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Tear Jerker / Flawed

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  • On her first day back to school, Celestine ends up kicked out of all her classes and isolated by the other students, causing her to have a breakdown in the library. Even her old friend Colleen turned against her and started hanging out with the kids who were bullying her.
  • Early on in Perfect, Celestine is living with her grandfather in secret, and the whistleblowers keep trying to find her. On her birthday, she has to hide in a fire pit that Mary May suspects she's in, so she demands her grandfather light the pit on fire. Celestine escaped and was forced to hide in the forest, watching it burn for several hours as the whistleblowers cooked and ate the dinner she was meant to have, all while her grandfather thought he killed her.
  • The whistleblowers coming to drag Evelyn away in front of everyone. They forced all the Flawed to stand outside as they dragged the girl away from her screaming mother. Rogan attempted to get them to take him instead, but even as he begged, they just continued to take the kid.
  • The entire Leonard/Lizzie subplot is pretty heartbreaking. They were in love, but Lizzie hadn't yet told him she was Flawed. However, Leonard knew the entire time and was completely okay with it, being genuinely in love with her. Unfortunately, Bahee thought the relationship was too risky and lied to Lizzie, claiming he'd discovered her secret and hated her for it. He drove her out of the complex and left her in the street. Then he lied to everyone else, claiming Lizzie left intentionally after Leonard dumped her, leaving them sad and confused about how she vanished.
  • Mary May's mother noticed Celestine and Carrick trying to break into her daughter's house. She thought Celestine was an angel come to finally give her peace, and explained that she missed the rest of her family. Then we overhear conversation between her and Mary May, where she's outright crying about how much she misses her husband and other children, still hurt that Mary May branded them as Flawed and isolated her family forever.

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