You'll Never Recover from These Seriously Devastating TV Character Deaths

Will Gardner from The Good Wife

The Good Wife never lacked exictement, but fans of the show went from exhilarated to grief-stricken when Will Gardner (Josh Charles) was shot and killed by his own client in court. It was bad enough to watch Will in the hospital, lifeless and caked with dried blood, but even more agonizing was the reaction of friend-lover-enemy Alicia (Julianna Margulies), whom he had called only hours earlier. The following episode delivered a wallop to the gut as Alicia imagined Will saying to her, “I’m sorry. I want what we had. I want to be with you and only you forever. Call me back, please.”

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The More You Know

  • For a long time, TV producers were hesitant to kill off main characters. The drama/comedy show M*A*S*H, set during the Korean War, broke through that barrier in "Abyssinia/Henry," when Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake's plane was shot down.
  • The original pilot for Game of Thrones was judged to be so bad by the studio that the series was nearly cancelled.
  • The word “friends” is said in every episode of Friends.
  • Cheers: Ted Danson actually went to two weeks of bartending school to prepare for his role as Sam.
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