Are you still crying over last night's episode of "The Good Wife?" Sunday night's won't be the same after the show killed off one of their major characters in last night's "Dramatics, Your Honor."
WARNING: Spoiler alerts for the recently aired Mar. 23 episode.
The episode began with Will Gardner (Josh Charles) arguing the innocence of Jeffrey Grant, a young man who may or may not be so innocent. Viewers first met Jeffrey last season when he was accused of killing Dan Littlejohn.
Will believed the young man was innocent but Kalinda had some serious doubts. Anyway, Jeffrey was offered a plea deal but he didn't take it so that meant Will had to prove his client was innocent in court. He tried to get him acquitted but that didn't work which left him back at square one.
Will, with the help of Kalinda, was desperately trying to find evidence that would swing the courtroom in his favor. There were several hints throughout the episode that something was going to go terribly wrong. First off, Kalinda told Will that she wanted to leave the law firm to pursue something different.
Then Alicia warned Will that Jeffrey and his parents had doubts and had called her to get a second opinion. Finally, Kalinda came through and found the evidence they needed - Dani and Jeffrey were both taken to the same hospital the night of the murder and the paramedics who brought the two guys in never changed the sheets. That piece of information would explain the DNA transfer.
The paramedics were even willing to testify but it was too late; Jeffrey snapped. He grabbed a gun from one of the courtroom officers and went on a shooting spree. The actual shooting wasn't shown on TV but Diane Lockhart, who was a few courtrooms down, heard the gunfire.
One of the victims of that shocking and tragic shooting spree was Will. Yes, you read that right Will Gardner is dead. It broke our hearts too. It seems like fans of the show are still stunned. To help come to terms with the loss, series creators Robert and Michelle King penned a letter to fans trying to explain the plot twist.
"We chose the tragic route for Will's send-off for personal reasons," they said in the letter. "We've all experienced the sudden death of a loved one in our lives. It's terrifying how a perfectly normal and sunny day can suddenly explode with tragedy.... 'The Good Wife' is a show about human behavior and emotion, and death, as sad and unfair as it can be, is a part of the human experience that we want to share."
