
Murray clarified that telling something and assuming it are two entirely distinct matters when asked about the fate of Agent Thompson on Agent Carter. “Jack would have returned,” Murray stated, adding that he had imagined a different scenario for Season 3, where Jack would be confined to a hospital bed but still giving orders. He joked about Jack teasing Souza for not knowing his job well enough, even though Murray himself was immobile from the bed.
In this hypothetical season finale, Jack would have undergone a rite of passage. As Peggy and Jack were cornered, gunfire erupted, and to Murray’s vision, it was Jack in his hospital gown, calling out, “I knew you needed me.” This, according to Murray, is how he envisioned saying goodbye to Jack.