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* This could apply to the whole third season of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''. Sam tries so hard to save Dean from eternal torment and gets increasingly unhinged, Dean more or less gets over his suicidal nature and tries hard himself because he's terrified, they both bring the crazy, clingy panic in spades and in the end, {{spoiler|none of it means anything because Dean's dead and gone to hell anyway. (Though he got better)}} |
* This could apply to the whole third season of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''. Sam tries so hard to save Dean from eternal torment and gets increasingly unhinged, Dean more or less gets over his suicidal nature and tries hard himself because he's terrified, they both bring the crazy, clingy panic in spades and in the end, {{spoiler|none of it means anything because Dean's dead and gone to hell anyway. (Though he got better)}} |
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** Also in "Mystery Spot" when Sam watches Dean die over and over, and once he thinks Dean's safe, {{spoiler|Dean's shot dead and the Trickster refuses to fix it. (Again, he got better)}} |
** Also in "Mystery Spot" when Sam watches Dean die over and over, and once he thinks Dean's safe, {{spoiler|Dean's shot dead and the Trickster refuses to fix it. (Again, he got better)}} |
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* In the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' series, the mid season finale has the humans and the Cylons rebels in a [[Mexican Standoff]] with each side threatening to execute prisoners. It takes some work and some tough choices, but in the end, both sides agree to back down, set aside their differences, and to face the future...together. And together, they finally, ''finally'' find Earth, which cues the heartwarming music and the celebration montage. The ships enter the atmosphere of their new home after years of searching and finally... they find out that {{spoiler|Earth is a radioactive wasteland with the thirteenth tribe nowhere in sight.}} Cue a [[Pan|Panview]] of all the main and secondary characters standing and wandering around in shock, no doubt wondering [[What Now? Ending|"What the frak do we do now?"]] |
* In the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' series, the mid season finale has the humans and the Cylons rebels in a [[Mexican Standoff]] with each side threatening to execute prisoners. It takes some work and some tough choices, but in the end, both sides agree to back down, set aside their differences, and to face the future...together. And together, they finally, ''finally'' find Earth, which cues the heartwarming music and the celebration montage. The ships enter the atmosphere of their new home after years of searching and finally... they find out that {{spoiler|Earth is a radioactive wasteland with the thirteenth tribe nowhere in sight.}} Cue a [[Pan|Panview]] of all the main and secondary characters standing and wandering around in shock, no doubt wondering [["What Now?" Ending|"What the frak do we do now?"]] |
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** The impact of this {{spoiler|was much negated in the finale when the writers pulled Earth 2.0 - our Earth - out of nowhere, meaning they had a sort of happy ending after all. Only sort of, as since we are described as their descendents it means the history and culture of the Kobolians and Cylons was completely lost, including the lessons they had suffered horrendously for, and that humanity is still being judged as likely to repeat the same mistakes they spent several apocalypses and years of hopeless suffering overcoming by 'angels' who jerk us around and manipulate us to this day.}} |
** The impact of this {{spoiler|was much negated in the finale when the writers pulled Earth 2.0 - our Earth - out of nowhere, meaning they had a sort of happy ending after all. Only sort of, as since we are described as their descendents it means the history and culture of the Kobolians and Cylons was completely lost, including the lessons they had suffered horrendously for, and that humanity is still being judged as likely to repeat the same mistakes they spent several apocalypses and years of hopeless suffering overcoming by 'angels' who jerk us around and manipulate us to this day.}} |
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* ''[[Babylon 5]]'' |
* ''[[Babylon 5]]'' |
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* Wesley's arc in Season 3 of ''[[Angel]]''. He finds a prophecy that he believes states that Angel will kill his son. So he kidnaps Angel's son, but he gets attacked and his throat cut and nearly bleeds to death. Meanwhile, Angel's son is taken {{spoiler|to a Hell dimension}}, Wesley barely survives, loses all his friends, and {{spoiler|Angel tries to kill him in revenge.}} To top it all off, we find that {{spoiler|the prophecy was false}} and Wesley's sacrifice was for nothing. |
* Wesley's arc in Season 3 of ''[[Angel]]''. He finds a prophecy that he believes states that Angel will kill his son. So he kidnaps Angel's son, but he gets attacked and his throat cut and nearly bleeds to death. Meanwhile, Angel's son is taken {{spoiler|to a Hell dimension}}, Wesley barely survives, loses all his friends, and {{spoiler|Angel tries to kill him in revenge.}} To top it all off, we find that {{spoiler|the prophecy was false}} and Wesley's sacrifice was for nothing. |
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* In ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' {{spoiler|Anna's century long attempt to free her mother ended with her mother being killed a couple weeks after she was finally released. Then she went into town to save her boyfriend from a vampire attack, but the town council already knew about the attack, and she ended up being killed by the same defenses that meant he hadn't been in danger in the first place. Then her boyfriend drank the vial of blood she gave him in an attempt to turn into a vampire, but it didn't work.}} |
* In ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' {{spoiler|Anna's century long attempt to free her mother ended with her mother being killed a couple weeks after she was finally released. Then she went into town to save her boyfriend from a vampire attack, but the town council already knew about the attack, and she ended up being killed by the same defenses that meant he hadn't been in danger in the first place. Then her boyfriend drank the vial of blood she gave him in an attempt to turn into a vampire, but it didn't work.}} |
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* Quite a few episodes of ''[[Homicide: Life |
* Quite a few episodes of ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'', but most especially {{spoiler|the Adena Watson case (which is the basis for almost the entire first season) and, indeed, Tim Bayliss's entire character arc}}. |
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* ''[[Scrubs]]'' has done this a few times. |
* ''[[Scrubs]]'' has done this a few times. |
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* In ''[[Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real]]'', the first part of the [[Speculative Documentary]] follows {{spoiler|a prehistoric dragon who lost his mother to a T-Rex before he could learn how to fly or breathe fire, but he eventually defeated all odds that he not only survived but ended up with his own territory and mate. But then the [[Rock Falls Everyone Dies|K-T Event]] happens and the entire species of the prehistoric dragon went extinct.}} |
* In ''[[Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real]]'', the first part of the [[Speculative Documentary]] follows {{spoiler|a prehistoric dragon who lost his mother to a T-Rex before he could learn how to fly or breathe fire, but he eventually defeated all odds that he not only survived but ended up with his own territory and mate. But then the [[Rock Falls Everyone Dies|K-T Event]] happens and the entire species of the prehistoric dragon went extinct.}} |
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