There is a difference between showing the show has stakes and killing off a character because you can not do what you initially intended with the character. It would have been one thing if Graham had died protecting Emma or while confronting Regina. We did not get that though, we got him dying in front of Emma and not being even tell Emma what was happening.
While Simmons dying would have had a climatic sacrificial element to it that Graham's death lacked, neither of them would have shown a world with real consequences. Also there are ways to show a world with stakes without senselessly killing, I think this show has started to show that with Eye-Spy episode and the consequences of Coulson's relations with his former protege, the continued story-line of Coulson's death , as well as Skye being put on a restricted access of sorts after betraying the team. Killing for the sack of killing or showing stakes is the mark of mad writing, especially if there little drama that results from such as with Graham who was relevant for the election episode and then dropped entirely and really has not mentioned since then. I would think Emma would at the very least would have opened up an investigation after the curse. If you really want to talk about lack of stakes, Regina got away with murder.
While Simmons dying would have had a climatic sacrificial element to it that Graham's death lacked, neither of them would have shown a world with real consequences. Also there are ways to show a world with stakes without senselessly killing, I think this show has started to show that with Eye-Spy episode and the consequences of Coulson's relations with his former protege, the continued story-line of Coulson's death , as well as Skye being put on a restricted access of sorts after betraying the team. Killing for the sack of killing or showing stakes is the mark of mad writing, especially if there little drama that results from such as with Graham who was relevant for the election episode and then dropped entirely and really has not mentioned since then. I would think Emma would at the very least would have opened up an investigation after the curse. If you really want to talk about lack of stakes, Regina got away with murder.
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