Chancellor Agard
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And no episode is complete without a last-minute twist: Esther is in transition.Samantha Highfill
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It was unlike anything the series had done, and it worked beautifully.Samantha Highfill
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And the hour doesn’t present any easy answers or resolutions.
Thankfully, this wasn’t the end of their story.Chancellor Agard
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Hope’s birth results in Hayley’s shocking (and gruesome) death, followed by Hayley’s rebirth.

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The thought of losing Hayley results in Elijah’s emotional breakdown.
And the safety of Hope brings Rebekah (temporarily) back to town for a surprise appearance.
Tack on a couple shocking returnsMikael!

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Finn!and you quite literally couldn’t ask for more in one hour.Samantha Highfill
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“Give ‘Em Hell Kid” (Season 3, Episode 21)
Three words:the bridge scene.
The result is heartbreak…and regret when Marcel is revealed to have taken Lucien’s serum.Samantha Highfill

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