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Line 6: * Paul's {{spoiler\|brain-death}}, straight after he and Echo fell in love with each other. Not fair! * The scene in "A Spy in the House of Love" (1x09) Mellie/November, in [[Manchurian Agent]] mode, tells Paul she's an active. {{quote\| '''Speaks-through-November:''' I have a message for you from inside the Dollhouse.~~<br />~~ '''Paul:''' This isn't funny...~~<br />~~ '''Speaks-through-November:''' My name is November.~~<br />~~ '''Paul:''' ''Mellie''. Your name is ''Mellie''.~~<br />~~ '''Speaks-through-November:''' I knew this would be hard for you to hear.~~<br />~~ '''Paul:''' I'f you're pissed I'm still investigating the Dollhouse-~~<br />~~ '''Speaks-through-November:''' This body belongs to a doll.~~<br />~~ '''Paul:''' -just tell me. Don't do this.~~<br />~~ '''Speaks-through-November:''' I'm sorry we had to deliver the news to you like this. In this body. The Dollhouse is likely to discover we've been placing messages in their imprints; this is the only way we could talk to you.~~<br />~~ '''Paul:''' ''[shaking his head]'' They did this to you...~~<br />~~ '''Speaks-through-November:''' They did this long before you knew me. They've been using this body to spy on you for months. The only reason Mellie exists is because of you.~~<br />~~ '''Paul:''' Aren't I special? }} The scene goes on and it's all so sad and you can feel Paul's heart breaking. Poor thing. Line 29: And at the end it turns out that Adelle knows he's doing this, but lets him anyway, essentially to keep him sane. Her voiceover at the reveal is ''heartbreaking''. {{quote\| '''Adele:''' "Loneliness leads to nothing good. Only detachment. And sometimes the people who most need to reach out are the people who are least capable of it. In any case, it only happens once a year."}} * This troper got teary-eyed at future!Topher's breakdown in "Epitaph One", as Adelle hugs him and tells him it's all right. "I know what I know, I know what I know, I know what I know..." This troper was caught a few seconds earlier on the "Promise me you won't answer the phone!" line. What brings makes my eyes sting, is when Whiskey says she has to wait there, and we remember Boyd telling her he would be back for her after their tearful parting. {{spoiler\|He won't be back. And not only that, the Boyd she fell in love may or may not have been a lie - [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]] with shades of [[Father Figure]] at best, a [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] at worst.}} Damn you, Whedon. This troper spent most of that flashback in tears. Adelle is so broken and yet still Adelle, and it is only because she is so ''broken'' that she can finally be the mother figure to Topher that she always could be. That entire flashback is so heartrendingly beautiful. Whiskey: "Was I my best?" Caroline-in-Iris: "Better." Line 39: * ''Vows''. If you get through Claire's incredible amounts of bitterness and pain in her scene with Boyd, then don't worry, there's still her and Topher having near-simultaneous, award-worthy complete breakdowns from guilt and self-hatred... * "Belonging". Pretty much everything about the Sierra/Priya storyline. And Topher was heartbreaking too. {{quote\| '''Priya:''' "This secret we have... can you keep it?"~~<br />~~ '''Topher:''' "I can keep it. But I don't know if I can live with it."~~<br />~~ '''Priya:''' "I know I can't. But I don't have to." }} Not to mention Sierra, after being wiped again, smiling innocently - with Priya's last tear still on her face. the very beginning of "Belonging"~~--Topher~~—Topher crying and saying something along the lines of "I only wanted to help her!" ** Echo seeing Victor, who had told Sierra he'd 'wait right here' for her until she got back, sitting in the same location - not realizing that Sierra {{spoiler\|was gone permanently.}} * "Getting Closer": {{spoiler\|Topher seems like he's finally happy, Saunders comes to talk with Bennett for a moment in what seems like a [[Pet the Dog]] moment... and then she shoots her in the head just as Topher comes back into the room. Topher's [[Heroic BSOD]] - "We can bring her back, we can bring her back" - doesn't help.}} His subsequent conversation with Ivy, especially considering their relationship thus far and the fact that we don't know what happens to Ivy after this, is part this and part [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]. {{quote\| {{spoiler\|'''Topher''': I got it from here. You take your chance, you slip out. In the real world, you can write your ticket any place you land.}}~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|'''Ivy''': I really do want to help you.}}~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|'''Topher''': Then live! You have a remarkable brain. I think it should stay in your head. Ivy, don't become me. Go. Go!}} }} The revelation that {{spoiler\|Boyd, this troper's favorite character and sweet-and-soft [[Papa Wolf]] was actually behind Rossum, was enough to reduce me to tears. Damn you Joss Whedon and your plot twists too!}}