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Fall TV Death-Watch: Characters in Danger!
PETER QUINN, HOMELAND
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: Wrapped Season 3 getting his heart broken by Carrie and diving back into the verrrry dangerous covert-ops game he’d vowed to escape. How many times can the stealthy spy dance with death and come out alive?
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: No more one-man, unauthorized operations in Afghanistan, for starters. And who knows, maybe there’s a nice desk job opening up at CIA HQ in the fall?
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE:
(Out of 5)
MATT DONOVAN, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: We’re technically always worried about the show’s token human, but now that it’s literally his job to protect the town against the forces of darkness, we’re more concerned than ever. Darkness totally trumps human.
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: Move. Out. Of. Town.
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE:
FRANK IRVING, SLEEPY HOLLOW
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: Well, there’s this… and the series has to explain his absence somehow.
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: Sadly, we think this Irving death is gonna stick.
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE:
ELIZABETH KEEN, THE BLACKLIST
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: After murdering Attorney General Tom Connolly, Liz has landed herself on the FBI’s Most Wanted List — and the only person protecting her is a fellow fugitive who doesn’t always have Liz’s best interests at heart.
WHAT SHE COULD DO TO PROTECT HERSELF: Is that underground bunker from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt still available for rent? Barring that, Liz’s only option is to heed Red’s advice and start a completely new life. After all, he did successfully elude the authorities for years.
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE: You can’t exactly have The Blacklist without Lizzie, can you?
FRANK DELFINO, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: Given the show’s title and premise, it’s not hard to fathom somebody from the core cast taking a dirt nap in Season 2 — why not the guy who choked the life out of his boss’ husband’s mistress, Lila Stangard?
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: Frank’s pretty good at keeping secrets — but if he killed Lila without Annalise’s blessing, he might lose more than his job.
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE:
GLENN RHEE, THE WALKING DEAD
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: Though he’s survived countless walker attacks, the Governor, Terminus and then some, his luck’s gotta run out sometime. Or does it?
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: Stop making boneheaded decisions. For instance, if a guy — not mentioning any names (Nicholas!) — tries to kill you, put. His. Ass. Down.
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE: It would be just like The Walking Dead to let Glenn live through the season finale, only to kill him in the subsequent season’s premiere. But portrayer Steven Yeun’s appearance at Comic-Con suggests that he’s safe. Well, safe-ish.
KING FRANCIS, REIGN
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: Francis has always been living on borrowed time, but his blunt season finale admission (“I’m dying”) made the threat of death all too real. Plus, you know, history.
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: He can’t rewrite history, but actor Toby Regbo could ask the show’s writers to do it for him.
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE:
DEACON CLAYBOURNE, NASHVILLE
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: One of those season-ending flatlines could very well have been his!
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: Keep sober, take Rayna and the girls and move outta Nashville, AKA Drama City
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE:
DR. MAX BERGMAN, HAWAII FIVE-0
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: It’s been a while since the CBS drama killed off a major-ish character, and though Adam was our first pick here, robbing Kono of a husband would be too Malia-like a move. But don’t weep for Masi Oka — if NBC’s Heroes reboot finds legs, he would have job security.
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: Stay! In! The! Lab! And don’t teach Dr. Shaw all your tricks.
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE:
LUCIOUS LYON, EMPIRE
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: Rich, famous music mogul last seen in high-security lockup. Watch out for shanks in the cafeteria!
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: Lawyer up and get back to his swank mansion. (Or at least get tips from his ex-con ex Cookie.)
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE: They’re not gonna bump off one of the show’s two main characters at the top of Season 2, right? Right?
ROWAN POPE, SCANDAL
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: The B-613 honcho wound up in jail — on embezzlement charges, thanks to daughter Olivia and her Gladiators — which means we can expect him to pursue vengeance at any cost when Shondaland’s water-cooler sensation returns in the fall. The question is, since Joe Morton, the man behind Rowan, is now a series regular on TNT’s Proof, could said cost be the ultimate one?
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: Tread carefully — his little girl doesn’t seem to have a hint of ambiguity left about plotting his demise, and she’s got POTUS in her corner. And be wary of death by ponderous monologue, too!
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE:
MATT CASEY, CHICAGO FIRE
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: The dead stripper and the fact that he was nowhere to be found when ex Gabby showed up at his ransacked apartment didn’t bode well.
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: Hopefully, the firefighter left a trail of clues for his colleagues when he disappeared.
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE: We’re not new enough to TV watching to think the show would kill off its leading man.
ROWENA, SUPERNATURAL
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: She spelled Castiel to attack Crowley. Even if her own son, the King of Hell, doesn’t want revenge, we can’t imagine Cas or the Winchesters will be too thrilled with the recently powered-up witch either. Plus, there’s a new femme fatale entering the picture.
WHAT SHE COULD DO TO PROTECT HERSELF: Make sure that magic mojo stays juiced up and maybe make an ally out of that femme fatale.
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE: This IS Supernatural.
LANCE HUNTER, AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: A Whedon show or not, we’re not terribly worried about the obvious in-limbo agent, that being Jemma Simmons. Instead, we must wonder if – since ABC nixed the Bobbie/Hunter-centric S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff – the latter, at least, is now dispensable, especially with Mack sticking around.
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: “Watch his six,” as they say.
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE:
KRISTEN KRINGLE, GOTHAM
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: Edward Nygma’s mere adoration of/obsession with his GCPD colleague started him down the path of becoming The Riddler. It’ll probably take a traumatic event, though, to give him the nudge into full-on villainy. His lady love’s eventual wrongful death seems like just the (tragic) ticket!
WHAT SHE COULD DO TO PROTECT HERSELF: Get far, far away from Gotham, first chance she gets. Maybe make use of that name and hide out at the North Pole?
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE:
APRIL KEPNER, GREY’S ANATOMY
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: Even Jackson figured out that his wife would rather risk her neck on the battlefield than rebuild their life on the home front.
WHAT SHE COULD DO TO PROTECT HERSELF: Pray — a lot, because her combination of selflessness and daring is a recipe for martyrdom.
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE: Time-jump be damned, Shonda Rhimes probably wouldn’t kill off another major character so soon after Derek.
RUMPLESTILTSKIN, ONCE UPON A TIME
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: Well, for one, having the Darkness expunged from him in the finale left Belle’s husband the proud owner of a sparkly clean white heart, yet quite comatose. (The trade-offs one makes!)
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: Rumple probably won’t be able to help his own cause. Rather, Belle likely will just have to bide her time, hoping the hubs regains consciousness – presumably as a better man…?
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE:
ADAM LEVINE’S POPULARITY, THE VOICE
WHY WE’RE WORRIED: The Maroon 5 frontman’s glum demeanor and dubious coaching in Season 8 gave the impression he was badly in need of a vacation.
WHAT HE COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF: Steer clear of the hideous bowling shirts — and get excited about the prospect of discovering (and fostering) a new generation of music stars — or wind up being a bro not even Blake Shelton will want to ‘mance.
LIKELIHOOD OF DEMISE:
