Hank from "Father's Day" volunteers to go out into the Grantham family cemetery to look for Bedelia when she's an hour late, as he's genuinely concerned about her well-being and the story of her father's murder.
In "Something to Tide You Over", Richard ends up buried to his neck in the sand by the undead Harry and Becky. The last we see of them are their footprints headed back into the sea, implying that they're finally at peace and Together in Death. What's sweeter is the fact that Harry genuinely loved Becky while her husband was a psychopath who only ever viewed her as his "property."
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"The Finger" shows us the relationship between Clark and Bob, as the latter shows him affection like a cat or dog would and seems to be the sole nice being in the World of Jerkass the former lives in. Clark even goes mad with fear when Bob disappears for nearly the whole day going after the debt collector, and expresses immense relief when he finds a bloodied organ on his counter.
Pete from "All Hallow's Eve" is shown to be devoted to his little brother, who was in his friends' treehouse when it burned down and even helped them build it. He gently persuades the boy into coming with him and his friends on their last trick-or-treating trip, comforts him when he misses their parents, and gives him a hug when their unfinished business is finally finished.
In "The Man in the Suitcase", Justin does his best to try and help the titular man (actually a Djinn) out of his makeshift prison while his ex and roommate want to keep torturing him. The ending reveals that Justin passed his Secret Test of Character and is told via a card that the Djinn will appear to him and give him whatever he would like with a thought as thanks for his assistance.
"Skincrawlers" ends on a triumphant note for Henry. In spite of the gory madness that went on in the studio, the guy learned to be true to himself and love himself for who he is instead of what society wants him to be.
The ending of "By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain", where Leigh glimpses Champ disappearing into the fog after she eats Chet and takes back her child's corpse, finally realizing that her late husband and her daughter weren't crazy after all, giving Rose a hug.
In spite of all his criminal activities, Richard from "Survivor Type" is shown to greatly care for his childhood friends and his old professors from med school.
"Twittering from the Circus of the Dead" ends with Blake admitting that she loves Mom and never meant anything she said about her as the pair try hiding from the undead.
It's noted that she's also tighter with the rest of her family than she says, as Dad comforts her after the lion fiasco and she expresses love of her pervert brother Eric.
The titular group of "Shapeshifters Anonymous" go out of their way to offer sanctuary to prejudiced members of their race, allowing Robert to join and get his issues off his chest while they explain what living as a shapeshifter is like.
Irena is the only member of the group to treat Phyllis, the group's Token Human and resident insult magnet, with any sympathy, telling her that she'll always be one of their own regardless of species.
Joe and June's relationship in "Model Kid" is adorable, what with her playing along with Joe's fantasies of being a monster and dying when she and her son watch a movie. Even sweeter, her ghost comes to Joe in his dreams to provide him with the means to get Uncle Kevin out of his life for good.
When he's told that his show is being cancelled in "Public Television of the Dead", Claudia still allows Norm to film one more episode before he goes off the air.
In "The Right Snuff", Ted actively tries to help Alex open up about his mental issues regarding his father and his envious streak, trying to assure his friend that he's going to make a name for himself and be in the history books. It unfortunately goes down the toilet with what happens next.
Andrew and Lola from "Sibling Rivalry" become vampires together to hunt down Lola's best friend Grace, who turned the poor freshman into a vampire solely for her sick amusement, as well as anyone who gets too nosy as to where Grace went.
Linus from "Pipe Screams" has a big heart for a struggling blue-collar man like himself. Fluffy the cat purrs and rubs up against his legs after Victoria, who he flips off, leaves him to do the job he's strong-armed into completing, and as soon as he sees her mauled to death, he packs his tools and almost bolts right there while complaining that Victoria can find her own plumber. The only thing that changes his mind is the playful banter of children upstairs, all of them at risk to poisoning from the lead pipes.
The relationship between Jack and his mother Bloom in "Mums" is adorable, at least from what we see of it. When the reanimated Bloom ferally feeds on the blood from Jack's injured hand, she regains her sentience and lets her son go, even giving him a kiss and whispering what Hank did to her in the boy's ear.
"Skeletons in the Closet" goes all out with references to movies from almost every concievable era. Though the references gradually overstay their welcome, the showrunners still went out of their way to pay tribute to Hollywood and the directors of yesteryear. Special mention goes to the camera focusing on George Romero's star on the Walk of Fame in the intro, paying tribute to the original film's director.
When Danielle accidentally kills Bateman in a mindless rage, Lampini does everything he can to ensure that she doesn't go to prison, resulting in the pair turning Bateman's corpse into one of the museum's skeletal exhibits.
In "Okay, I'll Bite", we have protagonist Elmer Strick. Though he's abused and insulted for his scrawny appearance and creepy demeanor, he's a good man who wouldn't harm another living creature, the only exception being when he euthanized his cancer-ridden mother to end her pain. The interactions he has with his pet spiders are pretty cute, too. For those who have a similar fondness for arachnids, anyway.
Also from the same episode, we have Willis, the kindly guard who never abuses his authority like Bunk does. He's essentially Elmer's only human friend, as he's totally willing to sit down and chat with Elmer, pay attention to his lectures on spiders, and tries to stand up for the former pharmacist when the odds are stacked against him.
The episode "Stranger Sings" has former siren Miranda saving the good-hearted Barry's life after he surgically renders her mortal, stabbing the (literally and figuratively) monstrous Sara to death to save his life, and then she becomes his new girlfriend when the whole ordeal is over.
From "Meter Reader", Dalton is pretty close to Teresa, ever since she was a kid. The two of them went on training missions to kill infected persons years back, taught her to carefully survey everything related to the plague, and congratulates her for gaining his responsibilites with his dying words.
Tim and Lauren in "Time Out" have a pretty happy life together, as the former shows himself to be a wonderful father to his son Henry and just as wonderful a husband to his wife. It turns sour pretty fast when his boss keeps trying to force him into only paying attention to his work instead of his family.
Tim even says in college that he wants to be a lawyer and a great father to honor his own father, who died young in a car accident and wanted to do the same thing.
"The Things in Oakwood's Past"; Marnie is a kindly and inquisitve librarian who has four great loves: books, history, a good mystery, and her hometown of Oakwood, which has all three of the former. The Ship Tease moments she has with Mac in the beginning and halfway point of the episode are just adorable.
Even though it drives her to appear villainous at times, the devotion that Mai's mother has for her daughter in "Drug Traffic" is staggering. Not once does she mind or care that she's a flesh-eating danger to society, and is willing to kill government officials and herself just so her daughter can "live" like any other citizen.
"Twenty Minutes with Cassandra" has Okwe, the kindly pizza guy who insists on the terrified Lorna getting her pizza, which he says is comfort food, as everyone deserves some comfort every now and then. The monster itself tells Lorna that it honestly feels really bad about being forced to kill him.
The end of the episode is pretty sobering, as Lorna and the monster go into some deep, philisophical discussion about why Cassandra chose to go down the path of bloodshed she does today.
"The Hat" is a tribute to Stephen King, who Jay's idol Stephen Bachman is clearly modelled after.
In "Grieving Process", there's the relationship between Richard and April and how they clearly worship one another.
They're also pretty affectionate to April's younger sister Jean, as she took her in after she was traumatically attacked in college several years back.
Detective Kiernan shows a great amount of sympathy for Richard's situation, letting him ride with April in the ambulance and checking up on him to see how she's doing.
As soon as Lyle goes to slit his wrists after Violet leaves him behind in "The Parent Deathtrap", his ghostly parents suddenly stop him with their banshee screaming. They sit down and have a heart-to-heart with him for the first time in their entire lives, apologizing for how abusive they were to their only boy.
Gloria: Lyle, please don't! We're so sorry! Archibald: We don't want you to end up like us. Lyle: Dead? Gloria:Lifeless. We only ever cared about our reputation, even when it made us unhappy. We never even thought about what you wanted. Lyle: All I ever wanted was for you to be proud of who I was. Not who you wanted me to be. Archibald: We are proud of you, son. You know, I always wanted to kill my old man. But I never had the guts. (laughs) I wasn't a man of action. Not like you. Now, go. Talk to her. Lyle: You mean it? Gloria: Ohh. When you love someone, you don't let them go. You hold onto them. Forever.
Unfortunately, the ending shows that they forgot or outright ignored everything they said to him.
Marcia's character development in "To Grandmother's House We Go", where she goes from a money-crazed Gold Digger who thinks of the kid she's been forced to take in as annoyance, to a devoted mother who stabs a werewolf to death to save her stepdaughter's life. The ending tragically reduces all of that to ashes, though.
The Interspecies Romance Alex and Anna form in "Meet the Belaskos", to the point where Anna sacrifices herself to save Alex's life by carrying him to the hospital under the sun's rays.
Her parents Chuck and Helena also think the world of her, and try their hardest to make friends with Doug, in spite of Doug's vampire prejudice.
"Cheat Code" is a touching episode which focuses on recently-widowed father Jeff, who wants to connect with his teenage son Dave through his favorite childhood video game. When he learns that Dave has gotten stuck inside said game through the titular cheat code, Jeff doesn't even hesitate to input the code himself and go in after him, allowing them to beat the game's final boss as a team. The end of the episode shows that their relationship is stronger than ever, as Jeff finally let Dave get his driver's license and Dave offers to play some ball with his dad sometime.
There's also Dave's ex Reina, who's still on good terms with him, comforting his dad over his wife's loss and trying to get Dave to see that his dad's actually pretty cool. She also makes no hesitation in racing to Jeff's house and controlling him through the code so he can save his son's life.
As an added bonus, when Jeff and Dave finally beat Weird Wednesday, their in-game avatars share a relieved hug. Awwwwww.
"Something Burrowed, Something Blue" features Ryan and Allison's wedding at Frank's estate. Even though the old guy had malicious intentions in mind, the ceremony and the reception themselves are incredibly fun and sweet, with Allison even thanking her dad for making everything possible.
Calvin, Angela's high school classmate in "Doodles", is nothing but supportive to her while his atrocious boss keeps raking her over the coals. When Roger's death has Calvin promoted to editor-in-chief in his place, he wastes no time in publishing her cartoons and offering her a full-time contract, both of which his old boss cruelly refused to do.
As evidenced in the title, "George Romero in 3-D!" is an episode-long tribute to George Romero, father of the modern zombie and master of practical gore, since every character is named after one from his old films and the main threat is a horde of undead flesh-eaters from an In-Universe collection of unpublished comics produced by his old company Image 10.
The cherry on top is that George himself is a major character, as he's brought out from the pages of these same comics to help the cast fight off the horde of ghouls, acting completely friendly, patient, and chill the entire time. As he returns to the comics at the end, Martin and Dawn sincerely thank him for everything he's done, to which George signs off with "See ya 'round the graveyard."
