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* Bordering on HeartwarmingMoments, [[spoiler: Forty's reappearance as a spirit in Season 3 when he gives Love advice and reassures her that he will always be there for her. It serves as a really touching and well-deserved proper send-off for the character, showing that despite his flaws, Forty was a [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth really kind-hearted person.]]]]
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* Bordering on HeartwarmingMoments, Heartwarming, [[spoiler: Forty's reappearance as a spirit in Season 3 when he gives Love advice and reassures her that he will always be there for her. It serves as a really touching and well-deserved proper send-off for the character, showing that despite his flaws, Forty was a [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth really kind-hearted person.]]]]
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** Even after how brattish and psychotic she turned out to be, it's jarring seeing Joe so cruel to the woman he was so madly in love with. No apologies or apologies, no "shh, it'll be over soon", no tears, no remorse whatsoever whatsoever. Just his TranquilFury lecturing as she painfully writhes on the floor in front of him.
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* While she's become increasingly impulsive and insane and ultimately attempts to slit Joe's throat open, Love's death is a pitiable moment for her. Joe injects her with a lethal dose of aconite, which Joe describes "burns through her system" and putting her in "total fucking agony". Love drops and cries out in pain as Joe taunts her with how he figured out her plan. In her dying breath, Love laments that they were perfect for each other, but bad for Henry.
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** Even after how brattish and psychotic she turned out to be, it's jarring seeing Joe so cruel to the woman he was so madly in love with. No apologies or tears, no remorse whatsoever as she painfully writhes on the floor in front of him.
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* Joe ultimately has to leave Henry with Dante and Lansing now that Love is dead and he has to fake his own death, but also because he knows Love was right in her dying words - they were perfect for each other, but bad for Henry.
* When Joe and Love find out that Henry's outbreak of measles was due to their neighbor Gil being an antivaxxer, they lock him in the glass cage, only for him to kill himself by the end of the episode. Joe then forges a suicide note and leaves him hanging from a noose in his own home for his wife to find. Even if he did endanger his neighbor's child, you've got to feel for Gil's wife coming home and being greeted by the sight of his hanging corpse.
* While she's become increasingly impulsive and insane and ultimately attempts to slit Joe's throat open, Love's death is a pitiable moment for her. Joe injects her with a lethal dose of aconite, which Joe describes "burns through her system" and putting her in "total fucking agony". Love drops and cries out in pain as Joe taunts her with how he figured out her plan. In her dying breath, Love laments that they were perfect for each other but bad for Henry.
* When Joe and Love find out that Henry's outbreak of measles was due to their neighbor Gil being an antivaxxer, they lock him in the glass cage, only for him to kill himself by the end of the episode. Joe then forges a suicide note and leaves him hanging from a noose in his own home for his wife to find. Even if he did endanger his neighbor's child, you've got to feel for Gil's wife coming home and being greeted by the sight of his hanging corpse.
* While she's become increasingly impulsive and insane and ultimately attempts to slit Joe's throat open, Love's death is a pitiable moment for her. Joe injects her with a lethal dose of aconite, which Joe describes "burns through her system" and putting her in "total fucking agony". Love drops and cries out in pain as Joe taunts her with how he figured out her plan. In her dying breath, Love laments that they were perfect for each other but bad for Henry.
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** Joe ultimately has to leave Henry with Dante and Lansing now that Love is dead and he has to fake his own death, but also because he knows Love was right in her dying words.
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! In General
* No matter of bad character traits of [[AssholeVictim Benji, Peach, ]] Beck or Forty, they still were children of their parents. Even if their parents are on some degree AbusiveParents or ParentalNeglect. Beck had parents and two siblings. Peach had mother who tried find out what really happened to her daughter. And Benji, at least had a mother who was worried about him when she had no contact with him. None of them ever got to know what really happened to their children and NeverGotToSayGoodbye. Also, Dr. Nicky lost his entire family, who now think he is a murderer. Joe's actions had destroyed entire families.
! Season 1
* No matter of bad character traits of [[AssholeVictim Benji, Peach, ]] Beck or Forty, they still were children of their parents. Even if their parents are on some degree AbusiveParents or ParentalNeglect. Beck had parents and two siblings. Peach had mother who tried find out what really happened to her daughter. And Benji, at least had a mother who was worried about him when she had no contact with him. None of them ever got to know what really happened to their children and NeverGotToSayGoodbye. Also, Dr. Nicky lost his entire family, who now think he is a murderer. Joe's actions had destroyed entire families.
! Season 1
* Karen's heartbroken but dignified exit when Joe breaks up with her, after he's been cheating on her with Beck. Though from a different point of view, it's probably good that she ultimately got away as she did, being otherwise unharmed by the murderous sociopath.
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* No matter of bad character's traits of [[AssholeVictim Benji, Peach, ]] Beck or Forty, they still were children of their parents. Even if their parents are on some degree AbusiveParents or ParentalNeglect. Beck had parents and two siblings. Peach had mother who tried find out what really happened to her daughter. And Benji, at least had a mother who was worried about him when she had no contact with him. None of them ever got to know what really happened to their children and NeverGottoSayGoodbye. Also, Dr. Nicky lost his entire family, who now think he is a murderer. Joe's actions had destroyed entire families.
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* No matter of bad character's traits of [[AssholeVictim Benji, Peach, ]] Beck or Forty, they still were children of their parents. Even if their parents are on some degree AbusiveParents or ParentalNeglect. Beck had parents and two siblings. Peach had mother who tried find out what really happened to her daughter. And Benji, at least had a mother who was worried about him when she had no contact with him. None of them ever got to know what really happened to their children and NeverGottoSayGoodbye.NeverGotToSayGoodbye. Also, Dr. Nicky lost his entire family, who now think he is a murderer. Joe's actions had destroyed entire families.
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* Karen's heartbroken but dignified exit when Joe breaks up with her, after he's been cheating on her with Beck. Though from a different point of view, it's probably good that she ultimately got away from the murderous sociopath.
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** Her father was an AddledAddict. They loved each other very much and had fun on his good days, but his bad days are terrifying. He finally overdosed and nearly died, and she found him.
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** Her father was an AddledAddict. They loved love each other very much and had fun on his good days, but his bad days are terrifying. He finally their relationship was forever strained after he overdosed and nearly died, and she found him.in front of her as a ''child''.
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* No matter of bad character's traits of [[AssholeVictim Benji, Peach, ]] Beck or Forty, they still were children of their parents. Even if their parents are on some degree AbusiveParents or ParentalNeglect. Beck had parents and two siblings. Peach had mother who tried find out what really happened to her daughter. And Benji, atleast had a mother who was worried about him when she had no contact with him. None of them ever got to know what really happened to their children and NeverGottoSayGoodbye. Also Dr. Nicky lost his entire family who think he is murderer. Joe's actions had destroyed entire families.
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* No matter of bad character's traits of [[AssholeVictim Benji, Peach, ]] Beck or Forty, they still were children of their parents. Even if their parents are on some degree AbusiveParents or ParentalNeglect. Beck had parents and two siblings. Peach had mother who tried find out what really happened to her daughter. And Benji, atleast at least had a mother who was worried about him when she had no contact with him. None of them ever got to know what really happened to their children and NeverGottoSayGoodbye. Also Also, Dr. Nicky lost his entire family family, who now think he is a murderer. Joe's actions had destroyed entire families.
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* Joe ultimately having to leave Henry with Dante and Lansing now that Love is dead and he has to fake his own death, but also because he knows Love was right in her dying words - they were perfect for each other, but bad for Henry.
* When Joe and Love find out that Henry's outbreak of measles was due to their neighbour Gil being an antivaxxer, he's dead by the end of the episode. Joe then forges a suicide note and leaves him hanging from a noose in his own home for his wife to find. Even if he did endanger his neighbour's child, you've got to feel for Gil's wife coming home and being greeted by the sight of his hanging corpse.
* When Joe and Love find out that Henry's outbreak of measles was due to their neighbour Gil being an antivaxxer, he's dead by the end of the episode. Joe then forges a suicide note and leaves him hanging from a noose in his own home for his wife to find. Even if he did endanger his neighbour's child, you've got to feel for Gil's wife coming home and being greeted by the sight of his hanging corpse.
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* Joe ultimately having has to leave Henry with Dante and Lansing now that Love is dead and he has to fake his own death, but also because he knows Love was right in her dying words - they were perfect for each other, but bad for Henry.
* When Joe and Love find out that Henry's outbreak of measles was due to theirneighbour neighbor Gil being an antivaxxer, he's dead they lock him in the glass cage, only for him to kill himself by the end of the episode. Joe then forges a suicide note and leaves him hanging from a noose in his own home for his wife to find. Even if he did endanger his neighbour's neighbor's child, you've got to feel for Gil's wife coming home and being greeted by the sight of his hanging corpse.
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* When Joe and Love find out that Henry's outbreak of measles was due to their neighbour Gil being an antivaxxer, he's dead by the end of the episode. Joe then forges a suicide note and leaves him hanging from a noose in his own home for his wife to find. Even if he did endanger his neighbour's child, you've got to feel for Gil's wife coming home and being greeted by the sight of his hanging corpse.
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* Joe ultimately having to leave Henry with Dante and Lansing now that Love is dead and he has to fake his own death, but also because he knows Love was right in her dying words - they were perfect for each other, but bad for Henry.
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* Bordering on HeartwarmingMoments, [[spoiler: Forty's reappearance as a spirit in Season 3 when he gives Love advice and reassures her that he will always be there for her. It serves as a really touching and well-deserved proper send-off for the character, showing that despite his flaws, Forty was a [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth really kind-hearted person.]]]]
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* The story Beck writes while in the cage -- the ''last'' thing she ever writes. Elizabeth Lail's delivery just seals it.
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* During said breakdown, Love looks on sadly at Joe comforting Ellie. As crazy as she is, she does genuinely feel guilty for taking the girl’s sister from her.
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* No matter of bad character's traits of [[AssholeVictim Benji, Peach, ]] Beck or Forty, they still were children of their parents. Even if their parents are on some degree AbusiveParents or ParentalNeglect. Beck had mother and two siblings. Peach had mother who tried find out what really happened to her daughter. And Benji, atleast had a mother who was worried about him when she had no contact with him. None of them ever got to know what really happened to their children and NeverGottoSayGoodbye. Also Dr. Nicky lost his entire family who think he is murderer. Joe's actions had destroyed entire families.
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* No matter of bad character's traits of [[AssholeVictim Benji, Peach, ]] Beck or Forty, they still were children of their parents. Even if their parents are on some degree AbusiveParents or ParentalNeglect. Beck had mother parents and two siblings. Peach had mother who tried find out what really happened to her daughter. And Benji, atleast had a mother who was worried about him when she had no contact with him. None of them ever got to know what really happened to their children and NeverGottoSayGoodbye. Also Dr. Nicky lost his entire family who think he is murderer. Joe's actions had destroyed entire families.
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* No matter of bad character's traits of [[AssholeVictim Benji, Peach, ]] Beck,or Forty, they still were children of their parents. Even if their parents are on some degree AbusiveParents or ParentalNeglect. Beck had mother and two siblings. Peach had mother who tried find out what really happened to her daughter. And Benji, atleast had a mother who was worried about him when she had no contact with him. None of them ever got to know what really happened to their children and NeverGottoSayGoodbye. Also Dr. Nicky lost his entire family who think he is murderer. Joe's actions had destroyed entire families.
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* No matter of bad character's traits of [[AssholeVictim Benji, Peach, ]] Beck,or Beck or Forty, they still were children of their parents. Even if their parents are on some degree AbusiveParents or ParentalNeglect. Beck had mother and two siblings. Peach had mother who tried find out what really happened to her daughter. And Benji, atleast had a mother who was worried about him when she had no contact with him. None of them ever got to know what really happened to their children and NeverGottoSayGoodbye. Also Dr. Nicky lost his entire family who think he is murderer. Joe's actions had destroyed entire families.
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* No matter of of nature bad character's traits of [[AssholeVictim Beck, Benji, Peach Peach, ]] or Beck,or Forty, they still were children of their parents. Even if their parents are on some degree AbusiveParents or ParentalNeglect. Beck had mother and two siblings. Peach had mother who tried find out what really happened to her daughter. And Benji, atleast had a mother who was worried about him when she had no contact with him. None of them ever got to know what really happened to their children and NeverGottoSayGoodbye.
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* No matter of of nature of [[AssholeVictim Beck,Benji,Peach Beck, Benji, Peach ]] or Forty, they still were children of their parents. Even if their parents are on some degree AbusiveParents or ParentalNeglect. None of them ever got to know what really happened to their children and NeverGottoSayGoodbye.
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** Ellie's whole life thus far has been truly heartbreaking. Her father died and her relationship with her mother was so fraught that she ran away to go and live with Delilah. She then almost gets ''raped'' by Henderson (only saved by Joe dosing Henderson's drink beforehand), and just when it seems she and Delilah find some common ground, Delilah is murdered. Even worse, Love set up a plan to let ''Ellie'' take the fall for Henderson's murder, have her put in the system and through the trauma of being an accused murderer (with the endgoal of using her family's influence to poison the investigation and give Ellie blackmail money for life). For all his faults, even Joe sees how horrible this would be for the young girl and tells her to leave town. Unlike Paco, who gets a sort of good ending last season, Ellie is left all alone with no-one in the world to help her except the man who messed her life up so badly.
*** In episode nine, Ellie breaks down in Joe's apartment and confesses tearfully that she believes that Delilah ''abandoned'' her, just like their mother did.
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** His words to Love: "You are just as broken as I am. You're just a ''much'' better liar." He then tearfully asks her if she really thinks so little of him and his intelligence that she thought he didn't know that.
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** During the above, he briefly [[DrivenToSuicide holds his gun to his own head]].
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While the show's premise is mostly played for horror, there are still plenty of sad moments, too.
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* If you think about it, Beck's whole ''life'' is this, from start-to-finish. Let's review.
** Her father was an AddledAddict. They loved each other very much and had fun on his good days, but his bad days are terrifying. He finally overdosed and nearly died, and she found him.
** At some point in her childhood, her uncle gropes her. When she tries to tell her dad what happened, he doesn't believe her.
** Soon after he finally gets sober, her father abandons her and her mother. Hurt and angry, she decides her dad is dead to her.
** Years later, her dad gets back into contact, and she finds out he's taken up with an utterly condescending and insufferable woman who hates her, and constantly insinuates that she and her mother are to blame for her father's past drug abuse.
** While in college, she makes a "best friend" who is happy to shower her in gifts and take care of her... but is also a possessive, controlling AlphaBitch who constantly makes her feel like crap, manipulates her concern for her welfare, and is, unbeknownst to her, a StalkerWithACrush.
** In grad school, she has a relationship with a guy who lies to her and degrades her self-esteem, as well as cheats on her constantly.
** She finally meets a sweet, attentive guy who adores her and shares her interests, only for things to go south when her best friend dies, and she cheats on him with her therapist, who took advantage of her emotional vulnerability. Soon after she and the guy work things out and get back together, she finds out he's not who she thought he was at ''all''. In fact, he's a ''murderer''...
** ...and he locks her in a glass cage in the basement of his workplace when she finds out, determined to make her love him. She plays along, hoping to buy some time, but is utterly terrified and wondering how she got her.
** She finally breaks out of the cage, and it looks like [[HopeSpot she might make it]]... but she doesn't, and her "Prince Charming" strangles her to death. He posthumously publishes her work, and she's mourned and remembered as a talented writer who was murdered by her therapist at a young age... and no one knows the truth. The end.
* The story Beck writes while in the cage -- the ''last'' thing she ever writes. Elizabeth Lail's delivery just seals it.
-->''You used to wrap yourself in fairy tales like a blanket. But it was the cold you loved. Sharp shivers as you uncovered the corpses of Bluebeard's wives. Sweeter goose bumps as Prince Charming slid one glass slipper over your little toes, a perfect fit. But by the schoolyard, real princesses floated by you on fall winds.''\\
''You saw the gulf between you and the rich girls, and vowed to stop believing in fairy tales. But the stories were in you, deep as poison. If Prince Charming was real, if he could save you you needed to be saved from the unfairness of everything when would he come? The answer was a cruel shrug in a hundred fleeting moments.''\\
''The sneer on Stevie Smith's face when he called you a fat cow.''\\
''Uncle Jeff's hand squeezing your ass in the Thanksgiving kitchen.''\\
''The accusation in your father's eyes when you told him what happened.''\\
''From every boy masquerading as a man that you let into your body, your heart, you learned you didn't have whatever magic turns a beast into a prince.''\\
''You surrounded yourself with the girls you'd always resented, hoping to share their power, and you hated yourself. And that diminished you even more.''\\
''And then, right when you thought you might just disappear, he saw you. And you knew, somewhere deep, it was too good to be true. But you let yourself be swept, because he was the first strong enough to lift you.''\\
''Now, in his castle, you understand Prince Charming and Bluebeard are the same man. And you don't get a happy end unless you love both of him.''\\
''Didn't you'' want ''this? To be loved? Didn't you want him to crown you? Didn't you ask for it?''\\
''Didn't you ask for it?''\\
''Didn't you ask for it?''\\
''So say you can live like this. Say you love him, say thank you, say'' anything ''but the truth.''\\
''What if you can't love him back?''
* The death of Forty. He just wanted to protect his sister from an insane murderer -- a man Forty considered his ''friend'' -- completely unaware that ''she'' was a monster, too.
* The fate of the Alves sisters. Delilah finally exposed Henderson as an abusive predator, only to be kidnapped and murdered soon after. And Ellie, a fifteen-year-old, has to go on the run to avoid being placed into CPS.
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* If you think about it, Beck's whole ''life'' is this, from start-to-finish. Let's review.
** Her father was an AddledAddict. They loved each other very much and had fun on his good days, but his bad days are terrifying. He finally overdosed and nearly died, and she found him.
** At some point in her childhood, her uncle gropes her. When she tries to tell her dad what happened, he doesn't believe her.
** Soon after he finally gets sober, her father abandons her and her mother. Hurt and angry, she decides her dad is dead to her.
** Years later, her dad gets back into contact, and she finds out he's taken up with an utterly condescending and insufferable woman who hates her, and constantly insinuates that she and her mother are to blame for her father's past drug abuse.
** While in college, she makes a "best friend" who is happy to shower her in gifts and take care of her... but is also a possessive, controlling AlphaBitch who constantly makes her feel like crap, manipulates her concern for her welfare, and is, unbeknownst to her, a StalkerWithACrush.
** In grad school, she has a relationship with a guy who lies to her and degrades her self-esteem, as well as cheats on her constantly.
** She finally meets a sweet, attentive guy who adores her and shares her interests, only for things to go south when her best friend dies, and she cheats on him with her therapist, who took advantage of her emotional vulnerability. Soon after she and the guy work things out and get back together, she finds out he's not who she thought he was at ''all''. In fact, he's a ''murderer''...
** ...and he locks her in a glass cage in the basement of his workplace when she finds out, determined to make her love him. She plays along, hoping to buy some time, but is utterly terrified and wondering how she got her.
** She finally breaks out of the cage, and it looks like [[HopeSpot she might make it]]... but she doesn't, and her "Prince Charming" strangles her to death. He posthumously publishes her work, and she's mourned and remembered as a talented writer who was murdered by her therapist at a young age... and no one knows the truth. The end.
* The story Beck writes while in the cage -- the ''last'' thing she ever writes. Elizabeth Lail's delivery just seals it.
-->''You used to wrap yourself in fairy tales like a blanket. But it was the cold you loved. Sharp shivers as you uncovered the corpses of Bluebeard's wives. Sweeter goose bumps as Prince Charming slid one glass slipper over your little toes, a perfect fit. But by the schoolyard, real princesses floated by you on fall winds.''\\
''You saw the gulf between you and the rich girls, and vowed to stop believing in fairy tales. But the stories were in you, deep as poison. If Prince Charming was real, if he could save you you needed to be saved from the unfairness of everything when would he come? The answer was a cruel shrug in a hundred fleeting moments.''\\
''The sneer on Stevie Smith's face when he called you a fat cow.''\\
''Uncle Jeff's hand squeezing your ass in the Thanksgiving kitchen.''\\
''The accusation in your father's eyes when you told him what happened.''\\
''From every boy masquerading as a man that you let into your body, your heart, you learned you didn't have whatever magic turns a beast into a prince.''\\
''You surrounded yourself with the girls you'd always resented, hoping to share their power, and you hated yourself. And that diminished you even more.''\\
''And then, right when you thought you might just disappear, he saw you. And you knew, somewhere deep, it was too good to be true. But you let yourself be swept, because he was the first strong enough to lift you.''\\
''Now, in his castle, you understand Prince Charming and Bluebeard are the same man. And you don't get a happy end unless you love both of him.''\\
''Didn't you'' want ''this? To be loved? Didn't you want him to crown you? Didn't you ask for it?''\\
''Didn't you ask for it?''\\
''Didn't you ask for it?''\\
''So say you can live like this. Say you love him, say thank you, say'' anything ''but the truth.''\\
''What if you can't love him back?''
* The death of Forty. He just wanted to protect his sister from an insane murderer -- a man Forty considered his ''friend'' -- completely unaware that ''she'' was a monster, too.
* The fate of the Alves sisters. Delilah finally exposed Henderson as an abusive predator, only to be kidnapped and murdered soon after. And Ellie, a fifteen-year-old, has to go on the run to avoid being placed into CPS.
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