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When a beloved actor passes away, their show faces an unenviable challenge: how to address their character's absence respectfully and believably. Sadly, not every series finds the right balance, often resulting in awkward storylines, questionable recasts, or jarring CGI tributes. Join us as we look at some of the most uncomfortable and ill-conceived ways TV productions handled the loss of a cherished cast member. Get ready for some cringe-worthy farewells and bizarre narrative choices!
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00:00What do we do when our world is turned upside down, when everything we thought to be true
00:05is ripped away? Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at the most uncomfortable ways
00:12that TV shows addressed the death of a cast member, or failed to address it. Now I gotta
00:17clean my specs. Thanks, Edna. These naturally include some spoilers. Jerry Orbach as Detective
00:25Lenny Briscoe, Law & Order, Trial by Jury. You weren't in court? They told me not to go.
00:31Who told you? A cop told me. Who was this cop? Throughout most of his Law & Order tenure,
00:36Jerry Orbach was privately receiving cancer treatment. Although his health continued to
00:42decline, Orbach remained passionate about playing Detective Lenny Briscoe. Maybe I'm too close to
00:48my gold shield or too old a dog. I buy it. He thus signed on for the spinoff Trial by Jury,
00:54which came with less demanding hours. Orbach only managed to shoot two episodes before succumbing
01:00to his illness, however. Since he could barely speak in his final scene, it was re-dubbed,
01:06so all the actors whispered. While this was a clever workaround under tragic circumstances,
01:11it carries an unnecessarily unsettling sentiment when one character says, quote,
01:16I'm dying. Although the franchise as a whole honored Orbach, this short-lived spinoff essentially
01:26forgets about Briscoe going forward, serving as an unceremonious send-off in the character's
01:32storied TV history. Rod Serling as Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone. The Jordan Peele-produced
01:42Twilight Zone was the third revival that fell short of the original.
01:45I promise you, I care about the show at least as much as you do. You got the sense that the
01:51showrunners genuinely wanted to continue the late Rod Serling's legacy, but the episode Blurry Man
01:57was a misguided tribute. In a meta twist that most viewers predicted, Zazie Beetz's character discovers
02:03that the mysterious Blurry Man is Rod Serling in all of his uncanny valley awkwardness.
02:09I take it I have your attention. Good.
02:13What aims to be a powerful reveal plays more like something we'd see at the queue for the Tower of
02:18Terror. They even got the same actor, Mark Silverman, to supply Serling's voice.
02:23What is this place?
02:26I think you know where we are. It's where you belong.
02:31While Silverman does a solid impression, zooming in on Serling's face only makes the effect look
02:37faker, a cameo that should have been left in the Twilight Zone.
02:40To open ourselves to the unknown, not the end of the story, but a new beginning for the Twilight Zone.
02:50Adan Canto as Armand Morales, the Cleaning Lady
02:54Adan Canto played the gangster who gets the titular Cleaning Lady mixed up with the mob.
02:59Viewers were surprised and saddened when Canto lost his life to appendiceal cancer,
03:05which he had been privately dealing with. While the third season was respectfully dedicated to
03:11Canto, the showrunner struggled to address his character's absence.
03:14Have you ever talked about what he'd do if everything went wrong?
03:17I've already checked everywhere, Tony, okay?
03:20If he's still alive, someone has him.
03:22Well, we don't know that.
03:23That is the only reason he wouldn't have reached out to me or you.
03:26The season opens with the revelation that Armand is missing.
03:30He's tracked down in the season's sixth episode,
03:32but the decision to digitally bring Canto back makes Armand's final sacrifice feel cartoony.
03:38This is only emphasized as his car goes off a cliff, which is supposed to be dramatic,
03:58but comes off as too over the top. It just looks silly, which doesn't at all mesh with the grief
04:04everyone felt over Canto's death.
04:06The clock don't count the hours, because I'm going crazy.
04:12She'll be a forever when the morning comes again.
04:14Jack Lorde as Steve McGarrett.
04:16Hawaii Five-O
04:17Jack Lorde is best remembered for playing Steve McGarrett on the original Hawaii Five-O.
04:22Lorde passed away more than a decade before the reboot.
04:26Nevertheless, co-showrunner Peter M. Lenkov wanted to bring Lorde back for a CG cameo.
04:31Keep those work clothes handy. You may need them on your next job.
04:36He initially envisioned this for the series finale, but instead used it for the season seven premiere.
04:42Alex O'Loughlin's character, also named Steve McGarrett, finds himself at a church,
04:47contemplating his future. He receives encouraging words from a stranger who resembles Jack Lorde
04:53through a PlayStation 3 filter.
04:56If you don't mind me asking, what type of work do you do?
04:59And I'm, uh, I'm in law enforcement. Five-O task force.
05:05Hmm.
05:08What?
05:10I was a cop too.
05:12On paper, this might have sounded like an affectionate passing of the torch.
05:16In execution, though, it feels like O'Loughlin is talking to an animated caricature,
05:21because he essentially is.
05:23Sometimes, it's better to let characters rest with actors.
05:26That's your real legacy. And the best legacy a man can leave behind is the people whose lives
05:34he's changed. Trust me.
05:40Marsha Wallace as Edna Krabappel.
05:42The Simpsons.
05:43Just as Phil Hartman's characters were retired after his death,
05:47The Simpsons' writers knew that only Marsha Wallace could voice Mrs. Krabappel.
05:51The remaining lines that Wallace recorded were played at the end of a Season 25 episode,
05:56followed by Ned Flanders and Nelson grieving her.
05:59Hey, I let you pay for those boys' skipping lessons.
06:03Okay.
06:09While hearing Wallace's voice one last time brings some closure,
06:12it feels tacked on in an episode that otherwise has nothing to do with Edna.
06:17We get why Ned is in this epilogue, since he had recently married her.
06:21However, Nelson's place really should have been filled by Bart,
06:24who had a more meaningful relationship with Mrs. K.
06:27Sure do miss that laugh.
06:29Ha ha!
06:31I miss her too.
06:32Although future episodes did a much better job of addressing Krabappel's passing,
06:37this initial acknowledgement, while sincere, fell short.
06:40Now that I've been with Ned a year, he's made my life a living.
06:45I'll think of a penance.
06:49Dream come true.
06:52Now I gotta clean my specs.
06:54Thanks, Edna.
06:55Jim Davis as Jock Ewing, Dallas.
06:58Known for his work in Westerns,
07:00Jim Davis' career ended with his most iconic role, Jock Ewing, from Dallas.
07:05During the fourth season, Davis died from multiple myeloma.
07:09Hey Jock, I wanted to talk to you about another land deal.
07:13Boys will take care of all business while we're gone, Tom, don't worry about it.
07:16Y'all have fun, you hear?
07:18After being away for most of season five,
07:21it's revealed that Jock seemingly perished in a helicopter accident.
07:24Daddy went down in that chopper and he's not coming back.
07:27What are you telling us because of a lousy piece of jewelry?
07:29Then no way.
07:31We're gonna keep on searching.
07:32It's an overly melodramatic way to go out,
07:34but we suppose that fits this primetime soap's tone.
07:37Our main issue comes with the arrival of Wes Parmalee,
07:41played by Steve Forrest, a few seasons later.
07:44Wes claims to be Jock,
07:45which was initially the producer's plan to bring him back.
07:48No, don't you touch me.
07:50I realize I don't look the same.
07:54Get off my land.
07:57Ellie.
07:57Get out!
07:58When viewers caught wind of this, there was an uproar.
08:01The producers thankfully abandoned this idea,
08:04but the fact that it even crossed their minds was disrespectful to Davis.
08:09Ward Bond as Major Seth Adams.
08:11Wagon Train.
08:13Working as a character actor with legendary film directors like John Ford and Frank Capra,
08:18Ward Bond got top billing as the original Wagon Master in this classic series.
08:22You look pretty good now, all except my legs.
08:26A few weeks ago they were talking about cutting them off,
08:30but I didn't like that idea.
08:32During the fourth season,
08:34Bond suffered a heart attack that claimed his life.
08:37Rather than have another actor play Major Seth Adams,
08:40it was decided that John McIntyre would take over as the new Wagon Master,
08:44Christopher Hale.
08:45While handing the reins to another leading man made the most sense,
08:49Seth Adams' absence isn't delved into.
08:52You could argue that there wasn't much precedent for TV shows acknowledging an actor's passing at the time,
09:05but even Lassie gave Gramps a funeral when George Cleveland died.
09:09Wagon Train could have done the same.
09:11I got back from California.
09:14My house and barn were burned to the ground.
09:17Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi.
09:20Cobra Kai.
09:21When Cobra Kai was announced,
09:22we all wondered how this premise could work without Mr. Miyagi,
09:26the heart and soul of the original films.
09:28Ain't love a kick in the head.
09:39To our surprise,
09:41the show was not only a fresh take on The Karate Kid,
09:44but it handled Pat Morita's death with respect and dignity for the first five seasons.
09:49The final season includes a couple of dream sequences where Miyagi initially appears to Daniel as an opponent.
09:55And later to fight alongside him before imparting some last words of wisdom.
10:08We get why the creators wanted to bookend this story with Miyagi's return.
10:12For a show full of practical stunt work though,
10:14bringing Miyagi back as an AI puppet just didn't sit well in a season that otherwise stuck the landing.
10:20Remember, Miyagi teach win, lose, no matter.
10:25No need to fight anymore.
10:28Naya Rivera as Colette Jones.
10:30Step Up, High Water.
10:32Following her breakthrough work as Santana Lopez on Glee,
10:35Naya Rivera was cast as Colette Jones on this show based on the Step Up movies.
10:40I see someone who wants to make it as a dancer
10:42more than you actually want to express yourself as a dancer
10:44and there's a huge difference between the two.
10:47So you have more ambition than soul.
10:49After two seasons, news broke that the series would move to stars.
10:53The subtitle, High Water, was dropped,
10:56which eerily mirrored Rivera's fate months after the announcement.
11:00I know you don't want to hear this, Ernest,
11:02but Sage is looking out for Rico.
11:05He's got a meeting tonight at Velvet City.
11:08Although she managed to save her son,
11:10Rivera lost her life in an accidental drowning.
11:13Season three underwent revisions,
11:15leading some to believe that Colette would be written out.
11:18Instead, the role was recast with Christina Milian.
11:21Just kind of my leaf, huh?
11:24You don't need this.
11:26Milian is a talented actress,
11:29but it would have been wiser to create a new character for her to play.
11:32Assuming that viewers would accept anybody other than Rivera as Colette
11:35was a huge misstep.
11:37And no matter what, no matter what,
11:39I got you, tell me why.
11:42It's your history.
11:43John Eric Hexum as Mac Harper
11:46Cover-Up
11:46This short-lived spy series is sadly remembered for one thing,
11:50a tragic accident involving star John Eric Hexum.
11:54Waiting for an episode to resume taping,
11:56Hexum pretended to play Russian roulette with a revolver he'd been given.
12:00This game got real when Hexum pulled the trigger.
12:03While it didn't have any bullets,
12:05the gun was loaded with blanks.
12:07Following surgery, Hexum was left brain dead
12:09and taken off life support.
12:11Anthony Hamilton took his place as Jack Stryker
12:14while Hexum's character Mac Harper died off-screen while on a mission.
12:18The show couldn't get past Hexum's death or Harper's abrupt exit.
12:23While the episode's closing dedication comes from a place of love,
12:26they bizarrely misspelled John Eric's name in the text,
12:29making his eulogy feel rushed.
12:32But the lives he touched will continue to be brightened by his light.
12:37Lisa Robin Kelly as Laurie Foreman.
12:39That 90's show.
12:42Multiple tragedies loomed over the That 70's show franchise when this sequel series arrived.
12:48Among them was the death of Lisa Robin Kelly,
12:51who played Eric's sister Laurie throughout the first few seasons.
12:55Well, I'm glad we're all eating dinner together as a family.
12:59Yeah, it's nice.
13:00Especially since Laurie could make it from all the way across town.
13:02Kelly suddenly left the sitcom due to personal issues, including substance use.
13:08Christina Moore replaced her in season 6, until Laurie was written out altogether.
13:13Hey, little brother.
13:15Hey, hubby.
13:16Don't hubby me.
13:17I'm mad at you.
13:18Aw, but I brought you a souvenir.
13:20Kelly died in 2013, a decade before that 90's show premiered.
13:26While we give the producers credit for not recasting the role again,
13:30Laurie is awkwardly only mentioned a couple of times.
13:32The last we hear of her is when Kitty reflects on Laurie's criminal tendencies.
13:38When I had a teenage daughter, I did a lot of yelling.
13:41But I wish I could take all those moments back.
13:44Kids don't steal trucks or, in my daughter's case,
13:49rob a Kmart with her pastor for no apparent reason.
13:54It's supposed to be funny, but it just reminds us of Kelly's legal troubles.
13:58Joseph Kearns as George Wilson, Dennis the Menace
14:02When we think of Dennis the Menace, two things come to mind.
14:06His trusty slingshot and his long-suffering neighbor, good old Mr. Wilson.
14:11Despite his best intentions, Dennis had a way of getting into trouble,
14:15with Mr. Wilson often enduring the consequences.
14:18Sheepers, what's the matter, Mr. Wilson?
14:21Oh, it's nothing, nothing.
14:22It's just a little crick in my back.
14:24Uh-oh.
14:24Their dynamic was at the core of the show,
14:27which suffered a curveball when Joseph Kearns died in 1962.
14:32Ironically, the last episode to air before Kearns' death
14:35centered on Mr. Wilson making a will,
14:38concerned his days are numbered.
14:40Your father is trying to say that the watch goes to you after I die, Dennis.
14:46Sheepers, aren't you feeling well, Mr. Wilson?
14:49Dennis, I feel wonderful.
14:51In fact, if I felt any better, I'd be worried.
14:53The final episode featuring Kearns aired toward the end of season three.
14:58By the fourth and final season, George and Martha had moved away.
15:03John and Eloise Wilson served as replacements,
15:06but it wasn't the same without the old Mr. Wilson.
15:09Eloise, do you realize that that food,
15:11Dennis is spilling all over our carpet, cost me $3.65?
15:16Yes, dear.
15:17Plus tax.
15:18Leslie Dwyer as Mr. William Partridge, Heidi High.
15:24When a cast member passes away,
15:26some shows choose to have their characters die as well.
15:29This British sitcom took that approach when actor Leslie Dwyer died.
15:34Kind of.
15:35It's a dummy.
15:36It's a Taylor's dummy.
15:38It isn't Partridge at all.
15:39Dwyer, who played bitter children's performer Mr. Partridge,
15:43succumbed to respiratory failure in 1986.
15:47Toward the beginning of the seventh series,
15:49Mr. Partridge is seemingly discovered in the pool with a knife in his back.
15:53I'll go and tell 999.
15:55Hang on a minute.
15:56We're not doing anything till we've rung Joe Maplin.
15:58If this gets out, it could ruin him.
15:59I don't care about Joe Maplin.
16:01There's been a murder.
16:02A poor old man's been done to death.
16:03Stop getting hysterical, Spike.
16:05Come with me and keep your mouth shut.
16:07The episode mixes quirky farce, murder mystery, and dark comedy.
16:11But it feels a little too dark and tasteless,
16:14knowing that the actor who played Mr. Partridge died in real life.
16:18In the end, it's revealed that Mr. Partridge faked his murder
16:22and ran off with a woman.
16:23It would be a funny twist if Dwyer weren't actually dead.
16:27How could he have gone to so much trouble just to have revenge on us?
16:30What did we ever do to him?
16:31He was bitter, Spike.
16:33And a bitter man will go to any lengths.
16:34Pete Duhl as Hannibal Hayes, Joshua Smith, alias Smith and Jones.
16:40This Western centered on a couple of cousins on the run,
16:43trying to leave their criminal past behind.
16:46Pete Duhl played one half of the reformed outlaws as Hannibal Hayes,
16:50who also goes by Joshua Smith.
16:52We're not going to deny that we're carrying Hayes.
16:54There's no use in doing that, because you heard everything we said back there.
16:58But what you didn't hear was that we haven't done any outlawing in almost a year.
17:02That's right.
17:04If we can just stay out of trouble and out of jail,
17:07the governor of the Wyoming Territory is going to cancel those warrants for our arrest.
17:10As the second season aired, Duhl took his own life,
17:14having been dealing with depression, substance use, and legal issues.
17:19With Duhl being integral,
17:20executive producer Joe Swirling Jr. felt the most logical and respectful decision would be to end the show.
17:27ABC didn't agree,
17:29reportedly telling Swirling that they'd sue if he didn't fulfill his contract.
17:33Woo-wee, that's a lot of money.
17:36Yep, and I think there's the same one on the other one.
17:39I'll be darned at the rate.
17:41Roger Davis, the show's narrator, thus filled in as the new Hannibal Hayes.
17:46It wasn't long after that Alias Smith & Jones was canceled,
17:50with many feeling the show died with Duhl.
17:52Yeah, that's kind of funny,
17:54because I've been thinking the same thing.
17:57I guess it's being way up here all alone.
17:59Dan Blocker as Eric Haas Cartwright.
18:02Bonanza.
18:04From one classic Western to another,
18:06the long-running Bonanza ended the same month as Alias Smith & Jones.
18:10A scheduling change and the declining popularity of Westerns contributed to this.
18:15Another reason was the death of Dan Blocker a year earlier.
18:19We ain't telling this.
18:19Santa's a wire, and he wants us to get off the line of this place.
18:22Joseph, that was it before he knew about the fortune.
18:24Oh, the fortune.
18:25Now, that's fairytale talk.
18:26There's no fortune in this.
18:27Well, you know Dolly Ripple comes in, you ask him yourself.
18:30Playing gentle giant Haas Cartwright,
18:32Blocker had been with the show from the beginning,
18:34appearing in 415 of its 431 episodes.
18:39After all this time, Haas deserved a proper send-off.
18:43At the start of the final season, though, Haas is just gone.
18:46For your information, I'm not even nervous.
18:48Oh, yeah?
18:49Then how come you're nailing your fingers to the roof?
18:53You keep your mind on your work and never mind the jokes, little brother.
18:56While not outright ignored, Haas' death is such an elephant in the room.
19:00Co-star Michael Landon said, quote,
19:03It might not please everybody.
19:05I'm sure that some people would rather have a whole hour memorial to Dan,
19:09but we just couldn't do that.
19:11Joe?
19:12I said we'd better get going.
19:17Yeah.
19:19Phil Hartman as Bill McNeil.
19:21News Radio.
19:21We're really sinking.
19:23Right, right.
19:24You got me.
19:26Bill, he's not joking.
19:27The ship is sinking.
19:30We're sinking.
19:31Yes.
19:33Huh.
19:34Well.
19:36More cognac, anyone?
19:38Weeks after News Radio aired its season 4 finale,
19:42Phil Hartman was murdered by his wife Bryn,
19:44who subsequently turned the gun on herself.
19:47When the sitcom returned,
19:48it was revealed that Hartman's character,
19:50Bill McNeil,
19:52died from a heart attack.
19:53Well,
19:54as far as memorial services go,
19:56I thought that was very nice.
19:58Yes, it was.
19:59Very nice.
20:00The flowers sure were beautiful.
20:02This explanation is somewhat uncomfortable,
20:05knowing that Hartman's death was much darker.
20:07Still, the episode is respectfully done,
20:10with everyone's love for Hartman
20:11and grief over his death on display.
20:14After this touching tribute, though,
20:16News Radio just couldn't move on.
20:18John Levitz tried to fill his late friend's shoes.
20:22Of course, this casting choice also carried an uneasy sentiment,
20:26as Levitz blamed co-star Andy Dick
20:29for allegedly giving Bryn cocaine not long before the murder.
20:33For all these reasons,
20:34the final season is almost unwatchable.
20:36Even if it was the most eloquent and moving eulogy ever delivered,
20:40Bill Stillwood told me it sucked.
20:42And you enjoyed that?
20:44No, not particularly.
20:45You know, but I kind of got used to it.
20:47You know,
20:47now that he's, you know, not here to do it anymore.
20:50Pissed makes you miss him more.
20:53Yeah, it really does.
20:54Red Fox as Alexander Alfonso Royal,
20:58the Royal Family.
20:58Where is Al out of the car eating his bowling ball?
21:02Mrs. Royal, it's about Al.
21:05We got some awful news.
21:08Best known for Sanford and Son,
21:10Red Fox staged a TV comeback with the Royal Family,
21:13which Eddie Murphy created.
21:15The sitcom centered on Fox's Alexander Royal
21:18and his wife Victoria, played by Della Reese.
21:21After barely a month on the air,
21:23Fox endured chest issues on set.
21:25At first, some thought Fox was recycling
21:28one of Fred Sanford's classic bits.
21:31This heart attack was real though,
21:33and Fox didn't recover.
21:35The doctor comes out and says,
21:37Mrs. Fox, we've done all that we can do.
21:41And your husband is gone.
21:44And standing this close
21:48were two of the producers.
21:52And they said,
21:52what are we going to do with the script?
21:54With the star gone,
21:56it didn't make sense for the show to continue.
21:58The producers tried anyway,
22:00bringing in Jackay Harry as Victoria's half-sister,
22:03who was later retconned as her daughter.
22:06The writers scrambled to figure out
22:07how the show could function without Fox.
22:10Short answer, it couldn't,
22:11ending with two episodes unaired.
22:14Can't you just accept that I want to be here in a time of need?
22:17Oh, I accept it.
22:19I just want to know what it is you need.
22:21Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano.
22:24The Sopranos.
22:26HBO was aware that Nancy Marchand
22:28was living with lung cancer
22:29when she landed the role of Tony Soprano's mother.
22:32Although Livia was supposed to die in season one,
22:35Marchand reportedly convinced David Chase
22:37to keep her around.
22:38I just worry about you.
22:40And don't start with a nursing home business again.
22:43It's not a nursing home.
22:44How many times have I got to say this?
22:45It's a retirement community.
22:47You're an active senior your own age.
22:49You go places, you do things.
22:51You're all right.
22:51I've seen these women in these nursing homes,
22:54in these wheelchairs,
22:55baffling like idiots.
22:57They're each of your eggplant.
22:58Heading into season three,
23:00Chase had big plans for Livia Soprano,
23:02who was going to testify against her son.
23:05Chase had to change course
23:06when Marchand's cancer took its toll.
23:09Svetlana's waiting for us over there.
23:11She's dead.
23:13I'm sorry, Dad.
23:17That your mom died.
23:19Although Livia dies from a stroke off screen,
23:21she was given a final scene with Tony
23:23using old sound clips and CGI.
23:27It's awkwardly apparent to the audience
23:28that this scene was devised after Marchand died.
23:32Not only is it distracting,
23:33but it adds little to Livia's character arc,
23:36making us question why it even exists.
23:39Now look here.
23:40I don't like that kind of talk.
23:44Now just stop it.
23:45It upsets me.
23:46Willie Garson as Stanford Blatch.
23:48And just like that.
23:49When Sex and the City returned with this sequel series,
23:53everyone mourned the loss of a beloved character.
23:56No, not Mr. Big.
23:58Obviously, we mean Stanford.
24:00What a chic place for a funeral.
24:02And trust me, it's the only chic place for a funeral.
24:05Thank God for these lesbians.
24:07Willie Garson was on board to reprise his role
24:10as one of Carrie's best friends.
24:12Garson even shot three episodes,
24:14but he died from pancreatic cancer during production.
24:18And just like that, Stanford left his husband,
24:21moved to Japan to manage a TikToker,
24:23and then somehow wound up as a Shinto monk
24:26who doesn't care about possessions anymore,
24:28all of which occurs off-screen.
24:30Good Photoshop.
24:31What's the bit?
24:32No, no, no.
24:33There's no bit.
24:34He had a big, ugly fight with his TikTok client.
24:37She fired him and ran off to Berlin.
24:40He wandered around Kyoto for days crying,
24:45eventually found his way into a temple where,
24:48I guess, he stopped crying.
24:51We get that there wasn't an easy way
24:53to explain Stanford's sudden absence,
24:56and they weren't going to have another funeral
24:58right after Big's.
25:00Still, this has the carelessness of,
25:02I'm sorry, I can't, don't hate me.
25:04By the time you read this, I'll be in Tokyo.
25:07I mean, who is he?
25:09The lost Bronte sister?
25:10He said he couldn't bring himself to tell you
25:12he was leaving face to face after Big died.
25:14Right, and a note is so much more compassionate.
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25:33Freddy Prince as Francisco Chico Rodriguez,
25:36Chico and the Man.
25:37If you're looking for a job, forget it.
25:39I told you, I don't want a job.
25:41Good.
25:41I want to be part of something.
25:42I want to belong.
25:43I want my place in the sun.
25:45Go to the beach.
25:47It's never easy for a show to proceed
25:49after a cast member dies,
25:51especially when it's a lead.
25:53The world was shocked and devastated
25:55when Freddy Prince took his life
25:57at the height of his comedy career,
25:59which seemed like it was just getting started.
26:01Prince reached another level of popularity
26:03as one half of Chico and the Man.
26:06Oh, I wish I could talk to you in Spanish.
26:09Why?
26:09What do you want to say?
26:10Get out of my garage.
26:12Well, do you want to say that in a friendly form
26:14or for strangers?
26:15Although many felt the show should have ended
26:17after Prince's death,
26:19the final episodes of season three
26:20moved forward without Chico.
26:22At the beginning of season four,
26:24Ed takes a kid named Raul under his wing,
26:27nicknaming him Chico.
26:29It's later revealed that the real Chico died.
26:32Despite Ed's comment that you're all Chico's,
26:35there was truly only one,
26:36and the show didn't last without him.
26:39Man, I won't need an extra half hour
26:41for lunch today, tomorrow, or any other day.
26:43I'm leaving the garage and I'm leaving you.
26:45Which shows do you think
26:46mishandled the death of an actor?
26:48Let us know in the comments.
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