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3	* The GilliganCut where Kara insists on getting her cello during their getaway.
4	* Bond and Kara's first romantic moment on the Ferris wheel, which comes across as genuine and natural. The entire relationship between the two is a major difference from the old Bond tendency to woo the women into bed effortlessly and drop them without a single memory. Bond seems like he truly wants to stay with Kara, maybe even forever.
5	* Saunders's finally casting aside his ByTheBookCop tendencies coming around to Bond's bolder, touch-and-go approach to the mission the second time they meet; almost mirthfully offers to do whatever Bond requests knowing if it might land him in trouble with [=MI6=] later. Before he heads off for the last time, Bond gives him a sincerely warm thanks for his help, for which he responds in kind with a smile almost as if he earned a friendship with him. [[YankTheDogsChain Which makes his sudden death a moment later that much harder to bear. Especially for Bond.]]
6	* The first thing Pushkin does when waking up after FakingTheDead is apologizing to his mistress for having to watch the affair.
7	* Kamran Shah's joyful laughter while Bond is beating the shit out of the Soviet prison guards, no doubt Kamran felt Bond was giving the man a much overdue karmic punishment.
8	* Bond's promise to Kara that he'll come back for her when she's worried he won't return from the trip with the mujahideen.
9	* The ending. Kara finishes her concert and runs into M and General Gogol, who tell her Bond's off on assignment. Dejected, she returns to her room... and guess who's behind the door? He even filled a couple of martini glasses for her! Awwww...
10	** Kamran Shah and some of his Afghan rebels arriving at the concert, even if they were late.
11	** As a whole, Kara receives probably one of the most heartwarming endings a Bond girl has ever gotten. She receives ''thunderous'' applause at the concert, and her dream of performing at Carnegie Hall has just become more realistic as a result. On top of that, after having been informed by Pushkin that she would be considered a defector, M introduces her to retired General Gogol, now a diplomat for the Foreign Services, who grants her full immigration status, meaning she can now come and go as she pleases.
12	** And to close it all out, we get a very soothing rendition of "If There Was A Man" sung by Chrissie Hynde. After all they had been through together, [[EarnYourHappyEnding it was a happy ending that these two very much deserved]].

Context Heartwarming / TheLivingDaylights