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* Weaver having to see his little girl [[spoiler: turned into a horrendous abomination and then dying ''on his arms'']].

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* Weaver having to see his little girl [[spoiler: turned [[spoiler:turned into a horrendous abomination and then dying ''on abomination. Then she dies ''in his arms'']].
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-->'''Cochise''': ''(NotSoStoic choking up)'' He...he is deceased; on a planet orbiting one of those spots of light up there. A most weary, unbright cinder, far from the home I have never known. He was born to war, grew up in it, and it eventually claimed him. He died for a world he never saw. Be thankful that you fight on the soil of your homeland, gentleman. That is a gift. I will never see my home, but, if we win this war, my children of my children may one day, gaze upon the real Catarius. That is what I'm fighting for, Mr. President.

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-->'''Cochise''': ''(NotSoStoic ''([[NotSoStoic choking up)'' up]])'' He...he is deceased; on a planet orbiting one of those spots of light up there. A most weary, unbright cinder, far from the home I have never known. He was born to war, grew up in it, and it eventually claimed him. He died for a world he never saw. Be thankful that you fight on the soil of your homeland, gentleman. That is a gift. I will never see my home, but, if we win this war, my children of my children may one day, gaze upon the real Catarius. That is what I'm fighting for, Mr. President.
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-->'''Cochise''': He...he is deceased; on a planet orbiting one of those spots of light up there. A most weary, unbright cinder, far from the home I have never known. He was born to war, grew up in it, and it eventually claimed him. He died for a world he never saw. Be thankful that you fight on the soil of your homeland, gentleman. That is a gift. I will never see my home, but, if we win this war, my children of my children may one day, gaze upon the real Catarius. That is what I'm fighting for, Mr.President.

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-->'''Cochise''': ''(NotSoStoic choking up)'' He...he is deceased; on a planet orbiting one of those spots of light up there. A most weary, unbright cinder, far from the home I have never known. He was born to war, grew up in it, and it eventually claimed him. He died for a world he never saw. Be thankful that you fight on the soil of your homeland, gentleman. That is a gift. I will never see my home, but, if we win this war, my children of my children may one day, gaze upon the real Catarius. That is what I'm fighting for, Mr. President.
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* Weaver having to see his little girl [[spoiler: turned into a horrendous abomination and then dying ''on his arms'']].

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* Weaver having to see his little girl [[spoiler: turned into a horrendous abomination and then dying ''on his arms'']].arms'']].
* [[spoiler:Sara's death]] early on in Season 5, especially when Pope finally breaks down and immediately blames Tom when he sees him.
-->'''Pope''': "You're too late, Mason. ...You're too late."
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* In "Strange Brew", Tom breaking down over the [[spoiler:supposed death of Anne and Lexi]] and his visions of his long dead wife.

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* In "Strange Brew", Tom breaking down over the [[spoiler:supposed death of Anne and Lexi]] and his visions of his long dead wife.wife.
* Weaver having to see his little girl [[spoiler: turned into a horrendous abomination and then dying ''on his arms'']].
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-->'''Cochise''': He...he is deceased; on a planet orbiting one of those spots of light up there. A most weary, unbright cinder, far from the home I have never known. He was born to war, grew up in it, and it eventually claimed him. He died for a world he never saw. Be thankful that you fight on the soil of your homeland, gentleman. That is a gift. I will never see my home, but, if we win this war, my children of my children may one day, gaze upon the real Catarius. That is what I'm fighting for, Mr.President.

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-->'''Cochise''': He...he is deceased; on a planet orbiting one of those spots of light up there. A most weary, unbright cinder, far from the home I have never known. He was born to war, grew up in it, and it eventually claimed him. He died for a world he never saw. Be thankful that you fight on the soil of your homeland, gentleman. That is a gift. I will never see my home, but, if we win this war, my children of my children may one day, gaze upon the real Catarius. That is what I'm fighting for, Mr.President.President.
* In "Strange Brew", Tom breaking down over the [[spoiler:supposed death of Anne and Lexi]] and his visions of his long dead wife.
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-->'''Cochise''': Actually, I have never seen it. Just as I have never held the soil of my homeland in my hands. Like the rest of my comrads, I was born in a ship that has left our world hundreds of years ago. All that I know of the Catarius is an image in a datafile...and a poem my brother read to me when I was young.

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-->'''Cochise''': Actually, I have never seen it. Just as I have never held the soil of my homeland in my hands. Like the rest of my comrads, comrades, I was born in a ship that has left our world hundreds of years ago. All that I know of the Catarius is an image in a datafile...and a poem my brother read to me when I was young.
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* The death of [[spoiler:"Crazy" Lee.]]

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* The death of [[spoiler:"Crazy" Lee.]]]]
* Cochise is asked what he fights for. Cochise, the SpockSpeak full alien who hasn't had much meaningful dialogue since he appeared, deliver us this:
-->'''President Hathaway''': What are you fighting them for, resources, territories..?
-->'''Cochise''': A flower, the "Catarius". It blooms on my homeland when the weather begins to warm.
-->'''Hathaway''': A flower so valuable it caused a inter-galactic war?
-->'''Cochise''': The Catarius has no value to anyone, except me.
-->'''Mason''': Something you remember from your childhood?
-->'''Cochise''': Actually, I have never seen it. Just as I have never held the soil of my homeland in my hands. Like the rest of my comrads, I was born in a ship that has left our world hundreds of years ago. All that I know of the Catarius is an image in a datafile...and a poem my brother read to me when I was young.
-->'''Mason''': You never told me that you had a brother.
-->'''Cochise''': He...he is deceased; on a planet orbiting one of those spots of light up there. A most weary, unbright cinder, far from the home I have never known. He was born to war, grew up in it, and it eventually claimed him. He died for a world he never saw. Be thankful that you fight on the soil of your homeland, gentleman. That is a gift. I will never see my home, but, if we win this war, my children of my children may one day, gaze upon the real Catarius. That is what I'm fighting for, Mr.President.
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* Just ''look'' at Col. Weaver's [[ItsAllMyFault face]] when one of his fellow soldiers dies in his arms; To make things worse, Pope keeps throwing the blame of the Mech ambush on him. After the battle, even [[{{Jerkass}} Pope]] realizes he should just keep his mouth shut about this.

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* Just ''look'' at Col. Weaver's [[ItsAllMyFault face]] when one of his fellow soldiers dies in his arms; To make things worse, Pope keeps throwing the blame of the Mech ambush on him. After the battle, even [[{{Jerkass}} Pope]] realizes he should just keep his mouth shut about this.this.
* The death of [[spoiler:"Crazy" Lee.]]
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** Before that, the Skitter massacre. The fact that there's ''no'' way to find out who's responsible, the fact it almost ruined the assault on the Overlords, and the fact that, among the victims, were harnessed humans (showing that, whoever was responsible, WouldHurtAChild).

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** Before that, the Skitter massacre. The fact that there's ''no'' way to find out who's responsible, the fact it almost ruined the assault on the Overlords, and the fact that, among the victims, were harnessed humans (showing that, whoever was responsible, WouldHurtAChild).WouldHurtAChild).
* Just ''look'' at Col. Weaver's [[ItsAllMyFault face]] when one of his fellow soldiers dies in his arms; To make things worse, Pope keeps throwing the blame of the Mech ambush on him. After the battle, even [[{{Jerkass}} Pope]] realizes he should just keep his mouth shut about this.

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* [[spoiler: Red Eye's death]] during the season 2 finale is surprisingly heart-wrenching [[spoiler: considering he's a Skitter]].

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* When we find out that the skitters are also enslaved children, just of a different species, which makes the brutality of some of heir deaths even more tragic.
* [[spoiler: Red Eye's death]] during the season 2 finale is surprisingly heart-wrenching [[spoiler: considering he's a Skitter]].Skitter]].
** Before that, the Skitter massacre. The fact that there's ''no'' way to find out who's responsible, the fact it almost ruined the assault on the Overlords, and the fact that, among the victims, were harnessed humans (showing that, whoever was responsible, WouldHurtAChild).
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[[spoiler: Red Eye's death]] during the season2 finale.

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* [[spoiler: Red Eye's death]] during the season2 finale.season 2 finale is surprisingly heart-wrenching [[spoiler: considering he's a Skitter]].
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* [[spoiler:Jimmy's]] funeral in Season 2, Episode 3, including the eulogies from Weaver and the [[ItsAllMyFault breakdown]] of Ben at the end of the episode.

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* [[spoiler:Jimmy's]] funeral in Season 2, Episode 3, including the eulogies from Weaver and the [[ItsAllMyFault breakdown]] of Ben at the end of the episode.episode.
[[spoiler: Red Eye's death]] during the season2 finale.
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-->'''Tom''': "Hey, hey, its all right. It's all right now."

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-->'''Tom''': "Hey, hey, its all right. It's all right now.""
* [[spoiler:Jimmy's]] funeral in Season 2, Episode 3, including the eulogies from Weaver and the [[ItsAllMyFault breakdown]] of Ben at the end of the episode.

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