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** In a later episode, Ana-Lucia approaches tied-up Sayid with a knife. She's going to kill him! Nope. She's going to cut his ropes and free him.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]''. The cliffhanger for episode 3 of ''Trial of a Timelord'' involves Merdeen seemingly firing his crossbow at the Doctor. However, the reprise in episode 4, reveals he was actually aiming at the traitor Grell, lurking behind the Doctor and Peri.

** "[[Doctor Who/Recap/~~NS/S4~~/E17 E18 The End of Time|The End of Time]]" probably counts. The Doctor seems to be forced into shooting either Rassilon or the Master in order to save the universe. Finally he seems to settle on the Master, and aims the gun at him... then says "Get out of the way", and shoots the machine behind him instead. A minute later, the Master does the exact same thing, telling the Doctor to get out of the way so he can attack Rassilon himself.

** "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E17 E18 The End of Time|The End of Time]]" probably counts. The Doctor seems to be forced into shooting either Rassilon or the Master in order to save the universe. Finally he seems to settle on the Master, and aims the gun at him... then says "Get out of the way", and shoots the machine behind him instead. A minute later, the Master does the exact same thing, telling the Doctor to get out of the way so he can attack Rassilon himself.

** The older Amy's introduction in "The Girl Who Waited" involves stabbing a Handbot over Rory's shoulder.

* Kate Lockley pulls a really violent version of this on ''[[Angel]]'', stabbing both him and his vampire spawn with a (very long) wooden stake. The other vampire dusts, but Kate reveals that she deliberately avoided Angel's heart.