The evidence from velocity-resolved reverberation mapping show-ing a net infall of the broad-line region (BLR) of AGNs is reviewed. Differ-ent lines in many objects at different epochs give a consistent picture of BLit motions. The motions are dominated by virialized motion (rotation plus turbu-lence) with significant net inflow. The BLR, mass influx is sufficient to power the AGN. The increasing blueshifting of lines with increasing ionization potential is a consequence of scattering off infalling material. The high blueshiftings of the UV lines in Narrow-Line Seyfert is are due to enhanced BLR, inflow rates rather than strong winds. Seemingly conflicting cases of apparent outflow reverberation mapping signatures are a result of the breakdown of the axial-symmetry assumption in reverberation mapping. There are several plausible causes of this breakdown: high-energy variability tends to be intrinsically anisotropic, regions of variability are necessarily located off-axis, and X-ray observations reveal major changes in line-of-sight column densities close to the black hole. Results from reverberation mapping campaigns dominated by a single event need to be treated with caution.
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