I... had somehow managed to blot out that they'd killed Beckett to begin with. Denial works!

(It's been years since I watched it and/or been in the fandom in any significant way. It's strange what one is left with after the winds of time have eroded the memories. To me it's the SGA icons I have and use the most - case in point the Ronon/Carson hug.)

...OK, now it's come back to me, and how revoltingly unnecessary it had been. Sigh. *pulls denial blanket over head again*