Fans have debated since the Season 5 final aired in May whether “All American’s” writers would kill Patience, or let her survive this harrowing stabbing. Many fans are weighing all the episodes and applying an “events quota” to the series. Redditor said that patience should not be able to survive. u/REALBlackMambaX Before diving into the many close calls that occurred in this show. This group has an abnormally high survival rate when it comes to assassination. Spencer survived, Preach and Coop both survived.
Some fans believe it is cruel to eliminate Patience in the same year as Billy, even if the Jedi Force Ghost will return posthumously. I would have agreed,” responded u/mala_r1der“But with the fact they killed Liv’s father I think she will survive.”
Season 5’s finale has a striking parallel with the Season 3 finale in which Layla (Greta Ogiogou), Layla’s unstable friend Carrie, (Anna Lore), tried to kill them both in a dramatic cliffhanger. Layla compares Miko with Carrie and notes that the latter is more unpredictable. Layla warned Patience in Episode 19 that even when Carrie was in the middle her breakdown, she still had humanity in her eye. I did not notice that with Miko today.”
Layla’s fate could have been a lot worse if patience had not prevailed. Layla is lucky that they didn’t run the story about Carrie and her stalker. u/CanIGetAName4“I think that they don’t want the same result with Patience.”