Irony? Where? The current Sam Death Count in fic by Hmpf:
Starving on the Jump Down: all about Sam dying.
Round the Bend in Eighty Days: starts with Sam dying (and did so long before series two even began, I may add.)
Möglichkeitssinn: prospect of death on the horizon.
Back to the Future: ditto, though it's partly a utopia, so maybe I'll add a miracle cure.
Miracle: prospect of death on the horizon. Possibly.
Borderlands: starts out with Sam already dead.
How to Love a Madman: alive and well! Honest! (Just a bit insane, but that's par for the course.) *g*