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  • Tim Jensen's plight. He's been abducted by aliens, his wife and children don't know where he is, and the mayor destroys Crop Circles that could lead to him coming home. Also crosses over into Tear Jerker, because when he gets home, he's... not right.
  • The entire tape that was recorded at the Devil's Doorstep, played in Episode 11. It's filled with Ominous Latin Chanting, the sound of blowing wind, and a poor, inept explorer describing all sorts of bizarre events happening, such as his compass spinning around and the weather growing colder and colder as he gets closer to the doorstep. Oh, and at the very end, the tape turns itself on and can't be turned off.
  • Episode 27 has an unexpected one close to the end. Sammy finds out that Ben has gone to Tim Jensen's house, demanding answers to where Emily might be and insisting that he must know something about this. The absolute blood-curdling rage in his voice as he threatens to break down the door, along with Mary Jensen fearfully yelling at Ben to leave her husband alone, makes you wonder what would've happened had Sammy not given him a much-needed What the Hell, Hero? speech. Crosses into Tear Jerker once Ben calms down, and tearfully tells Sammy that he loves Emily, he misses her, and is terrified that she could be dead.
  • Episode 35. Mother of God.
  • From the 2016 Election Special. Mayor Grisham has the town in such a stranglehold that he can hire a new elections commissioner the week of the election to rig the vote. He's still losing, but voided every single vote so he can try to win in a runoff. Something like this is difficult to do at a national level, but in a small town like King Falls, with only four polling stations, it's very easy to rig. Stuff like this can realistically happen in smaller communities around the world.
  • In episode 49, we find out that Emily is dating Greg Frickard, who's been made abundantly clear to be creepy as hell towards Emily, with little regard for her personal space or welfare. He's also blamed Ben for her disappearance, and acts Entitled to Have You towards Emily. In this episode, though, we found that he's strong armed others to lie about her rescue and distance her and Ben, the guy who actually saved her. Hopefully the others who also saved her will tell her the truth.
  • Episode 65 has Archie retell what happened to a bunch of teenagers at Perdition Woods.
  • The entire ending of episode 73. Sheriff Gunderson shows up at the station and arrests Ben, dragging him out kicking and screaming. Right after showing Ben photos of what he did to Peas the sugar glider.
  • The second half of episode 86 is a terrifying, threatening monologue by the fake Tim Jensen causing a mass Oh, Crap! from Sammy, Ben, and their guest as it gets more threatening and mechanical the longer it goes on, ending with the sinister Arc Words Madness Mantra "Be well."
  • Episode 93 has Robo-Tim showing up at Sammy and Ben's house, attacking them and demanding they give him Death By Damnation. Meanwhile, Chet is at the radio station listening to all of this go down over the phone, when he's suddenly attacked by the woman who came to do repairs on the equipment. The episode ends with a reveal that the woman is actually another robot sent by the Science Institute to retrieve the book from Sammy and Ben.
  • In Episode 100, we finally hear Jack Wright's voice for the first time barring recordings, only for Jack to immediately try to entice Sammy to join him in the Void; first with flattery and promises, then by digging into Sammy's insecurities. It's hard to decide which possibility is worse: whether Jack has been twisted or possessed by the Void, or it isn't Jack at all, but something using his voice.

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