Shane Avery

Senior Staff Writer

@ShaneAvery

First Teen Wolf… and now Good Wife.

Last nights episode of The Good Wife was hyped as the most shocking episode ever, and by the time the last 10 minutes rolled out, I’m pretty sure you weren’t going to find anyone to argue with that.

SPOILER ALERT!! Stop reading if you have not seen last night’s episode.

In a massive twist, longtime cast member Josh Charles, who plays Will Gardner, was shot and killed in the courtroom by a very crazy client (Hunter Parrish).

The reactions from Kalinda (played by Emmy winner Archie Panjabi) and Diane (Christina Baranski) absolutely gutted me. I don’t even want to think about Alicia’s (Emmy/Golden Globe winner Julianna Marguiles) reaction next week.

It may have come as a shock to the fans, but Josh Charles revealed in his exit interview that this was the plan for quite some time.

What did you guys think of the episode? Are you still in shock?

When he decided this would be his final season

: “I knew last year. Through discussions with the producers and Julianna, we all kind of thought of an idea that [included me coming] back this year to do a set amount of 15 episodes, and really build towards something and give the character a more proper goodbye.”

Why he wanted to leave

: “It wasn’t anything bad. Creatively, I was just ready to move on to the next chapter. After having a long conversation with Julianna, and with Robert and Michelle, I liked the idea of coming back and doing a finite amount of episodes. It all sounded like positives for me and for the show, and that turned out to be true. Once the decision was made and we knew what we were doing, it made it very special for me because I knew going into this season that this would be my last year, that I would be doing these 15 episodes. And it gave everything a real heightened quality for me.”