 He added, "Any time you kill a regular character on a show after it's gone at least two full seasons and people have come to love the character, it's bound to have a ripple effect.I had already started writing the last episode of the season and was getting ready to go to Australia to take a little break.Sasha came in two days before I was to leave, and with tears in her eyes, she said, 'I just can't work this hard.