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What if Lane Pryce Had Lived?

What if Lane Pryce Had Lived?

What could life after embezzlement have been like for the sorry Brit?

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Mar 30, 2025
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Lane Pryce hanging dead in his office. It’s one of the most tragic and startling images of the show. Everyone knew it was coming, yet we still cannot believe it.

(© AMC/Lionsgate)

Lane had made up his mind soon after Don asked for his resignation. Even a failed suicide attempt inside his new faulty Jaguar did not disuade him. He was set on ending his life.

(© AMC/Lionsgate)

But what if something had stopped him?

What would life have been like had he been convinced not to do the unthinkable?

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