@the-empires reminded me of this and I am – not going to make a big post about it but it is extremely relevant so please note that, for those of you who keep Archie’s death as a canon element – Horatio never forgives himself for the man’s death.

Horatio carries Archie’s sacrifice with the same weight and gravity in which he carries the death of his own mother. He sees the man as yet another person to die so that He May Live and wow do you think ? he thinks he is worth that ?

The answer is by his account he has never been worth that. Nor will he ever be.