Not to change the subject, but the character that fascinates me most is Mr. Gower.

The hardest scene for me to watch is when he hits young George then shakes off his grief and stupor and realizes what George did.

In the alternate universe, Gower is a reviled, drunken pariah, who can never live down the shame of killing a child.

The film makes clear, though, that Gower deserves our sympathy, that he is a good man who did a reckless thing, mixing up the drugs with poison, and a cruel thing, hitting George in his bad ear.

But that did not define him. With George keeping his word and never telling anyone, protecting the man who had lashed out at him knowing in his heart Gower was truly a good person worth saving, Gower lived a long, happy life and was able to help George in the end.

Every time, that scene in the drug store with George, that’s when I start crying.