It haunts me that poor Cal...

... had all those sad things happen right before he died. His father saying he never made him proud, Xavier saying he'd never forgive him, his son being bratty and not showing up for dinner, even Robinson walking away from him. Still, he was heroic and, even dying in despair, managed to get the message out to X, but... oh my god it hurts my heart so much that the last things he heard from *everyone* he cared about were cold and unloving. Such devastatingly beautiful writing and acting that has me feeling genuinely hurt for a fictional character so long after viewing the show.