Talk:Season 8/@comment-4080706-20110625123706/@comment-392210-20110625190624

Cynthia wasn't expecting to die, but Michelle signed on for only one season and was promised she'd be killed off, much like Alfre Woodard (who ultimately moved away instead of getting killed off). I'm pretty sure the DUI thing was just a coincidence. The theory that they were being punished was probably fabricated by the media. When Drea de Matteo didn't show up for the table read for 6.12 (which her character wasn't in), a "source" told the press the character had been dropped due to budget cuts. And when she moved away in the finale, it was because "fans never really warmed up to her character", when both de Matteo and Cherry had said before season 6 premiered she would be on for only one season because she wanted to get back to her baby afterwards. Stuff like that happens all the time.