![]() ![]() Possibly because the acting in that scene was so good, or because happening upon a man bleeding out for his freedom is just an automatic punch to the feels. ![]() 1? Probably because his death, unlike many on Timeless, wasn’t handled silently or in one shot or off-camera entirely it was its own moment. So why was I so shook by the passing of Unnamed Union Soldier No. (Shoutout to Anthony from season one, possibly the only deceased Timeless character I still think about!) People do get killed, but, you know, mostly Rittenhouse goons and figures we never really got to share a moment with, like suffragist Alice Paul. Everyone’s tucked back into their bunker by the end of the hour everyone may not be happy, but everyone is safe. Nothing really bad ever happens on Timeless, although its stealth ability to repeatedly convince you something really bad really is right about to happen is a major reason I’m so hooked on the show. It’s one of those classic, all-hope-seems-lost moments that happen every week on Timeless, except this one looks and feels different. The line I keep coming back to is, “Please help me die easy.” It’s what one of the black Union soldiers tells the Time Team in “The General” after the Confederate ambush, after the soldier’s been shot in the torso, as he looks at Lucy and Rufus with eyes wide with fear but mouth set in steely acceptance of his fate.
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