Vines to die in the desertat the end of season 2.

Joe has put Emma in a terrible position: either incriminate her husband or incriminate herself.

But perhaps even worse for Emma than the criminal implications are the spiritual ones.

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Some viewers have argued thatEmma overreacted when learning what Joe did to B.J.

Vines, but that’s incredibly unfair.

Her Navajo faith is everything to her, and Joe knows it.

Deanna Allison as Emma and Zahn McClarnon as Joe Leaphorn in Dark Winds

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Vines, hischiidii,into their home.

She’s also kept Joe’s Navajo practices alive, which is just as important.

There, Emma dies after the events of the seventh book in the series,Skinwalkers.

Emma Leaphorn (Deanna Allison) glares at Joe (Zahn McClarnon) in Dark Winds season 3

Emma develops a brain tumor and, sadly, she does not survive the operation.

Joe has occasional dalliances afterward and even one near-relationship with the anthropologist Louisa Bourebonette.

Still, they never go anywhere, and Joe never remarries.

Deanna Allison looking troubled as Emma Leaphorn in Dark Winds season 3

IfDark Windsinsists on following a storyline where Joe loses Emma, at least divorce is far kinder than death.

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