Joel Polis' death in The Thing
Joel Polis (1951 - )
Film Deaths[]
- The Thing (1982) [Fuchs]: The cause of Joel's (off-screen) death is left ambiguous - he's either burned after being killed by the alien, accidentally sets fire to himself with his flare during a struggle, or intentionally sets himself on fire to commit suicide. His burnt body is shown when Kurt Russell, T.K. Carter and Thomas G. Waites discover him.
Television Deaths[]
- The Hitchhiker: Man's Best Friend (1985) [Carl]: Mauled to death (off-screen) by Michael O'Keefe's imaginary dog; we only hear him screaming.
- Alien Nation: Contact (1989) [Carl Peterson]: Neck snapped by Jeffrey Josephson.
- Angel: Why We Fight (2004) [Captain Franklin]: Slaughtered by James Marsters in a flashback in 1943 during World War II.
- Castle: Knockdown (2011) [John Raglan]: Shot to death by Max Martini on Jack Coleman's orders.
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Aftershocks (2015) [Banker]: Disintegrates when Kyle David Pierce places a Slinter Bomb on him while in an elevator.