I joined the show viewers not long ago, and so the death of Will is still a shocking news for me.
I think the story line of Alicia and Will was one of the most charming and touching romances, I have ever seen on TV. With so much tenderness and care, and delicacy, and humor, it was a wonderful cocktail of friendship and attraction and doubts and priorities’ conflict. When these two were in one room, no matter, where – even in the court or an office – there was such an astonishing chemistry between them! The way they looked at each other, their rare touchings, their discussions and even quarrels – they were perfect in everything they did together. Their story was the soul and the core of the whole film. And now everything is gone.
I still can’t believe they really did it – really killed Will. They cut off this beautiful romance with such a fierce brutality, such a ruthless finality, without even giving them a chance to say goodbye or at least to look at each other one more time. His death was senseless. He didn’t die to save or protect somebody. He was killed accidentally by his own client, he was the only one to believe. The authors left Alicia, Kalinda and Diane – and us, the viewers - in shock and grief and tears. Why? Why the creators of the show were so cruel to their own characters and to us too? I know that Josh Charles wanted to leave the show, but why his leaving had to be so terrible? Why could they not just let Will go somewhere far away – to Australia, or England or wherever else? He could then reappear in the film some day in future – or at least we could hope for that. He could be even in a terrible quarrel with Alicia, or get married, or stop being a lawyer but he would stay ALIVE, and when life goes on there is always hope for “good timing”. The death stops all the clocks.
Of cause, the creators had their reasons to do it this way, but I do not find their explanations convincing. And I am so upset and angry!
I know that the sixths season of the show is going on now and Alicia is even in love with someone else now, but I am not interested. For me the death of Will Gardner was the death of “The Good Wife” TV show. Anyway, it’s just my opinion….
