- Matthew breaking down as he's led to the death chamber, quietly asking Helen to check in on his mother occasionally—and her emphatically promising that she will—and sincerely apologizing to the victims' parents for taking their children away from them.
- In the flashback, Walter being Forced to Watch as Matthew and Carl take turns raping Hope, futilely screaming for them to leave her alone, before being shot in the back of the head.
- The fact that prior to her death, Hope had just graduated from high school and planned on joining the Air Force.
- The thoroughly haunting shot of Walter and Hope's ghosts watching Matthew's execution, their expressions completely neutral. No sadness, anger, satisfaction, just eerily calm
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