Tear Jerker / The House With a Clock in Its Walls

• Lewis confessing what he did, and Jonathan's response - first anger (not unjustified), then resignation, and finally some sorrow as he concludes that it was a mistake to bring the boy to live with him at all. Lewis is distraught at the notion that he's about to lose the only family he has left.
• Mrs. Zimmerman talking about how much she misses her husband and daughter, and angrily telling Jonathan about what it means to be a parent, is painful to anyone who has been through a similar loss.
• "Say goodbye." For context, when Lewis asks his Magic 8 Ball what to do when he's all alone to stop the clock bringing the end of the world, this is its answer. Lewis quickly puzzles out that he has to chuck the Magic 8 Ball, the last thing he has from his parents, into the mechanisms to jam them, but doesn't do so before saying a tearful goodbye and "I love you".