, Martin who was his truest friend during the war, or Ernesto, whose watch saved his life. As Dante observed, Mateo actually came back from the war more emotionally healthy by comparison.
• It's sweet that despite the 9 years of the music ban, this Miguel had his siblings to help grow his interests, and make him feel a little less isolated.
  • On a similar note, his and Victoria's friendship that grew out of their mutual mischief. That they both take after their parents despite some of the difficulties the ban created.
• In the middle of one of his lowest moments, Miguel gets a word of strength from his niece, telling him to cast aside what Hector wanted to make him into, and take up what he truly is passionate about. It's very sweet.
• While watching Miguel prepare to sing, Mateo and Coco reminice that of them all, Miguel takes after his father the most in his creativity and musical talent. And that they both wish the father they had before the music ban could see them now.
• Leti and Hector reunite after all those years, causing Hector to break down, and finally giving him the persuasion to go to the Land of the Dead to sort out his issues.
• We find out that Hector really rubbed off on Ernesto, so that even when dead, he gave to and rennovated Shantytown. So that the near forgotten still manage to go out with some comfort rather than the miss mash of canon.
• Leti's friends from the hospital who also tragically died are revealed to be "living" happily in the Land of the Dead free from pain and misery, with one of them Gerardo, the kid who was given a signed photograph from Ernesto on his deathbed, becoming a potential love interest for Leti.
• When Hector goes to the Land of the Dead, his first customer mentions that Imelda leaves a new pair of shoes on his ofrenda every year.