Timeless
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The line I keep coming back to is, hey help me die easy.
(Shoutout to Anthony from season one, possibly the only deceasedTimelesscharacter I still think about!)
So why was I so shook by the passing of Unnamed Union Soldier No.
(Its totes obvs that all hopeislost for this guy.)
Good-hearted, sweet, vulnerable, defensive, wise-cracking, pop-culture-nerd-king Rufus.
And man, I was so mad at myself how did I not see his murder coming?!
OfcourseI knew Jiyas vision of Rufuss death wouldnt actually play out as she was convinced it would.
This has happened before!
Its exactly what happened to that dude in The Salem Witch Hunt!
Because I was still so beside myself about Rufus that I barely bothered to pay attention.
Nothing bad ever happens onTimeless, but something bad perhaps will happen toTimeless.
If you cant bear the thought of losing Rufus, you dont have to.
We take out Rittenhouse together, Lucy tells them in a speech Rufus calls better than the one inRudy.
We are going home together.
Heres the thing: What do you care about more at this point?
Figuring out whatever the hell Rittenhouse is and stopping them?
Or do you just care about the good guys, like, as people?
Wait, let me back up: What evenisRittenhouse at this point?
Its Emma and Jess.
If there is a season three, that could prove in retrospect to beTimelessjump-the-shark moment.
(Meaning, Rufus alive, Future Lyatt gone bye-bye, Rittenhouse replenished.)
But mostly I just feel spent; the end of Chinatown wiped me out.
There is lots more we could discuss, of course.
(When Lucy found her picture, it gave me a shiver.)
Its miraculously both the finale I wanted and the finale I needed.
