History TearJerker / FargoSeasonThree

* After all the emotional (and later physical) torment Varga has put him through, it's bittersweet to see Sy back and sitting with Emmit (and Emmits family) but with implied brain damage. It's even more depressing knowing that in a few minutes Emmit, the friend he's reunited with, will be shot by Mr. Wrench.

* Moments before his death we see Emmit's fridge is hung with photographs of himself and all of his loved ones - and Ray is noticeably absent.

** Not to mention this represents a moment of closure for Wrench as well - he never got to take revenge on Lorne Malvo for killing Mr. Numbers, since it would have been too dangerous. Now, finally, he is able to complete the loop and exact justice for one of his murdered partners.

* Emmit, the last person who deserves a second chance, gets away with financial misconduct and seems set for a happy ending with his extended family five years after his brother's death. Only for Mr. Wrench to give him the death he deserved, a quick shot in the head. Nikki's last words to Wrench were "All I want is the brother". If he'd been going along with her plan for the money only he could have gone on his merry way and never thought of the Stussys again. But he chose to keep tabs on Emmit for ''five years'', just to keep a debt to someone he'd known three months.

* Emmit, the last person who deserves a second chance, gets away with financial misconduct and seems set for a happy ending with his extended family five years after his brother's death. Only for Mr. Wrench to give him the death he deserved, a quick shot in the head. Nikki's last words to Wrench were "All I want is the brother". If he'd been going along with her plan for the money only he could have gone on his merry way and never thought of the Stussys again. But he chose to keep tabs on Emmit for ''five years'', just to keep a debt to someone he'd known three months.

* Emmit, the last person who deserves a second chance, gets away with financial misconduct and seems set for a happy ending with his extended family five years after his brother's death. Only for Mr. Wrench to give him the death he deserved, a quick shot in the head. After all, Nikki's last words to Wrench were "All I want is the brother". He has honoured his debt to her, just as she did to him.

* The season ends with Emmit having reunited with his family, and happier than he ever figured he would be. Only to be pointlessly murdered by Mr. Wrench for Nikki's death. A death that he wasn't even responsible for. Although another theory suggests that Wrench had so much respect for Nikki that he decided to complete the mission that killed her, rather than directly avenging her.

[[caption-width-right:350:The sequel to the [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]] image.]]

* The sad journey of Tad Mobley through Hollywood; a naive young science-fiction writer, he gets taken by Howard Zimmerman, who cheats him out of all of his money with the promise of a big-screen adaptation that ends up bogged down in DevelopmentHell until his money runs out, at which point he loses his temper and nearly kills Howard, forcing him to change his name and relocate to the midwest. Parallel to this is the story of Minsky, a robot who becomes lost on a strange planet, wandering helplessly and trying to carry out his sole objective of helping people, only to get brutalized by the locals. Eventually, he is scooped up by aliens, who praise him for his perseverance and then reward him by ordering him to shut himself down. For added tears, he is informed that he was on that planet for ''tens of millions of years''.

* The very powerful scene in which Emmit confesses to killing Ray and shares with Gloria the sad story of their life. They're dad died when they were just teens, and when Emmit inherited the corvette instead of the stamps, he convinced Ray to switch their inheritance by telling his chubby brother that the chicks would be all over him with the car. When he uses the stamps as collateral to start his business, Ray can only bitterly watch, and in the present Emmit finally understands how cruel it was.

* In "The Law of Non-Contradiction," we see the sad journey of Tad Mobley through Hollywood; a naive young science-fiction writer, he gets taken by Howard Zimmerman, who cheats him out of all of his money with the promise of a big-screen adaptation that ends up bogged down in DevelopmentHell until his money runs out, at which point he loses his temper and nearly kills Howard, forcing him to change his name and relocate to the midwest. Parallel to this is the story of Minsky, a robot who becomes lost on a strange planet, wandering helplessly and trying to carry out his sole objective of helping people, only to get brutalized by the locals. Eventually, he is scooped up by aliens, who praise him for his perseverance and then reward him by ordering him to shut himself down. For added tears, he is informed that he was on that planet for ''tens of millions of years''.
* In "The Lord of No Mercy," [[spoiler:the Stussy feud comes to a sad end as Ray is accidentally killed in a fight with Emmit. He's stabbed in the neck with a shard of glass when Emmit accidentally shoves the framed stamp at him. What makes it worse is that Emmit came to Ray to bury the hatchet and repatriate the stamp, but Ray refuses his brother's overture of peace, leading to the accident itself. As he falls to the floor bleeding, he asks for his brother's help one more time before he DiesWideOpen]].
* In "The Law of Inevitability," Sy weeping in his wife's arms about how his world has changed. See the page quote above.
* "Aporia" contains a very powerful scene in which [[spoiler:Emmit confesses to killing Ray and shares with Gloria the sad story of their life. They're dad died when they were just teens, and when Emmit inherited the corvette instead of the stamps, he convinced Ray to switch their inheritance by telling his chubby brother that the chicks would be all over him with the car. When he uses the stamps as collateral to start his business, Ray can only bitterly watch, and in the present Emmit finally understands how cruel it was.]]
-->'''Emmit:''' [[spoiler:Thirty years I’ve been killing him. That was just when he fell.]]
* In the finale [[spoiler: Varga leaves Meemo to die in an ambush to save his own skin. The last time we see Meemo alive, he's looking at Varga with an expression of hurt and betrayal on his face.]]
* ''Somebody to Love'' ends with [[spoiler: Emmit having reunited with his family, and happier than he ever figured he would be. Only to be pointlessly murdered by Mr. Wrench for Nikki's death. A death that he wasn't even responsible for. Although another theory suggests that Wrench had so much respect for Nikki that he decided to complete the mission that killed her, rather than directly avenging her.]]

* In the finale [[spoiler: Varga leaves Meemo to die in an ambush to save his own skin. The last time we see Meemo alive, he's looking at Varga with an expression of hurt and betrayal.]]

* In the finale [[Varga leaves Meemo to die in an ambush to save his own skin. The last time we see Meemo alive, he's looking at Varga with an expression of hurt and betrayal.]]

* ''Somebody to Love'' ends with [[spoiler: Emmit having reunited with his family, and happier than he ever figured he would be. Only to be pointlessly murdered by Mr. Wrench for Nikki's death. A death that he wasn't even responsible for.]]

-->'''Emmit:''' [[spoiler:Thirty years I’ve been killing him. That was just when he fell.]]

* In episode three, we see the sad journey of Tad Mobley through Hollywood; a naive young science-fiction writer, he gets taken by Howard Zimmerman, who cheats him out of all of his money with the promise of a big-screen adaptation that ends up bogged down in DevelopmentHell until his money runs out, at which point he loses his temper and nearly kills Howard, forcing him to change his name and relocate to the midwest. Parallel to this is the story of Minsky, a robot who becomes lost on a strange planet, wandering helplessly and trying to carry out his sole objective of helping people, only to get brutalized by the locals. Eventually, he is scooped up by aliens, who praise him for his perseverance and then reward him by ordering him to shut himself down. For added tears, he is informed that he was on that planet for ''tens of millions of years''.
* In episode six, [[spoiler:the Stussy feud comes to a sad end as Ray is accidentally killed in a fight with Emmit. He's stabbed in the neck with a shard of glass when Emmit accidentally shoves the framed stamp at him]]. Several sad elements abound; [[spoiler:Emmit came to Ray to bury the hatchet and repatriate the stamp, Ray refuses his brother's overture of peace, the accident itself, and then Ray's pitiful death as he bleeds out on the floor, pleading with his brother for help]].
* In episode seven, Sy weeping in his wife's arms about how his world has changed.

* In episode six, [[spoiler:the Stussy feud comes to a sad end as Ray is accidentally killed in a fight with Emmit. He's stabbed in the neck with a shard of glass when Emmit accidentally shoves the framed stamp at him]]. Several sad elements abound; [[spoiler:Emmit came to Ray to bury the hatchet and repatriate the stamp, Ray refuses his brother's overture of peace, the accident itself, and then Ray's pitiful death as he bleeds out on the floor, pleading with his brother for help]].