In Memoriam: Agent Larry Moss

I did not see it coming.

I imagined him being shot or injured somehow in the line of duty as a job risk; that I have ingrained in my mind.

But to be killed and die a horrific death in the hands of Tony Almeida after being shot by a Starkwood operative?

It was upsetting.

And I am mad at Almeida (Carlos Bernard).

I will not forget the helpless, questioning, betrayed look in Agent Moss' eyes as Tony choked him while bleeding to death.

"I'm sorry, Larry." It was all Tony could say after Agent Moss stopped from the struggle of shaking and fighting for his life.

Part of me kept saying, "Maybe it was a trick. Agent Moss isn't and couldn't be dead. He's Agent Moss!" Yet, in the preview of next week's episode, I saw him cold and unmoving under the white sheet that covered the dead.

I had to take several deep breaths after that.

I am grieving for a fictional character and resentful toward another.

It may be fiction but the emotions are real and the loss is felt.