History TearJerker / BlackMirrorSeriesThree

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[[caption-width-right:350:"What did you ''do'', Kenny?!"]]

--->"What did you do, Kenny?! They're saying it's kids! That you've been looking at kids! And Lindsey saw it. There's a video of you. All of her friends have got it! KIDS, Kenny! Tell me it's not--"

--->"What did you do Kenny? They're saying it's kids! That you've been looking at kids! And Lindsey saw it. There's a video of you. All of her friends have got it! KIDS, Kenny! Tell me it's not--"

--> ''What did you do Kenny? They're saying it's kids! That you've been looking at kids! And Lindsey saw it. There's a video of you. All of her friends have got it! KIDS, Kenny! Tell me it's not--''

-->You can laugh \\

** Lacie's breakdown at Naomi's wedding is sad to see, though it's way lighter than other tearjerker moments in the series.

Now we are one, in everlasting piece \\

*** Hector's reaction doesn't help. From receiving the troll face message on his phone to seeing his wife find out about "Mindy" he's silent but looks utterly remorseful and broken. What makes this worse was not only is it implied that the hackers only targeted him to drive Kenny around with his tasks only to leak his crime anyway (which while bad wasn't as dark as Kenny's) but while doing so he rants on how he was planning to see a prostitute despite being married due to boredom but he also clearly knows that if his wife found out about it he would lose her and his kids (who he loves dearly) and even says that he would kill himself if that happened. By the end, along with probably going to prison for the bank robbery, this will most likely happen.

*** Hector's reaction doesn't help. From receiving the troll face message on his phone to seeing his wife find out about "Mindy" he's silent but looks utterly remorseful and broken. What makes this worse was not only is it implied that the hackers only targeted him to drive Kenny around with his tasks only to leak his crime anyway (which while bad wasn't as dark as Kenny's) but while doing so he rants on how he was planning to see a prostitute despite being married but he also clearly knows that if his wife found out about it he would lose her and his kid and even says that he would kill himself if that happened. By the end, along with probably going to prison for the bank robbery, this will most likely happen.

*** Hector's reaction doesn't help. From receiving the troll face message on his phone to seeing his wife find out about "Mindy" he's silent but looks utterly remorseful and broken. What makes this worse was not only is it implied that the hackers only targeted him to drive Kenny around with his tasks only to leak his crime anyway (which while bad wasn't as dark as Kenny's or the other victims) but while doing so he rants on how he was planning to see a prostitute despite being married but he also clearly knows that if his wife found out about it he would lose her and his kid and even says that he would kill himself if that happened. By the end, along with probably going to prison for the bank robbery, this will most likely happen.

[[caption-width-right:350:"KIDS, KENNY!"]]

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** TheReveal that the "Roaches" are [[{{Dehumanization}} regular humans]] [[FinalSolution who are actually being hunted down. Men, women, and even [[WouldHurtAChild children]] will get mercilessly gunned down]].

[[caption-width-right:350:"[[spoiler:KIDS]], KENNY!"]]

** [[spoiler:Lacie's breakdown at Naomi's wedding is sad to see, though it's way lighter than other tearjerker moments in the series.]]

** The ending, [[spoiler:when Cooper's fears switch from surreal horrors to the realistic sensation of having lost your memories and watching a loved one lose theirs]].
** [[spoiler:Cooper's mother never getting to hear from him, and her worried attempts at getting into contact with him accidentally kill him, just a year after her own husband deteriorates and dies.]]
** [[spoiler:Cooper's abrupt, gut-punch death in general, especially because he was one of the few Black Mirror protagonists who seemed to genuinely just be a good, friendly, and affable person, and only a moment of greed (taking a picture of the testing equipment in order to sell it later) coupled with his reluctance to return his mother's calls ends up killing him. Even worse, one of his fears is revealed to be never being able to see his mother again...]]
** Imagine Sonja's reaction on finding out that [[spoiler:the experiment went wrong and Cooper died]]. What's worse is that she was partly the reason why he went there in the first place. Worse, imagine how Cooper's mother will take the news that [[spoiler:she inadvertently ''killed her own son'']], and that's ''if'' she ever finds out; depending what was on the missing contract page Cooper hastily signed away, his fate might not ever be disclosed to her.

** [[spoiler:After it's revealed that Kenny was masturbating to child pornography,]] it's sad to hear his mom calling him on the phone, screaming and pleading with him to tell her that it can't be true. It's likely that the whole family will have a shadow cast upon them because of his horrific crimes. All Kenny can do is hold the phone to his ear and silently cry without saying a word back before hanging up.
--> ''[[spoiler:What did you do Kenny? They're saying it's kids! That you've been looking at kids! And Lindsey saw it. There's a video of you. All of her friends have got it! KIDS, Kenny! Tell me it's not--]]''
** Even after TheReveal, it's still hard to not feel sorry for [[spoiler:Kenny]] after all is said and done. The fact remains that even though he [[spoiler:was looking at child porn]], the demands that the hackers made him there were outright sadistic, going from [[spoiler:bank robbery to being forced into killing a guy]]. By the end of the episode, [[spoiler:he is limping out of the woods, his mother is tearfully screaming at him over the phone after his pedophilia is leaked, and his reaction to the police arriving is pure shock and shame as he tries to walk away before being arrested]].

** The ending, but for completely different reasons. [[spoiler:For once in ''Series/BlackMirror'' history, the episode ends on a happy uplifting tone. Kelly agrees to pass onto San Junipero and spend her afterlife with Yorkie. Just the final scene of their consciousnesses with those of the inhabitants of San Junipero blinking with life can move even the hardest of hearts to tears of joy and hope.]]
*** [[spoiler:Especially when you consider the song played at the end, Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven is a Place on Earth". Specifically these lyrics:]]
--> [[spoiler:They say in heaven, love comes first \\
We'll make heaven a place on Earth]]
** The ending also was especially impacting for LGBT viewers for, as [[http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/10/27/black_mirror_upends_tv_s_bury_your_gays_trope.html many]] [[http://www.pride.com/netflix/2016/10/24/black-mirror-episode-san-junipero-gives-middle-finger-dead-lesbian-trope critics]] pointed out, utterly ''dismantling'' [[spoiler:the BuryYourGays trope by using the death of two same-sex lovers as a way of literally letting them live together forever in an artificial afterlife]]. Considering how [[{{Gayngst}} few and far between]] [[spoiler:happy endings for gay romances are on television]], ''San Junipero'' was a lifeline for many LGBT+ fans of the series.
** [[spoiler:Which implies that technology has created heaven on earth which allowed the love between Kelly and Yorkie to "come first". Instead of a means of destruction and misery, technology in this episode allows something beautiful to emerge and grow.]]
** As a more straightforward tearjerker, Yorkie asks Kelly to join her in San Junipero permanently, but Kelly is reluctant to do so, as she had promised her late husband she would pass on naturally like he did. Yorkie callously writes this off as meaningless and calls his choice selfish, and Kelly slaps her, angrily pointing out that they were {{happily married}} for almost fifty years, and tells her how they had suffered through [[spoiler:[[OutlivingOnesOffspring their daughter dying]] before the San Junipero technology was created and her husband refused to become a permanent resident because their daughter never got their opportunity (while also vaguely hoping to some extent that maybe they could be [[TogetherInDeath reunited in a traditional afterlife]]). The pain in her voice as she describes this, and her [[CessationOfExistence belief that they're completely gone]] and she'll never see either of them again (despite hoping that maybe that's not the case),]] is just heartbreaking.
** TheReveal [[spoiler:that the reason Yorkie insisted that Kelly wouldn't like her in real life was because ''she's been in a coma for 40 years'']]. Even more so when Kelly softly kisses her on the forehead.

** TheReveal that [[spoiler:the "Roaches" are [[{{Dehumanization}} regular humans]] [[FinalSolution who are actually being hunted down]]. Men, women, and even [[WouldHurtAChild children]] will get mercilessly gunned down]].

** [[spoiler:Garrett Scholes's plan succeeding and close to 400,000 people dying just for using a hashtag. We see one warehouse full of bodybags from the incident, knowing it's one of ''many''.]]

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** Imagine Sonja's reaction on finding out that Cooper is dead. What's worse is that she was partly the reason why he went there in the first place. Worse, imagine how Cooper's mother will take the news that she inadvertently ''killed her own son'', and that's ''if'' she ever finds out; depending what was on the missing contract page Cooper hastily signed away, his fate might not ever be disclosed to her.

** Imagine Sonja's reaction on finding out that Cooper is dead. What's worse is that she was partly the reason why he went there in the first place.

** Imagine Sonia's reaction on finding out that Cooper is dead. What's worse is that she was partly the reason why he went there in the first place.

** The song played at the end credits doesn't help.

** As a more straightforward tearjerker, Yorkie asks Kelly to join her in San Junipero permanently and Kelly is reluctant to do so, as she had promised her late husband she would pass on naturally like he did. Yorkie callously writes this off as meaningless, and Kelly slaps her, angrily pointing out that they were {{happily married}} for almost fifty years, and tells her how they had suffered through [[spoiler:[[OutlivingOnesOffspring their daughter dying]] before the San Junipero technology was created and her husband refused to become a permanent resident because their daughter never got their opportunity (while also vaguely hoping to some extent that maybe they could be [[TogetherInDeath reunited in a traditional afterlife]]). The pain in her voice as she describes this, and her [[CessationOfExistence belief that they're completely gone]] and she'll never see either of them again (despite hoping that maybe that's not the case),]] is just heartbreaking.

** The ending also was especially impacting for LGBT viewers for, as [[http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/10/27/black_mirror_upends_tv_s_bury_your_gays_trope.html many]] [[http://www.pride.com/netflix/2016/10/24/black-mirror-episode-san-junipero-gives-middle-finger-dead-lesbian-trope critics]] pointed out, utterly ''dismantling'' [[spoiler:the BuryYourGays trope by using the death of two same-sex lovers as a way of literally letting them live together forever in an artificial afterlife]]. Considering how [[{{Gayngst}} few and far between]] [[spoiler:happy endings for gay romances are on television]], ''San Junipero'' was a lifeline for many queer fans of the series.

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