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Fittingly, Shannen Doherty ended up directing the episode of Charmed in which her own character was killed off.
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Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
In the penultimate episode, Jacob Elordi’s Nate Jacobs was killed off after being buried alive and then bitten by a rattlesnake.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Even authors who refrained from killing off their female characters may as well have, for all the complexity their stick figures attained.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
That aging ensemble bursts with talent — so much so that its writers don’t mind killing off the occasional gramps or gran.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
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Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
In the penultimate episode, Jacob Elordi’s Nate Jacobs was killed off after being buried alive and then bitten by a rattlesnake.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Even authors who refrained from killing off their female characters may as well have, for all the complexity their stick figures attained.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
That aging ensemble bursts with talent — so much so that its writers don’t mind killing off the occasional gramps or gran.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
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“Kill off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kill%20off. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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