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Why are they killing off all the lead female characters?

posted 9 years ago by islandtalkfree
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Is this some kind of attempt to get ratings or some other ominous agenda... perhaps revenge for female actors demanding equal pay to their male counterparts? In just a few weeks we have the seen the sudden deaths of key players like Laurel Lance (Black Canary) in Arrow, Nina Krilova in the Americans, Abbie Mills in Sleepy Hollow and Elizabeth Keen in The Blacklist.

Makes me wonder who's next... Jane Doe (Jamie Alexander) in Blindspot? or maybe even Brennan in Bones?

[–] islandtalkfree 9 years ago

Ahh...not quite but key nonetheless. And I think Martha is next...

[–] vapor8 8 years ago

their periods synced up?

Network Television: There's a reason why its free

[–] politicidal 8 years ago

Don't forget about The Last Ship. They killed off Rhona Mitra.

What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.

[–] linda-brunetti 8 years ago

Two female leads in the originals got killed off too. Those episodes get big ratings and create new stories around the male leads.

[–] RickStLouis (12) 8 years ago

"Network Television: There's a reason why its free "

And just think, your cable/satellite subscription has those quality shows such as "Here comes Honey Boo Boo", and you're paying for it! LOL

[–] Wintr_Fir3 (49) 8 years ago

Oh how dare you? I love Jaimie Alexander and will not rest if she's killed off. I won't necessarily picket the studio or anything, but...to be serious though, I honestly don't know. I'm not loving the treatment of the female characters they keep, either.

Just checked out a new show called Beyond, which was a mess, but enjoyable. But one thing the plot did was make all its female characters expendable. That's how most females are on all shows. Whatever happened to the days of Xena? Dark Angel? Buffy, for crying out loud?