History TearJerker / TheGifted2017

* In "[=boXed=] in", we see how Jace lost his daughter. They were having a fun day at the park, a mutant rights rally got out of hand, and suddenly a massive energy ball appears in the sky and vaporizes his daughter. To make matters worse, [[spoiler: Dreamer's interrupted probing of Turner's memories causes him to forget his daughter's death. Which means he has to learn about it from his wife and relive that grief all over again.]]

** Clarice arriving in her old foster home with John, [[spoiler: only to discover that everybody has been killed by Sentinel Services]].

** Why is Otto Strucker estranged from his son? Well, [[spoiler: His father and aunt were the mutant terrorists Fenris. Otto was raised to be just like them, but rebelled and worked for Trask in order to learn how to dampen the X-gene. Reed was born a mutant like his father, but the mutant suppression serum hospitalized him. He couldn't bear to see his son after all the pain he caused him.]] If that wasn't sad enough, [[spoiler: Sentinel Services and Dr. Campbell knock on his door. To protect Reed and Thunderbird, Otto exchanges fire with Sentinel Services and manages to kill a few of them, including Gus who experiences a moment of DyingAsYourself once Campbell leaves him for dead.]]
** TheMole for Sentinel Services also experiences one: [[spoiler: She was a mother with a sick child who was denied medical care because both of them were mutants. She destroyed the doctor's office, but Sentinel Services knocks on her door, slaughters her family, and take her to be a hound. She can't even say her last words because whatever Campbell did rendered her unable to speak. At least she was DyingAsYourself.]]

* [[spoiler: Sonya's death]] and Clarice's reaction. Even worse because it was AllForNothing. [[spoiler:Campbell killed her because the Strucker kids resisted his orders to demonstrate their shared powers, and Dreamer told them not to give him what he wanted. And in the end, they give in anyway to save Clarice when he threatened her next.]]
** Before that Jace recounting to Sonya of how she erased the memory of the last day his daughter was alive.Sonya is genuinely sorry and tries to apologize but Jace simply tells her he wants her to suffer.

** When Erg and the last of the battle-capable mutants make a LastStand to hold off the Purifiers so Blink can get the other defenseless mutants to safety, Jace -- realizing that shooting Erg is pointless due to his powers -- orders the Purifiers focus on the ones who aren’t invulnerable, resulting in Erg being forced to watch his friends and allies die before his eyes while he can do nothing to save them.

** Also the dialogue between the Struckers and Jace and his wife. No matter the animosity between them, they are all parents who (in one way or another) lost their children. In the end, Jace's wife is ''shocked'' to what lengths her husband takes his grief. She then (supposedly off-screen) convinces him to do the right thing...[[spoiler: only for [[ManipulativeBastard Esme]] to confirming his worst fears and having his team brutally murdered.]]
* The respective funerals of [[spoiler: Sonya and Ed Weeks.]]

'''Lorna:''' It's time to make a new world. ''([[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn Lorna then uses her powers to rip apart the plane, despite Marcos' pleas]]]])''
** [[spoiler:The Mutant Underground is so splintered that members leave to join the Hellfire Club with the Frost sisters and Lorna after losing their HQ, Andy included]].
** [[spoiler: While the Mutant Underground was founded by the X-Men so someone could save mutants in their stead, [[HistoryRepeats they have just succeeded in recreating the cycle with mutants against mutants]]]].

* The origins of the Frost sisters: [[spoiler: It turns out that they were cloned in a lab and were repeatly used to invade the minds of people to gain information on on theirs creators enemies. When Esme, Phoebe, and Sophie had enough and attempted to escape (taking advantage of their power dampening collars having been taken off) their other two sisters however Mindee and Celeste still had their collars on and were killed when they were activated with the triplets feeling their deaths]]
* The death of [[spoiler: Shatter]].

** It’s even worse for Marcos because as he points out to Lorna he hasn’t even gotten the chance to get ''to even bond with Dawn''.
* Despite the chance of possible [[HopeSpot reconciliation between the Strucker family]] that is crushed ''hard'' after Lauren, Caitlin, and Reed give Andy a WhatTheHellHero look when he tortures and breaks the legs of a Purfier member not only does he reject going home but he also starts spouting the same “mutant supremacy” rhetoric that’s no better then the Purifiers (and seemingly forgetting that his own mother is human).

* Blink leaves the Underground after all of the mutant leaders have been killed by the Inner Circls mutant strike team. Unwilling to watch John potentially kill himself she joins the Morlocks.

** Sage being killed by Reeva due to Lorna, when using the computer to assist Marcos in taking out Max, using Sage's access password, causing Reeva and the Frost Sisters to mistakenly believe she was the traitor. The guilt Lorna feels for having indirectly gotten one of her friends killed is heartbreaking.

** When Erg and the last of the battle capable mutants make a LastStand to hold off the Purifiers so Blink can get the other defenseless mutants to safety, Jace -- realizing that shooting Erg is pointless due to his powers -- orders the Purifiers focus on the ones who aren’t invulnerable, resulting in Erg being forced to watch his friends and allies die before his eyes while he can do nothing to save them.

** Wes having to leave to join another cell after apologizing towards the Struckers for lying and having
TheBigDamnKiss with Lauren.

** Wes having to leave to join another cell after apologizing towards the Struckers for lying and having a BigDamnKiss with Lauren.

* The Season finale definitely has its fair shares of emotional moments:

** However, the most devastating one, that the episode ends on no less, is Blink's. As Clarice opens a portal to allow Erg and a young mutant girl who stayed behind to get to safety, Jace shoots Clarice through the back numerous times as John can only watch as Clarice falls and the portal closes.

* "CalaMity" has a lot of these but the hard ones are:
** Sage being killed by Reeva due to Lorna when using the computer to assist Marcos in taking out Max using Sage access password causing Reeva and the Frost Sisters to mistakenly believe she was the traitor. The guilt Lorna feels for having indirectly gotten one of her friends killed is heartbreaking.
** The Purifiers attack on the Morlocks in which many Morlocks are killed.
** When Erg and the last of the battle capable mutants make a last stand to hold off The Purifiers so Blink can get the other defenseless mutants to safety, Jace realizing that shooting Erg is pointless due to his powers orders the Purifiers focus on the ones who aren’t invunerable resulting in Erg being forced to watch his friends and allies die before his eyes while he can do nothing to save them.
** However the most devastating one that the episode ends on no less is Blinks. As Clarice opens a portal to allow Erg and a young mutant girl who stayed behind to get to safety Jace shoots Clarice through the back numerous times as John can only watch as Clarice falls and the portal closes.

* Blink leaves the Underground after all of the mutant leaders have been killed by the Inner Circls mutant strike team. Unwilling to watch John potentially kill himself she joins the Morlocks.

* John’s sheer guilt over the loss of the Atlant Underground base, Lorna and Andy leaving, and Sonya’s death. The guy just takes so much of the responsibility on his shoulders.
* The story Reeva tells Andy about her childhood friend. The two apparently got into a real bad fight and when they were approached by Purifiers. Reeva (who was still emotionally affected by the fight) was unable to use her powers to defend them and her friend was fatally stabbed.

* Turner's HeelRealization after Wilson murders an innocent mutant. He clearly knows exactly who he sounds like when lying to the cops that Wilson "stood his ground," and can barely stand to talk to his wife when she fully believes the false report.

* Despite the chance of possible [[HopeSpot reconciliation between the Strucker family]] that is crushed ''hard'' after Lauren, Caitlin, and Reed give Andy a WhatTheHellHero look when he tortures and breaks the legs of a Purfier member not only does he reject going home but he also starts spouting the same “mutant supremacy” rhetoric that’s no better then the Purifiers (and seemingly forgetting that his own mother is human).

** It’s even worse for Marcos because as he points out to Lorna he hasn’t even gotten the chance to get ''to even bond with Dawn''.

* Lorna and Marcos having to say goodbye to their daughter.

* The death of [[spoiler: Shatter]].

* The origins of the Frost sisters: [[spoiler: It turns out that they were cloned in a lab and were repeatly used to invade the minds of people to gain information on on theirs creators enemies. When Esme, Phoebe, and Sophie had enough and attempted to escape (taking advantage of their power dampening collars having been taken off) their other two sisters however Mindee and Celeste still had their collars on and were killed when they were activated with the triplets feeling their deaths]]

* The origins of the Frost sisters: [[spolier: It turns out that they were cloned in a lab and were repeatly used to invade the minds of people to gain information on on theirs creators enemies. When Esme, Phoebe, and Sophie had enough and attempted to escape (taking advantage of their power dampening collars having been taken off) their other two sisters however Mindee and Celeste still had their collars on and were killed when they were activated with the triplets feeling their deaths]]

* The death of Micheal. One of the mutant mental patients and fellow mutant soldier like John who allows himself to die so John and Caitlin can remain hidden from the Purifiers

* Lauren trying to convince her brother to come back to them only for Andy to reject it.

* Marcos finally meeting his daughter and getting to see Lorna for the first time in months results in both Marcos and Lorna near tears.

* The flashback of Marcos speaking to his dying father.

* The story Reeva tells Andy about her childhood friend. The two apparently got into a real bad fight and when they were approached by Purifiers. Reeva (who was still emotionally affected by the fight) was unable to use her powers to defend them and her friend was fatally stabbed.

** The fact that Marcos is unable to be there for the birth of his child is heartbreaking in and of itself.

** When Lorna is about to give birth the Mutant Underground team attempt to track her down and are making good progress until John loses the trail. A devastated Marcos breaks down in anger and anguish his powers lighting up in response as he doesn’t even know if his girlfriend and child are even alive and okay.

* The members of the Mutant Underground are not in a good place when we meet them at the start of the season.

* The memmbers of the Mutant Underground are not in a good place when we meet them at the start of the season.

** [[spoiler: While the Mutant Underground was founded by the X-Men so someone could save mutants in their stead, [[HistoryRepeats they have just succeeded in recreating the cycle with mutants against mutants]]]].

* At the end of the first season finale, Lorna and Marcos both have tears in their eyes. They love each other so much, but completely disagree on what they have to do.
** The fact that by the end [[spoiler: The Mutant Underground is so splintered that memembers leave to join the Hellfire Club with the Frost sisters and Lorna after losing their HQ Andy himself included]]
** [[spoiler: The fact that while the Mutant Underground was founded by the X-Men so someone could save Mutants in their stead they have just succeeded in recreating the cycle with Mutants against Mutants]]

* At the end of the first season finale, Lorna and Marcos both have tears in their eyes. They love each other so much, but completely disagree on what they have to do.