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Look at his face. He’s realized his mistake, he’s reliving every moment in his life, all the bad decisions he made, to get him to this moment. He’s determined, unafraid, ready to face whatever is coming for him. He might even be calculating how to survive it again, just as he did when Mary shot him. But Mary and Norbury both know, I think, that the bullet was never meant for him. Then Mary jumps in front of him and his face changes, there’s shock and confusion that only grows worse throughout the rest of the scene, he’s on the verge of tears, he reaches out a hand to Mary but he can’t save her. Then I think he realizes this is how Moriarty was going to make his world come crashing down. And his plan worked beautifully.

Death waits for us all in Samarra. And there is no question. Samarra cannot be avoided…