Death In The Valley

In July, dumbdumb Annie got the honour of killing Richie. She whacked him with a flat-tyre-fixing-thing and he inexplicably flew over the hood of the car and rolled down to his death in 3 seconds.

AMC used to do dramatic, haunting exits for a leaving actor. Maria going over a cliff in the aeroplane crash, Leo flying over Miller's Falls, Chris Stamp getting shot (which I've put below), Ryan finding Michael Cambias's blue, icy body hanging in chains on a hook in a meat locker.

Recently, they've killed off major characters in majorly insulting ways - Edmund bludgeoned pointlessly with a shovel in his stable, Julia dying of a gunshot wound...remembering Noah, with whom she (and the show) made so much entertainment history with their relationship? No, she was muttering about what Kathy's favourite colour is and that Kathy- whom Julia had adopted for, like, a second and a half- only likes smooth peanut butter. The shows KNOW how invested people get in characters, especially ones who've been playing a role forever, and we don't want to see someone who brought joy to many of our days fall in a heap and flatline after eating poisoned pancakes.

I found Chris's death scene, from early 2003; I don't remember why he was shot or who that is shooting him, but his death was built up for weeks and the scene was executed very well, under the Moby song, crosscut with Edmund & Mia's panic after Maddie disappears.