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A Gunshot in the Courtroom
Ten years after Will’s demise, Josh Charles and The Good Wife’s creators reflect: “The only wall high enough to keep the two lovers apart was death.”
Viewers wouldn’t see the actual shooting, only the aftermath: a distraught Jeffrey trying to kill himself, the prosecutor trying to stop Will from bleeding out, and, later, lawyers Diane (Christine Baranski) and Kalinda (Archie Panjabi) identifying Will’s body in the hospital and delivering the news to political consultant Eli ( Alan Cumming) and Alicia. They tried to get ahead of the problem by introducing Jeffrey as a routine case of the week earlier in the season, “so it would feel like it was sewn into the fabric of the show.” At the same time, wanting to ensure an element of surprise, the Kings purposely “tried to mislead the viewer” into thinking Will and Alicia would get back together — adding to the inevitable shock value, yes, but also the heartbreak. The show seemed to be floating on the arc of a love triangle, and here we were yanking out one of the three legs of that platform.Over the coming days, fans attempted to overcome their shock and sorrow only to find themselves even more traumatized the following Sunday, when Alicia, after discovering a lost voicemail from Will, struggles to figure out what he wanted to say to her while the rest of Lockhart/Gardner manage their own grief.
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