it's been hours and I still hate it so much.
that was cheap and unearned and empty. both actors deserved so much better.
and it's not even really possible to grieve it or fix it with fic or AU ideas in a way that feels satisfying, because what Jemma said in that interview is absolutely right - they weren't in the same place in their lives and it wasn't going to be a forever thing. and the argument they were having beforehand was a really shitty, unkind reminder of that which served no purpose other than to make Kate utterly miserable in a way that exceeded any narrative necessity.
also, it's deeply implausible that her head of security who has shown himself to be extremely cautious and responsible throughout his time on the show(s) would let her walk around in her apartment with floor-to-ceiling windows during a time of heightened security. never mind on a day when she was deliberately shut out of a meeting with major stakeholders under sketchy circumstances. it's absurd that he would encourage her go to a second location. especially when that second location is a waterfront high rise. but if he did, at absolute minimum he would insist on drawing the curtains shut before letting her enter the room. like it's bad enough to develop his character so poorly in terms of his interpersonal interactions with her. but cautious security guy is HIS WHOLE THING. it's his job, a.k.a. the only part of his character that has ever been clearly developed. but for the sake of storytelling, just kidding, we've now decided that he lacks the ability to perform a basic threat assessment and doesn't realize something bad might happen until there's literally a laser sight trained on someone 3 feet away from him.
also, the fact that despite appearing terrified of losing him, after 5 seconds of him losing consciousness and being still she was comfortable making the assessment that he was definitely absolutely 100% gone with no chance of life-saving intervention.
no character who's trying not to lose someone they love comes to that conclusion immediately.
despite being played by Jemma Redgrave, Kate is not qualified to make a medical assessment of someone with a highly specific traumatic injury in 5 seconds, and she knows that.
even if she could draw a conclusion that quickly, she works around all kinds of alien tech that could skew the odds in his favor.
idk man. it's such lazy writing.
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