Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker)
Leo is in the same boat as his geeky partner Jemma and all of the things that I wrote about how her death would affect the team applies to him too but with one major difference: Leo has been shown to have a bit of a crush on Skye. In the first two episodes of the show Fitz’s crush was much more evident than in episodes that followed but the show could quickly pick up on that plot thread again by having Fitz be one of the first of the crew to warm to Skye after her recent betrayal was revealed. Having Fitz being forgiving to her and for he and Skye to build a friendship with his romantic interest in her bubbling close to the surface, then Fitz’s death would be a major blow. That crush on the comely hacker would then turn into the death knell for Mr. Fitz because there is no surer formula for an untimely death than Lab Geek+Unrequited Love. For Leo to die in some heroic manner moments after declaring his true feelings to Skye would pack a huge emotional wallop that would affect the entire team more than any other death and that emotional impact would be even more magnified now that we know that Simmons has romantic feelings toward Fitz that she has ostensibly kept secret for fear of ruining their partnership and Fitz and ward have developed a northerly type of relationship. Fitz touches more members of this cast emotionally than pretty much anyone else. Killing Fitz would also solve a lot of problems with this show that have nothing to do with pacing like the fact the show seems to have no edge to it and the stakes of their missions being so small. So don’t get too attached to Dr. Leo Fitz because he may not make it past the winter hiatus. PLus it would free up Iain De Caestecker to go back to the UK and get to work on that second season of The Fades that I have been jonesing for.āØ
Odds: Even
Crustula 
I know he killed a lot of character and we can’t include them all, but I think Fred, Tara and Anya need to be on that list, too.
The only thing working against your “too much mystery” thing is Book. Killed with open mystery. Heck he even rubbed our faces in it. Then that’s a “final episode” (counting Serenity as such) thing, so if the show is cancelled then mystery (and even love interests) because a lot less safe.
A lot of characters [Book & Wash, Anya, Fred (and possibly Wesley), almost everyone in Dollhouse] are killed right at the end or leading up to it, so anything learnt from them only applies if the show is cancelled with enough notice to kill (note Firefly before the movie).
Jenny, I discount as evidence of anything because she was created to be killed. Tara & Doyle were to do with actors leaving the show (or being forced out).
That leaves Joyce and Cordelia, both written out for plot reasons (to force Buffy to grow up/they’d run out of Cordelia plot).
– Coulston: depends what his mystery is. If he’s an evil robot duplicate then his odds are down to 5:1. If he can’t be easily explained in a movie and the show is cancelled I think he is also doomed. But if the show is cancelled and you can throw a line in Avengers 2 or something to explain why he’s back (for the film audience) then he’s up at 50:1.
– Skye: As annoying as she is she’s the audience surrogate and they don’t usually get killed off unless the actor leaves in season 5 or something. Even Joss hasn’t done that (but should).
– Melinda May: Agreed. If Coulston is targeted for execution her stepping up as leader would be a nice play.
– Grant Ward: The will they/won’t they thing and play out safely for him for years. But if they get together the countdown will really start for him. He may not even survive the episode.
– Fitz/Simmons: A nice dynamic going there that will damage the show if one of them is killed. So if the series is ongoing they’re pretty safe. If it is cancelled then one of them is toast, The nerdy funny ones are favourite end game targets of Joss.
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All of the untapped potential there was with Shepherd Book still grinds my gears…damn you to hell, Fox executives!!!!!
My own preferences would lean towards Ward or Skye just because they are the two characters with the least potential to be interesting going forward and who I am having the hardest time warming up to.
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I say Ward, so far he is the least interesting and has no basis for the plot to carry on. Plus the characters now like him enough to cause emotional distress if he was killed š
I’d normally agree about the two science nerds being killed off but as this show has a major shortage of likable characters I doubt they’d get rid of the comic relief, because so far its the only thing that works (kind of) š
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That coldhearted bastard Whedon killed off Wash in Serenity…I wouldn’t put it past him to off anyone after that.
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I don’t think Whedon has anything to do with this series, might have helped with the pilot but I have seen no evidence of his hands on this project. That whilst very sad is a part of his final farewell to Firefly so it doesn’t really matter to where series was going because sadly there was no series after the film š¦
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You are right, sadly this show is pretty much all Jed Whedon and his wife which is probably why I am not liking it as much as I want to.
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Didn’t care at all about the mid season break and it was annoying because I was starting to like some of the characters and then blah blah end š¦
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