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* Joe being forced at gunpoint to [[spoiler: execute his father]]. [[spoiler: Huesmann]] is an AssholeVictim, but this is Joe's DespairEventHorizon. The Joe Blake of the previous seasons, who ''wanted'' to be a good guy, tried to get away from Smith and the Nazis, and even at his worst was conflicted about following Smith's orders, dies when he pulls the trigger. What remains is an empty shell that barely remembers the soul it used to have.

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* Joe being forced at gunpoint to [[spoiler: execute [[spoiler:execute his father]]. [[spoiler: Huesmann]] [[spoiler:Heusmann]] is an AssholeVictim, but this is Joe's DespairEventHorizon. The Joe Blake of the previous seasons, who ''wanted'' to be a good guy, tried to get away from Smith and the Nazis, and even at his worst was conflicted about following Smith's orders, dies when he pulls the trigger. What remains is an empty shell that barely remembers the soul it used to have.



** That being said, he tries sold off his entire store full of antiques to the Yakuza in exchange for a passage to Japan on a trawler, [[HopeSpot he ultimately gets one]], but it is [[AmbiguousEnding left for the viewer if he got there safely or not]].

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** That being said, he tries sold off his entire store full of antiques to the Yakuza in exchange for a passage to Japan on a trawler, and [[HopeSpot he ultimately gets one]], but it is [[AmbiguousEnding left for the viewer if he got there safely or not]].
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* John's flashbacks in "Mauvaise Foi." His commanding officer shows up wearing his US Army uniform but now including a swastika armband. The look on his face shows that he does not want to do this, but there is absolutely nothing he can do. And then when he turns his back on a Jewish comrade as they are driven off to their inevitable fate under the new regime.

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* John's flashbacks in "Mauvaise Foi." His commanding officer shows up wearing his US Army uniform but now including a swastika armband. The look on his face shows that he does not want to do this, but there is absolutely nothing he can do. And then when he John turns his back on a Jewish comrade and others as they are driven off to their inevitable fate under the new regime.
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** That being said, he tries sold off his entire store full of antiques to the Yakuza in exchange for a passage to Japan on a trawler, [[EarnYourHappyEnding he ultimately gets one]], but it is [[AmbiguousEnding left for the viewer if he got there safely or not]].

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** That being said, he tries sold off his entire store full of antiques to the Yakuza in exchange for a passage to Japan on a trawler, [[EarnYourHappyEnding [[HopeSpot he ultimately gets one]], but it is [[AmbiguousEnding left for the viewer if he got there safely or not]].

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* John's DespairEventHorizon and DrivenToSuicide after his wife [[HeroicSacrifice sells his location out to the resistance]] and finding out the infeasibility of bringing his alt!Thomas to his own world as a ReplacementGoldfish. Ever since his defection to the Nazi Party since the end of World War II, and doing heinous deeds such as refusing to save his best friend from his inevitable fate and supporting the Nazi ideologies, it's hard to feel sorry for him as [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes he was doing this for the sake of his family]], especially when he realises that [[HeelRealization out of the worlds he could have lived, it was this route to a downward spiral]].

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* John's DespairEventHorizon and DrivenToSuicide after his wife [[HeroicSacrifice sells his location out to the resistance]] and finding out the infeasibility of bringing his alt!Thomas to his own world as a ReplacementGoldfish. Ever since his defection to the Nazi Party since the end of World War II, and doing heinous deeds such as refusing to save his best friend from his inevitable fate and supporting the Nazi ideologies, it's hard to NOT feel sorry for him as [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes he was doing this for the sake of his family]], especially when he realises that [[HeelRealization out of the worlds he could have lived, it was this route to a downward spiral]].spiral]].
* Childan's separation from his wife when they tried to emigrate to Japan together, especially when his wife fruitlessly tried to give her engagement ring to the officer prohibiting Childan to get on board at one point but was forced to leave him at the end, leaving Childan seeing her ship sail off into the distance.
** That being said, he tries sold off his entire store full of antiques to the Yakuza in exchange for a passage to Japan on a trawler, [[EarnYourHappyEnding he ultimately gets one]], but it is [[AmbiguousEnding left for the viewer if he got there safely or not]].
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* John's flashbacks in "Mauvaise Foi." His commanding officer shows up wearing his US Army uniform but now including a swastika armband. The look on his face shows that he does not want to do this, but there is absolutely nothing he can do. And then when he turns his back on a Jewish comrade as they are driven off to their inevitable fate under the new regime.

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* John's flashbacks in "Mauvaise Foi." His commanding officer shows up wearing his US Army uniform but now including a swastika armband. The look on his face shows that he does not want to do this, but there is absolutely nothing he can do. And then when he turns his back on a Jewish comrade as they are driven off to their inevitable fate under the new regime.regime.
* John's DespairEventHorizon and DrivenToSuicide after his wife [[HeroicSacrifice sells his location out to the resistance]] and finding out the infeasibility of bringing his alt!Thomas to his own world as a ReplacementGoldfish. Ever since his defection to the Nazi Party since the end of World War II, and doing heinous deeds such as refusing to save his best friend from his inevitable fate and supporting the Nazi ideologies, it's hard to feel sorry for him as [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes he was doing this for the sake of his family]], especially when he realises that [[HeelRealization out of the worlds he could have lived, it was this route to a downward spiral]].
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* Joe being forced at gunpoint to [[spoiler: execute his father]]. [[spoiler: Huesmann]] is an AssholeVictim, but this is Joe's DespairEventHorizon. The Joe Blake of the previous seasons, who ''wanted'' to be a good guy, tried to get away from Smith and the Nazis, and even at his worst was conflicted about following Smith's orders, dies when he pulls the trigger. What remains is an empty shell that barely remembers the soul it used to have.

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* Rudolf Wegener visiting his children and estranged wife in Berlin, seeking to make amends with them since he knows that one way or another, he won't be coming back from his meeting with Hitler. He's holding back tears as he hugs his son and daughter, not wanting to tell them that they'll never see him again. In an especially poignant moment, he explains to his son that it's hard to be a good man, but the harder it gets, the more important it is to at least try.


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* Tagomi makes a phone call to the Wegener residence. Mrs. Wegener sobs that Rudolf is dead. Even worse considering his last visit with his family.

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* The death of [[spoiler:Frank's sister and her children]].

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* Thomas being taken away to be euthanized.




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* Frank's execution. Kido drives him to the site of a former internment camp, and after a brief conversation, he dons his full military dress uniform and gives Frank an honorable death.



* John's flashbacks in "Mauvaise Foi." His commanding officer shows up wearing his US Army uniform but now including a swastika armband. The look on his face shows that he does not want to do this, but there is absolutely nothing he can do. And then [[spoiler:when he turns his back on a Jewish comrade as they are driven off to their inevitable fate under the new regime.]]

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* John's flashbacks in "Mauvaise Foi." His commanding officer shows up wearing his US Army uniform but now including a swastika armband. The look on his face shows that he does not want to do this, but there is absolutely nothing he can do. And then [[spoiler:when when he turns his back on a Jewish comrade as they are driven off to their inevitable fate under the new regime.]]
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* John's flashbacks in "Mauvaise Foi." His commanding officer shows up wearing his US Army uniform but now including a swastika armband. The look on his face shows that he does not want to do this, but there is absolutely nothing he can do.

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* John's flashbacks in "Mauvaise Foi." His commanding officer shows up wearing his US Army uniform but now including a swastika armband. The look on his face shows that he does not want to do this, but there is absolutely nothing he can do. And then [[spoiler:when he turns his back on a Jewish comrade as they are driven off to their inevitable fate under the new regime.]]
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!! Season 1
* The death of [[spoiler:Frank's sister and her children]].

!! Season 2

!! Season 3

!! Season 4
* John's flashbacks in "Mauvaise Foi." His commanding officer shows up wearing his US Army uniform but now including a swastika armband. The look on his face shows that he does not want to do this, but there is absolutely nothing he can do.

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