He got so excited and we started talking about when would be the right time to implement something like that. He was silent for a moment, and I was like, ‘Oh my god, did I just lose him with this pitch?’ Then I realized he was silent because he was emotional about it. He was so stunned by the beauty of the exit and the heroism of the exit and what it meant for Billy’s legacy. So I sort of set the tone of, if we feel like this is the right time, this is how it would happen. He’s not going to leave his wife and kids to go take a job in Florida. It’s funny, because even when we had those conversations, I would think in my head, ‘How are we going to go organically do this? What if we don’t agree?’ At the beginning and end of every season, I have a conversation with the cast about the journey of their character, and it was in those conversations for Taye that we started talking about, ‘Is Billy’s journey on the show over? And if so, what would an exit look like?’ To me, there was only ever one exit for Billy if he was leaving, because the character would never leave after fighting so hard for his family. It would have to be something that felt right for both of us for the creative direction of the show and for him as an actor. One of the things we’d always talked about was not knowing how long his run would be, but whenever it was time for it to come to an end, it would be a mutual decision. We were so lucky to have Taye Diggs for any amount of time. NKECHI OKORO CARROLL: When I took over as showrunner early in Season 1, because I hadn’t been involved with the pilot, I sat down with every actor to talk to them about the show and why they wanted to do in the show, how they felt about their role, and how I envisioned the long-term journey of the show. Is this something you’d planned when you opened the writers room for Season 5?
“At the beginning and end of every season, I have a conversation with the cast about the journey of their character, and it was in those conversations for Taye that we started talking about, ‘Is Billy’s journey on the show over? And if so, what would an exit look like?’ To me, there was only ever one exit for Billy if he was leaving, because the character would never leave after fighting so hard for his family,” she said.Ĭarroll spoke with Deadline about building Season 5 around Diggs’ exit and gave insight into how the remaining episodes will dive deeper into the shared grief of those mourning the loss, especially his family (both biological and chosen).ĭEADLINE: I was pretty shocked to learn that this death was coming. But showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll told Deadline that the decision for Diggs to exit the show came about organically before plans for Season 5 were made.
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Billy’s death will likely come as a shock for viewers, since the series has so far spared its main cast even though many of them have previously been at death’s door.
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