Me Before You Love

Here, Lou is talking about Alicia, Will's ex-girlfriend, who left him soon after the accident. It's easy to judge her for this decision, but life can be complicated sometimes—and this is really complicated. Love doesn't always conquer all, as it turns out. And that's our emo moment for the day.

Will is a total jerkface toward Lou at first, so this first guffaw is a big step forward for their relationship. We think we hear Cupid's wings a-buzzing. Oh, wait—that's just a mosquito. Carry on, folks. Our bad.

Lou quickly lets go of her preconceptions of quadriplegics and looks at Will as an individual—and a great one at that. They develop a classic back-and-forth banter that wouldn't be out of place in a sitcom or romantic comedy.

Lou's relationship with her boyfriend Patrick...isn't great. He was a nice, normal bloke at first, but his obsession with personal fitness has taken over his entire life. Instead of paying attention to her, he merely pays attention to himself.

This is a perfect metaphor for Lou and Patrick's relationship: he's always running toward his personal goals while she stands on the sidelines completely ignored. And she's supposed to be enthusiastic about this.

Spending time with Lou gives Will a sense of normalcy that he hasn't felt in a long time. He's probably gone to many concerts with many girls in red dresses (hopefully not more than one at the same time), but we're willing to bet that this is the most meaningful.

Lou doesn't realize how powerful love is until she spends time on an online forum for people with spinal injuries and receives this response. Sadly for her, however, things aren't always so simple.

We're storing this away for our next opening salvo on Tinder. Jokes aside, Will probably hasn't felt this way about anyone in a long time. It has a profound effect on his sense of well-being.

Lou and Will's first kiss is magical but fleeting. Will pulls back because it causes him too much pain to be physically intimate with the woman he loves—it just reminds him of all of the things that they won't be able to do together. This, ultimately, leads him to go through with his plans for assisted suicide.

Sitting by while Will dies is the hardest thing that Lou has ever done in her life, but it proves the extent of her love for him. Obviously she'd rather him choose to live. Obviously she'd rather that they spent the rest of their lives together. But she knows Will well enough to know that he won't waver in his decision, and she chooses to support him as best she can through this difficult time.