Saddest ending ever.

[starrylizard]

Space: Above and Beyond has the saddest ending ever. Seriously? I was crying!

Cooper as he sits on Vansen's bed: "Now I know how she felt her whole life. I lost my mother and father on the same day."

And then the pan shot out with just Cooper and West lying on fallen comrades beds and... shit! So sad, way too sad. And the whole reveal with the Chig... Ugh. *sniffle* Way to take your show out with a bang and some realism to boot.

And to make myself feel a little better I made me a McQueen icon. *points* I volunteer to enter sci-fi land in order to sit a vigil at his bedside. *nods* It's a tough gig, but I'm willing to do it.

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[in-the-bottle.livejournal.com]

It's been YEARS since I saw this. Didn't like everyone die or something??

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

They went to rescue the prisoner transport that has West's girlfriend on board. Vansen and Damfus (sp?) were piloting the rescue ship and they get blown off the ship and pulled into the nearest planet's gravity. West is piloting the other ship and Wang was on weapons. In order to save the prisoners they had to drop their passenger hold and grab the other one... but Wang was trapped in the passenger hold, so he drops it with him in it and goes down shooting the Chigs so West can grab the prisoner transport. So only West and Cooper (who was in the same bit as the prisoners) survive out of the Wildcards.

And McQueen was earlier injured when the Chig blew up the negotiations.

So yeah, the last bit was West and Cooper all alone in the Wildcard quarters looking absolutely devastated and poor Cooper has just realised how much more than just friends McQueen and Vansen were to him (being an invitro they'd become his parental figures).

Seriously Sad! Like I'm tearing up again. *sniff*