Yes. We all could have written that better, right?
And of course I've been doing just that in my head since. My favorite scenario (aside from "Everybody lives!") is the one where Carter and Fusco change places for the episode; it's Carter who gets nabbed by HR and tortured, and Taylor who gets saved by Shaw, and they have a tender phone call where it's obvious how much of a dire crush Shaw has on Carter, and then Carter escapes just like Fusco did (and I know they'd never do that, because we can KILL a woman but we can't break her fingers, oh no). And meanwhile Reese is trying to get Quinn to the FBI on his own, until Fusco joins him and they hole up together in the morgue, and have the chance for a real heart-to-heart (and it can be bro-talk, I won't insist on the kissing). And then, if we have to have the ominous twist at the end, it's Fusco who goes down, and Reese is equally furious, not because he was in love but because A HERO FELL.
But if they insist on Reese/Carter and dead!Carter, I could write that better too. Dammit.
OH. WELL. Sticking in a comment below about what I did like, just for the sake of some balance.
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And of course I've been doing just that in my head since. My favorite scenario (aside from "Everybody lives!") is the one where Carter and Fusco change places for the episode; it's Carter who gets nabbed by HR and tortured, and Taylor who gets saved by Shaw, and they have a tender phone call where it's obvious how much of a dire crush Shaw has on Carter, and then Carter escapes just like Fusco did (and I know they'd never do that, because we can KILL a woman but we can't break her fingers, oh no). And meanwhile Reese is trying to get Quinn to the FBI on his own, until Fusco joins him and they hole up together in the morgue, and have the chance for a real heart-to-heart (and it can be bro-talk, I won't insist on the kissing). And then, if we have to have the ominous twist at the end, it's Fusco who goes down, and Reese is equally furious, not because he was in love but because A HERO FELL.
But if they insist on Reese/Carter and dead!Carter, I could write that better too. Dammit.
OH. WELL. Sticking in a comment below about what I did like, just for the sake of some balance.