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* In ''Cat Among the Pigeons'' when [[spoiler:Miss Chadwick]] is [[spoiler:dying]] Miss Bulstrode remarks that she was [[spoiler:too old to replace]] her and she thought she would of understood it [[spoiler:now realising she didn't and in a rage attempted to kill her rival for the job]].



* In ''DeathOnTheNile'', while Poirot is full of disdain for [[spoiler: Simon]], he is absolutely heartbroken over [[spoiler: Jacqueline's involvement in the murders.]] The look of anguish on his face after [[spoiler: he lets Jacqueline take matters into her own hands to spare herself and Simon from the gallows]] says it all.

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* In ''DeathOnTheNile'', ''Death On The Nile'', while Poirot is full of disdain for [[spoiler: Simon]], he is absolutely heartbroken over [[spoiler: Jacqueline's involvement in the murders.]] The look of anguish on his face after [[spoiler: he lets Jacqueline take matters into her own hands to spare herself and Simon from the gallows]] says it all.
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* The death of Mrs. Alice Pengelli in "The Cornish Mystery". She'd come to Poirot for help, only to die the very next morning while he was on the way. He takes the fact that it was such a near miss [[ItsPersonal hard]].

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* The death of Mrs. Alice Pengelli Pengelley in "The Cornish Mystery". She'd come to Poirot for help, only to die the very next morning while he was on the way. He takes the fact that it was such a near miss [[ItsPersonal hard]].
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* The beginning of ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles''. Seeing Hastings in a convalescent home seemingly suffering from shell-shock is a bit of a gut-punch, especially given his usual cheeriness.
** From the same episode, while it's played for laughs, there's something sad about Poirot's dislike of England this time around given he's been forced to immigrate from his home country by The Great War. He clearly wouldn't be there unless he absolutely had to be.

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* The beginning of ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles''. Seeing Hastings in a convalescent home seemingly suffering from shell-shock is a bit of a gut-punch, especially given his usual cheeriness. [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade This was not in the novel]], so it can come as a shock even to people who've read it.
** From the same episode, while it's played for laughs, there's something sad about Poirot's dislike of England this time around given he's been forced to immigrate from his home country by The Great War. He clearly wouldn't be have gone there unless he absolutely had to be.to.
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* In ''DeathOnTheNile'', while Poirot is full of disdain for [[spoiler: Simon]], he is absolutely heartbroken over [[spoiler: Jacqueline's involvement in the murders.]] The look of anguish on his face after [[spoiler: he lets Jacqueline take matters into her own hands to spare herself and Simon from the gallows]] says it all.

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* In ''DeathOnTheNile'', while Poirot is full of disdain for [[spoiler: Simon]], he is absolutely heartbroken over [[spoiler: Jacqueline's involvement in the murders.]] The look of anguish on his face after [[spoiler: he lets Jacqueline take matters into her own hands to spare herself and Simon from the gallows]] says it all.all.
* The beginning of ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles''. Seeing Hastings in a convalescent home seemingly suffering from shell-shock is a bit of a gut-punch, especially given his usual cheeriness.
** From the same episode, while it's played for laughs, there's something sad about Poirot's dislike of England this time around given he's been forced to immigrate from his home country by The Great War. He clearly wouldn't be there unless he absolutely had to be.
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* This adaptation of ''Elephants Can Remember'' features CanonForeigner [[spoiler:Mary Jarrow, Dorothea's daughter who takes murderous revenge on behalf of her mother. She is shown to be a broken and embittered WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and a very tragic figure when Poirot unmasks her.]]

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* This adaptation of ''Elephants Can Remember'' features CanonForeigner [[spoiler:Mary Jarrow, Dorothea's daughter who takes murderous revenge on behalf of her mother. She is shown to be a broken and embittered WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and a very tragic figure when Poirot unmasks her.]]]]
* In ''DeathOnTheNile'', while Poirot is full of disdain for [[spoiler: Simon]], he is absolutely heartbroken over [[spoiler: Jacqueline's involvement in the murders.]] The look of anguish on his face after [[spoiler: he lets Jacqueline take matters into her own hands to spare herself and Simon from the gallows]] says it all.

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* The LonelyPianoPiece that is played at the beginning of the episode and [[spoiler:during Poirot's last goodbye to Hastings, and his final moments]]? Music/FryderykChopin's [[PublicDomainSoundtrack Opus 28, No. 15 (Raindrop)]]. Give it a listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OFHXmiZP38 here]], and bring your tissues along.
* The ending of ''The Hollow''. [[spoiler:After Gerda Christow goes to her private room and sees a photo of her husband John and their children one last time, she commits suicide by taking potassium cyanide. So heartbreaking.]]

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* ** The LonelyPianoPiece that is played at the beginning of the episode and [[spoiler:during Poirot's last goodbye to Hastings, and his final moments]]? Music/FryderykChopin's [[PublicDomainSoundtrack Opus 28, No. 15 (Raindrop)]]. Give it a listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OFHXmiZP38 here]], and bring your tissues along.
* The ending of ''The Hollow''.''Literature/TheHollow''. [[spoiler:After Gerda Christow goes to her private room and sees a photo of her husband John and their children one last time, she commits suicide by taking potassium cyanide. So heartbreaking.]]



* The end of ''Three Act Tragedy''. The actor playing Poirot expresses really well the feeling of betrayal he's feeling towards the murderer, [[spoiler:his old friend Sir Charles Cartwright]].

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* The end of ''Three Act Tragedy''.''Literature/ThreeActTragedy''. The actor playing Poirot expresses really well the feeling of betrayal he's feeling towards the murderer, [[spoiler:his old friend Sir Charles Cartwright]].



** Meanwhile, with Poirot off with Countess Rosakoff for much of the episode, Hastings and Miss Lemon are concerned that their own involvements with Poirot are coming to an end. Miss Lemon in particular is hit fairly hard.

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** Meanwhile, with Poirot off with Countess Rosakoff for much of the episode, Hastings and Miss Lemon are concerned that their own involvements with Poirot are coming to an end. Miss Lemon in particular is hit fairly hard.hard.
* This adaptation of ''Elephants Can Remember'' features CanonForeigner [[spoiler:Mary Jarrow, Dorothea's daughter who takes murderous revenge on behalf of her mother. She is shown to be a broken and embittered WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and a very tragic figure when Poirot unmasks her.]]
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* The death of Mrs. Alice Pengelli in "The Cornish Mystery". She'd come to Poirot for help, only to die the very next morning while he was on the way. He takes the fact that it was such a near miss [[ItsPersonal hard]].

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* The death of Mrs. Alice Pengelli in "The Cornish Mystery". She'd come to Poirot for help, only to die the very next morning while he was on the way. He takes the fact that it was such a near miss [[ItsPersonal hard]].hard]].
* "The Double Clue" deals with jewel theft rather than murder, so is ostensibly less sad. However, Japp's job is on the line throughout the episode, leaving him desperate to figure things out. Tellingly, he comes to Poirot for help instead of the typical setup of him being annoyed at Poirot's interference.
** Meanwhile, with Poirot off with Countess Rosakoff for much of the episode, Hastings and Miss Lemon are concerned that their own involvements with Poirot are coming to an end. Miss Lemon in particular is hit fairly hard.
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--> '''[[spoiler: Ellie Henderson]]''': [[spoiler: He]] didn't do it for me, you know...

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--> '''[[spoiler: Ellie Henderson]]''': [[spoiler: He]] didn't do it for me, you know...know...
* The death of Mrs. Alice Pengelli in "The Cornish Mystery". She'd come to Poirot for help, only to die the very next morning while he was on the way. He takes the fact that it was such a near miss [[ItsPersonal hard]].
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* The end of ''Three Act Tragedy''. The actor playing Poirot expresses really well the feeling of betrayal he's feeling towards the murderer, [[spoiler:his old friend Sir Charles Cartwright]].

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* The end of ''Three Act Tragedy''. The actor playing Poirot expresses really well the feeling of betrayal he's feeling towards the murderer, [[spoiler:his old friend Sir Charles Cartwright]].Cartwright]].
* The end of "Problem At Sea". [[spoiler: Ellie Henderson]] is genuinely quite sad over [[spoiler: Colonel Clapperton's]] guilt.
--> '''[[spoiler: Ellie Henderson]]''': [[spoiler: He]] didn't do it for me, you know...
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* ''[[GrandFinale Curtain]]''. Start to finish.
* The LonelyPianoPiece that is played at the beginning of the episode and [[spoiler:during Poirot's last goodbye to Hastings, and his final moments]]? Music/FryderykChopin's [[PublicDomainSoundtrack Opus 28, No. 15 (Raindrop)]]. Give it a listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OFHXmiZP38 here]], and bring your tissues along.
* The ending of ''The Hollow''. [[spoiler:After Gerda Christow goes to her private room and sees a photo of her husband John and their children one last time, she commits suicide by taking potassium cyanide. So heartbreaking.]]
* Also, the sad music that plays in ''Appointment with Death'', [[spoiler:in the scene when Dame Celia Westholme approaches the helpless Lady Boynton to perform the CoupDeGrace on her]], is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fraubogbQkc Dido's Lament (When I Am Laid in Earth)]]" from the 1689 opera ''Dido and Aeneas'' by English composer Henry Purcell. These lyrics say it all [[spoiler:as if in a reminder from Lady Boynton]]:
-->''When I am laid, am laid in earth, may my wrongs create\\
No trouble, no trouble in thy breast;\\
Remember me, remember me, but ah! forget my fate.\\
Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.''
* The end of ''Three Act Tragedy''. The actor playing Poirot expresses really well the feeling of betrayal he's feeling towards the murderer, [[spoiler:his old friend Sir Charles Cartwright]].

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