The idea of Alex being dead didn't really hit me properly until I rewatched S1, and they had all the parts with Molly, and all the scenes of Alex promising to get back to her... then it hit me badly, and made me feel really sorry for Molly. Apart from the fact that it all happened (or started happening) on her birthday, I think young Alex kind of had it worse than Molly though. Or maybe not, the bit that really, really gets me when Alex's parents die is the fact that her mum was about to take a break from work for Alex, and she never finds out. So maybe not, I should just stop thinking too much about it really...

In the final episode, the person I felt really sorry for was Gene. Alex has kind of given him shit in most of the second half of the series, then when he's just gaining her trust again Keats ballses it up. And when they ort it out for good... the others all pop off to heaven. I've consolled myself by thinking that one day he'll go and join the others. Part of me would like to see a series in which Gene sorts out his "issue" like the others did, then follows them into the pub, but I know if that happened, it would just be atrocious without the others.

I agree with you about the ships this season, it has not been healthy to ship either of them this year. And I'm also 100% with you about Doomsday, it's always the character left behind I feel sorry for, so for them both to be stuck... it has me in floods every single time.