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  • "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes": In an odd way, it's sweet how Herbie spends some of the last scene trying to comfort his grandfather, who's shaken by his final prophecy of the sun going Nova and destroying the Earth.
  • It's admittedly kinda twisted how he chooses to reveal this, but "The Other Way Out" sees Old Man Doubleday telling Bradley what he plans to do with his grandson, Sonny, near the end: taking him to Florida for a trip to Disneyland, followed by some saltwater fishing.
    • The old man's plan for Bradley also counts (as twisted as it is): he simply leaves Bradley to his own devices, where he ultimately falls into an inescapable pit with only one way out... just so Sonny can see his sister's killer be left for death.
  • At the end of "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar", Randy realizes his encounters with the ghosts of his past were just one big hallucination. He staggers into a nearby restaurant and sees Mr. Pritkin and his coworkers throwing him a surprise party celebrating his 25 years with the company. It just goes to show that while it's not as fantastic as his past was, what Randy has now is pretty damn special, and he should hang on to that.
  • In stark contrast to most of the married couples in the show, and despite the fact that there's an age gap of nearly 40 years between them, Rhona and John in "The Caterpillar" are absoutely devoted to each other. Rhona is flagrantly insulted that Macy, the episode's antagonist, believes that he's "saving" her from John because of the age difference alone, and tells him off several times for making such assumptions about her married life, as well as for continuing to obsess over her even when she's made it very clear that she's not interested.
  • Behind the scenes, a very young Steven Spielberg directed Joan Crawford in the pilot film's segment, "Eyes". The two hit it off and became friends for the rest of Crawford's life. While doing an interview during filming, Crawford predicted Spielberg's eventual rise to mega-stardom.

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